RÜFÜS Change Name For US Market

Aussie indie electro group RÜFÜS will not be going by that name when they hit the US later this year, with the band eventually deciding they would change their name to RÜFÜS DU SOL for the US market.

There has apparently been “months of strongly worded letters and colourful internal debate” and, while we're not sure who exactly the band have been arguing with, we have been quite intrigued into the band's name, which is stunningly similar to the legendary '70s funk band Rufus, led by Chaka Khan, who topped the charts with tracks like Tell Me Something Good and Sweet Thing, to name but a few.

The band is signed to Columbia Records in the US and Canada, and that label will release their chart topping debut album Atlas in those markets real soon.

The band will be in the United States for SxSW and a series of other American dates from early-March onwards. Another Australian tour will be forthcoming before long.