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Sharon Needles debut album drops Tuesday

Sharon Needles debut album cover art. (Image courtesy Producer Entertainment Group)

Sharon Needles debut album cover art. (Image courtesy Producer Entertainment Group)

Drag groundbreaker Sharon Needles releases her debut album “PG-13″ Tuesday along with her first music video for the song “This Club is a Haunted House.”

Described as an “eerie, somewhat chilling mix of fright-inducing punk and emotional catharsis,” the album is said to a dancy pop-punch feel.

The tracks are:

1. This Club Is A Haunted House (feat RuPaul)

2. Call Me On The Ouija Board

3. Dead Girls Never Say No

4. Drink Till I Die

5. I Wish I Were Amanda Lepore (feat Amanda Lepore)

6. Why Do You Think You Are Nuts?

7. Disco Ball

8. Dressed To Kill

9. Let’s All Die

10. Kai Kai (feat Ana Matronic and Alaska)

11. Everyday Is Halloween

12. Hail Satan! (feat Jayne County)

Needles wrote all the material and says the title is a reference to “this vapid industry” where “life succeeds only in compromise.”

RuPaulAmanda LeporeAna Matronic of the Scissor Sisters, and punk rock legend Jayne County contribute everything from humor to rap, while partner Alaska from season five of Logo TV’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” premiering its new season tonight, rounds out this starring lineup, with striking album art by Austin Young, a Los Angeles based artist and celebrity photographer. Young has worked with Amy PoehlerDebbie Harry, and Margaret Cho. Look for the video tonight on Logo at 6 p.m. and midnight.

Sharon Needles appearance scheduled

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Sharon Needles will do a meet-and-greet before her appearance this weekend at Town. (Photo by Mathu Anderson; courtesy Sharon Needles)

Town (2009 8th St., N.W.)  presents “A Nightmare Before Xmas with Sharon Needles” Saturday night with a special meet and greet at 9 p.m. and the show at 10:30.

Needles is a drag performer known for her ghoulish gothic style. She came to fame in the fourth season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” where she was crowned “America’s Next Drag Superstar.”

Tickets for the meet and greet are limited and are $50. Admission to the show is $12. For more information, visit towndc.com.