Another year around the sun with headphones on or speakers sending sonic vibrations around the house, as I immersed myself in the many excellent albums that were released in 2021. Lockdown provided the perfect escapist excuse to go deep with listening, finding new and fascinating artists and sounds while still digging new releases from longtime favourites. Black Midi, Black Country, New Road and Infinity Broke … Continue reading DS FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF 2021
A quick trip back through the memory cells and some scanning of my music library has thrown up these twenty artists (in alphabetical order) who have released some of our favourite albums of 2020 so far. There are plenty more I haven’t heard yet, hopefully some gems among them. In the meantime, I hope this throws up a few that you may not have had … Continue reading 20 Of Our Favourite Albums From The First Half Of 2020
by Chris Familton The previous night at the Bimbagden Estate winery in the Hunter Valley was a superb 2 hour show from Neil Young & Crazy Horse with only one thing missing – his full stage setup. Of course musically it didn’t matter, everything still sounded as widescreen and epic as usual but it certainly felt comforting to arrive at the Sydney Entertainment Centre to … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Neil Young & Crazy Horse @ Sydney Entertainment Centre (10/03/13)
We’re already half away through 2012, crazy huh? It felt like it was a slow start to the year in terms of standout album releases but slowly things have picked up pace and some (in our ears) essential purchases have emerged. Here, in no particular order are twenty LPs that have captured our attention over the last six months. LAMBCHOP | MR. M This … Continue reading 2012 | Twenty First Half Favourites
This year is the 25th Anniversary of Neil and Pegi Young’s Bridge School benefit concerts that has seen a plethora of big names play the charitable event. This year’s show happens on October 22nd and 23rd at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.To celebrate they are also releasing a 3DVD and 2CD commemorative package. Check out the trailer below… Lineup Neil Young Dave Matthews … Continue reading WATCH: The Bridge School 25th Anniversary DVD trailer
It’s a big Neil Young day today with the unveiling of the first track from his new record Le Noise, recorded solo with Daniel Lanois providing studio effects. Angry World is a fantastic swirling sonic wash of Neil’s gritty guitar, vocal effects and typical railing against the world lyrics. Definitely a departure from the recent garage rock and country folk and it sounds brilliant! You … Continue reading VIDEO: Neil Young | Angry World…
Neil Young has announced via Facebook that his new album, recorded with Daniel Lanois, will be released (digital/cd/vinyl) on September 28th. Le Noise, obviously a play on Lanois’ name features 8 tracks, many that have been aired on his recent Twisted Road solo tour. Last month Lanois told Rolling Stone… We cut a couple of solo acoustic songs, but the rest is very electric. There’s no … Continue reading NEWS: New Neil Young album ‘Le Noise’ out in September…
It seems that Neil Young’s team are hard at work on NYA Volume II and the first titbit of info that has come to light is that there will be 4 unreleased albums from the late 70s/early 80s that will see the light of day. From NY Times… Four unreleased albums from this period are being rebuilt and will be available in the NYA Special … Continue reading NEWS: NEIL YOUNG’S Archives Vol II first glimpse…
Neil Young recently confirmed he was writing for a new album and is about to embark on an acoustic theatre tour called Twisted Road which may or may not end up being the title of the album. It is a tactic he has employed in the past on the Silver & Gold and Harvest Moon albums. The latest news to leak is that Young is … Continue reading NEWS: NEIL YOUNG recording new album with Daniel Lanois…
A piece of genius… more about “Jimmy Fallon impersonates Neil Young …“, posted with vodpod Continue reading VIDEO: Jimmy Fallon impersonates Neil Young via The Fresh Prince
Dreamin` Man Live `92 revisits Harvest Moon 17 years after its release by pulling together a series of intimate solo acoustic performances Young did at the time. The album was produced by Young and John Hanlon and recorded and mixed by Tim Mulligan. The track-listing for Dreamin` Man Live `92 is as follows: Dreamin` Man Such A Woman One Of These Days Harvest Moon You … Continue reading NEWS: NEIL YOUNG – Dreamin’ Man.. out soon
Jonathan Demme followed Young around on his recent tour capturing the magic and electric storm that the legend created. Featuring songs that were rarely played live such as Mellow My Mind it looks to be a great overview of the man at his peak… Check out the TRAILER HERE Continue reading NEWS: Trailer for New NEIL YOUNG film…
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