• 7 Album Covers That Don't Match the Music: Pink Floyd, Neil Young, and more

    A good album cover should compliment the music inside, and a lot of covers do this very well. The ethereal cover of My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless matches the album’s ethereal music, but some album covers suggest something completely different than what the music actually offers. Here are seven album covers that don’t match the album’s music.

  • 6 Great Albums That Had Delayed Releases: The Beatles, Neil Young, and more

    Most albums don’t take very long to be released after they’ve finished production, but there are some albums that had difficult journeys towards their release date, whether it was due to label intervention or the band simply being unsatisfied. Here are six great albums that were subjected to delayed release dates.

  • Eight Totally Bizarre Guitar Solos: Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, and more

    The most renowned guitar solos in rock history are soaring and highly melodic, like David Gilmour’s ethereal passages in “Comfortably Numb,” or the epic guitar duel between Don Felder and Joe Walsh at the end of “Hotel California”. These eight solos listed here are way too strange to ever get such recognition, but they’re definitely worth checking out anyway.

  • Seven great movie scores by rock musicians: Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, and more

    Since Hollywood always seems desperate to get people to go to the movies, it’s strange that they wouldn’t hire popular musicians to score their films more often, as that could draw in a completely different group of people that otherwise wouldn’t care about a particular film. I’m sure there are plenty of Nine Inch Nails fans who are anticipating David Fincher’s Gone Girl simply because Trent Reznor co-wrote the score. Here are seven other rock (and alternative) musicians who wrote excellent film scores.

  • Seven Classic Albums With Anti-Climactic Closers: Neil Young, Michael Jackson, and more

    A properly sequenced album should feel like a movie; the beginning grabs your attention, the action rises, and the finale explodes. Many album closers commit to this arc (“A Day in the Life” from Sgt. Pepper’s is an excellent example) but some albums leave us hanging at the end, even the great ones. Here are seven classic albums with anti-climactic endings.

  • Neil Young's new album was recorded in Jack White's Voice-o-Graph booth

    Earlier this week, Neil Young confirmed that the rumors of Jack White being featured on his album were true. Now, in an interview with SPIN, he speaks about the recording process, specifically that the album was recorded in White's infamous 1940s-era Voice-o-Graph recording booth.

  • Neil Young's PonoPlayer Kickstarter campaign meets goal within 24 hours

    Young began taking preorders for PonoPlayers via Kickstarter on Tuesday, and it seems that there's certainly enough interested parties to at least get the company off the ground. The rate at which the devices sold suggest there's more than enough interest. Young and PonoMusic set a deadline at April 15 to raise the goal amount of $800,000, but they managed to get it all within 24-hours of its unveiling at SXSW.

  • Neil Young's PonoMusic to launch this week with new PonoPlayer

    Neil Young devotees have been hearing about PONO or "PureTone" for a while now, and the public will finally be able to get their hands on the new digital format. The classic rocker, who's been the driving force behind PONO, will unveil the first PONO player at SXSW on Tuesday. Interested buyers can register preorders via Kickstarter on Saturday, March 15.

  • Record Store Day 2014: announced releases so far, and noticeable Trends

    Record Store Day's website hasn't released an official list yet, but fortunately there are dedicated souls have been combing the internet and compiling a list based on previously announced exclusives. We looked over what they found and noticed some obvious (and less obvious) themes.
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