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Queer Jams of the Week: New Music from Lil Nas X, Elton John, Brandi Carlile & More


Welcome to Queer Jams of the Week, featuring new music from LGBTQ+ artists including Lil Nas X, Elton John & more

On his new duet with folk hero Brandi Carlile — which serves as the de facto theme song for his new documentary of the same name — John looks back foldly on a career filled with massive, groundbreaking successes, and then trains his eyes on the future. Throughout this excellent new album, Shake plays with rock, pop, R&B, rap and just about every other musical concept that she can think of (including a left-field TIm Buckley cover with Courtney Love) in order to weave her particular tale of heartbreak and self-evaluation. While Julien Baker, Calvin Luber, SOAK and Quinn Christopherson certainly shine on their cover of Belle and Sebastian’s “Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying,” we’d like to focus on electronic star Yaeji and singer-songwriter Teddy Geiger’s stunning original “Pink Ponies” for a moment.

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