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Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” is her first U.S. top 10 single, thanks to Stranger Things. The song previously peaked at No. 30 in 1985 on a chart topped at the time by Phil Collins’ “Separate Lives” and Starship’s “We Built This City”. [Pitchfork] 

Lou Reed Archive Series, with unreleased songs, announced by Light in the Attic. Hear a previously unreleased demo of the Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting for the Man” from Words & Music, May 1965—the first offering from the series. Check out the merch and pre-order the LP at the Light in the Attic site here. [Pitchfork]

Mariah Carey sued for $20 million over “All I Want for Christmas Is You”. New Orleans songwriter Andy Stone’s lawsuit is centered on a song with the same title that his band Vince Vance & the Valiants released five years prior to Carey’s holiday hit. You can compare his version to Mariah's here. [Pitchfork]

Jazz Trombonist Grachan Moncur III has died. He expanded free jazz’s reach with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Archie Shepp, and James Baldwin. [Pitchfork]

R.I.P. Alec John Such, original Bon Jovi Bassist dead at 70. John Such appeared on the band's first six albums. [Consequence]

Hidden fees on concert tickets will be banned under New York bill. New legislation in New York State will require ticketing companies to show “all-in” ticket prices that show all inclusive and ancillary fees up front. That means that the final ticket cost — on both primary and resale sellers — must be disclosed on the ticket’s initial listing, as opposed to many pages later in the buying process. [Stereogum]
 
The fuzz, feedback and folklore of a mythic Japanese psych-rock band. For five decades, the only way to hear the Japanese band's psychedelia was through bootlegs. With The Oz Tapes, an official chapter of Les Rallizes Denudes begins. [NPR]

Red Hot Chili Peppers Embark on first tour with John Frusciante in 15 years. The setlist was a mix of new songs and classic hits. [Spin]

Music History
[Courtesy of calendar.songfacts.com ]

June 6
1990: The 2 Live Crew album As Nasty As They Wanna Be becomes the first album declared legally obscene when Federal District Judge Jose Gonzalez rules that the album violates community obscenity standards in three south Florida counties: Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach.

June 7
1977: The Sex Pistols make a mockery of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee by playing punk rock from a boat on the Thames River, including their subversive hit, "Anarchy in the U.K."

June 8
1996: Jars of Clay hit #37 with "Flood" - the first Top 40 hit for a Contemporary Christian band in the Alternative Rock era. Over the next few years, a steady stream of Christian Rock bands cross over, led by Creed.

June 9
1986: Genesis release Invisible Touch, their most successful album. The title track gives them their only #1 hit.

June 10
2007: In the last scene of the HBO series The Sopranos, "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey plays on the jukebox while Tony Soprano sits at a diner. It cuts to black on the line, "Don't Stop."

June 11
1986: Ferris Bueller's Day Off his theaters. When Matthew Broderick leads a parade through downtown Chicago to The Beatles "Twist And Shout," it renews interest in the group, and the song soon returns to the charts.

June 12
2009: At the Bonnaroo festival, Beastie Boys play together for the last time, as Adam Yauch (MCA) is soon diagnosed with cancer.

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