More Robyn anyone? Great. Here’s a recent cover of Prince’s “When Doves Cry” recorded live in one take onto vinyl for BBC 4’s On Track With SEAT (obviously because the UK has all of the good shows). Uncovered by the internet detectives over at SKOA. MP3 rip available for download at Stereogum.

Le Sigh.
in celebration of the 25th anniversary, Spin announced today that they will release a Purple Rain tribute album entitled… Purplish Rain. I know, but please do not change the channel.
Among the nine covers on the album (including Chairlift doing “Darling Nikki” and Of Montreal doing “Computer Blue”) is a painfully beautiful Twilight Singers rendition [...]

Isn’t Prince releasing like 18 albums this year?
I was watching Flight of the Navigator yesterday – 80’s Disney movie where kid gets abducted by aliens and comes back 8 years later and hasn’t aged? That’s what Prince reminds me of, except it’s been like 30 years.
All coolness factors considered (Q-Tip and, um, Prince, hello! Hello, [...]

According to Prexif mag, not even Q-Tip expected Prince (the artist formally known as…) to pop up on stage during “Vivrant Thing” and start playing a Gibson. However, last night at his show at Las Vegas’ House of Blues, that’s exactly what happened. Above is a great vid of the said appearance! You can also [...]

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I thought maybe this was a cruel joke. It isn’t. Prince rocked the fucking shit out of “Creep” during his lengthy (in retrospect) set at Coachella this weekend. No words, really.

Also see a bazillion more awesome pictures from the LA Times here…