Artist: Janelle Monae

Get a first listen of fun.'s new album, Some Nights, on Blogcritics.

A week before its full release, indie pop outfit Fun. make available their album Some Nights for a full listen, featuring the catchy single "We Are Young" with Janelle Monae . The grouping will be performing live on Conan on 2/21, catch 'em them and grab the full release when it drops, and see upcoming tour dates here . Fun. - Some Nights

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Next week marks the release of fun.'s second album Some Nights (out 2/11 on Atlantic Records) featuring the hit single "We Are Young (ft. Janelle Monáe ). You might know the song if you've watched Glee or that Chevy Sonic Super Bowl commercial . The song spent nearly all of last week at the top of the iTunes "Top Songs" chart surpassing LMFAO, Madonna, Goyte to name a few and currently holds the #3 spot for most popular song after ...

The Dø - Tightrope [Janelle Monae] | bx watch the original

• The Do - Tightrope (Janelle Monae cover)

While the UK (and the rest of the world) eagerly awaits new music from Little Mix , winners of The X-Factor series 8, runner up Marcus Collins is already prepping for the release of his own debut single and album, both due this March via RCA Records . Collins, the openly gay (former) hairdresser from Liverpool, came in second during his season of the popular reality music competition. While Collins was never really one of my favs, the 23 year [...]

After the success of his fourth album, 2010's Black City, Dear isn't taking a rest and re-cooperating. Instead, he's releasing this EP, touring, and preparing his fifth full-length, Beams, due out sometime this year. 'In the Middle (I Met You There)' marks Dear's f... Read more..

Beautifully dirty, brilliantly fractured and blaringly primal. I will admit this is not my normal cup of musical tea, but there is something completely spell bounding and captivating about French/Finnish duo, consisting of vocalist Olivia Merilahti and the multi-instrumentalist Dan Levy , The Dø 's reinvention of Janelle Monáe 's Jazz/Pop masterpiece, 'Tightrope'. Olivia's voice is strong, clear and ripe with raw energy. The music is builds tension, as her voice releases it, working to move you through the song and keep you wondering what will come next. A completely unexpected musical reinvention of 'Tightrope'. [...]

One wouldn't think there would be a point to hearing a version of "Tightrope" stripped of Janelle Monae 's glorious pipes, Big Boi's rap and that joyride of a funk-fest groove the late, great James Brown would of shook a good foot to had he been around to hear it, but Finnish/ French indie rockers The Dø prove otherwise with this fantastic cover. Clocking in at an epic nine minutes-plus length, The Dø do the damn thing and more on this flip of the 2010 jam, spending the first three minutes by slowing [...]

Tweet January has come and gone. In some parts of the world Lana Del Rey 's "Born To Die" has already been released to mixed reviews, nowhere near making as big a splash as was anticipated by some. I've given it a listen, it's fine, but, as I expected, nothing remarkable. In not-LDR-related news, there have been plenty of good releases so far in this past month, with Cloud Nothings [...]

Click here to view the embedded video. So apparently because I have given up on Glee I missed out on this song being part of a recent episode. THANKFULLY I have my best gurl Benji, who still watches, played this for me over the weekend, and I fell instantly in love. There is something beautifully sarcastic, bittersweet and rebellious about 'We Are Young'. It reminds me of Brand New during their Deja Entendu period, youthful, emotionally intelligent, and ballsy. Did I mention the video is beautiful AND has the stunning Janelle [...]

• Fueled By Ramen - Fun.: We Are Young ft. Janelle Monáe

В круговерти забот не заметили мы, как на новогодних праздниках шведы The Dø сделали кавер на одну из самых заводных песен тысячелетия – «Tightrope» Janelle Monáe. Несмотря на то, что в эпичной девятиминутной инди-поп-рок версии ещё более отчётливо слышны корни битловского «Come Together», это — абсолютная победа. Спасибо, Beats Per Minute !

It looks like everyone was asleep around the Christmas period when The Dø originally uploaded this mind blowing cover to their Soundcloud, but fortunately Listen Before You Buy was the first to sniff it out today, and it's just too good not to share, even if it is "old" by internet blogging standards. Swedish band The Dø, whose album Both Ways Open Jaws was one of our favourite albums of 2011 , have covered Janelle Monae's "Tightrope," from one of our favourite albums of 2011 , The [...]

A dupla francesa The Dø fez uma versão para a música Tightrope , da americana Janelle Monáe . A nova Tightrope é menos pop, cheia de guitarras e com característica voz de Olivia embalando a música em uma atmosfera completamente diferente da original. E perfeitamente interessante. O cover faz parte de uma sessão de gravações que Olivia Merilahti e Dan Levy fizeram no parisiense Studio Pigalle, em junho do ano passado. Você pode conferir um pouco de como foram as gravações com o vídeo de Slippery Slope aqui [...]

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Tweet Listen to The Dø take on Janelle Monaé 's "Tightrope " at Studio Pigalle in Paris. Swedish duo The Dø recorded a cover of Janelle Monaé's killer song "Tightrope" from 20102s "The ArchAndroid" last summer and, though the track was released about a month ago, it's just coming to my attention now. The pair stretch out the tune to a whopping 9 minutes, [...]

ACTUALIZACIÓN: A continuación les mostramos el cartel oficial del festival: ACTUALIZACIÓN: El cartel completo se ha anunciado, así como los días en los que estarán tocando todas las bandas: Papantla, Veracruz será sede de este gran festival cultural y tradicional para México y lo podremos disfrutar del 17 al 21 de marzo de 2012. Björk, [...]

To have your support reciprocated by the President is an honor that comes along once in a lifetime. Janelle Monáe captured lightning in a bottle recently during a re-election rally [...]

It appears that Janelle Monae and President Barack Obama have become BFF. Or, at least, they're pretty big fans of ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ video-janelle-monae-president- obama-are-bff/60636/

Is Obama a huge Maroon 5, Glee , and Black Eyed Peas fan? Maybe, maybe not — but he does want their endorsement on his 2012 re-election. The Commander-in-Chief already has stars like Lady Gaga on his team, but that didn't stop him from releasing a "wish list" of celebrities he'd like on board as he bids for a second term. Amongst names we might easily expect to find here, such as B.o.B., Jay-Z, and Alicia Keys, there are such diverse acts as Arcade Fire, Lady Antebellum, the Jonas Brothers, Janelle Monae, Ricky Martin, Regina Spektor, and [...]