Neil Young To Release "Fork In The Road"
Neil Young's most recent obsession - a retooled 1959 Lincoln Continental that runs entirely on alternative energy - is the inspiration behind "Fork in the Road," the 63-year old musician's new studio album due April 7 via Reprise.

Coming attractions: When Neil Young was young and going solo ...
The long-buried tapes of Neil Young's pivotal engagements in Ann Arbor, Mich., finally are surfacing on Sugar Mountain: Live ...

Neil Young Reveals Fork in the Road Details
Neil Young cares about the environment, dammit. He cares so much, in fact, that he's recorded an entire concept album about electric cars , which is pretty ridiculous. And now that absurd album has a release date and a tracklist. Reprise will release Fork in the Road , Young's billionth album, on April 7, Billboard reports. But the oil industry isn't the only target of Young's grumpy-old-man ire. In a post on his website, Young recently lashed out at YouTube for not...

New Death Cab For Cutie Video - "Grapevine Fires"
Ben Gibbard lost weight, grew his hair out, affixed Neil Young sideburns to the side of his face, and got engaged to Zooey Deschanel. Add those things together and it's hard to find a recent writeup that doesn't include at least a passing mention of the Death Cab For Cutie frontman's appearance. Which is maybe why he's kept such a low profile in the last two Narrow Stairs video clips: He was nowhere to be seen in "No Sunlight" and the new Walter Robot-concocted "Grapevine Fires" only gives us a...

Neil Young's 'Archives' Set For June 2 Arrival
Rocker Neil Young's oft-delayed "Archives" collection will finally be released on June 2, Young's manager Elliot Roberts announced at South by Southwest in Austin, TX today (March 21).

A New Album, Short Shorts, and Neil Young's Backstage Grub
An exclusive in-studio interview with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy Over the course of fourteen years and seven indispensable albums, Wilco have gone from being an alt-country cult favorite to an arena-filling national obsession. That’s largely because frontman Jeff Tweedy is...

Is Neil Young OK?
I realize Neil Young is aging, but why is his head gradually taking the shape of Sloth from Goonies?

Neil Young's early days on CD
In his continuing trek through his vaults, Neil Young will release one of his earliest live solo recordings Nov. 25 entitled Sugar Mountain Live at Canterbury House 1968. The 23-track album was recorded over the course of two nights (Nov. 9-10, 1968) at the Ann Arbor, Michigan venue from a 2-track tape recorder and kept in storage for over four decades. The material includes early recordings of songs Young would later release on solo albums. The title track, I've Been Waiting For You, The Old Laughing Lad

Neil Young To Headline Glastonbury Festival
The singer-songwriter is to join the previously named Blur and Bruce Springsteen at the top of the bill for the three-day Somerset bash this June 26th-28th.

Neil Young to rock London
The 'Heart of Gold' rocker has been confirmed to play the open-air show in the UK capital's Hyde Park on June 27, with support coming from The Pretenders, Fleet Foxes, Ben Harper's new band The Relentless, and Sea Sick Steve. The Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde says the group are thrilled to be sharing a bill with the legendary musician. She said: "We would play a garden shed to be on a bill with Neil Young but Hyde Park - summer - with 'The Loner'? "This is what makes a thousand...

Neil Young Brings His Lincvolt To SXSW
Though his participation at South By Southwest has not been announced, Neil Young was spotted strolling around the Four Seasons hotel and tooling around downtown Austin in his environmentally clean Lincvolt car.

Pixies Back In Action With European Dates
The Pixies return to action this summer with a series of European concert dates, including a June 14 appearance at the Isle of Wight festival with Neil Young, Billboard has confirmed.  The gigs will be the first for the alternative rock standard-bearers since 2007, dispelling doubts that the group's most recent hiatus was permanent.  Further details about the additional European shows will be released soon.  No North American gigs are planned, according to Billboard's sources.

Top 10 Celebrities Who Are Probably Cool In Real Life
 Feel free to weigh in and add your own... especially if you can correct (or add) based on personal experience... 10. Neil Young-- because of-- or in spite of-- the fact that he is obsessed with model trains9. Heidi Klum-- showing us her ass bruise yesterday is what got us thinking about this list in the first place 8. Anthony Bourdain-- the only man who works in a kitchen that we probably couldn't take in a fight... but he wouldn't start one with us... because he's cool like that 7. Simon

While You Were Sleeping: Mark Foley's Replacement's Sex Scandal
 A homeless man in Florida was arrested for sleeping nude on the steps of a City Hall. Insult to injury: he was given $150 in bail which, obviously, he probably can't even pay.Farm Aid 2008 is playing in a loop here. (The lineup: Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews, Kenny Chesney, Arlo Guthrie, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Pretenders, Jakob Dylan, and much more.) How much would you pay for a date with this porn star?This knife violence on Greyhounds in Canada fad? It shows no signs of

Lineup for Bridge School Benefit announced.
The lineup has just been unveiled for the 2008 Bridge School Benefit concert, with school co-founder Neil Young introducing a bill that features Wilco, Jack Johnson, Cat Power, Sarah McLachlan and Death Cab for Cutie. Day one of the October 25-26 event at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, boasts performances from those artists plus Norah Jones. ZZ Top performs only on day one, while Smashing Pumpkins and Josh Groban perform only on day two. Neil Young, who hosts the annual, mostly-acous

Drone Metal Soundscape Bands SUNN O))), Boris & Earth Featured In Jim Jarmusch's 'The Limits Of Control'
Jim Jarmusch has pretty sharp and discerning taste and his soundtracks over the years have used innovative music and been exquisitely curated:

Paul McCartney, Neil Young Usher In Coachella's Year Of The Geezer [Coachella]
Well, The Smiths aren't reuniting. But Morrissey will be there! So will a Beatle (and it's not Ringo).Oh, and every other band you've ever heard of, ever. Basically we're in for Friday and Sunday, which means we're in for the whole shebang, even though Saturday is really not doing it for us. Will you be at Coachella '09?PS. We freely admit we've never heard of about 50% of these acts. Uh Huh Her? Floater? The Knux? Snailhouse? Ugh, we feel old. PPS. Also, Kate Perry sucks. What is she doing there?FRIDAYNine

Readers’ Rock List: If U See Kay Songs (Explicit Titles)
Last week, inspired by Britney Spears’ controversial “If U Seek Amy,” we asked our readers to tell us their favorite songs that didn’t dance around with clever wordplay and just dropped cuss words in the song title. We counted the votes, and N.W.A’s ode to the LAPD, “Fuck Tha Police,” was the shit, beating out expletive-laden tracks by Nine Inch Nails, the Replacements and Neil Young. To see the entire list of songs that wouldn’t be played on the r

The Chum Bucket: Adam Sandler Covers Neil Young + More
Filed under: The Chum BucketHere's a head-scratcher for you: Adam Sandler covering Neil Young's 'Like a Hurricane.' [AV Club]Anybody want to date a former MTV VJ? [The Daily Swarm]Lil Wayne makes a surprisingly clever sports-show talking head. [Idolator]New Sonic Youth album on the way! Matador has details galore. [Earfarm]Bob Marley's family is working on a licensing deal to use his likeness on retail products including clothing, video games and luggage. Who wouldn't want Bob Marley luggage?...

News in Brief: Bruce Springsteen, the Feelies, Saint Etienne, Deadmau5
-- It's hard to believe Bruce Springsteen -- stadium king and worldwide mega-concert icon-- has never done the granddaddy of all music festivals, Glastonbury . That will change this year when Springsteen and his E Street Band head over to England to headline this year's fest , which takes place June 26-28. According to the NME , other rumored headliners include Neil Young and Blur. The date comes in the middle of Bruce's 2009 world tour , which runs from April to August. -- In...

Sloan Helping Michael Cera's Sex Bob-Omb Band In 'Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World'?
Music is an integral part of Bryan Lee O'Malley's "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World," graphic novel. Here's a quick sample:- The Scott Pilgrim name is taken from a song by the now-defunct East Coast Canadian all-girl band Plumtree- There's a least two bands in the books, Sex Bob-Omb and The Clash at Demonhead (both are video gamereferences)- Book #3 “Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness,” is an knowing nod to the Smashing Pumpkins.- Obvious: the character Young Neil is Neil Young backwards...

New Flaming Lips Video - "Borderline" (Madonna Cover)
If 2008 was about band reunions, 2009 seems to be the year of high-profile compilations. A new entry into the Dark Was The Night/Heroes mix is the dramatically titled Covered, A Revolution in Sound, meant to celebrate Warner Bros. 50th Anniversary. It's unclear if Michelle Branch handling Joni Mitchell or Adam Sandler doing Neil Young constitutes a revolution in sound, but Flaming Lips' heavily psychedelic and percussive take on "Borderline" is at least fun (thanks for the tip, Joey). It's also...

Arctic Monkeys, Ting Tings join BDO (+pics)
British bands the Arctic Monkeys, the Prodigy and The Ting Tings will join iconic rocker Neil Young to perform at next year's Big Day Out music festival in Auckland. Also confirmed for the annual festival, to be held at Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium on January 16, 2009, are indie-rock act TV on the Radio, alt-country band My Morning Jacket, Aussie punk trio the Living End, and metallers Bullet for My Valentine. Sneaky Sound System, Pendulum and Simian Mobile Disco are the dance

Farm Aid's Nelson, Mellencamp, Young and Matthews Urge Congress to Redirect Bailout to Working Men and Women, Farmers
Open Letter to Congress Calls for $1 Billion Investment in Farm Communities to Solve America's Economic, Environmental, Energy and Health Problems SOMERVILLE, Mass., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the $700 billion Wall Street bailout currently being considered by Congress, the Farm Aid Board of Directors Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews sent an open letter to Congressional leaders urging them to redirect funds to farm communities and working men an

ShowBiz Minute: Sheridan, Franklin, Moore
Nicollette Sheridan to leave 'Desperate Housewives;' Aretha Franklin cancels performance at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival while Neil Young confirms his attendance; Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams engaged. (Feb. 12)