The Prince estate has unearthed “Hot Summer,” which premiered briefly a decade ago, as the latest offering from the posthumous album Welcome 2 America. The song was originally only played once on Prince’s 52nd birthday, June 7th, 2010, with the singer debuting the track on Minnesota publicradio station the Current …
Read More »Prince's Sister on Honoring Her Brother's Vault of Unreleased Music
Since Prince’s death in 2016, Tyka Nelson, the musician’s younger sister, has been tasked with helping preserve the Purple One’s legacy. She shares one-sixth of Prince’s estate, with thousands of unreleased songs reportedly stowed away in Prince’s vault. Fans have eagerly demanded a taste of what the artist never got …
Read More »Prince Estate Announces Massive Vault-Raiding Reissue for 'Sign O' the Times'
The Prince estate has announced a massive, vault-raiding reissue for 1987’s Sign O’ the Times, featuring more than 45 unreleased studio recordings. The Super Deluxe Edition reissue — available either as a stacked eight-CD or 13-LP set on September 25th — boasts the remastered LP alongside three discs of unreleased …
Read More »Bon Iver's 'i, i' is About Getting In Touch With Your Human Side
For his first LP since 22, A Million, Justin Vernon dials back the avant-pop extremes a bit, giving human larynxes and other acoustic instruments more room to flex amidst a landscape of synths and vocal-processing veils. You wouldn’t guess it from opening minute or so of the similarly-comma-smitten i, i …
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