BY JOSH APPELBAUM Happy (almost) 2016 Towleroad readers! Before we get into this week's column, we wanted to say thank you for sticking with us these past 3.5 years. We've thoroughly enjoyed shar...
BY TAD HAES It has been a pleasure and honor to include some of our favorite new music here on Towleroad for the past 4 years. This is my last column here on Towleroad and I hope you all enjoy ...
https://www.towleroad.com/2015/12/oxd-mirror-happy-holidays-paradise/
BY RU BHATT It's my last column here at Towleroad, and there's no better way to celebrate than by sharing new tracks by some of my favorite artists, all of whom have been featured in this colum...
by JOSH APPELBAUM Whenever I see the name Robert Owens attached to a new track, I'll stop what I'm doing and listen to it. Owens is a house music legend (we've profiled him in previous columns...
https://www.towleroad.com/2015/12/oxd-mirror-nothing-says-happy-hannukah-like-house-music/
BY TAD HAES Few artists are able to develop an accessible bridge for eastern sounds and make them available to global audiences in a thoughtful way. Khidja, a duo hailing from Romania, skillfu...
BY RU BHATT Alinka (Alena Ratner) launched herself onto the music scene with a residency at Chicago's Smart Bar in 2001 and has been a force to be reckoned with ever since. In 2013, she teamed...
https://www.towleroad.com/2015/11/oxd-mirror-give-thanks-techno-soulful-house-music/
By Josh Appelbaum Although the Crookers name still flies under the radar for most, the duo has quite an impressive discography. Best known for co-production on Kid Cudi‘s debut single, ‘D...
https://www.towleroad.com/2015/11/oxd-mirror-crookers-give-us-withdrawals/
BY TAD HAES For a couple years, the enigmatic producer behind the act Man Power kept his real life identity secret, while releasing critically acclaimed works on established labels like Hiver...
By Ru Bhatt Azari & III were a wunderkind band that took the music scene by storm in 2011 (they even caught Madonna‘s attention as a potential opening act for her MDNA tour). Unfortunately, de...
by JOSH APPELBAUM There's something to be said for a band that's been together for 35 years (for the most part, minus a few breakups here and there). New Order, known best for hits like ‘Blue ...
https://www.towleroad.com/2015/10/oxd-mirror-new-order-hot-chip-get-frutti/
BY TAD HAES During the '70s and in early years of the '80s, while both gay and straight audiences got down across the globe and mainstream disco music reached its peak in nightclubs, ot...
https://www.towleroad.com/2015/10/oxd-mirror-legacy-space-disco/
BY RU BHATT Berlin's Tom Peters wears many hats: he's a DJ, a producer, and a fashion designer all at the same time. The gay musician is a force to be reckoned with on the house and techno sc...
https://www.towleroad.com/2015/10/oxd-mirror-new-music-lgbt-artists-tom-peters-honey-dijon/
The commercial music industry has been widely panned for its sexism and overall poor treatment of women. In particular, the electronic music scene sees a disproportionate amount of commercially...
BY TAD HAES When The Black Madonna became the resident DJ of the long-running queer nightclub Smart Bar in Chicago in 2012, following house music legends such as Derrick Carter and Frankie Kn...
https://www.towleroad.com/2015/09/oxd-mirror-black-madonna-nick-hoppner-double-dose-tuff-city-kids/
BY RU BHATT There's a new siren on the L.A. music scene and her name is Beca. Originally from NYC, Beca came back to the East Coast to co-produce her debut full length album, Ecliptic, with Mid...
By JOSH APPELBAUM Little Boots (Victoria Hesaketh) released her third studio album, Working Girl, earlier this summer on her new record label, On Repeat Records. Hesketh retains her unique, dre...
https://www.towleroad.com/2015/09/oxd-mirror-new-music-final-weeks-summer/
BY RU BHATT OCCUPY THE DISCO (OXD) curates and recommends music events to the gay community in NYC—in an effort to move the focus of the nightlife scene beyond the promoter and venue and to t...
https://www.towleroad.com/2015/08/oxd-mirror-go-deep-night-lauren-flax/
BY TAD HAES Darshan Jesrani, one former half of the highly-praised house act Metro Area, and Dennis Kane (of labels Ghost Town and Disques Sinthomme) joined efforts about two years ago to prod...
By Ru Bhatt Damian Lazarus is world-renowned for his famous sunrise parties, where he kicks the audience high into the atmosphere with his innovative, psychedelic productions and eclectic taste.�...
BY JOSH APPELBAUM It's been nine years since Brooklyn-based Escort released their first single ‘Starlight,' helping to usher in a new generation of lush nu disco music to the masses. The 1...
https://www.towleroad.com/2015/08/oxd-mirror-escort-makes-long-awaited-return-animal-nature/
BY TAD HAES Dance music as we know it today originated in gay discos in NY and Chicago, and forty years later the gay community is still churning out some of the most expressive releases out th...
https://www.towleroad.com/2015/07/oxd-mirror-gay-gay-world-dance-music/
My anticipation for Róisín Murphy's critically acclaimed third album, Hairless Toys was not limited to the disco diva's penchant for experimental soundscapes. Murphy also has an incredible ey...
by Josh Appelbaum Jessica 6 feat. Thodoris Triantafillou & CJ Jeff: ‘Down Low' Singer/songwriter Nomi Ruiz is back with with her group Jessica 6 and has a new EP due later this month, T...
https://www.towleroad.com/2015/07/oxd-mirror-going-new-jessica-6/
BY OCCUPY THE DISCO / TAD HAES Andy Butler feat. Richard Kennedy: ‘You Can Shine (The Carry Nation Remix)' Andy Butler, the mastermind behind the acclaimed house and new disco ensemble Hercu...
British import and out musician Bright Light Bright Light (Rod Thomas) just released a new remix album, Life is Hard– The Remixes, which features re-worked tracks from his 2014 release: Li...
https://www.towleroad.com/2015/07/oxd-mirror-new-house-tracks-uk/