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Reviews 7

Janelle Monáe

The Age Of Pleasure

Emotion And Power: Roskilde Festival 2019 Reviewed

Electrifying Lady: Janelle Monáe At The Roundhouse

It Ain’t That Deep Either Way: Your February Pop Roundup

Why In With The New Is The Best Policy: Sonar Festival 2011 Review

Not The Archandroid We’re Looking For: Janelle Monae Live

Janelle Monae

The ArchAndroid (Suites II & III)

Articles 5

Books

How Long ‘Til Black Future Month? Speculative Fiction & Janelle Monae

In her essay - 'How Long 'Til Black Future Month? The Toxins of Speculative Fiction, and the Antidote that is Janelle Monáe' - from Adventure Rocketship! Let’s All Go To The Science Fiction Disco, NK Jemisin discusses racism in the genre (on its pages and elsewhere) and the artist as its unlikely saviour
Black Sky Thinking

From Robyn To Janelle Monae: 2010 & The Rise Of The Fembots

In the first of our Wreath Lectures, Sian Rowe looks at the female artists who've used robot aesthetics to transcend feminine norms in pop
A Quietus Interview

Performance Breakdown: Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes Interviewed

As Of Montreal hit the UK, Al Denney talks to Kevin Barnes about the influence of Parliament on _False Priest_ and the history of 'The Past Is A Grotesque Animal', one of our favourite songs of the last decade
Black Sky Thinking

Janelle Monáe: A New Pioneer Of Afrofuturism

Against a pop climate beset by fraudulent marketing plans on two shiny legs, John Calvert argues that Janelle Monáe brandishes the acetylene torch for radical Afrofuturism
A Quietus Interview

Monáe Talks: Janelle Keeps The Famous Flame Of James Brown Alive

It's a woman's, woman's, woman's world... Janelle Monáe talks to Laura Snapes about working with Erykah Badu and Big Boi... in the third person of course

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 1

Baker's Dozen

Cool & Collected: Let’s Eat Grandma’s Favourite Albums

As Let's Eat Grandma release excellent new album I'm All Ears, they guide Aimee Armstrong through a Baker's Dozen loaded with contemporary pop, from Janelle Monáe to Sophie, Kendrick Lamar, Lorde and Christine & The Queens

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