The first Gloria Steinem we get to know in Julie Taymor’s The Glorias is the famous feminist-movement leader at 40, played by Julianne Moore. This is, by the looks of it, Rockstar Gloria: with the founding of Ms. Magazine behind her, her face half obscured by those trademark aviator glasses …
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Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor, Janelle Monáe and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney will appear at South by Southwest 2020, delivering keynote speeches and joining in conversation. The 34th annual conference will be held in Austin, Texas, from March 13th through the 22nd. Ahead of their induction into the Rock and …
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Janelle Monáe, Lil Wayne and Tame Impala are among the initial acts unveiled for Lollapalooza 2019, which will return to Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois this summer, from August 1st through August 4th. The festival revealed the first wave of acts via a video made in collaboration with animal shelter …
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Cardi B, Janelle Monaé, Interpol, Solange, Erykah Badu, Future, Nas, Robyn, J Balvin, Rosalía and FKA Twigs lead the lineup for the 2019 Primavera Sound festival, which runs from May 30th to June 1st at Barcelona, Spain‘s Parc del Fòrum. Other Primavera performers include Mac DeMarco, Christine and the Queens, …
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Part of why losing Prince still hurts so much is how timely his vision feels at this exact moment; and nowhere is his spirit more alive than in the work of Janelle Monáe. She’s birthed a label and cultivated a likeminded artist roster at Wondaland, her Paisley Park-styled creative basecamp …
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK:Janelle Monáe, Dirty ComputerA genre-dodging, pop-funk-rock-rap-avant-R&B tour de force, the Wondaland leader delivers a masterpiece that feels both of-the-moment and enduring. The anthems are empowered, the politics both sexual and intersectional – and impressively, she evinces no significant disconnect between preaching and partying. “You fucked the world …
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