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Barbara Ann Alston, co-founder and lead singer of the hit-making Sixties girl group the Crystals, died February 16th in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was 74. The singer’s family told the Charlotte Observer that Alston died at a Charlotte hospital following a two-week battle with the flu. Alston’s daughter Donielle Prophete …

Frank Ocean is suing producer Om’Mas Keith over songwriting credits on the singer’s 2016 album, Blonde. The suit also names Keith’s Analog Genius Corporation and several unnamed John Does as defendants, arguing none of them “own any portion of the copyright rights” to Ocean’s music. The suit claims that Ocean’s …

L7 are thrashing into spring with new tour dates and a raucous single, “I Came Back To Bitch.” Produced by Billy Bush, the menacing track is the second original by the newly-reunited head-bangers after “Dispatch From Mar-a-Lago” was released in September, marking the band’s first original material in 18 years. …

Bully released a graceful animated clip for their new single, “Focused,” on Wednesday. The song is from their galvanic second album, Losing. The video is the work of Rozalina Burkova, who presents spare, delicate animations in front of a dark backdrop: A pair of blue pants running across the screen, …

Lucius will release Nudes, a collection of acoustic recordings, on March 2nd.The band’s Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig currently sing backup for Roger Waters on the Pink Floyd bassist’s still-ongoing Us + Them Tour. They recorded the 10-track album during gaps in Waters’ tour. Lucius’ new album features covers of …

George Clinton revivedParliament for the new single, “I’m Gon Make U Sick O’Me,” the funk legends’ first new song in 38 years. The track is the first sample of Parliament’s upcoming album Medicaid Fraud Dogand also features Geto Boys rapper Scarface. “I’m Gon Make U Sick O’Me” glides along on …

Jimmy Fallon rejiggeredJames Taylor‘s 1970 classic “Fire and Rain” into a tune about White House dysfunction on The Tonight ShowMonday. The host fittingly titled the parody“Fire and Fury,” after Michael Wolff’s controversial new book about President Donald Trump and his administration. The bit found Fallon doing his best Taylor impression, …

Billy Joel welcomed Foreigner‘s Lou Gramm and Mick Jones onstage at New York’s Madison Square Garden Thursday to perform a pair of the rock band’s hits, “Urgent” and “Cold as Ice.” Before bringing the recently reunited Foreigner duo out, Joel told the audience that Jones co-produced his 1989 album Storm …

Father John Misty utilized a 16-piece orchestra for his grand Austin City Limits version of “So I’m Growing Old on Magic Mountain.” The web exclusive clip previews singer-songwriter Josh Tillman’s debut performance on the music series, which premieres January 6th. Tillman opens the track somberly crooning over a swirl of …

Bruno Mars and Cardi B have teamed up for a remix of “Finesse,” a song hailing from Mars’ 2016 album, 24K Magic. While the artists originally teased the unveiling of the song at midnight on Wednesday, they surprised fans by also releasing its video. The original Nineties R&B-tipped, upbeat song, …