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Outkast, the Grammy-winning, Rock Hall-inducted duo of André 3000 and Big Boi, are suing Ovrkast for trademark infringement, unfair competition, and breach of contract. In a lawsuit filed in Georgia on September 16, High Schoolers LLC—the holding company that handles Outkast’s name and trademark—accused the Oakland rapper-producer born Silas Wilson of “improper, willful, unauthorized, and illegal use of the nearly identical name.”“I thought it was love? (yes this is real),” Ovrkast captioned a post on Instagram reacting to the news, tagging both André and Big Boi. Pitchfork has reached out to Outkast’s representatives for comment.In a complaint viewed by Pitchfork,…
“Ray says he plans to continue performing and touring with Dead Kennedys for as long as his health allows,” band writes East Bay Ray, the guitarist and founding member of Dead Kennedys, has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The band’s management announced the news on social media on Tuesday. “Ray says he plans to continue performing and touring with Dead Kennedys for as long as his health allows, and expressed his appreciation to everyone for their continued support,” the band wrote on Instagram, along with sharing a black and white photo of the artist. The San Francisco punk icon co-founded…
Streaming service also to host docs on Martin Mull, Maria Bamford, and ‘SCTV’ in October Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald, a new documentary directed by Judd Apatow, will look at the late comedian’s life and career. The trailer for the film, which hits Netflix on Oct. 16, compiles some of Macdonald’s best jokes (“When I was a kid I walked in on my parents having sex,” he says in one scene, “It was the most embarrassing half hour of my life”) along with clips of Macdonald talking with Sarah Silverman, Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, and David Letterman, among others.…
Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, and Daphne-Rubin Vega are among the original cast of Rent reuniting for a 30th anniversary benefit concert. On Oct. 26, Rent, the 30th Anniversary Concert will feature the cast performing the Jonathan Larson musical in full. Benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the one-night-only event is sold out, but tickets are still available for the livestream. In addition to appearances from original cast members — including Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Fredi Walker, with understudies and ensemble members Yassmin Alers, Gilles Chiasson, Shelley Dickinson, David Driver, Darius de Haas, and Rodney Hicks — the event will…
2hollis fans are in luck. The flaxen-haired musician has announced his next album, Pirouette, which is due out on the auspicious date of November 11 (or 11/11) via Interscope. You can check out the characteristically gothic cover art, drawn by Final Fantasy and Vampire Hunter D illustrator Yoshitaka Amano, below.“There is a delicate, sensitive quality to 2hollis that aligned perfectly with the image I had in mind for the artwork,” Amano said in press materials. “He felt very close to the kind of character I have always drawn—as though he had stepped directly out of one of my paintings.”Pirouette follows…
Chvrches are back with their first song in three years and the salvo of a new era following 2021’s Screen Violence. Listen to “Roses” below. Lauren Mayberry, who released a solo album after that last Chvrches LP, said in a press release, “This is the longest break we had ever taken between albums and when we got together to write new music, we wanted to really push ourselves and not be retreading ground we’d walked before. I really think we achieved that. It feels like the most coherent vision we’ve had as a band. We’re excited to be back…”The band…
Clown Panic arrives on Hulu next month So much has happened over the past decade you’d be forgiven for forgetting one of the weirdest things to emerge out of that pivotal, discombobulating, deranged year 2016: Killer clowns. Late that summer, a spate of alleged clown sightings in Grenville County, South Carolina snowballed into a social media-fueled firestorm, which now feels like a very distinct indicator of exactly where we were headed as a country. Now, to commemorate the unsavory anniversary of this portentous clown show — and dig into what the hell exactly happened — Hulu is prepping a new…
The man charged with murdering longtime American Idol music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband, the musician Thomas Deluca, inside their Los Angeles home last year remains unfit to stand trial more than eight months after he was committed to a state hospital under an involuntary medication order, a judge ruled Monday. Raymond Boodarian, 23, did not appear at the progress hearing in Los Angeles County mental health court. Judge Maria Cavalluzzi based her ruling on a report submitted over the weekend by officials at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino County, where Boodarian has been committed since January. “The…
Girl In The Year Above have signed to Transgressive Records and shared their first single for the label, ‘Wet Paint’ – listen below. The Irish/Cornish band announced their deal with Transgressive yesterday (September 21), following a breakthrough year that has seen them catch attention with a string of singles and celebrated live shows. Today (September 22), they have followed the news with ‘Wet Paint’, a bright, melodic track that combines Celtic influences with driving piano, hooky guitar and frontwoman Jennifer Ball’s provocative vocals. The band have said: “Through writing the lyrics of ‘Wet Paint’ together – Jen and Jeanie soon realised how painfully…
“The strippers I know in particular love dancing to him,” said Kiana. “And I believe if your song is a hit in the strip club, it’s likely to have mass appeal.”The switch from P-Valley mode back to moshing felt almost obligatory. I understand we’re in the Rolling Loud era where the sight of bodies being flung together is a big sell for rap shows, but Don’s music ultimately felt too clean and unabrasive for that, missing the blaring distortion and noise that makes it seem mandatory at Opium shows. From afar, the mosh pits seemed kind of weak—too many guys…
