Pitchfork - Forkcast — A Fundamental Experiment is a compilation of Neil Young covers put together by like-minded acts in the underground music scene (Julian Lynch, Real Estate/Ducktails member Matt Mondanile, Sam Goldberg of Emeralds, and Sun Araw, among others) in order ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Amd said... SOUTH AFRICA VOL. 1 The first of four weekly post to coincide with the World Cup, discussing aspects of the event amnd featuring randomly-chosen songs from the host country: Nancy Jacobs & her Sisters – Meadowlands (1955) Mandoza – Nk... more info

Mercury News, California — Neil Young fans' prayers have been answered: The Wizard of Woodside is finally bringing his full solo show back to the Bay Area. more info

Guardian Music — Songwriter and producer, celebrated for his work with Bob Dylan, Neil Young and U2, recovering in hospital following crashCelebrated songwriter and producer Daniel Lanois is in intensive care following a serious motorcycle accident last weekend. Lano... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The PopCulturist said... The Rare Stuff is delighted to present: The Definitive Del Amitri Rarities Series, Vol. 2*: The Waking Hours B-Sides *No, you didn't miss Vol. 1, we'll backtrack to that next. If you add up Glaswegian pub-rockers Del Amitri's... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — Neil Young initiated one of the most barbed exchanges in rock 'n' roll history with "Southern Man" and "Alabama," two scathing indictments of segregation and Southern sins. Pride rankled, Lynyrd Skynyrd jumped to its homeland's defense and responded ... more info

411 Mania — Jewel's seen the needle and the damage done... more info

Culture Bully — Tour dates for Neil Young's forthcoming intimate solo tour including a stop at Calgary's Jubilee Auditorium this coming July 24. more info

Guardian Music — The sharpest tool in the box can also cut it as an instrument of spectral, shivering beautyWhat is it? Those big metal things with teeth you use to carve up wood? Add a violin bow and an ear for pitch and you can make farm tools sing.Who uses it? The... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Journalist and hip-hop writer Dave Tompkins' history of the vocoder, How To Wreck a Nice Beach, is definitely a worthwhile read according to our own Tom Breihan, who referenced the book in his Playlist review of Big Boi's BNM'd "Shutterbugg" a while ... more info