Janelle Monae

Janelle Monáe played a hometown show at Kansas City's Midland Theater (pics, setlist)

Janelle’s Age of Pleasure tour is a spectacle of costume changes, choreography, and good vibes…

Notable Releases of the Week (9/8)

This week’s Notable Releases include James Blake’s best and most experimental album in a decade, Angel Du$t’s wide-ranging new LP, Anjimile’s powerful art rock LP, Olivia Rodrigo’s anticipated sophomore album, and more…

13 New Songs Out Today

Listen to new songs by Peter Gabriel, Kylie Minogue, Maxo Kream, yeule, Teezo Touchdown, Alex Lahey, Jake Shears, Devendra Banhart, and more…

Janelle Monáe reveals openers for upcoming 'Age of Pleasure' tour

Jidenna, Flyana Boss, and more will join Janelle on her tour.

Tour news: Janelle Monae, Colter Wall, Terror, Jon Batiste, The Natvral, Corona Capital fest, more

Plus: Steep Canyon Rangers, Thurston Moore, Nathaniel Rateliff, Hot Chip, and more tour and festival news.

Barack Obama's 2023 Summer Playlist: boygenius, Ice Spice, SZA, Drake, Kelela, Bob Dylan, more

”People seem to think, well, he must’ve had some 20-year-old intern who was figuring out this latest cut,” Obama told Hasan Minhaj in a recent interview. ”No, man! It’s on my iPad right now.”

Our 40 Favorite Albums of 2023 So Far

From billy woods to boygenius Fever Ray to Feist to Jessie Ware to Jason Isbell to Lana Del Rey to Liturgy, here are our 40 favorite albums of 2023 so far…

Essence Festival livestream schedule (Megan Thee Stallion, Lauryn Hill, Missy Elliott, more)

Janelle Monae, Wizkid, Tems, Ari Lennox, a 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop celebration curated by Doug E. Fresh, and more are also streaming this weekend from the New Orleans festival.

Our Favorite Songs of the Week (playlist)

This week’s playlist includes new music by Ratboys, Drab Majesty ft Rachel Goswell (Slowdive), Julie Byrne, Janelle Monae, Amaarae, Rosalía, Dave & central cee, Jason Isbell, Allison Russell, Fiddlehead, and more.
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