Showing All "Prince" Posts
Mar 30th 28 Comments
In a lot of ways, Prince's Sign "O" The Times, which celebrates its 25th anniversary tomorrow, is the last great double-album of the LP era. When I bought a used-CD version years after it came out, I…   Read Story »
Feb 19th 92 Comments
A day after broadcasting their sold out NYC T5 show on YouTube, Sleigh Bells brought their Marshall stacks and tourist guitarist Jason Boyer to the considerably more intimate SNL studios across town.…   Read Story »
Oct 11th, 2011 2 Comments
It's been a while since we checked in with L.A. multi-instrumentalist and experimental popster Evan Voytas, but he recently recorded this cover of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" and today you can…   Read Story »
Jul 12th, 2011 Comment
"I couldn't find any paid employment this week," tweeted Max Tundra the other day. "So I recorded a Prince cover instead." Productive! It's a faithful take on the '79 R&B hit "I Wanna Be Your…   Read Story »
Nov 18th, 2010 12 Comments
Not so long ago Robyn covered the goddess Björk's "Hyperballad." Now from Robyn's session for BBC4's On Track With SEAT comes her take on the god Prince's "When Doves Cry," aka the most experimental…   Read Story »
Oct 26th, 2010 2 Comments
My Morning Jacket ended their five-night residency at New York's Terminal 5 on Saturday night. In addition to playing their albums and new material, the band also indulged in a few covers, like this…   Read Story »
Sep 15th, 2010 Comment
Yesterday we gave you Minnesotan Best New Band Gayng's cover of George Michael's "On More Try," a move I predicted a few months ago. But I would've never guessed they'd get Prince to show up for this…   Read Story »
Jun 7th, 2010 5 Comments
After inspiring the Vikings with "Purple & Gold" via a Minnesota Public Radio premiere, the Purple One also debuted the non-Favre track "Cause And Effect" via his hometown airwaves. Ditto the…   Read Story »
Feb 26th, 2010 5 Comments
Another Purple One premiere for Minnesota Public Radio, which we can ride with. Prince is bolstering his hometown indie's page view count by giving them his second new track of the past few months…   Read Story »
Jan 22nd, 2010 15 Comments
It's common for networks to cut to celebrity faces in the crowd at playoff games like last weekend's Divisional round matchup between the Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings, but FOX seemed…   Read Story »


































