Showing All "Miguel" Posts
May 20th 3 Comments
The Billboard Music Awards have historically been the most low-rent of America's non-niche music awards shows, but last night, the show had an unexpected viral moment when Miguel, in the middle of a… Read Story »
Apr 26th 9 Comments
Are music videos on the way out? I don't know. Probably not. A million of the things seem to materialize on YouTube every day, and they're probably still the best way for younger artists to introduce… Read Story »
Apr 19th 3 Comments
Miguel might have invited fellow genre-defining young genius Kendrick Lamar to kick a quick verse on the buttery seduction song "How Many Drinks?," but he wasn't about to let the kid take over the… Read Story »
Apr 15th 5 Comments
Saturday night marked Miguel's ascendance to SNL musical-guest status, and if this had happened a year ago, he would've sung a hook for the Lonely Island, guaranteed. Instead, he rocked a… Read Story »
Apr 10th Comment
Miguel's insanely smooth, deeply inward 2012 R&B opus Kaleidoscope Dream is the sort of album that demands absolutely zero guest rap verses which, unless you're counting the bonus-track remix of… Read Story »
Feb 20th 1 Comment
Miguel's "Candle In The Sun" has nothing to do with Elton John or Princess Diana; it's a foggy world-gone-wrong lament from his introspective, psychedelic R&B instant classic Kaleidoscope Dream. The… Read Story »
Feb 11th 77 Comments
About two thirds of the way through last night's endless Grammy ceremony, Justin Timberlake ambled onstage for the second time, this time to flank Recording Academy CEO and inveterate pirate-scolder… Read Story »
Feb 11th 37 Comments
The Grammys! We spent altogether too much of last night watching and talking about them, and now it's time to pick through the refuse for the gems. Not too surprisingly, two of the best performances… Read Story »
Dec 24th, 2012 16 Comments
Throughout the course of my life I have not been what you would call an R&B listener. A brief history of my dabbling: I owned a cassette copy of Boyz II Men's II because who didn't? A year later I… Read Story »
Nov 27th, 2012 4 Comments
Yesterday, Miguel took his Kaleidoscope Dream victory lap to Ellen, performing "Adorn" in a striking red suit that just happened to match his set. Watch it below.
Kaleidoscope Dream is out now… Read Story »
