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Disco Great Patrick Adams Dies at 72. Adams’ prolific work for labels like Salsoul and Prelude helped establish a trademark disco sound, he also pushed beyond the genre. His electronic Cloud One project operated outside the fringes of disco, and, in the ’80s, he helped shepherd the genre’s evolution into hip-hop. Adams took part-time work at Power Play Studio in Queens, where he went on to engineer Salt-N-Pepa and the first three Eric B. & Rakim albums in the late ’80s. Songs from throughout his career were later sampled by hip-hop greats including J Dilla, Kanye West, Nas, and Wu-Tang Clan. [Pitchfork]

Bartees Strange explores his journey from 'Farm to Table'. Bartees Strange is one of the hottest names in what you might call "alternative rock," the subject of glowing profiles and recognition from indie stars like Phoebe Bridgers and Courtney Barnett. Stylistically, there's a little bit of everything in his music – a subject that he's covered in many interviews. But on a new album, Farm to Table, he explains that the subject of family has taken center stage. [NPR]

Turnstile Extend Love Connection Tour With Snail Mail, JPEGMAFIA. Group also releases new video for ‘New Heart Design’ filmed on the road. [Spin]

Weezer Announces SZNZ Broadway Residency, Release Summer EP. [Spin]

Elvis’ Cultural Cachet Has Gone Up and Down Over the Years, But He’s Still Way More Relevant Than You Think. Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming biopic has us digging into the King’s legacy. In 2020, Rolling Stone’s David Browne reported on the Elvis business’s diminishing returns in the 21st century — and the effort to overhaul his image, especially with a younger demo. Which is exactly what director Baz Luhrmann seems to want to do with Elvis, his new biopic starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks (out June 24th). [Consequence]

The Mars Volta release first song in 10 years, “Blacklight Shine,” announce reunion tour

Watch Bob Dylan, Joe Walsh, Smokey Robinson Sing Happy Birthday to Brian Wilson.

Sean Ono Lennon Covers ‘Here, There and Everywhere’ For Paul McCartney’s 80th Birthday. [Spin] Insta won't embed for me, so check out the video at the title link.

Music History
[Courtesy of calendar.songfacts.com ]

June 20
1942: Brian Wilson (of The Beach Boys) is born in Inglewood, California.

June 21
1988: After a six-month delay while they wait to clear the Star Trek samples used on three tracks (notably Spock's "Pure Energy" on "What's On Your Mind"), Information Society release their self-titled major-label debut album. They quickly become one of the top techno/freestyle acts of the late '80s.

June 22
1993: Liz Phair releases her debut album, Exile In Guyville. The indie rocker approached the project as a track-by-track response to The Rolling Stones' 1972 album, Exile On Main St. Her candid perspective on sex and relationships earns her favor with critics and a growing fanbase and Guyville is hailed as one of the best albums of the decade.

June 23
2016: After a trial in which the three living members of Led Zeppelin testified, a jury rules that they are not guilty of plagiarizing the intro of "Stairway To Heaven" from the 1968 song "Taurus" by the band Spirit. In 2018, the case is sent back to trial on a technicality, but is upheld in a 2020 ruling.

June 24
1997: Hours after shipping 100,000 copies of the Insane Clown Posse album The Great Milenko, the group's label, Hollywood Records (a Disney subsidiary), recalls the shipments over concerns about the "inappropriate" lyrics.

June 25
2009: Fifty-year-old Michael Jackson is found dead in the Los Angeles mansion he is renting. The shocking news spreads quickly through social media outlets, and Jackson is the subject of numerous tributes over the next few weeks.

June 26
1965: The Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man" goes to #1 on the Hot 100. It's the only song written by Bob Dylan ever to top that chart.



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