Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned, the 2014 Voodoo Experience happens in New Orleans from October 31 - November 2 with a line-up that includes Outkast, Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, Action Bronson, Slayer, DFA 1979, The Melvins, Gogol Bordello, Fishbone, Peelander Z and.... more info

Nialler9 — After last year’s GIF marathon, we returned to Stradbally this year with the intention of more GIF action. As captured by Killian Broderick and turned into GIFs by me, this is a selection of what went down at Electric Picnic in moving form featuri... more info

Perez Hilton — In Beyoncé's remix of Flawless that featured a verse from her Minajesty, Nicki Minaj sampled Outkast’s SpottieOttieDopalicious! But she's not the only pop star that's gone retro by using samples of older music in their songs! Many of our favorite ... more info

Stereogum — OutKast have spent the summer on a grand reunion tour, playing their hits at an insane number of festivals around the world and generally reminding the world that they are perhaps the greatest rap group that has ever existed. But at various shows, on... more info

Nialler9 — Please enjoy my hour-long mix of tunes from people playing the Picnic this weekend. It’s also on Mixcloud. Here are the Electric Picnic stage times and my #newmusic picks of the festival. Nialler9 Electric Picnic mixtape LCD Soundsystem – ’45:... more info

NME — Outkast star leads John Ridley's biopic 'Jimi: All Is By My Side' more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Dominick Mastrangelo Outkast / Janelle Monae / Blood Orange Earlier this month, we sent longtime BrooklynVegan contributor Dominick Mastrangelo to the three-day 2014 Flow Festival in Helsinki, Finland. Here's his report and photos from Day 3... Th... more info

Stereogum — Before he got around to releasing his free-online debut album Indigo Child, the 18-year-old Atlanta soul eccentric Raury collaborated with SBTRKT, met with Kanye West, got booked to open OutKast’s homecoming Atlanta show, and became the subject of ... more info

Stereogum — Øyafestivalen has now entered its 13th year, and last week, the Norwegian festival’s 2014 iteration filled Oslo with excellent artists. There were folk musicians like Angel Olsen and Bill Callahan alongside electronic artists like Todd Terje and D... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Dominick Mastrangelo Helsinki has some nice architecture... After spending three days shooting portraits and other SoundWave tent activities for us at Lollapalooza in Chicago, BrooklynVegan photographer Dominick Mastrangelo took off to Finland for... more info