Trent Reznor Previews Tour, Disses Prince In Fan Q&A

A few weeks ago, Trent sat for a crowdsourced interview with Digg's Kevin Rose. It looked like a success, but (surprise) NIN fanboys weren't satisfied with the questions. Never one to shy away from interacting with his followers, Trent agreed... CONTINUE READING TRENT REZNOR PREVIEWS TOUR, DISSES PRINCE IN FAN Q&A»

Posted on May 6, 2009 in Video (41 comments)
Tags: Nine Inch Nails | Prince | Rivers Cuomo | Trent Reznor | Weezer

New Prince Video - "Crimson & Clover"

We've dissed Prince's graphic design (non)sense and draconian web presence and poked fun at his wanting to poke Salma Hayek, but the great thing about the Purple One is that he clearly wouldn't give two shits even if we were... CONTINUE READING NEW PRINCE VIDEO - "CRIMSON & CLOVER"»

Posted on April 24, 2009 in Video (8 comments)
Tags: Prince | Yes Giantess

Prince Song About Salma Hayek's Baby Says Her Mom's A MILF

The Nobel Prize winning Mexican beauty directed Prince's "Te Amo Corazon" video in 2005, but the two kept things professional. ("Salma is the most thoughtful, attentive director I have ever worked with," he said at the time.) But the pop... CONTINUE READING PRINCE SONG ABOUT SALMA HAYEK'S BABY SAYS HER MOM'S A MILF»

Posted on April 9, 2009 (6 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | CMJ | Prince | Salma Hayek

New Dent May Video - "Howard"

At first brush Mississippi's Dent May doesn't seem like the sort of dude to be sharing bills with Excepter and Beach House like he did during CMJ, or Animal Collective like he's doing now in Europe. His record's called The... CONTINUE READING NEW DENT MAY VIDEO - "HOWARD"»

Posted on March 30, 2009 in MP3, Video (6 comments)
Tags: Dent May | Prince

Prince Premieres "Ol' Skool Company" On Leno

The artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince may need lessons in graphic and web design, but when it comes to showmanship we are all his bitches. The little man is in Los Angeles to play three... CONTINUE READING PRINCE PREMIERES "OL' SKOOL COMPANY" ON LENO»

Posted on March 26, 2009 in Video (12 comments)
Tags: Jay Leno | Prince

Prince Web Presence Leaves A Lot 2 B Desired

You'd think Prince would've mobilized the newer power generation by now, but the Purple One has always had a tough time going digital. In 1998, he pissed off lots of his fans by asking them to pre-order Crystal Ball online,... CONTINUE READING PRINCE WEB PRESENCE LEAVES A LOT 2 B DESIRED»

Posted on March 25, 2009 (28 comments)
Tags: Bria Valente | Prince

Prince's MPLSoUND & Lotusflow3r Graphic Design's So Terrible It's Sorta Good

You can check out the offending art and read about the Purple One's new digital download site LOtUSFLOW3R.com (which launches 3/24), related L.A. live shows (all on 3/24), Leno appearances (3/25-27), and new protege Bria Valente (so-bad-so-good art for her... CONTINUE READING PRINCE'S MPLSOUND & LOTUSFLOW3R GRAPHIC DESIGN'S SO TERRIBLE IT'S SORTA GOOD »

Posted on March 13, 2009 (6 comments)
Tags: Lykke Li | Prince | The Roots | Them Crooked Vultures

Prince Preps Three Albums, Studies The Bible With Gay Friends

Three albums? Homosexual Bible studies? Prince you stole all of my New Year's resolutions. According to a 12/31 post on the LA Times blog, in which Ann Powers gets the "Golden Ticket" of an invite to Prince's Mulholland Drive mansion,... CONTINUE READING PRINCE PREPS THREE ALBUMS, STUDIES THE BIBLE WITH GAY FRIENDS»

Posted on January 5, 2009 (8 comments)
Tags: Prince | The Blood Arm

Hear Those New Prince Songs

When we posted Prince's funky olive oil, email, and bragadoccio-filled "There Will Never B Another 1 Like Me" last week, we mentioned four guitar-heavy songs Steve Jones debuted the previous day on Jonesy's Jukebox. Now you can stream the guitar-heavy... CONTINUE READING HEAR THOSE NEW PRINCE SONGS»

Posted on December 22, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: Cymbals Eat Guitars | Prince

New Prince - "There Will Never B Another 1 Like Me"

In Prince's new track, he wakes up, puts olive oil in his hair, checks his email and moves straight into the braggadocio. It's not one of the guitar heavy songs Steve Jones debuted on Jonesy's Jukebox yesterday. We'll try to... CONTINUE READING NEW PRINCE - "THERE WILL NEVER B ANOTHER 1 LIKE ME"»

Posted on December 19, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Prince | The Dead Weather

Prince Has Some Thoughts On Gay Marriage

The New Yorker visits the Purple One in his home to talk about stuff. Prop 8 and Roe v. Wade came up. We sorta wish they didn't: "When asked about his perspective on social issues--gay marriage, abortion--Prince tapped his Bible... CONTINUE READING PRINCE HAS SOME THOUGHTS ON GAY MARRIAGE»

Posted on November 17, 2008 (45 comments)
Tags: Prince | Red Cortez

Tribute Bands Take Over Letterman This Week

PopCandy lets us know that David's booked a cover band for each night this week, starting tonight with Purple Reign (Prince) and then on to the Cold Hard Cash (as in Johnny), Mr. Brownstone (Dr. Pepper's favorite band), Super Diamond... CONTINUE READING TRIBUTE BANDS TAKE OVER LETTERMAN THIS WEEK»

Prince Is Being A "Creep," Radiohead Tell Him He's A Loser

Prince covered "Creep" at Coachella. Most folks know this. That said, it's been difficult finding reliable footage of the Purple One's take on the top of the Modern Rock 500, because Prince's NPG people are extremely thorough about removing the... CONTINUE READING PRINCE IS BEING A "CREEP," RADIOHEAD TELL HIM HE'S A LOSER»

Posted on May 30, 2008 (82 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | Prince | Radiohead | SXSW

Love Is All Cover Prince, Watch Dude Masturbate With Magazine

Swedish post-punks Love Is All affix their implacable stamp onto the Purple One's "Darling Nikki" here, shifting the P.O.V. to female, ramshackling and distorting the structure. The result? It sounds a lot like Love Is All doing "Darling Nikki," though... CONTINUE READING LOVE IS ALL COVER PRINCE, WATCH DUDE MASTURBATE WITH MAGAZINE»

Posted on May 21, 2008 (3 comments)
Tags: Love Is All | Prince

Prince Covers Radiohead At Coachella

Sound issues plagued Prince's set from where we stood yesterday, and in any videos we found on YouTube, but hey ... last night was cool. In fact, Coachella was "the coolest place on earth" last night, according to his Purpleness.... CONTINUE READING PRINCE COVERS RADIOHEAD AT COACHELLA»

Posted on April 27, 2008 in Video (29 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Prince | Radiohead | The Beatles

Coachella: Saturday In Photos (Starring Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Death Cab, Kraftwerk, Portishead & Prince)

By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy Well, this was the best Saturday we've had in awhile. We started the day with an afternoon set by SM & the Jicks. Malkmus, properly protected from the UV rays in his shades,... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: SATURDAY IN PHOTOS (STARRING STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, DEATH CAB, KRAFTWERK, PORTISHEAD & PRINCE)»

Coachella Lands A Prince

Yes, the Purple One's been added as a Saturday (4/26) headliner, which means we might finally get to see that guitar phallus up close and in person! Unfortunately, he hasn't replaced Jack Johnson. That's all cool, though. When you consider... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA LANDS A PRINCE»

Posted on April 9, 2008 (13 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Here We Go Magic | Luke Temple | Prince | SXSW

Pitchfork's Worst Album Covers Of 2007

Our friends at Pitchfork -- if there's one thing they know, it's how to hate with style. Today the point-lovers set aside their trusty numeric conventions for an unranked and totally amusing list of the year in terrible album covers.... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK'S WORST ALBUM COVERS OF 2007»

Posted on December 13, 2007 in Album Art (16 comments)
Tags: Biffy Clyro | Eagles | Prince

New Prince - "PFUnk"

The capitalized "FU"'s important in Prince's new diss track, "PFUnk." Remember last week when the Purple one was suing fan sites for using his likeness? Well, those PFans banded together as "Prince Fans United," claiming First Amendment rights. Looks like... CONTINUE READING NEW PRINCE - "PFUNK"»

Posted on November 13, 2007 (5 comments)
Tags: Prince

Vanity Fair's Top Ten Movie Soundtracks Of All Time

Vanity Fair went and put together their Top 50 film soundtracks, releasing the top ten choices today -- the rest will be out next month in a one-time magazine, Movies Rock. No apostrophe, so we'll take them at their words... CONTINUE READING VANITY FAIR'S TOP TEN MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS OF ALL TIME»

Posted on October 24, 2007 in List, Shit List (105 comments)
Tags: Prince | Simon And Garfunkel

Justice Do The "D.A.N.C.E." On Kimmel With Some Help From Rick James, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Prince, & Rod Stewart

"Alright, this is gonna be weird," is all Jimmy can muster by way of introduction, which is really the most perfect opener possible to a performance stacking the talent in this post title. Also could've said "this is gonna be... CONTINUE READING JUSTICE DO THE "D.A.N.C.E." ON KIMMEL WITH SOME HELP FROM RICK JAMES, MICHAEL JACKSON, STEVIE WONDER, PRINCE, & ROD STEWART»

Prince Triple Hits Minneapolis

Really interesting to see how the Purple One has reclaimed his legend over the past few years; punchline worthy as ever, but that's only for his eccentricity -- these days it's like every live move he makes is massive headline... CONTINUE READING PRINCE TRIPLE HITS MINNEAPOLIS»

Posted on July 9, 2007 in Video (7 comments)
Tags: Prince

New Muse - "Man Of Mystery"

British publications know how to woo us cheap music fans, don't they? Take for example a recent issue of the genre-coining rag New Musical Express, who recently gave away a 13-track compilation with their Muse-cover issue. Of course the disc... CONTINUE READING NEW MUSE - "MAN OF MYSTERY"»

Posted on July 2, 2007 (2 comments)
Tags: Muse | Prince

Nothing Compares 2 Spitting On Prince

This just made our day. Years after spinning "Nothing Compares 2 U" into a name-making classic, Sinead O'Connor dishes the details on her fiery meeting with the Artist. Via MSNBC:"At the time he had a lot of female proteges and... CONTINUE READING NOTHING COMPARES 2 SPITTING ON PRINCE»

Posted on June 7, 2007 in Where's The Beef? (16 comments)
Tags: Prince | Sinead O'Connor

Prince Meets His Crush

As you may know, the artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince is digging into London town this summer for 21 shows, charging £31.21 for tickets in extended celebration of his record 3121. All 140,000 tickets sold... CONTINUE READING PRINCE MEETS HIS CRUSH»

Posted on May 11, 2007 (26 comments)
Tags: Prince