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Download The EQ Number One "One Touch" By Doe Deere

Doe Deere really wants you to download her.  She gets a bit excited every time it happens.  She's not really worried about you ripping her off either.  Her album "Supernatural" is selling very well and she wants you all to have "One Touch". 

EQ Facebookers have been enjoying the tune for quite awhile now, but as the casual reader of EQ, you now can download the track straight from her MySpace page. 

Doe had this to say about offering her track up for free: 

"I don't have a problem doing this because I know my fans won't take advantage and rip me off. Besides, I find the idea of withholding the music from those who truly want to hear it ABSURD!! If you can't afford to pay for my album and find it on Kazaa or whatever, by all means get it!!! I won't get mad.

Records are expensive to make, it's true; but it was my self-expression and my decision - the one I'm glad I made! Thank you for continuing to support me and my dream of making it as a musician."

Awww bless her - EQ loves her even more now.  Go and get "One Touch" now and if you like it, make sure you buy a copy of "Supernatural" as well - it's EQ approved and worth every penny!  We'll be having an exclusive interview with Doe Deere very soon so stay tuned. 

Can you tell EQ has a little crush on her?  Sigh.

Press Play Bitch: "Merry Go Round" By The Polyamorous Affair

Calling all little red foxes and funky monkeys to the dancefloor! LA based electro-glam duo, The Polyamorous Affair have cooked up a little corker called "Merry Go Round" which I just can't stop listening to. You know when a track is just so infectious that it gets stuck on replay in your brain...well that is what has happened to me with "Merry Go Round" recently. I'm pretty sure it will happen to you as well!

The Polyamourous Affair describe their music as "laying heavy doses of decadent retro-European synth licks and sparkling glam melodies over thumping electronic grooves, whisping us away to a make-believe land of mythical characters, fast cars, dark discotheques, and lots of sexual tension."

Well you don't get much more descriptive than that do you?! I call it "pure electronic genius" and so should you. Press play to hear their first single "Merry Go Round" for yourself and if you're a member of the Electroqueer Facebook Group, you'll be treated to a free download of it for a limited time only.

Here's an interesting retro tidbit too. The dude in the group is actually Eddie Chacon from 90's pop-soul group Charles and Eddie. You must remember "Would I Lie to You". Classic pop.

Merry Go Round

The Polyamorous Affair Myspace

It's Official: The Electroqueer Club Night in Soho Is A Go!

We've been keeping a little secret...but now it's time to let you all know that Electroqueer is going from music blog to club night in London's Soho on June 19th!  Yes, it's true!  DJ Adamis and EQ will be taking over the downstairs bar and club at the recently revamped Barcode for a night of hot pop, electro and house mayhem!  We've been partying a lot ourselves at Barcode recently and the newly fitted sound and light system is truly amazing.  Expect to hear tunes from the likes of Darren Hayes, Simon Curtis, Robyn, Temposhark, Róisín Muphy and all of the other brilliant musicians we feature on EQ.

To add to the excitement, we've confirmed a few live appearances on the night as well including Antigone, who will be headlining and performing her summer smash "More Man Than Man".  We've also got EQ favorites Madison and The Ultrasonics doing their brilliant sets as well.  And if you think that was it, well we will be announcing some other stellar acts very shortly, so stay tuned.   

Expect regular updates about the night and if you're interested in attending, do let us know!  The price will definitely be under a fiver, so not only do you get a night of great pop and fabulosity that only EQ can bring, but you'll be entertained by some of the hottest new music acts that we go on and on about on this blog.

If you'd like to RSVP on our Facebook invite - you can do so here and feel free to invite anyone you like.

We hope to see you all there!

UPDATE: The discolicious Paleday have just been added to the bill as well - singing their infectious song "Eurotramp" and other pop anthems from their new album "Love The Groove" which is EQ approved!

Antigone - http://www.myspace.com/antigoneland
The Ultrasonics - http://www.myspace.com/ultrasonics
Madison - http://www.myspace.com/madisonsmusic
Paleday - http://www.myspace.com/paleday

Robyn Live At Radio One Big Weekend

Our gurl Robyn wore her famous "Konichiwa Bitches" space suit and delivered a great set at last weekend's Radio One Big Weekend in Maidstone, Kent and you can watch some impressive video of it on this linkage here.  For those of you who haven't been to a Robyn show, you'll get a good idea of the energy and exuberance Little Miss Powerhouse brings to the stage. 

Also this bit of news has me spinning around like Kylie in her hotpants...Robyn and Sam Sparro are doing a show together at the Astoria on June 8th! 

Now that is a show that must not be missed EQs!

September Pix From Recent G-A-Y Performance

Our buddy Mark Cavill of MAC Photography took some gorgeous shots of September recently at her performance at G-A-Y where she was quite energetic and obviously enjoying the success of her recent UK Top Ten "Cry For You".  We love Mark's photography and he's quite skilled at capturing the pop magic for many performers.  Getting a good live shot is hard work, EQ sucks at it.  Thanks to Mark for sharing his photos with us.  Make sure you check out his website and you can see some more lovely shots of September after the jump...

Madonna's "Sticky And Sweet" Tour Dates

As much as I don't prefer Madonna's new album to her other works, that is hardly a reason to ignore her live shows.  There really isn't another performer on this planet that I would pay hundreds of pounds to see live, that is except for Madonna...and Darren Hayes...but Darren isn't that big of a diva yet to charge more than 150 pounds for a performance - although he's come close.  Love you big D ;)

Luckily for me this time, I managed to be generous enough to buy my friend a ticket for the last "Confessions Tour" and he has graciously agreed to buy me a ticket this year to the "Sticky and Sweet" Tour and that just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.  See it pays to be generous every once in awhile to your friends people - I'll happily take my good karma in the form of a Madonna concert ticket.  Preferably in the first 15 rows (hint hint Ross).

Here are the tour dates and the dates the tickets go on sale - I haven't seen these posted on a lot of blogs yet either...so thus I am posting them here.  I think it's great that the nice people of Wales get to see Madonna first.  I'm sure she's practicing her Welsh as we speak...

23-Aug - Cardiff Millennium Stadium - Fri. May 16
26-Aug - Nice Stade Charles Ehrmann - Fri. May 16
28-Aug - Berlin Olympic Stadium - Wed. May 21
02-Sept - Amsterdam Arena - Sat. May 17
04-Sept - Dusseldorf LTU Arena - Wed. May 21
06-Sept - Rome Olympic Stadium - Fri. May 23

(Oooh, Geri let's go pretty please.  Have I told you lately that I love you and you're the best boyfriend in the world?  Remember those two times I bought you tickets to see Ligabue...You see EQ's that's called sucking up in an attempt to get your Italian boyfriend to buy you tickets priced with the Euro rather than the almighty British Pound.  Ooh come on, it's not like Madonna never takes advantage of the exchange rate).

09-Sept - Frankfurt Commerzbank Arena - Wed. May 21
11-Sept - London Wembley Stadium - Fri. May 16 

(Only one show, yeah right, expect at least five more shows to be added in which I will turn into a crazed eBayer in trying to secure the perfect tickets for a bargain price from the poor sods who either got overzealous in hitting the purchase button or for some strange reason, their grandma dies and the funeral just happens to be on the date Madonna does a show at Wembley - Oh the humanity, thank god my grandma has already kicked it.)

20-Sept - Paris Stade de France - Fri. May 16
03-Oct - E. Rutherford Izod Center - Mon. May 19
06-Oct - New York City Madison Square Garden - Mon. May 19
07-Oct - New York City Madison Square Garden - Mon. May 19
15-Oct - Boston TD BankNorth Garden - Sat. May 17
18-Oct - Toronto Air Canada Centre - Sat. May 24
22-Oct - Montreal Bell Centre - Sat. May 24
26-Oct - Chicago United Center - Sat. May 17
30-Oct - Vancouver BC Place Stadium - Sat. May 24
01-Nov - Oakland Oracle Arena - Sun. June 1
04-Nov - San Diego Petco Park - Sun. June 1
06-Nov - Los Angeles Dodger Stadium - Sun. June 1
08-Nov - Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena - Sat. May 31
11-Nov - Denver Pepsi Center - Sat. May 31
16-Nov - Houston Minute Maid Park - Sat. May 31
19-Nov - Philadelphia Wachovia Center - Mon. June 2
22-Nov - Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall - Mon. June 2
24-Nov - Atlanta Philips Arena - Sat. May 31
26-Nov - Miami Dolphin Stadium - Sat. May 31

Check out her performance of "Candy Shop" and entrance at Radio One's Big Weekend on Saturday from sunny Maidstone, Kent.  Make sure you check out the related video to "Music" as well as see Madonna dawning some Ugly Betty glasses, making orgasm noises, and doing NKOTB "The Right Stuff" dance moves all to a Fedde Le Grand mashup as the soundtrack.  That's kinda hot.

State City Disco Update

It's been awhile since I posted about State City Disco and I'm deee-lighted that there is some news in their electro disco camp. Not only have the hard working electro-punksters changed their line-up (see above) but they have also posted a new song on their MySpace page called "Take It All Easy" which is a 90's techno sleazy groover that I am absolutely loving.

Their ace track "Excitement" still gets me going every single time. Make sure you give it a whirl in our Press Play Bitch section if you haven't heard it yet.

Naked Highway Gets "Shorty The Pimp" On Us

Naked Highway have unveiled their next brilliant single "Shorty The Pimp" over on their MySpace page and it's as cool as ice.

I got a sneaky peeky at the video which is in post-production now and it's looking rather frisky as well. After riding the wave of their video to "Better Off Naked" being played for over two months on MTV's Logo station, Naked Highway aren't showing any signs of slowing down and "Shorty The Pimp" definitely brings it. Make sure you check it out now.

And just what the hell is Sy and lady friend doing to that poor poor disco ball anyways?

MySpace Discovery: Morgan Page

For today's MySpace Discovery I am taking you to the wild wild west (ok Joshua Tree National Park) where tumbleweeds roam free and electro beats by renowned remixer Morgan Page fill the air.  Morgan's new single "The Longest Road" has been causing quite a stir in America lately as it reached #4 on the Billboard Club Play Chart competing against Madonna's "4 Minutes" and that God-awful Mariah Carey song. 

It seems Morgan Page is onto something with "The Longest Road".  Opening with the sexy synthed-up vocals "giddy up and go" alongside a Texas-esqe guitar sample over an ice-cool electronic beat - you'll find yourself getting willingly lost in the open range and longing for a glass a water - it's that hot.

Make sure you check out the song and remixes on MySpace and if you really like the special sound that Morgan brings to the table, you may also be interested in checking out some of his other remixed works for rather cool artists like Imogen Heap, Tegan & Sara, Ultra Nate, Coldplay and Stevie Nicks over on his official website.

Morgan Page's album "Elevate" is out now and here's the vid-e-o to "The Longest Road" which somehow brings up memories of DM's "Personal Jesus" to mind...Enjoy.

Jason Castro Will Be Missed

Although it was pretty obvious that he was slipping a bit these last few weeks on American Idol, I still really liked watching Jason Castro sing his little heart away week after week.  I'm not a huge American Idol follower at all but because television can be so boring at times, watching Jason perform this year brought a little joy to the emptiness that surrounds my usual Saturday morning television experience.  Jason will truly be missed (by myself at least) over the next couple of weeks while America decides who to crown the next Idol.

I don't know what it is about Jason Castro that I connect with really.  It's probably that he reminds me a little bit of one of my favorite singers Jason Downs.  It's that little bit of non-conformity that he possesses that I identify with too - like being a white guy with dreads who picks strange songs to sing that most people in his position wouldn't even dare try to perform.  Maybe it was the fact that he was like "whatever" with Andrew Lloyd Webber's advice that made me smile.  He's just himself and I like that.  And it doesn't hurt at all that he has a voice that makes me swoon.

Who knows what the future holds musically for Jason Castro once the American Idol frenzy wears off.  But I do know this - if he decides to stick with music, I would most certainly by his album and talk about it endlessly here on EQ.

Thanks for entertaining me Jason!

Summertime Rants

It's Wednesday.  It's definitley the most beautiful day of the year outside in London today.  I felt the sunshine on my cheeks and felt inspired.  I felt the cool summer breeze through my hair and felt uplifted.  I saw all the boys and girls prancing around Old Compton Street today in shorts and t-shirts and it made me say, "I Love London".  You see it doesn't take much to make this little music blogger just a little bit happier...on with the rants.

• Thanks to EQ reader "Bully" there seems to be some news on the release of Blake Lewis' EP for "How Many Words" - and it's chuck full of some good remixes too!  Check out this link on Amazon!  Yes please.
  
  
• In Imogen Heap's latest vblog she brings up the subject of her so-called "green" neighbors who cut down a tree so they could see their car better, thus the inspiration for a new song called "A-ha!" on her upcoming album - click here for the story and some sound clips!
  
  
• I had no idea that S'Express were releasing a new song and by golly, it's already on iTunes and it's called "Stupid Little Girls".  EQ approved!
  
  
• Adele sounds pretty good when you remix her.  I love the Out Of Office remix of "Cold Shoulder" that's out now.  Still haven't bought her album yet.
  
  
• Are you sick of Sam Sparro yet?  There is an advert on TV promoting his new album like every five minutes or so it seems.  Lucky for him, I'm still diggin the album.
  
  
• No matter how much you tell me I'm stupid for not liking Madonna's new album, I stand by my word.  Just because she's Madonna doesn't mean everything she does is amazing.  Yes, 95% of what she does is amazing, but there is a 5% of her work that I just don't get.  And most of that 5% is on "Hard Candy".
  
  
• More Alannah Currie (formerly of The Thompson Twins) news in The London Paper last night about her upholstery exhibit in London.  Aside from being the toast of the design world at the moment, she apparently divorced Tom Bailey and re-married some dude from The KLF.
  
  
• And finally, I have to admit, I kinda like NKOTB's new song "Summertime" that is all over YouTube now.  Yeah it's not the end-all-be-all song of the summer, but it's poppy and danceable enough.  I am sorely disappointed though that the boys won't be bringing their hangin toughs to the UK though.  Check out this little vid-e-o of the boys getting attacked by Ryan Seacrest.  Yeah Ryan - I know you were a New Kid fan too...don't hide, come out.

When Rob Diament of Temposhark Blogs...

I LOVE IT.

In fact, I think Rob Diament of Temposhark should make an official music blog himself as he really does have a stellar sense of what is truly amazing on the pop music scene these days.

In today's "Rob-blog" on MySpace, Rob not only gave us some insight in to the recent US Temposhark shows, but he also posted a very rare music video to "It's Better To Have Loved" for all of us to admire. 

Rob had this to say about the video:

"Some of you have been asking about the video I made in 2005 with the wonderful artist Justine Pearsall. Well Justine has managed to kindly upload it onto YouTube for you to see. The video was made for the single version of "It's Better To Have Loved" which is the Guy Sigsworth Mix. It's slightly different to the final album version but every bit as beautiful".

Let's take a lookski then...

Gorgeous. Thanks Rob.

Step Into The "Supernatural" With Doe Deere

I could get into serious hot water now for proclaiming that Doe Deere is my favourite disco diva of the moment. While most music bloggers are going on about Swedish popster Isabel Guzman, I keep finding myself blissly distracted by the pop/discorock frenzy that Doe Deere has whipped up in the way of debut album "Supernatural".

With the stunning "One Touch" already at the top of my playlist, it was with rather excited anticipation that I opened my copy of the album to review in hi-fi.  Combining edgy pop infused with a healthy amount of 80s-esqe pounding rock and perfectly executed dreamy synths, every one of the five tracks on "Supernatural" is superb.  "Mona Lisa" is a white-hot dream that conjurs up audio tidbits of Laura Branigan's "Self Control" (similar to Christian George's "Strangers", but less obvious). "SF Disco" imagines our Deere prancing around atop a bar in the Castro whilst winning our bambi hearts with her "get down on the floor" commandments. "What U Like" and "Supernatural" are also very strong tracks and for a five track album, you won't be disappointed in Doe Deere's debut effort.

You must go out and buy this album now on Doe Deere's MySpace where you'll be met with a cute message from the poptastic lad-e with antlers. She's so adorable.  I love everything about her.  Just like every good artist these days, she's done it all herself without compromise, without a big label and has made a set of tracks that isn't so scary like it's title suggests, but rather a cool set of tracks that are inviting, frisky and all-in-all - rather genius.

You may now all start talking about Doe Deere ladies and gentlemen...And don't forget if you're a member of the EQ Facebook Group, you can still download the brilliant "One Touch" for a limited time only.

Hair Of Entaglement

Holy Big Hair Batman! Alanis Morisette has sure been spending some time growing out her lovely locks as seen in this recent live performance of "Underneath".

You can catch the entire acoustic show on this linkage - which is quite good. Welcome back Alanis!