Brooklyn Vegan — "Guitar hero, acoustic balladeer, country bumpkin, grunge pioneer, electronic dabbler: Neil Young has played all these roles in his 45 year career. But at Avery Fisher Hall Sunday night - for the first of two sold-out shows - he melded... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian band built around the melodic folk rock songs of singer-songwriter Tony Dekker. Originally from Wainfleet, Ontario, the band is currently based in Toronto. The current touring line-up includes Tony Dekker on lea... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — All three major American counterculture movies of the late sixties benefited from the new vogue for rock soundtracks. The Strawberry Statement mixed purpose-written orchestral themes with mostly familiar numbers by Crosby, Still & Nash and Neil Young... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Every once in a while we stumble upon new, interesting SoundCloud stories. When they were writing material for their new album ‘Light the Shallows’, Melbourne-based indie rock band Tall Buildings used the SoundCloud as a collaborative tool to ... more info

Guardian Music — Combining country, goth and grunge, Erika M Anderson's music evokes the midwest in all its gory desolate gloryHometown: San Francisco.The lineup: Erika M Anderson (vocals, guitar).The background: It didn't even occur to us how inextricably linked got... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The typical TVOTR sounds are there, such as the heavy traces of R&B, woozy-yet-melodic vocals, and gripping instrumentation. But I still can't put my finger on exactly what they're doing on here. That being said, it's another solid record from Brookl... more info

ContactMusic — Neil Young's classic rock band Buffalo Springfield are to tour for the first time since 1968. The supergroup, featuring Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay, reunited to perform at the rock star's annual Bridge School Benefit... more info

NME — Neil Young also claims artist of the year at Toronto ceremony more info

Totally Fuzzy — matori_deda_strale said... 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 671. MEGADETH – Rust In Peace (1990) 672. DIGITAL UNDERGROUND – Sex Packets (1990) 673. PET SHOP BOYS – Behaviour (1990) 674. HAPPY MONDAYS – Pills ‘n’Thrills and Bellyac... more info

Guardian Music — A thoughtful study of protest songs impresses Dave HaslamThe way Dorian Lynskey tells it, you might wonder why the writers and performers of protest songs bother. Especially if they're in a hip-hop crew who just want to party but the record label bos... more info