Music: 7 of the best songs – w/c 5 September 2022
John Preston picks his favourite 7 songs of the week with Hudson Hawke, Banoffee, Confidence Man feat. CHAI, Röyksopp feat. Goldfrapp, Altered Images, RAYE and Björk.
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Check out Manchester’s hottest new queer rave: Your Dad Sells Avon
Get ready as Your Dad Sells Avon launches at the Star and Garter in Manchester on 24 September 2022.
Music: 7 of the Best Songs – w/c 8 August 2022
This week features bangers from Beyoncé and Madonna, Madonna and Saucy Santana, Doechii and Rico Nasty, King Princess, Dragonette, Tommy Genesis and Charlie Heat, and Hayley Kiyoko.
Music: 7 of the Best Songs – w/c 25 July 2022
John Preston selects his favourite seven tracks of the moment from Mykki Blanco and Kelsey Lu, Rose Gray, Wet Leg (remixed by Soulwax), U.S. Girls, Rico Nasty, Jessie Ware and Flo Milli.
Music: 7 of the Best Songs – w/c 11 July 2022
John Preston’s banger-heavy picks of the week include Laura Viers; Tïesto and Charli XCX; Mura Masa, Shygirl and Channel Tres; Metric; Athletes of God; Fred again…; and Sudan Archives.
The Untold Story of Ursula at Underbelly Festival, London
This year, London’s summer Underbelly Festival tales place at 2 locations across the city, Earls Court and Cavendish Square. We visited Earls Court to taste Tarquin’s gin and watch Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch.
Music: 7 of the Best Songs – 20 June 2022
John Preston’s essential tracks of the week include woozy R&B from Yaya Bey, a throwback dance homage by Röyksopp, simmering trip-hop from Telenova, a blues-bar cover by Lana Del Ray, a swooping ballad from FKA Twigs, a discofied club banger from Anish Kumar and a revamped classic by Madonna.
Music: 7 of the Best Songs – 13 June 2022
John Preston selects his favourite seven tracks of the week, featuring 070 Shake, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Halsey, Grace Ives, Sky Ferreira, HAAi and Superorganism.
Queer East 2022 short films on BFI
The Queer East Film Festival ran throughout May, which showcased rarely seen queer shorts from East and Southeast Asia. The British Film Institute (BFI) has made available a number of these short films available to watch for free, which we outline here.
Edinburgh Fringe 2022 – queer acts we’re looking forward to
With Edinburgh Fringe 2022 not too far away, there will be many wild, wacky, and wit-fuelled comedy sets to look forward to. We round up six queer acts who we at Vada Magazine are particularly interested in seeing.