MORE FUCKING DANCING!!!

Janelle Monae - "Dance Apocalyptic" (Live on the Today Show, 09/12/13)

The coolest, hottest, hippest, most stylish God-damned talented thing going today. It's hard to believe this performance wasn't backtracked or lip-synced, because the whole band is so fucking good. Forget live audiences: Janelle Monae was made for the CAMERA. Great to see real fans at one of these things for once too, even if that one person in the front row was like, "Janelle is right in my face, but I'm going to stick my phone in hers." Come the fuck on. You want documentation? THE TODAY SHOW is your documentation!

Janelle Monáe - "Dance Apocalyptic"

This song will be everywhere. From Janelle Monae's The Electric Lady, due September 10 on Bad Boy/Wondaland/Atlantic Records:

Janelle Monae and Kid Koala To Play Vancouver Jazzfest

I missed you once before, Janelle, but I WILL see you at the Vancouver Jazzfest on June 29. Like your song says, it's dance or die:



Also playing at the Vancouver Jazzfest will be Vancouver-born turntablist Kid Koala. He'll be performing his "Space Cadet Headphone Concert" twice on June 27 (at 7:15 PM and 9:45 PM) and once more the next night (at 7:15 PM). "Combine 1 piano, 6 space pods, 7 turntables, and 250 sets of headphones with an audio science fair/gallery. What do you get? Fun for the whole family!" his website says, but even after having watched the concert's trailer, I'm still not entirely sure what I'll be getting into: