Lollapalooza Announces 2014 Lineup

Here you go, line-up nerds (click to enlarge): Pretty weak headliners, if you ask me. To add to that, I personally think the Firefly and Bonnaroo lineups destroy this one, but hey, I’m sure Chicago will still have a good time. I’m really excited, myself, to be seeing Outkast, but the fact that they’re playing…

First Look: Andre 3000 as Jimi Hendrix in ‘All is by My Side’

  With SXSW right around the corner, a sneak peek of Outkast’s Andre 3000 playing Jimi Hendrix has finally surfaced.  Written and directed by John Ridley, (who won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for 12 Years a Slave), buzz surrounding All is by My Side has been floating about the Web since 2012. After struggling to…

New Janelle Monáe feat. Big Boi – 'Tightrope'

Janelle Monáe busted out on the scene with her 2007 EP Metropolis Suite I of IV: The Chase. Since then, the EPs of Suites 2-4 were scrapped in lieu of an opening gig for No Doubt in the summer of 2009 and production on her first full-length, The ArchAndroid (Suites 2 and 3), in stores…

The acoustic cover of "Hey Ya" is badass

A few weeks ago on Scrubs, Ted, everyone’s favorite lawyer, sang an acoustic rendition of Outkast’s “Hey Ya.” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXGqfmUsE7M] Apparently, the slow cover originated from (is that even possible!?) Obadiah Parker, a folk/pop trio from AZ that I just learned about now! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8nkkOA_AM] Whoever’s singing it – it’s amazing! Check out the vids. I know…