Ida Neilsen, who performed in both New Power Generation and 3RDEYEGIRL, talks with Andrea Swensson about how she first connected with Prince and her funky new solo album.

With frontman Gord Downie facing terminal brain cancer, the Tragically Hip played their final show Saturday night in Kingston, Ont. Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau was on hand to pay tribute. (Pitchfork) Read Jim McGuinn’s story about taking a road trip to Winnipeg to see a show on the band’s goodbye tour. Frank Ocean album finally drops It’s finally…

Tommy Stinson has regrouped his band Bash & Pop, he tells Billboard — and a new album is expected out in January. Billboard points out that “Stinson is previewing some of the songs this summer on the road with Cowboys in the Campfire, a duo he formed with his uncle-by-marriage Chip ‘Sippy Fly’ Roberts.” Stinson also has…

Pizza Hut has developed a pizza box printed with turntables that you can actually play by syncing the box to your laptop and sliding your fingers over the box. A limited number of the turntable boxes will be given away at select locations — but sorry, for the moment the promotion is limited to the…

Haven’t signed up for TSA PreCheck because you just don’t fly that often? Well, now you have another incentive: people who have signed up for the expedited security program will be able to access certain music festivals and concerts via shorter lines, thanks to a partnership between promoter Live Nation and the company that handles…

Chance the Rapper and Francis and the Lights went straight from their joint Eaux Claires appearance to New York City, where Monday morning they performed their collaboration “Summer Friends” on Good Morning America. (Billboard) Prince’s divorce records will be made public A Hennepin County judge has agreed to the Star Tribune’s request to unseal the records of Prince’s…

Members of Prince’s family gathered on Saturday afternoon at Paisley Park for a private memorial service, as fans gathered outside. The service followed an informal memorial gathering at the venue shortly after Prince’s April 21 death, and precedes a major official memorial concert on Oct. 13 at U.S. Bank Stadium. (WCCO) New graffiti on a Lake…

The woman who inspired Prince’s classic song “Little Red Corvette” has come forward to tell her story. Mi-Ling Stone Poole tells City Pages she decided to open up about her relationship with Prince after David “T.C.” Ellis, a rapper who performed with Prince’s New Power Generation, said he’d asked Prince to confirm whether Stone Poole inspired “Little Red Corvette,” and…

The Smiths have partnered with PETA to create a video game inspired by the band’s song “Meat is Murder.” In the game, “This Beautiful Creature Must Die,” players try to save animals from being ground into meat. An eight-bit version of “Meat is Murder” soundtracks the game. “This game is the biggest social crusade of all,…

Bon Iver have been hinting for a while that they’ll be playing new music at this week’s Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival, and over the past couple of days they’ve stepped up the indications that they’ll be premiering much or all of a new album. Among the hints: a new mural in Brooklyn. (Pitchfork)…