{"id":595,"date":"2018-08-09T10:22:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T17:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=999913405"},"modified":"2018-08-09T10:22:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T17:22:38","slug":"music-tastes-good-festival-adds-rb-goddess-janelle-monae-to-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/music\/music-tastes-good-festival-adds-rb-goddess-janelle-monae-to-lineup","title":{"rendered":"Music Tastes Good festival adds R&#038;B goddess Janelle Mon\u00e1e to lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mtglb.co\/\">Music Tastes Good<\/a>, Long Beach&#8217;s homegrown festival founded by the late and great Joshua Fischel, has announced a headlining addition to its already-impressive 2018 lineup: queer-loving, soul-seducing R&amp;B goddess Janelle Mon\u00e1e.<\/p>\n<p>Set to join Englishman James Blake\u2014a Beyonc\u00e9 and Kendrick Lamar fave\u2014as a headliner on Sept. 30, day two of the festival, Mon\u00e1e will be culling from her discography of new school classics and giving the festival a downright dirty vibe that is sure to bring both crowds and cheers. And rest assured that her set will likely include hits from her third and most recent LP,\u00a0<em>Dirty Computer<\/em>, an ode to pansexuality, feminism, and black girl magic.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Music Tastes Good returns to Long Beach!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RPSI2sxOJzA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Taking over Marina Green Park, the home of Pride and other huge events, headliners represent some of the best of England, with post-punk staple New Order taking over Saturday, Sept. 29.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur 2018 festival is bigger, wilder, and tastier than ever, as we continue to celebrate Long Beach by doing our best to curate an eclectic array of music and culinary talent\u2013hopefully finding something for everyone,\u201d said MTG Creative Director Chris Watson. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be able to throw a party like this and we hope y\u2019all enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lineup formally includes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, Sept. 29:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New Order, Broken Social Scene, Joey Bada$$, Santigold, Lil B, Princess Nokia, Blake Mills, Big Thief, Cherry Glazerr, Oliver Tree, Shame, Los Master Plus, Quintron &amp; Miss Pussycat, NO BS! Brass Band, Radiolistener: Tribute to Isaiah \u201cIkey\u201d Owens, Feels, Forest of Tongue, Neighbor Lady, Black Noise, Haunted Summer, Manuel The Band<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Sunday, Sept. 30:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Janelle Monae, James Blake, The Black Angels, Parquet Courts, The Church, Lizzo, Sun Kil Moon, Bill Callahan, Hollie Cook, Hailu Mergia, Ezra Furman, Ladama, The Blow, De Lux, Ethio Cali, B.A.G. (Blimes x Gifted Gab), Fling, Baum, Hana Vu, Asi Fui, NO BS! Brass Band.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are on sale now at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mtglb.co\/?utm_source=press_release&amp;utm_medium=press&amp;utm_campaign=early_bird\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/mtglb.co\/?utm_source%3Dpress_release%26utm_medium%3Dpress%26utm_campaign%3Dearly_bird&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1525975182583000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE12YU744xgKnyRYg4Z2zlzS4zXkA\">musictastesgood.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: Pacific6, the parent company of the Long Beach Post, is a sponsor of the event.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rest assured that her set will likely include hits from her third and most recent LP, Dirty Computer, an ode to pansexuality, feminism, and black girl magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":66118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[283],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-music-tastes-good","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19860,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions\/19860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=595"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}