Articles tagged with Janelle Monae

Janelle’s performance of “Cold War” was a bright spot among the Grammy performances last night. It was also the highlight of a live set she did for KCRW last year. Same amount of energy whether playing to 150 people in a small, living room-sized studio or Staples Center. She’s a star.

OK, I’ll admit it, I cheated. Naming my favorite live performances of the year on Morning Becomes Eclectic was far too hard so I purposefully disqualified three of the bands who also made my Top 10 Albums of the Year list — Best Coast, Black Keys and Band of Horses. They were all awesome, of course, but I wanted to highlight some of my …

All of our DJs have submitted their Top 10 Albums of 2010 and you can see their lists here. Below are all the albums that were listed as #1 in random order so you can see a compilation of the best of the best!
Most of these bands have performed at the station this year or have been features on KCRW’s Music Blog– click on …

KCRW Presents dozens of shows across Southern California and here are some photo highlights!

KCRW TOP 50 Most Played Albums FOR WEEK OF 09/20/2010
1 JUNIP == Fields >> [Mute]

2 UNDERWORLD == Barking >> [Om]
3 CHK CHK CHK == Strange Weather Isn’t It >> [Warp]
4 INTERPOL == Interpol >> [Matador]
5 TRIANA, ANDREYA == Lost Where I Belong >> [Ninja Tune]
6 BLONDE REDHEAD == Penny Sparkle >> [4ad]
7 ARCADE FIRE == Suburbs >> [Merge]
8 RONSON, MARK & …

KCRW TOP 50 FOR WEEK OF 08/23/2010

1 ARCADE FIRE == Suburbs >> [Merge]
2 BUDOS BAND == Iii >> [Daptone]
3 MONAE, JANELLE == Archandroid >> [Bad Boy/wondaland]
4 BLACK KEYS == Brothers >> [Nonesuch]
5 SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS == Disconnect From Desire >> [Vagrant]
6 TAME IMPALA == Innerspeaker >> [Modular]
7 BAND OF HORSES == Infinite Arms >> [Brown/fat Possum/columbia]
8 CHK CHK CHK == Strange Weather …

KCRW TOP 50 FOR WEEK OF 08/16/2010
1 CHEMICAL BROTHERS == Further >> [Astralwerks]
2 ARCADE FIRE == Suburbs >> [Merge]
3 BUDOS BAND == Iii >> [Daptone]
4 JORGE, SEU & ALMAZ == Seu Jorge & Almaz >> [Stones Throw]
5 QUANTIC PRESENTA FLOWERING INFERNO == Dog With A Rope >> [Tru Thoughts]
6 BLACK KEYS == Brothers >> [Nonesuch]
7 SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS == Disconnect From Desire >> …

KCRW TOP 50 FOR WEEK OF 07/27/2010
1 SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS == Disconnect From Desire >> [Vagrant]
2 MIA == Maya >> [Neet/interscope]
3 NEW PORNOGRAPHERS == Together >> [Matador]
4 MONAE, JANELLE == Archandroid >> [Bad Boy/wondaland]
5 CUT CHEMIST == Sound Of The Police >> [Self Release]
6 TAME IMPALA == Innerspeaker >> [Modular]
7 CHEMICAL BROTHERS == Further >> [Astralwerks]
8 BLACK KEYS == Brothers >> [Nonesuch]
9 …

KCRW TOP 50 FOR WEEK OF 07/20/2010
1 SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS == Disconnect From Desire >> [Vagrant]
2 MONAE, JANELLE == Archandroid >> [Bad Boy/wondaland]
3 BLACK KEYS == Brothers >> [Nonesuch]
4 TAME IMPALA == Innerspeaker >> [Modular]
5 SIA == We Are Born >> [Monkey Puzzle/jive]
6 MIA == Maya >> [Neet/interscope]
7 KONONO NO 1 == Assume Crash Position >> [Crammed Discs]
8 CHEMICAL BROTHERS == Further …

KCRW TOP 50 FOR WEEK OF 07/12/2010
1 MONAE, JANELLE == Archandroid >> [Bad Boy/wondaland]
2 BLACK KEYS == Brothers >> [Nonesuch]
3 SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS == Disconnect From Desire >> [Vagrant]
4 ROOTS == How I Got Over >> [Def Jam]
5 JORGE, SEU & ALMAZ == Seu Jorge & Almaz >> [Stones Throw]
6 QUANTIC PRESENTA FLOWERING INFERNO == Dog With A Rope >> [Tru …