Here in Barcelona the metal shutters are finally being lifted and we are being allowed to venture out into the nightlife again. The clubs are opening and somewhere there is a dancefloor playing 90s RnB calling our name. But Loverboy is still feeling trepidatious. What better way to get over this trepidation than by watching […]

When Loverboy spoke with Planningtorock‘s Jam last year they were casually grabbing a coffee with their girlfriend in Tallinn, Estonia and about to drop the Planningtochanel EP. Jump forward twelve months, Planningtorock have been busy remixing Robyn, Romy, Christine & The Queens, got officially married in Estonia’s British Embassy and are now ready to celebrate […]

This morning, as I was queuing up in Fira Barcelona for my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, I was reflecting on the last time I was in this venue-turned-medical centre. I realised it was 2019, simpler times, I was attending Sonar By Day and I was about to accidentally discover one of my favourite […]

After ghosting us for the last two years, the only Canadian MC we’re interested in, has returned to us with a new banger. Tommy Genesis just dropped ‘peppermint’, getting things fresh for the start of a new era. The #1 alt-pop rapper released her self-directed video on Thursday and true to her word, Tommy has […]

There may be no Primavera 2021 but hold on to your hat because Primavera 2022 is coming at you with double the acts, double the timeframe and with any luck half of the time-clashes! The line up is a total dream with stars, legends, icons….enchantresses! There are acts that have pulled us through the last 14 months […]

Do not adjust your screens, because no, Black Country Discothèque was not a typo and yes it is in fact a remixed companion piece to last year’s standout album Black Country Disco courtesy of one Tom Aspaul. Our man in the midlands has hooked up with some major LGBT talent, aka MNEK, Bright Light Bright […]

This week Desire dropped new track ‘Zeros’ via Italians Do It Better along with its accompanying video. Desire frontwoman and label president, Megan Louise told Loverboy back in 2019 that she had something cooking and she wasn’t lying. Hot off the trail from 2019’s Double Exposure tour with Chromatics, 2020 saw the band drop three […]

Every article, review, interview, feature, caption, tweet or MySpace bulletin I have written in the last nine months has opened with something about covid – and I’ve have had it. Officially! I’ve been sub-consciously subduing myself with slinky slow jams, laid-back disco and avoiding anything with a BPM of more than Sade for fear of […]

Mariah may be trying to persuade us that Christmastime is in the air, but we are still living out our spooky, Italo, neo-noir Halloween fantasy with Italians Do It Better‘s compilation After Dark 3. The album is ripe with spooky, atmospheric, dramatic disco, courtesy of Chromatics, Orion, our chosen family Desire and head honcho himself, […]