It would seem that in 2024 we are blessed to be experiencing the second coming of Sasha Velour. After winning RuPaul’s Drag Race S9 with that lip-sync, Sasha focused on her legendaire Nightgowns show and helped showcase queens across the US. But 2022 saw her tour her Smoke & Mirrors show around the world, breaking […]

A monthly highlight for Loverboy is tuning in to Cormac‘s Rinse FM show as he introduces us to carefully curated cuts of HI-NRG, Techno ands Italo in that seductive Irish accent. Now Cormac and his voice are branching out with Queerly Beloved, a fortnightly podcast which sees him talk with Queer family about backgrounds, creativity […]

Loverboy Magazine is thrilled to dive into the world of Punk legend Lora Logic, the musician behind the iconic saxophone sound of X-Ray Spex. We’re especially excited to chat with her as the much-anticipated re-issue of X-Ray Spex‘s lost sophomore album, Conscious Consumer, is set to be released on vinyl via Do Yourself In Records for […]

Dave Lee is the man behind many of Loveryboy’s key musical moments. From being the Joey Negro and dropping the anthemic ‘Make A Move On Me’, to bringing mysticism to Ministry with Jakatta and even being responsible for Take That’s cover of ‘Relight My Fire’. All major. Now Dave is not only revisiting his AC […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]