Janelle Monáe

The extraordinary SXSW coverage of Ms. Janelle Monae continues….

March 25th, 2009

EW.com (Entertainment Weekly Website)
Janelle Monae: The next big thing?
“SXSW has sadly come and gone, but a few acts have emerged from the Austin heat as the festival’s most-discussed. That list definitely includes the bizarro, hyper-stylized alt-R&B singer Janelle Monae.” Read more here

SPIN.com
“Best Set: Janelle Monae at Stubb’s. She’s the hardest-working woman in show biz, with big pipes to match. And who knew her faux pompadour could extend two-and-a-half feet upward?” – Editor Mark Bautz . Read more here

Paste Magazine
Paste’s Top 10 Buzziest Acts of SXSW 2009 – Janelle is # 2!!!
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Village Voice
SXSW 2009: A Biased Top-Five Recap, and How The Artists Therein Will Soon Tangibly Impact Your Life
“1. Ms. Janelle Monáe, of course. Her deeply, defiantly weird dystopian-diva routine is way more exhilarating live than on her Metropolis: The Chase Suite EP, wherein the lovesick-android-on-the-lam shtick gets a little distracting. More Suites are planned soon, though, and power-r&b smash-in-the-making “Tightrope” is a monster, so.”
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XLXTRA (Special to the Austin American-Statesman) – Cover story (see attached)

Minneapolis City Pages
Devo, Janelle Monáe, and Solid Gold wow music nerds at SXSW
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Minneapolis City Pages Blog- You must watch the posted youtube video that shows her surfing the crowd all the way to the back of the room and back to the stage!

“The set by Janelle Monae at Stubb’s last night was literally like nothing else I have ever seen, and I am finding it difficult to even put it in words.” Read more here

Philadelphia Inquirer
– Janelle ranked one of top 5 performers at SXSW. Read more here
Click here for the Performance review

DellLounge.com – Interview with Janelle

Access Atlanta (Blog of the Atlanta Journal Constitution) – Postcard from Janelle from SXSW

Shockhound – Photos posted on website

Idolator
My Top Six South By Southwest Shows – Janelle is # 2!
“I raved about Monae’s set to pretty much everyone I saw, impressed as I was by her incredible stage presence (she danced around her bandmates like a woman possessed, still holding onto her robot-lady persona the whole time) and powerful pipes (her version of the old chestnut “Smile” absolutely slayed the room)” Read more here

Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
Best of SXSW ‘09
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Culture Bully
“the young pompadoured soul singer overcame technical difficulties to put on one of the most engaging sets of the whole weekend. I have said before that I believe Monáe will be an enormous star in the future” Read more here

Austin Chronicle – Photo listing (see attached)

KCRW
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FMBQ
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The Tripwire (blog)
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Pop Sense (blog)
“This girl with the rockabilly haircut can dance as easily as she walks, sufficiently making Britney Spears look like she’s paralyzed.” Read more here

Club Fonograma
“Janelle opened the show the “Hey Ya!”-meets-Blade Runner pop magnet “Violet Stars/Happy Hunting!!,” one of the most infectious (and best) singles of this entire decade.” Read more here

News 8 Austin
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Michelle Pullman Blogspot (Blog) :
“Janelle Monae blew my mind.”

True Genius Requires Insanity (Blog):
“with arguably the tightest live band at the conference, four guys whose note perfect, boiling hot and razor sharp electrified soul caused everyone, from the nonbeliever to the hardened journalist to take note that there was a new direction and new pecking order in R & B, and the leader of this movement was none other than Janelle Monae.”

You Didnt Never Get Me No Ice Cream (Blog)
“the best show of the week…JANELLE MONAE!!”

In Pursuit of Style (Blog) :
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Pine Magazine (Blog):
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The Bloom Blog:
“Janelle Monae was beyond captivating- my favorite SXSW performer”

Pac Sun (Blog):
“The highlight of the showcase had to have been Janelle Monae”

OPB Music (Blog):
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Panic Manual (Blog):
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