Bad Boy Blog reader Bryant asked: what is the countdown on
Janelle Monae's website counting down to?
Answer: It appears to be counting down to January 20, a Tuesday. A Bad Boy marketing contact confirmed that it is counting down to the release of her debut full length album.
The video for Janelle Monae's "Many Moons" has been
released online. It's actually a shorter version than the one that aired on 106 & Park.
Janelle Monae's MySpace has the clip from E!'s feature on her, as one of their five artists to watch in 2008.
Pitchfork's Dave Maher shares the following upcoming Jamie Lidell tour dates that will feature Janelle Monae.
09-29 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
09-30 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
10-01 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
10-03 Seattle, WA - Showbox
10-07 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
10-12 Boston, MA - Paradise
Well... that was interesting. Janelle Monae appeared on BET's 106 & Park just now, to premiere the video for "Many Moons." Before the video aired, the back and forth between Terrence and Rocsi and Janelle was perhaps a little awkward. Monae has a unique way about her, obviously, and I'm sure the nerves of the situation didn't help. But, the "Metropolis" concept was a little confusing as she described it and I think she sort of lost the hosts at that point and they were unsure what to make of her.
At any rate, the video itself is pretty cool - except for one thing. It looked like they created a widescreen film, but didn't modify it for regular screens. So, at the beginning, some of the text in the video, introducing various characters, was cut off. That aside, like I said, cool video. Captures the whole thing pretty well.
After the video aired, there was some more talking and that part went really well. Janelle presented each host with an autographed vinyl copy and Rocsi said that she loved the video, saying that it might be the video of the year.
A blog post on the
Wondaland Arts Society blog has a picture of Janelle Monae with singer Maxwell at a taping of BET's 106 & Park and says that the video for "Many Moons" will be premiering on Friday at 6 PM on the show.
Dave Maher at Pitchfork reports that Janelle Monae will be performing in Los Angeles on September 27, as part of the
We the People festival.
Check out their site for location and ticket info.
Joshua Sindell of Los Angeles CityBeat reports that Janelle Monae will be performing in Hollywood, at
Avalon on September 29.
The Frisky has a quick feature on Janelle Monae, complementing her fashion sense.
Calling the track "a punk-soul caffeine injection," Rolling Stone has given Janelle Monae's "Many Moons" a rating of 4 stars. See her
MySpace blog for the clipping.
Janelle Monae will be performing with Common and N.E.R.D. on October 8 in Atlanta, according to a bulletin sent from her
MySpace. The shoe will be at The Tabernacle. Doors open at 7:00 PM and the show starts at 8:00 PM. Tickets can be
purchased at Live Nation.
Janelle Monae will be perfoming at
Sonar Baltimore on September 20. You can buy tickets at
missiontix.com.
Via
The Sound Garden.
The Wondaland Arts Society Blog has pictures from Janelle Monae's first promo tour, supporting the release of "Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Special Edition)."
