Undercover, Australia — If you have been to any of the Neil Young shows on late you may have noticed someone painting at the back of the stage. That is Eric Johnson, one of the Neil Young roadies. more info

JamBase — NEW PROJECT FOR CROWES/WIDESPREAD BOYS Steve GormanBy Josh Miller Trigger Hippy - comprised of drummer Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes), guitarist Jimmy Herring (Widespread Panic), guitarist Audley Freed (Jakob Dylan, ex-Crowes, Blue Floyd) and ba... more info

Undercover, Australia — Neil Young is keeping the setlists for his sideshows interesting by including some different songs at each stop. more info

Undercover, Australia — A number of premium tickets for the Neil Young Sydney show tomorrow night (January 24) have gone on sale. more info

Undercover, Australia — Neil Young played his first non-Big Day Out show of 2009 last night in Brisbane with a set that delivered something old, something new, something borrowed and a bit of blues. more info

NME — Soul singer Booker T is set to release a new solo album - featuring Neil Young on guitar duties and Drive-By Truckers as his backing band. more info

NME — Soul singer Booker T is set to release a new solo album - featuring Neil Young on guitar duties and Drive-By Truckers as his backing band. more info

Detroit Free Press — Nickel Eye is the solo project of Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture. For new album "The Time of the Assassins" (due Tuesday), he drew on poems and rants composed years ago and adapted them into songs with the help of South, a British band. The work is... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: The Chum BucketSpinner.com: Neil Young is going to release a concept album about electric cars. OK then. [Pitchfork] Pitchfork's Ryan Schreiber went on ABC to discuss his five albums to watch in '09. And we got three of 'em. We're cool.... more info

Pitchfork — According to the Village Voice's Rob Harvilla, the next Neil Young album is going to be, seriously, a "concept album about eco-friendly cars." According to The Guardian, the album "seems to be exploring three things – dirty blues, direct lyrics, an... more info