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Black Flag co-founder Greg Ginn has filed a lawsuit against his former bandmates for alleged copyright infringement. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ginn believes the band FLAG, consisting of Keith Morris, Dez Cadena, Chuck Dukowski and Bill Stevenson, infringe on the Black Flag rights owned by him and his label SST Records. Former member Henry Rollins, who is in neither of the two touring Black Flag reunion groups, is also named in the suit.

PJ Harvey has revealed a new song, her first since releasing her Let England Shake album in 2011. "Shaker Aamer" is a protest song designed to raise attention to the plight of a British national imprisoned by the US in Guantanamo Bay since 2002. Despite never being charged with a crime, Aamer has spent 11 years in prison and was cleared for release in 2007 by President George W. Bush and again in 2009 by Barack Obama. Scroll down to hear "Shaker Aamer".

The Civil Wars’ Joy Williams explains how making the group’s new album transformed her in the new issue of Uncut, dated September 2013 and out now.

A leaked email allegedly sent by Jack White to his ex-wife Karen Elson appears to show the former White Stripes frontman branding The Black Keys singer' Dan Auerbach a "copy" and an "asshole". Elson divorced White in 2011 but she took out a restraining order against her ex-husband on July 22 amid allegations of "harassment" and "bullying" behaviour.

Roger Waters has responded to charges of anti-Semitism from a representative of the Jewish human-rights organisation, the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Waters recently came under fire after video of a July 18 performance in Belgium of The Wall tour circulated online showing an inflatable giant pig featured in his show carried a Star of David on its side.

John Cooper Clarke has said he thinks Alex Turner is a "fantastic lyricist". The poet's work, "I Wanna Be Yours", is put to music on the new Arctic Monkeys album AM, which will be released on September 9.

The National are planning on recording a Grateful Dead covers album in collaborations with the likes of Vampire Weekend, Bon Iver and Kurt Vile.

Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm is now available to by as a download. It is available on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Movies On Demand and other leading digital outlets. It will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 2.

Taking my cue from John’s playlist blogs, I thought I’d compile something similar – a playlist (or, more accurately, a viewing list) of film trailers I’ve been watching in the office.

A set of 34 unpublished pictures of The Beatles is set to be sold at auction after it was discovered on undeveloped film previously belonging to the band's official photographer.