2009 Afro-punk Festival lineup features Pure Hell, Whole Wheat Bread, Living Colour, Earl Greyhound, Saul Williams, Janelle Monae + others Rob Fields Afropunk June 4, 2009 0I hear there will be some tweaks along the way, but this what I understand to be the basic–and pretty...
VIDEO: Janelle Monae @ Skybar in LA–2/7/09 Rob Fields Artists/Bands February 13, 2009 0Plain ol' R&B singers don't have swagger like this: Here's a Black woman who's not afraid to get her hair...
Grammy nominee: Janelle Monae–"Many Moons" Rob Fields Artists/Bands December 11, 2008 1I have raved about Janelle on this blog before, so there's not much to say other than restate that this...
Janelle Monae's holiday Gap ad Rob Fields Black rock in the media December 10, 2008 0Janelle puts her spin on “Winter Wonderland” in this video with Napoleon Dynamite himself, Jon Heder. Hat tip to Yellow...
Video: Janelle Monae's "Many Moons" (redux) Rob Fields Artists/Bands October 1, 2008 0 Okay, let’s try this again. Apologies, but I see that the video that I’d embedded has been taken down. ...
Video: Janelle Monae's "Many Moons" Rob Fields Artists/Bands September 30, 2008 0 Glad I took a detour over to The Couch Sessions today, or I’m not sure when I would’ve discovered...
Janelle Monae performing "Violet Stars Happy Hunting/Many Moons" Rob Fields Live Music/Shows August 6, 2008 3 Seeing Janelle Monae is believing Janelle Monae. I knew there were a few people taping Sunday’s show from the...
Janelle Monae Crushes Summerstage Rob Fields Reviews August 4, 2008 3Our favorite cybergirl proves the buzz ain’t just hype, and none of the acts that followed cleared the bar she...
Weekend Preview #2: Janelle Monae/Little Jackie @ Summerstage–8/3 Rob Fields Live Music/Shows July 31, 2008 0Like Santogold before them, two more out-of-the box Black women take the stage at Central Park this weekend. Janelle Monae...
NYFF 2016 REVIEW: ‘Moonlight’ by Barry Jenkins Curtis Caesar John Film/TV October 1, 2016 0Barry Jenkins' unusually sensitive depiction of Black men trying to find their place in the world.