The debut album from Kansas soul singer Janelle Monáe is a wondrously diverse collection of songs that together reveal the story of The ArchAndroid. There's a wonderful combination of old-fashioned ...

Emancipation and empowerment through an epic sci-fi adventure. In The Archandroid, Janelle Monáe presented a sprawling work of sci fi drama. A true musical journey that sizzles with blood-pumping ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. On Janelle Monae’s major-label debut, the 24-year-old, ragingly talented ...

Janelle Monae impressed many with her EP Metropolis: The Chase Suite and now she returns with her first full-length release The ArchAndroid. Monae tackles a wide variety of styles on this release from ...

Prone to psychobabble about "connecting energies" and "internal compasses", it's difficult to dissect Janelle Monáe. She's certainly sombre and takes her art seriously, rarely cracking a smile, ...

Was it cerebral hip-hop? Freaked-out funk? Or an updated Innervisions? There is no point trying to pigeonhole the Guardian's favourite album of 2010 – just sit back and enjoy Some years the most ...

Janelle Monae is hard to pin down. She plays indie-rock festivals and the R&B circuit. She sports tuxedos and a sky-high pompadour. And her musical influences seem to include a blend of James Brown, ...

When Janelle Monáe burst onto our computer screens in May this year with her breathtaking performance of ‘Tightrope’ on The Late Show with David Letterman, it felt like something remarkable had ...

As her cyborg alter-ego Cindi Mayweather, eccentric 24-year-old singer Janelle Monáe embarks on a sprawling journey of futuristic pop marked with the wonderment of a Pixar epic on her latest… By ...