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Tag Archives: Janelle Monae
Introducing “Albums of the … Teens, I guess?”: Five Great Recordings of 2010
Exactly five albums per year, no artist repeats, presented in order of U.S. release date, running list at the end of each post. Continue reading
Posted in Albums of the 2010s, Music, Obligatory List-making
Tagged 2010, Albums of the 2010s, Janelle Monae
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Rankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Songs of 2018
“Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything is awful!!!”
That, my friends, was 2018, in all its mortifying, capricious, senseless absurdity. I can think of no better soundtrack. Continue reading
Posted in End of the Year Rankstravaganza, Music, Obligatory List-making
Tagged Anderson .Paak, Best Songs, Best Songs of 2018, Chvrches, David Byrne, Dessa, Father John Misty, Field Report, Forth Wanderers, Hurry, James Bay, Janelle Monae, Kali Uchis, Laura Viers, Leon Bridges, Linda Gail Lewis, Mapache, MGMT, Mitski, Natalie Prass, Natheniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nefesh Mountain, Parquet Courts, Post Animal, Rankstravaganza, Ravyn Lenae, Robbie Fulks, Soccer Mommy, The Coup, The Decemberists, The Hold Steady, They Might Be Giants, Ty Segall, Wye Oak
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Rankstravaganza 2013: My 30 Favorite Songs of the Year
Once again, I’m turning this in a few days past deadline. No matter! It’s still not too late to celebrate 2013, which in my musical estimation was a year of songwriters singing about specific places, of longer-than-long-awaited follow-ups, of gorgeous … Continue reading
Posted in End of the Year Rankstravaganza, Music, Obligatory List-making
Tagged Amanda Shires, Arcade Fire, Best Songs, Best Songs of 2013, Best Tracks of 2013, Cloud Cult, David Bowie, Dessa, Foals, Free Energy, Janelle Monae, Jason Isbell, Josh Ritter, King Khan and the Shrines, Low, Maurice Tani, My Bloody Valentine, Of Montreal, Okkervil River, Patty Griffin, Phoenix, Queens of the Stone Age, Rankstravaganza, Robbie Fulks, Shannon and the Clams, Son Volt, Steve Earle, Stornoway, Superchunk, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Thee Oh Sees, They Might Be Giants, Wavves, Waxahatchee
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Rankstravaganza: My Top 15 albums of 2010
Welcome, friends, to Rankstravaganza 2010, because it’s not the Internet without subjective lists. Continue reading