David Z, the Minneapolis musician and producer best-known for his work with Prince, has passed away. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that David Z, born David Rivkin, died in a Burbank, California hospital on Sunday. According to his younger brother Bobby Z, the former drummer from Prince’s band the Revolution, David died of complications of an infection. He was 78.

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I think we’ve reached the point of exhaustion with artists talking about AI but not having anything novel or even coherent to say. In a recent interview with iHeartRadio at the Osheaga Festival, Empire Of The Sun’s Luke Steele was asked if he used AI, and he responded, “Of course!” Although his answer was enthusiastic, the conversation that followed quickly lost steam.

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Jason Calhoun is a Philadelphia-based ambient artist and composer who’s getting ready to share revelations of divine love, his fifth release for Dear Life Records. So far he’s previewed the album with the meditative slices “tolstoy tatsoi,” “what we deserve,” and “at home,” and today he’s back with “enjoy losing,” a pleasant, cosmic blip inspired by playing chess on his phone.

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If you attended the Zac Brown Band show last night, you might be seeing your fellow concertgoers again. You could literally end up on the same boat. Right before performing his 2021 hit “Same Boat,” Zac Brown announced a massive surprise for the crowd.

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Last week, Boy George released “We Will Dance Again,” a reggae song that he made in support of Israel’s campaign of genocide. The song itself denies the term “genocide,” and Boy George claims that he made it with AI. Fucking gross! As you might imagine, the backlash was swift. Boy George was removed from his role in the current London Palladium production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and he says that he fired Tony Pontius as manager of his Boy George Presents label, after Pontius refused to release the track. Over the weekend, the ’80s pop star uploaded it to Bandcamp instead. Now, Bandcamp has removed “We Will Dance Again” and deactivated the account.

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On Friday, stormy weather forced the cancellation of Lil Uzi Vert’s Lollapalooza set. “Due to weather issues, Lil Uzi Vert will no longer be performing,” was festival’s Instagram statement, although an onstage announcement referenced “travel complications.” It was shaping up to be a major performance, especially as it coincided with the rapper’s 31st birthday.

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Boy George has caused a major stir since releasing his AI-generated pro-Israel reggae track “We Will Dance Again.” He has since been pulled from a production of Jesus Christ Superstar and parted ways with the manager of his indie label Boy George Presents, after the manager refused to release the song. George has also continued to court controversy with more provocative music, including a diss track aimed at Soup Dragons singer Sean Dickson.

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Gregg Alexander ended New Radicals after their lone album, 1998’s acclaimed Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too, but went on to become one of pop’s most successful behind-the-scenes songwriters. He co-wrote hits like Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder On The Dancefloor,” Santana and Michelle Branch’s “The Game Of Love,” and the Oscar-nominated Begin Again song “Lost Stars,” recorded by Keira Knightley and Adam Levine. He has rarely given interviews or performed since New Radicals’ 1999 tour opening for Goo Goo Dolls.

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Earlier this week, Glen Hansard tragically passed away in a motorcycle crash at the age of 56. Bono paid tribute to the Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter and actor with heartfelt words on social media. Last night, Tori Amos commemorated him with a cover of the Swell Season’s “Falling Slowly” at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion.

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Last week, New York hardcore staples Sick Of It All announced the tragic death of their frontman Lou Koller after a battle with cancer. Santa Cruz’s Drain paid tribute by covering Sick Of It All’s 1995 track “It’s Clobberin’ Time” at the revived Warped Tour in Long Beach, and last night Fiddlehead did the same in Brooklyn at the Warsaw. For the song, the Boston post-hardcore favorites were joined by Walter Schreifels of Quicksand, Gorilla Biscuits, Rival Schools, and other bands. Pat Flynn used the opportunity to catapult himself into the crowd. Watch below.

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