June 17th Birthdays: Barry Manilow (1943) Lorraine Segato [The Parachute Club] (1956) Jello Biafra [Dead Kennedys] (1958) Kendrick Lamar (1987)

NEW Sloan

June 16th Birthdays: Gino Vannelli (1952) Snail Mail (1999)

June 15th Birthdays: Noddy Holder [Slade] (1946) Russell Hitchcock [Air Supply] (1949) Steve Walsh [Kansas] (1951) Ice Cube [N.W.A.] (1969) Gary Lightbody [Snow Patrol; The Reindeer Section] (1976) Amber Coffman [Dirty Projectors] (1984) Nadine Coyle [Girls Aloud] (1985) Oliver Sim [The xx] (1989)

June 14th Birthdays: Boy George [Culture Club] (1961) Francis Farewell Starlite [Francis and the Lights] (1981) Siobhán Donaghy [Sugababes] (1984)

Björk's 'Post,' released thirty years ago today.

June 13th Birthdays: David Gray (1968) Rivers Cuomo [Weezer] (1970) DJ Snake (1986)

New Releases June 13, 2025 #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard 'Phantom Island' #Leikeli47 'Lei Keli ft. 47 / For Promotional Use Only' #LyraPramuk 'Hymnal'

Concert Videos I Found On My Old Smartphones, Vol. 2: #BelleAndSebastian "The Party Line" July 27, 2017 Sony Centre, Toronto

Repost @goffin_king_foundation • In 2006, Brian Wilson invited Carole King to his recording studio for sessions that turned out to on his 2008 album That Old Lucky Sun. Among the B-sides on the deluxe version is their rendition of the Goffin/King classic “I’m Into Something Good.” Continued…

New Leikeli47 album, out at midnight tonight.

For First Revival this week, I spoke to @stevequeralt.bsky.social from @rideox4official.bsky.social about his excellent new solo album, ‘Swallow’.

RIP Douglas McCarthy

June 12th Birthdays: Meredith Brooks (1958) John Linnell [They Might Be Giants] (1959) Robyn (1979)

RIP Brian Wilson

June 11th Birthdays: Frank Beard [ZZ Top] (1949) Penny Ford [Snap!] (1964)

June 10th Birthdays, Part 1: Shirley Owens [The Shirelles] (1941) Kelley Deal [The Breeders] (1961) Kim Deal [The Breeders; Pixies; The Amps] (1961) Maxi Priest (1961) Jimmy Chamberlain [The Smashing Pumpkins] (1964) Joey Santiago [Pixies] (1965) Emma Anderson [Lush; Sing-Sing] (1967)

RIP Sly Stone

Ed Simons of The Chemical Brothers, born on this date in 1970

June 9th Birthdays: Pete Byrne [Naked Eyes] (1954) Ed Simons [The Chemical Brothers] (1970) Matt Bellamy [Muse] (1978)

Happy 70th Birthday to Gang Of Four's Jon King

June 8th Birthdays: Nancy Sinatra (1940) Bonnie Tyler (1951) Jon King [Gang Of Four] (1955) Mick Hucknall [Simply Red] (1960) Nick Rhodes [Duran Duran] (1962)

Happy 85th Birthday to Sir Tom Jones

June 7th Birthdays: Tom Jones (1940) Paddy McAloon [Prefab Sprout] (1957) Gordon Gano [Violent Femmes] (1963) Dave Navarro [Jane's Addiction] (1967) Iggy Azalea (1990) George Ezra (1993)

NEW/OLD Madonna

NEW Sabrina Carpenter

Master producer/songwriter/musician Jimmy Jam, born on this date in 1959

June 6th Birthdays: Jimmy Jam [The Time] (1959) Dee C. Lee [Wham!; The Style Council] (1961) Carl Barât [The Libertines; Dirty Pretty Things] (1978)

New Releases Friday, June 6, 2025: #AddisonRae 'Addison' #Lifeguard 'Ripped and Torn' #LittleSimz 'Lotus' #Pulp 'More' #Turnstile 'Never Enough'

Concert Videos I Found On My Old Smartphones, Vol. 1: #Pulp "Sorted For E's And Wizz" September 11, 2024 History, Toronto

NEW Pulp album, out at midnight tonight.

Happy 30th Birthday to Troye Sivan

June 5th Birthdays: Laurie Anderson (1947) Kenny G (1956) Richard Butler [The Psychedelic Furs] (1956) Pete Wentz [Fall Out Boy] (1979) Troye Sivan (1995)

A-ha's Morten Harket diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease www.brooklynvegan.com/a-has-morten...

June 4th Birthdays: Michelle Phillips [The Mamas & the Papas] (1944) Reeves Gabrels [Tin Machine; David Bowie; The Cure] (1956) El DeBarge [DeBarge] (1961) Al B. Sure! (1968) Richie Hawtin [Plastikman] (1970)

NEW Big Thief

Happy 75th Birthday to Deniece Williams

June 3rd Birthdays: Suzi Quatro (1950) Deniece Williams (1950) Dan Hill (1954) Danny Wilde [The Rembrandts] (1956) Saffron [Republica] (1968) Kelly Jones [Stereophonics] (1974) Beabadoobee (2000)

Happy 70th Birthday to The Bangles' Michael Steele

NEW Superchunk

June 2nd Birthdays: Michael Steele [The Bangles] (1955) Lydia Lunch [Teenage Jesus and the Jerks] (1959) Tony Hadley [Spandau Ballet] (1960) Merril Bainbridge (1968) B Real [Cypress Hill] (1970) Zia McCabe [The Dandy Warhols] (1975) Fabrizio Moretti [The Strokes] (1980)

Simon Gallup of The Cure, born on this date in 1960

June 1st Birthdays: Ronnie Wood [Faces; The Jeff Beck Group; The Rolling Stones] (1947) Charlene (1950) Alan Wilder [Depeche Mode; Recoil] (1959) Simon Gallup [The Cure] (1960) Mike Joyce [The Smiths] (1963) Jason Donovan (1968) Alanis Morissette (1974)

Steve White, of The Style Council, born on this date in 1965

May 31st Birthdays: Karl Bartos [Kraftwerk] (1952) Corey Hart (1962) D.M.C. [Run-DMC] (1964) Steve White [The Style Council; Paul Weller] (1965) Normani [Fifth Harmony] (1996)

NEW Addison Rae

Happy 70th Birthday to The Clash's Topper Headon

May 30th Birthdays: Topper Headon [The Clash] (1955) Tom Morello [Rage Against The Machine; Audioslave] (1964) Stephen Malkmus [Pavement] (1966) Tim Burgess [The Charlatans] (1967)

Happy 75th Birthday to Rebbie Jackson

Happy 50th Birthday to Mel B of the Spice Girls