Subject: Neil Young

• Sing A Sad Song

  A couple of weeks ago, I walked into the office and caught Steve belting out the chorus of "Love Will Tear Us Apart." As surreal and surprisingly awesome as it was, you astute readers out there will know that it was simply practice for his piece "Emotional Rescue," in which he explains why when we're down in the dumps, we shouldn't listen to Joy Division or Gordon Lightfoot, but clever and emotionally distant bands like Talking Heads and New Pornographers. I know I've never cried to Speaking in

  December 11, 2006

• "Vinyl May Be Final Nail in CD's Coffin”

  Oh, sweet, sweet irony. Remember in the mid-'80s when major labels crowed about how the advent of compact discs would hasten the death of vinyl? A quarter century later, it looks like the (turn)tables are reversed: vinyl's popularity is resurgent while the CD's fortunes are looking as bleak as Iraq's, according to this article in Wired by Eliot Van Buskirk. Vinyl's sonic superiority long has been an axiom among audiophiles and Neil Young; now the format's popularity is rising, along with sal

  October 29, 2007

• Last Night: Helio Sequence at Detroit Bar

  Review by Reza Allah-Bakhshi The Helio Sequence with Modern Memory and The Builders and the Butchers Detroit Bar Feb. 28, 2008 Better Than: Not going to see a rad band. Download: "Keep Your Eyes Ahead" off the Helio Sequence Myspace page. I arrived at Detroit halfway into Modern Memory's set. The L.A. rockers did their best to work some energy into the room, but sometimes standing still just doesn’t work. Some ginseng would do wonders for this band. Musically, Modern Memory had their

  February 29, 2008

• Rocks Great, Un-Ironic Hope

  March 16, 2000

• Neil Young thinks I'm an asshole, and he totally quoted me out of context, too!

  Colleague Matt Coker recently tipped me off to a cameo appearance I kinda-sorta make in Deja Vu, the new documentary flick about Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's 2006 Freedom of Speech tour of America, when the foursome hit the road in support of Neil Young's politically pointed Living With War album. I'm not actually seen in the movie (god forbid), but I'm heard, which is where the kinda-sorta comes in. About 22 minutes into it, as you watch sweeping helicopter shots of downtown Los Angeles and

  October 23, 2008

• "This Ugly, Black Thing": The 26th Reason Why John McCain Sucks

  In the new issue of the Weekly, you'll find Greg Stacy's list of 25 reasons why John McCain sucks. To this, I'd like to add reason #26: He once referred to Bridget, his adopted Bangladeshi daughter, as "this ugly, black thing." Maybe. Or probably? You be the judge, and read this first-person story from one Ana Dubey, a San Francisco psychologist, who had a creepy close encounter with McCain when she was on vacation about a decade ago. I found it on, of all places, Neil Young's website. What w

  October 23, 2008

• LowBallVideoChatter: The Band, "Don't Do It"

  The Time: Thanksgiving, 1976.   The Place: Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco.   The Occasion: The final concert by the original lineup of the Band, with a jaw-dropping number of guests (Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Dr. John, etc.), all of it preserved forever by Martin Scorsese's cameras in the greatest rock-doc of all time, The Last Waltz.   Ticket Price: A then-scandalous $25, but everybody got a free turkey dinner

  November 27, 2008

• Top 10 Americana Albums of 2008

  Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic Furr smells more like the Kinks than Neil Young. [Editor's note: That's why we put it on our indie-rock list.] We likewise discarded Shearwater's near-masterpiece Rook, despite the fact that the alb

  December 19, 2008

• Rumored/Confirmed Coachella Artists Start to Trickle In

  LAist has about 20 artists they say are "confirmed" for Coachella (coming up soon! April 17-19!), and many more that are "rumored"--and given that just about every act of note is "rumored" for Coachella at this point in the year, a classification that's about as meaningful as last night's Golden Globes (though any night when Tracy Morgan and Bruce Springsteen both get to give acceptance speeches is pretty awesome).Here's who they say are confirmed:

  January 12, 2009

• Daily Coachella Update: Still No Lineup, but There is a Fake One

  It's getting to the point where the idea of the Coachella lineup is actually more appealing than whatever the eventual Coachella lineup will be, even if the actual lineup is really impressive. It's like Spock said, "having is not such a pleasing thing as wanting."So yeah, still no official Coachella bill, but a relatively entertaining fake one has made the rounds, with a mix of heavily rumored names (Paul McCartney, The Killers, Fleet Foxes), reasonable estimates (The Knux, She & Him, Yeasay

  January 28, 2009

• Everest See the Mountaintop

  February 19, 2009

• [Summer Guide] Notable Music Releases for Those Who Still Buy Albums

  June 4, 2009

• Scott Sechman To Rock Renaissance Bistro Friday and Saturday

  Live music when dining can leave you cold or, worse, embarrassed (think maudlin violin players and shuffling trios of Christmas carolers).But if you enjoy the smooth sounds of 60s and 70s guitar classics, combined with a smoky voice, head down to Renaissance Bistro in Brea this Friday or Saturday night to hear Scott Sechman playing just outside. As Scott himself says, he's been around the block, but don't let that put you off: along with his usual fare (The Beatles, The Stones, Neil Young,

  March 5, 2009

• 2 Cool 4 School

  January 1, 2009

• [Aural Reports] Cory Case Busks Across Europe, Tours America With the Shys

  October 23, 2008

• [Locals Only] The Good Fiction

  August 14, 2008

• [CD Review] Radiohead, 'The Best Of' CD/DVD (Capitol)

  June 12, 2008

• 65daysofstatic's Blend of Metal and Electronica Could Be Your Cure

  May 29, 2008

• It's a Hit

  May 29, 2008

• Prettier Things

  March 20, 2008

• Special Feedback !ask a Mexican!(r) Edition!

  November 15, 2007

• CD Review

  Band of Horses, Cease to Begin (Sub Pop)

  October 11, 2007

• CD Review

  Neil Young, Live At Massey Hall (Reprise/WEA)

  March 8, 2007

• Anarchy in the C.M.

  October 2, 2003

• Burning Down the House

  The folk-tinged chaos of Wires on Fire

  January 18, 2007

• Ah Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

  FEB. 8-FEB. 15

  February 8, 2007

• CD Review

  Dead Moon, Echoes of the Past double CD (Sub Pop)

  November 30, 2006

• Hits!

  Fingerprints

  September 7, 2006

• Hits!

  May 18, 2006

• Get Out!

  May 11, 2006

• CD Review

  May 11, 2006

• New Reviews

  February 16, 2006

• Long May He Run

  February 16, 2006

• Lay, Lady, Lay

  August 18, 2005

• Doing It to Death

  August 11, 2005

• Non-Fortunate Son:

  July 22, 2004

• Another Great Band Bites It

  April 15, 2004

• Mike McHugh's Top 5

  June 26, 2003

• For the Love of Dewey

  June 5, 2003

• The Whine, the Howl

  May 16, 2002

• Old Man, Take a Look at Yourself

  April 4, 2002

• New Music

  October 11, 2001

• Letters

  December 7, 2000

• Pot (Hed)

  November 16, 2000

• The Horsepainters

  September 21, 2000

• Val Garay, Laguna Beach-Based Superproducer

  August 10, 2000

• Grandaddy at This Ain't No Picnic

  July 6, 2000

• CD REVIEWS

  June 10, 1999

• TONIGHT: The Victorians and Ribbons at The Prospector

  ​The Prospector in Long Beach is about to get a little bit classier tonight. Victorians and ribbons, oh my! Okay so maybe Long Beach band The Victorians don't exactly sound anything like their prim and proper name would suggest, but the sound is pretty polished. This local four piece founded by Brad Lindsay and Erik Trickett (pictured) have been knocking around the dive bar scene for a while and their heartfelt, Neil Young inspired rock-n-roll is always a favorite on Junipero and 7th St. Sport

  July 27, 2009

• [CD Review] Cub Country, 'Stretch That Skull Cover and Smile' (Future Farmer)

  August 13, 2009