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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Video Janelle Monae - Live from Texas

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:04 AM

Our love affair with the space age music of Janelle Monae is pretty well documented, but we'll never miss an opportunity to lobby for this superstar in the making.

Monae's limited output (an EP, plus some tracks from a Big Boi mix) is trumped by her redonkulous live show, one that somehow melds the usually shameful world of backing tracks with a furious live band. Her guitarist, the dapper gent that the Fader lovingly referred to as "Captain Shreddington," might be the only musician talented enough to pry some of the spotlight away from the pintsize ball of energy that is Monae. Watching this video makes me wish more bands put so much effort in their live performances.

Plus it makes me want to purchase a bow tie.

 

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every time I saw her she was doing a photo shoot. and I saw her like 8 times.
Posted by mmm on March 26, 2009 at 11:56 AM · Report

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