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Pete Samson is, as we know, the grandly titled "US editor" of The Sun, although it's not entirely clear what that means. Especially since his contribution this morning is to report on death threats being made against One Direction . That's the One Direction who had the name first, not the One Direction who Simon Cowell gifted a stolen name to. Just to make that clear. Yes, the Cowell variant's fanbase have decided to "help" the delicate legal process involved in deciding who owns a trademark: The US band's frontman Sean O'Leary said [...]

Given how Cowell attempted to bully a charity - a charity - into handing their name over , it's probably not surprising that it turns out there's another One Direction . And the other One Direction aren't happy: Manager Dan O'Leary told The Sun: "I don't care how powerful Simon Cowell is. He's mad if he thinks we're going to lie down, sit down or back down over this — whatever power and money he has behind him. We're not going to be pushed around by some music mogul. "The [...]

Josh Homme has launched a lawsuit to try and stop the members of a band he no longer wishes to be in trading under that band's name. NME.com explains: Homme was the original guitarist in Kyuss until their split in 1995, but did not take part in the band's reunion tour last year. Garcia had previously claimed that he and Bjork were planning on making another studio album under the Kyuss Lives! moniker, but Antiquiet now reports that they face legal action from Home and Reeder. It's not entirely clear why Homme is [...]

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In general, if your band name is within a few consonants from a very well known and respected Sarah Records flagship act then you're on everyone's shit list, I already did a poll. But Field Mouse get a pass because they are absolutely stellar at crafting melodic, minty-fresh dream pop and writing killer chord progressions. So when I first heard the Brooklyn quartet's single "Glass" I forgot all about bands reviving the 90s and kept thinking about how much better this band is going to get after a few tours and some EP releases. Such [...]

Photo of Adrien Reju by Shervin Lainez XPN Welcomes this year's Northern Liberties Winter Music Festival , February 14th through the 19th at The Fire in Northern Liberties. The festival begins with an evening of duets from locals including the musical pairings of Adirien Reju with Chris Kasper, Denison Witmer with Lauryn Peacock, and three other musical couplings. Additional bands playing throughout the festival include Arrah And The Ferns, Band Name, Conversations With Enemies, Ron Gallo, The Great Unknown, and more. A complete lineup schedule and ticket information is here . Below, sample some [...]

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Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Since today marks the start of Wilco week here in Chicago, it's fitting that Daytrotter unveiled the much-anticipated Wilco session today . • The AV Club's Kyle Ryan takes a look back at the year in...BAND NAMES! • BAwwwNNN EEEeveyughhh, I mean, Bon Iver played UIC Pavilion last week and WindyCityRock has a review [...]

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The Family - one of those strange creatures flung together by Prince when he was at the height of his powers - are back, back, back . Only, erm, they're now trading as fDeluxe. Sure, The Family was a better name for a cult than a band. But fDeluxe? It sounds like a probiotic product. To give the band their due, they're under no starry-eyed confuison about their creation myth: Paul Peterson: [Prince] wanted to create something that would be funky but get into some of that Duran Duran money at the same [...]

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Christopher Durst Paul Cauthen and Dave Whitbeck were in the studio recording when the e-mail popped up: A cease-and-desist letter from lawyers representing Beck Hansen, who was concerned that the Texas roots duo -- then known as Beck and Cauthen -- would somehow sow confusion in the hearts of 'Odelay' fans. "It was shocking at first," bassist Whitbeck tells Spinner. "We literally had the [...]

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