Paul McCartney Joins Neil Young On "A Day In The Life"

A day after headlining Glastonbury, Neil surprised Hyde Park by playing his favorite cover of late with the man who co-wrote it. Good quality fan video here. ... CONTINUE READING PAUL MCCARTNEY JOINS NEIL YOUNG ON "A DAY IN THE LIFE"»

Posted on June 29, 2009 in Video (0 comments)
Tags: Neil Young | Paul McCartney | The Beatles

Glastonbury 2009: Blur Make Triumphant Return, Everyone Covers MJ

Aside from some heavy rains on Thursday and some quick showers Sunday, the throngs at Worthy Farm this year enjoyed some of the best weather in Glastonbury history. In return, the impressive lineup -- featuring headliners Bruce Springsteen and Neil... CONTINUE READING GLASTONBURY 2009: BLUR MAKE TRIUMPHANT RETURN, EVERYONE COVERS MJ»

The 'Gum Drop LXXXIII: Hear New Pink Mountaintops, Win Neil Young's Neil Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972

The Pink Mountaintops, aka Black Mountaineer Stephen McBean and about a dozen friends, are releasing album three Outside Love on 5/5 via Jagjaguwar. Its ten songs are ostensibly about/influenced by "weddings in Montreal, winter, Pink Floyd's The Final Cut, Christmas... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP LXXXIII: HEAR NEW PINK MOUNTAINTOPS, WIN NEIL YOUNG'S NEIL ARCHIVES, VOL. 1: 1963-1972»

Posted on April 8, 2009 in Giveaway, MP3 (6 comments)
Tags: Black Mountain | Neil Young | The Golden Filter | The Pink Mountaintops

Stream Neil Young's Fork In The Road

The videos have been silly and still compelling because, well, it's Neil Young. Now you can hear the concept album about an electric car that birthed them at MySpace.... CONTINUE READING STREAM NEIL YOUNG'S FORK IN THE ROAD»

Posted on April 2, 2009 (7 comments)
Tags: Neil Young

Neil Young's Archives Out 6/2

Jim DeRogatis attended a SXSW session devoted to the ten-disc Neil Young Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972 this weekend and returned with the excited ("I've seen and touched it!") details. Read more about "Young's life in a box" at the Chicago... CONTINUE READING NEIL YOUNG'S ARCHIVES OUT 6/2»

Posted on March 23, 2009 (1 comments)
Tags: Neil Young | Thom Yorke

New Neil Young Video - "Cough Up The Bucks"

Is Neil Young fucking with us? I don't think so. This low budget video is even sillier than the last one, but when it comes to the future of the American automotive industry Neil is dead serious. Fork In The... CONTINUE READING NEW NEIL YOUNG VIDEO - "COUGH UP THE BUCKS"»

Posted on March 20, 2009 in MP3, Video (19 comments)
Tags: Neil Young | Shearwater | The Knux

New Neil Young Video - "Fork In The Road"

"There's a fork in the road ahead / I don't know which way I'm gonna turn." Neil's waxing psychosocial in this one-shot video. It's allegedly the title track from his new album, which makes the lyric "Download this, it sounds... CONTINUE READING NEW NEIL YOUNG VIDEO - "FORK IN THE ROAD"»

Posted on January 13, 2009 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: Neil Young

Young, Boss, Blur Headlining Glastonbury '09

In a move to entice your dad into a pair of wellies, Glastonbury has allegedly booked Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, and the reunited Blur to headline its annual festival (6/26-28 at Worthy Farm, Pilton). The line-up, bandied about last week,... CONTINUE READING YOUNG, BOSS, BLUR HEADLINING GLASTONBURY '09»

Posted on December 22, 2008 (7 comments)
Tags: Blur | Bruce Springsteen | Glastonbury | Neil Young | The Drums

Neil Young's Archives, Vol. 1 Is Crazy Comprehensive

Not only that, but the 10-disc retrospective is "The Most Ambitious Artist Collection Ever Produced." The first volume covers the first 10 years (1963-1972) of Shakey's career. If you don't believe the hype, watch this promotional video. It makes pretty... CONTINUE READING NEIL YOUNG'S ARCHIVES, VOL. 1 IS CRAZY COMPREHENSIVE»

Posted on December 16, 2008 in Video (13 comments)
Tags: Camera Obscura | Neil Young

Stream Neil Young's Sugar Mountain

That sounded dirty, but it shouldn't, Shakey. You can stream the US auto bailout expert's Sugar Mountain: Live At Canterbury House 1968 in its entirety at NPR. The collection gets an official release 12/2 via Reprise.... CONTINUE READING STREAM NEIL YOUNG'S SUGAR MOUNTAIN»

Posted on November 25, 2008 (0 comments)
Tags: Lykke Li | Neil Young

Neil Young On The US Auto Bailout

Shakey offers tips on "How To Save A Major Automobile Company" in regard to the government's bailout of the auto industry's "big three." His plan "addresses the issue of Global warming from our automobiles while enhancing our National Security and... CONTINUE READING NEIL YOUNG ON THE US AUTO BAILOUT »

Posted on November 18, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: Deerhunter | Neil Young

Tunde Adebimpe Covers Neil Young

Death Cab For Cutie are heading on tour with Neil Young, and here's TV On The Radio's beardless singer Tunde Adebimpe covering the man's "Unknown Legend." Tunde's cover comes from Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married, which as we mentioned, stars... CONTINUE READING TUNDE ADEBIMPE COVERS NEIL YOUNG»

Radiohead Cover Neil Young

About a week ago Thom and Jonny sidled up to the front of the White River Amphitheatre stage in Auburn, WA for just your typical "Faust Arp" duet. Except Thom forgot the words. After having an embarrassed laugh, he took... CONTINUE READING RADIOHEAD COVER NEIL YOUNG»

Posted on August 26, 2008 in MP3, Video (27 comments)
Tags: Neil Young | Peter Bjorn And John | Radiohead

Neil Young Covers "A Day In The Life" In Dublin

That Macca, always the trendsetter. Watch Neil's take from Saturday night at Malahide Castle here. ... CONTINUE READING NEIL YOUNG COVERS "A DAY IN THE LIFE" IN DUBLIN»

Posted on July 1, 2008 (3 comments)
Tags: Echo And The Bunnymen | Neil Young | SXSW | The Beatles

Judas Priest And Slayer Join MBV, Radiohead, Jay-Z, And Neil Young At Roskilde '08

Brandon can attest, last year's Roskilde was a glorious mud bath. We're guessing it can't rain as much this time around, but even if it does, the lineup's intriguing enough that if you can find a way to get to... CONTINUE READING JUDAS PRIEST AND SLAYER JOIN MBV, RADIOHEAD, JAY-Z, AND NEIL YOUNG AT ROSKILDE '08»

Pack It Up, You Hippies: Neil Young Announces Music Can No Longer Change The World

Even though Neil refused to sing "pretty songs" and insisted on only those dealing with "war and politics and the human condition" during the tour that's the subject of his CSNY Deja Vu film, he's beyond expecting it'll actually have any effect: "I think that the time when music could change the world is past," he told reporters in Berlin. "I think it would be very naive to think that in this day and age. I think the world today is a different place." It's just as well, really. Of his pastimes, we always figured he'd have more luck carving a path to peace via model railroad construction anyway.

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Posted on February 8, 2008 (14 comments)

Sundance Rocks (In 3-D)

Sundance is flickering along as we speak, and plenty of the films being screened have a rock 'n' roll bent. And a rap bent, if you consider Diddy a rapper. Bernard Shakey, aka Neil Young -- yes, that Neil Young... CONTINUE READING SUNDANCE ROCKS (IN 3-D)»

Tanya Donelly Covers Neil Young

While Neil Young's out chasing his Chrome Dreams, 21 female musicians have gotten together to cover some of his classics (the time frame's 1969-1979) in order to raise money for charity and to pay homage to some well loved songs.... CONTINUE READING TANYA DONELLY COVERS NEIL YOUNG»

Posted on November 28, 2007 (4 comments)
Tags: Neil Young | Tanya Donelly

Neil Young Hits The Road With Chromes Dreams II, His Wife (And Gets Covered By Marissa Nadler)

A few weeks ago we recounted the tale of Chrome Dreams, the album Neil Young recorded and shelved in 1977 and then got bootlegged like a crazy horse. Even if you don't own a cobbled copy or chase after that... CONTINUE READING NEIL YOUNG HITS THE ROAD WITH CHROMES DREAMS II, HIS WIFE (AND GETS COVERED BY MARISSA NADLER)»

Posted on October 29, 2007 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Marissa Nadler | Neil Young

The Red Sox's Good Luck Charm: Celtic Punk

Although it may seem that all we nourish ourselves with is music and pop culture ... well, no, that's about right. But hey sometimes artists help us with the tunnel vision and bring the national pasttime into focus, like when... CONTINUE READING THE RED SOX'S GOOD LUCK CHARM: CELTIC PUNK»

Posted on October 26, 2007 in Video (28 comments)
Tags: Dropkick Murphys | Neil Young

The Daily Show Upgrades Its Web Presence

After 10+ years of The Daily Show and piggybacking on-line as part of the Comedy Central site, Jon Stewart and friends finally have their own bona fide web address. It launched yesterday at noon EST and is set to include... CONTINUE READING THE DAILY SHOW UPGRADES ITS WEB PRESENCE»

Posted on October 19, 2007 in Video (15 comments)
Tags: Jon Stewart | Neil Young | The White Stripes | Tom Waits

New Neil Young - "Dirty Old Man"/"The Believer"/"The Way"/"Spirit Road" (And Chrome Dreams II Album Art)

Chrome Dreams: The Sequel! But not really. In '76, Neil announced Chrome Dreams but never made good on the promise. So now we get the follow-up to that unheard LP, only this one's so definitely-coming-out that Neil's offered up four... Chrome Dreams II Album Art)'">CONTINUE READING NEW NEIL YOUNG - "DIRTY OLD MAN"/"THE BELIEVER"/"THE WAY"/"SPIRIT ROAD" (AND CHROME DREAMS II ALBUM ART)»

Posted on October 16, 2007 in Album Art, Tour Dates, Video (9 comments)
Tags: Neil Young

Neil Young Gets Comical

Kiss and Courtney Love went toon first, but looks like Neil Young's bad 2003 concept album/film Greendale's been made into what we can only image is a bad Neil Young graphic novel. We already knew about Avril Lavigne's, well, manga,... CONTINUE READING NEIL YOUNG GETS COMICAL»

Posted on August 6, 2007 (13 comments)
Tags: My Chemical Romance | Neil Young

Time's All-Time 100 Albums

The music mavens at the venerable Time magazine have compiled their list of the "ALL-TIME 100" albums -- unranked and broken down by decade. We're not sure what's better: that only five albums of the past five years are among... CONTINUE READING TIME'S ALL-TIME 100 ALBUMS»

Living With War Today

MTV.com isn't the only music site that's got a makeover. Neil Young's website now looks like USA Today. Well, an anti-Bush USA Today. Check out the “Boo-Ometer” which ranks recent Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young shows according to which audience... CONTINUE READING LIVING WITH WAR TODAY»

Posted on October 19, 2006 (8 comments)
Tags: Neil Young