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Monday, August 25, 2008
News Janelle Monae - Live at Doug Fir, 08/22/08
Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:16 AM
I don't want to go too into the teaser show from Janelle Monae last Friday, but it did feel like the modest (yet still impressive for a last minute 6pm concert) crowd of a few hundred people were witnessing something pretty special.
Simply put, Monae is an astonishing performer. Pint-sized in stature, but with a stage presence tailor-made for an arena, Monae and her stylish backing band (complete with a guitar player who looked like Arthur Lee, circa Forever Changes) torched through a brief set of futuristic funk-pop jams from her new Metropolis: The Chase Suite release. And while I assume it's happened there before, Monae's stage dive (see the above camera photo for proof) was the first instance of crowd surfing I've seen at the Doug Fir. It was an odd did she really just do that? moment, but a fitting end to a show that will be hard to forget.
Feel like you missed out? Monae will be at the Wonder Ballroom on October 1st (supporting Jamie Lidell).
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