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Thursday night in Winnipeg, Arcade Fire continued their tour-long tradition of playing "hometown" music specifically tailored to each show. -
Neil Young's Pono Project Opens Up to Small-Time Investors via Crowdfunder
Neil Young's Pono project seemed to tear up Kickstarter when it launched a funding campaign back in April and the songwriter looks to be taking advantage of his product's current popularity. His company has launched another campaign, this one via Crowdfunder, to give more dedicated fans the opportunity to formally invest in PonoMusic for as "low" as $5,000. -
14 Albums That End With Their Longest Song: Bruce Springsteen, Weezer, And More
Long songs can be tricky for an artist to deal with. They can't really be released as singles, but they also run the risk of ruining the flow of an otherwise great album. These artists got around this problem by placing their extremely long songs at the end of their album. -
9 Solo Artists Who Are Better Than Their Bands: Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, And More
How many times have you been disappointed by a solo album from a member of one of your favorite bands? Sometimes they're outright bad, but even the good ones (Morrissey, Paul McCartney, etc.) simply can't compare to their old bands. However, these nine artists broke this trend, releasing solo albums that actually surpass the work of their old bands. -
Neil Young Wants You To Love Cotton Like He Loves Cotton
On Friday, classic rock superhero Neil Young posted a lengthy message on his website about cotton. Devoid of any subliminal shots at Southern culture (and therefore unlikely to receive another diss track from Lynyrd Skynyrd), Young's message focused on the shirts he recently began giving to concertgoers. -
6 Lo-Fi Albums By Big Rock Stars: Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, And More
One of my favorite genres of music is lo-fi, or "low-fidelity," meaning artists who record their songs onto cheap equipment. Though most lo-fi artists are DIY musicians who work outside of the mainstream and use cheap equipment out of necessity, there are still some highly successful rock stars that have chosen to go lo-fi for aesthetic reasons, or simply out of convenience. Here are six lo-fi albums that were recorded by big rock stars. -
Neil Young Uses Kickstarter To Save The Rainforest, Teams Up With ‘Rainforest Connection’
It looks as if Neil Young is really digging the whole Kickstarter craze, because just a few months after the “Heart of Gold” singer completely funded his Pono Music campaign via the global crowdfunding platform, he’s back at it with hopes to save the rainforest, as Rolling Stone reports. -
Jack White Joining Neil Young, Willie Nelson and Dave Matthews for Annual Farm Aid Festival
Farm Aid will be traveling to Raleigh, NC to the Walnut Creek Amphitheater and you can probably guess a handful of the headliners right off the bat: Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Dave Matthews and John Mellencamp. Those four are members of the Farm Aid board so they traditionally make appearances at the yearly festival, but there are some big names outside of the board that will show up as well. Jack White for one. -
5 'Imagine' Covers That Suck: Cee Lo Green, Avril Lavigne and More
Eddie Vedder didn't do too bad with his cover of John Lennon's 'Imagine.' But with so many people offering their own versions of the track, there were bound to be some that didn't do it justice. -
8 Studio Albums That Feature A Live Track: Neil Young, Johnny Cash, And More
One of the primary objectives for a record producer is to make sure all of the songs on an album sound sonically consistent, but some artists choose to do away with this consistency by incorporating a live recording into the otherwise studio recorded album. Here are eight studio albums that feature a live track. -
Neil Young Cancels Concert In Tel Aviv
Pitchfork reports that Neil Young & Crazy Horse have been forced to cancel their July 17 show at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel. According to The Jerusalem Post, the show's promoter Shuki Weiss revealed in a press release that, "The cancellation is due to the barrage of rockets that have been fired in recent days and concern for the safety of an audience for such an event." -
7 Bands That Spawned Multiple Prominent Solo Careers: Genesis, Wu-Tang Clan, And More
Many bands would be lucky enough to have just one immensely talented artist to carry them to success, but these seven bands had two (or sometimes more) musicians in their ranks who would go on to achieve success on their own.
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