Interviews

This Saturday Samantha Hudson plays Razzmatazz as part of her AOVE Black Label tour. Causing controversy across Spain ever since she casually criticised the entire Catholic Church in a video for a school project, aged fifteen, Samantha has only turned it around to become a National Treasure. Very much subcribing to the Dolly Parton School for Beauty and […]

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One idea Loverboy has grappled with over the last few years is the concept of ‘home’. Can it really be as simple as a building? A geographic location? Or is it a period in time, never to be repeated? Hong Kong-born, London-based Merry Lamb Lamb looks at this idea of home on her name EP, […]

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The Drums‘ Jonny Pierce spent 2020 isolated in a cabin in the woods in upstate New York. He took advantage of the year by spending it in nature with his newly-adopted puppy and only making music when the mood took him. Gradually writing songs as a way of self-care, only in moments of softness, Jonny […]

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For some Friday 13th is thought to have a slight whiff of superstition. Falling, this year, in the spooky season of October, will only heighten others’ sense of paranoia. For post punk, lo-fi horror fans, Provoker, it was sign to unleash their second album, Demon Compass on the world. ‘It’s crazy,’ says frontman Christian Petty, ‘The stars aligned […]

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During the summer madness of Barcelona in July, Loverboy experienced its very first Ravalada! The drag competition/bar crawl is one of the best ways to see the city’s drag scene and the community’s local bars. With one queen down, the organisers needed to find someone, a previous six time winner no less, whom they could […]

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There are few things we understand less in this life than minimalists. Like, ew, gross. What fun, joy or camp theatrics can be found in minimalism?! None! No, Loverboy is all about that maximalist lifestyle, we want everything, everywhere, all at once. Absolutely no chill. And so it is that we absolutely fuck with Samantha […]

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This summer everything has been all ‘Barbie this…’ and ‘Oppenheimer that…’, but the true one to watch was Prime’s adaptation of Red, White & Royal Blue. The queer rom-com gave us representation, laughs, love and a flood of tears. If you caught yourself crying at that scene too, just thank Vagabon aka Laetitia Tamko whose beautiful version […]

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Originally hailing from Dublin, Saoirse has been playing genre-defying sets to crowds all over the world for over twenty years. Whether it’s her residency at Maricas, in Loverboy’s adoptive city of Barcelona or starting her own queer dance festival, Body Movements, in our hometown of London, Saoirse, always represents the community. Now she has been […]

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Being gay and fem in London’s Grime scene was never going to be easy but over the last seven years Karnage Kills has continued to break down boundaries and fill up the dancefloor with his music. The London-based MC has just dropped some casual observations on his new collaboration with KDA, entitled, ‘Darkskin Queen.’ The […]

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