Tag: "Neil Young"

Neil Young & Crazy Horse @ Rod Laver Arena
1 Comments. 979 Views. Posted 19 Mar 2013 @ 3:48pm.
You never really know what to expect with Neil Young. The notoriously cantankerous, and occasionally precious performer who exited a ridiculously successful Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young tour with a suggestion to Steven Stills to ‘eat a peach’, the politically aware author of the anti-Nixon protest song Ohio who voiced support for Ronald Reagan in the '80s, the commercially successful... Read More
Neil Young and Crazy Horse Announce Support Acts
0 Comments. 696 Views. Posted 22 Feb 2013 @ 4:50pm.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse have announced that Husky as well as The Drones will support them at their Melbourne shows next month.   Indie folk four-piece Husky will support Neil Young and Crazy Horse at each of their arena and A Day On The Green appearances. The band released debut LP Forever So in July last year to much critical acclaim. They’ll be joined by experimental rock... Read More
Neil Young And Crazy Horse Announce Intimate Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 1,606 Views. Posted 8 Feb 2013 @ 10:54am.
In addition to their previously announced arena and winery performances, Neil Young and Crazy Horse will perform a one-off, up-close show in Melbourne. For over five decades, Young has established himself as an icon and revolutionary, expertly managing to fuse thought-provoking lyric declarations with expert musical precision. He’ll be joined by Crazy Hore, a talented trio comprised of Billy... Read More
Neil Young And Crazy Horse : Psychedelic Pill
0 Comments. 792 Views. Posted 28 Nov 2012 @ 5:34am.
Loitering in a shop in Aspen, Colorado, almost 20 years ago, I overheard a conversation that epitomised the paucity of credibility left in '60s mythology. “Yeah, in the '60s it was such an amazing time,” preached a middle-aged American in the dulcet tones of every former wannabe radical and their freak-flag flying dog. Clad in chambray shirt, pressed chinos and sporting a haircut laced enough... Read More
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Announce 2013 Australian Tour
1 Comments. 3,399 Views. Posted 8 Nov 2012 @ 8:22am.
Neil Young, one of the most iconic musicians of the past century, has announced his return to Australia - this time bringing the cyclonic trio that is Crazy Horse. The tour will be Neil Young & Crazy Horse's first headline tour since 2003, with Neil Young headlining the 2009 Big Day Out sans Crazy Horse.   Young has just released Psychedelic Pill, a full-length album with Crazy... Read More
Neil Young & Crazy Horse : Walk Like A Giant
0 Comments. 320 Views. Posted 31 Oct 2012 @ 2:11pm.
The first single from Neil Young’s new album has a fiery belly and a stellar hook; a bleating '70s folk catcall that rises above the sheer Neil Young-ishness of it all and somehow, improbably, sounds distinctive and fresh. This is nearly 40 albums in, mind you. He’s pretty good. Read More
Neil Young And Crazy Horse : Americana
0 Comments. 699 Views. Posted 10 Jul 2012 @ 1:29pm.
That some of the finest exponents of Americana have been Canadian is something of a cultural curiosity – The Band, Neil Young and even The Guess Who (well, not really Americana, but American Woman presumably is intended to have some American cultural relevance).    Having redefined the American cultural tradition in the early '70s with After The Gold Rush and Harvest, Neil Young’s... Read More
Neil Young & Crazy Horse : Oh Susannah
0 Comments. 772 Views. Posted 2 May 2012 @ 2:24pm.
  Young’s first album in nine years is a collection of folk rock tunes – traditional songs reworked in a Yard Birds fashion, judging by the single. In this bizarre version of Oh Suzanna, you can just make out the line, "I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee," but it bears no resemblance to the twanging hillbilly bluegrass of the original. I’m not sure it’s improved, neither. There’s a... Read More
Crosby, Stills And Nash @ The Palais
0 Comments. 646 Views. Posted 17 Apr 2012 @ 11:07am.
Even at the height of his crack cocaine addiction in the 1980s, David Crosby never missed a gig.  So it wasn’t altogether surprising that, despite being unable to sing even a note due to what appeared to be a bad case of the flu, Crosby chose to take what Graham Nash described as “enough prescription medicine to knock out an elephant” and at least take to the stage to play guitar at tonight... Read More
The Count With... The Ghost Hotel
0 Comments. 619 Views. Posted 12 Apr 2012 @ 2:13pm.
  Name/Band:   Aaron Gibson from The Ghost Hotel   Ten bands everyone should know about: I’m actually pretty unqualified to answer this question as I haven’t listened to anything recorded in the last five years with any kind of love, except maybe other Perth bands. So yeah, keep an ear out for the new Emperors and Split Seconds records – they should be pretty killer.   Nine... Read More
ahab
0 Comments. 2,404 Views. Posted 13 Mar 2012 @ 2:35pm.
  For the first five years of their existence, the Gavin Rossdale-led British rock act Bush had to be referred to in Canada as Bushx.  This wasn’t simply an act of grunge tomfoolery meant to poke fun at the inhabitants of the Great White North. Instead, the name Bush was a matter of intellectual property, as Domenic Troiano led a Toronto-based jazzed-up rock outfit in the ‘70s... Read More
Q&A: Will And The People
0 Comments. 914 Views. Posted 29 Feb 2012 @ 5:28pm.
  Name/Band: Will And The People   Define your genre in five words or less: heavy chilled pop grunge reggae.   So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? "I just heard a great band on a street corner, bought their CD... Let's change these beers for a bottle of wine and go dance at yours."... Read More
Q&A: Officer Parrot
0 Comments. 788 Views. Posted 24 Feb 2012 @ 8:38am.
  Define your genre in five words or less: Folk/indie/roots/pop!   So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? “I pretended I was part of the band and they poured me this for free!”   How long have you been gigging and writing? We’ve been gigging for a bit over two years, and have been lucky... Read More
Bluejuice Tour
0 Comments. 1,081 Views. Posted 20 Feb 2012 @ 3:13pm.
As 2011 closed, Bluejuice dropped their third album Company and it turned out to be one of the best reviewed records of the year.  The album is a high energy, brilliantly crafted, pop music anthology that stands Bluejuice aside from both their peers and current music trends. It left behind the inconsistency and genre hopping that some felt had compromised their earlier records,... Read More
60 Seconds With... Michael Hickling
0 Comments. 671 Views. Posted 15 Feb 2012 @ 1:05pm.
  So then when did you start playing? I’ve been playing guitar for about 10 years. I’ve been on the live circuit a few years playing solely in heavy bands, but I’ve always been into the acoustic stuff.   Who are you influences? Aaron Lewis, Corey Taylor, Johnny Cash, and Kurt Cobain. All the bad mofos who sing from the heart.   What do you love about making music? Taking all... Read More
Attack! Attack!, The Cab & River City Extension Sidewave Announced
0 Comments. 3,081 Views. Posted 27 Jan 2012 @ 1:51pm.
British post-hardcore act Attack! Attack will be joined by The Cab and River City Extension for another sidewave from the festival that just keeps on giving. Attack! Attack!'s latest record, The Latest Fashion, has received some impressive radio play throughout the country since its release in February and has helped the band's fanbase continue to grow in Australia. With critically-acclaimed... Read More
Big Day Out 2012 - Ken West
0 Comments. 2,609 Views. Posted 24 Jan 2012 @ 9:33am.
Pacing fervently around the Flemington Racecourse, soon to be home to this year’s Big Day Out with founder Ken West, it’s near impossible not to be swept up within the whirlwind of the festival's astonishingly rich history. Since its inception as a Sydney-only festival in 1992 the self-professed ‘travelling circus’ rapidly evolved into a nationwide extravaganza, underpinned by its devoted and... Read More
Cathedral
0 Comments. 1,232 Views. Posted 13 Jan 2012 @ 8:35am.
You can be forgiven for being a little confused about long running English Doom Metal band Cathedral. In early 2011, the band announced their 'official' retirement after more than two decades, ten studio albums and countless tours together, and that their 'last ever' show would be played in London in December. Lo and behold, they were subsequently announced as joining the almightly bill of the... Read More
The Charge
0 Comments. 1,087 Views. Posted 12 Jan 2012 @ 8:55am.
The Charge are a tricky band to pin down. Sure, there are elements of grunge which reveal themselves quite readily - imagine an unholy Chimera featuring parts of Alice In Chains, Nirvana and Soundgarden, mixed with earlier and later sounds of Sabbath, Mastodon and QOTSA - but that doesn't tell the whole story. There's a uniqueness and directness to their compositions and delivery which definitely... Read More
The Kill Devil Hills: The Week In Pictures/The Bends
0 Comments. 769 Views. Posted 6 Jan 2012 @ 10:00am.
  The West Australian grime rock collective returns to Melbourne at the end of this month, carrying vinyl copies of this excellent double-A side single. The Week In Pictures has a loose, dark, stalking sound that owes a debt to Nick Cave; The Bends has a funereal gait and a maudlin country rock air that conjures up lonely drivers and vast empty skies. Read More
Tyler Ramsey : The Valley Wind
0 Comments. 1,688 Views. Posted 21 Dec 2011 @ 9:27am.
Anyone who has followed the side career of Band of Horses guitarist Tyler Ramsey will know that the "quiet guitarist on the right" is one hell of a songwriter in his own right.   The Valley Wind is the follow up to his brilliant solo album A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea, in which he proved himself as more than just a worthy addition to Band of Horses' sound and shape. So much... Read More
Richard In Your Mind
0 Comments. 983 Views. Posted 20 Dec 2011 @ 11:28am.
It may not explode and erupt in your face like its Australian Music Prize-shortlisted predecessor My Volcano , but Richard In Your Mind's brand new album Sun is the Sydney collective's most classy effort so far. What's more, according to founder and frontman Richard Cartwright, it's the band's most Neil-Young-like, landscape-inspired effort so far, too.   "Lyrically, it... Read More
Thom Yorke : After The Gold Rush
0 Comments. 958 Views. Posted 14 Dec 2011 @ 9:08am.
This track has been kicking around on bootleg discs, P2P networks and torrent sites for roughly ten years, an aching cover of the Neil Young classic where Neil's fragile, quavering voice is replaced with a slightly lower, slightly sadder tone. There's an innocence to the original that Thom reshapes into weariness and nostalgia, to heartbreaking effect. A lot of people do simple acoustic covers... Read More
Aa Announce Return
0 Comments. 2,886 Views. Posted 8 Dec 2011 @ 3:59pm.
After flooring Melbourne at the inaugural Sugar Mountain Festival at the start of 2011, Brooklyn musical project Aa (Big A little a) have announced their return to our shores. The tour coincides with the band's appearance at New Zealand's Camp A Low Hum festival, which doesn't usually reveal artists before the event. But in this case they have. Cool!   The band headlined proceedings at... Read More
Manchester Orchestra Announce Tour
0 Comments. 1,373 Views. Posted 6 Dec 2011 @ 6:53am.
Acclaimed US outfit Manchester Orchestra have announced their return to Australia. The earnest indie rock band will be touring hot on the heels of their acclaimed new album, Simple Math. The passion and intensity found within the band's back catalogue translates into a live show not to be missed, with each of the five band members giving their absolute all.   The band were last in Australia... Read More
60 Seconds With Big Seal And The Slippery Few
0 Comments. 1,524 Views. Posted 2 Dec 2011 @ 8:39am.
So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? Big Seal and The Slippery Few – Sing and play guitar.   Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? The confused love child of Jack White and Emmylou Harris.   What do you love about making music? I love it when a song you write, which means one thing to you,... Read More
Bonobo To Bring Full Live Band To Australia
0 Comments. 1,939 Views. Posted 24 Nov 2011 @ 2:00pm.
Australian electronica fans rejoice, as one of the biggest names in the game has announced a headline tour, replete with full live band. Bonobo, aka Simon Green, has been a commanding force across the globe since dropping his debut Animal Magic over a decade ago.   This will mark the debut of the Bonobo full live band show in Australia, and will see vocalist Andreya Triana heading... Read More
Off!
0 Comments. 677 Views. Posted 24 Nov 2011 @ 8:15am.
If you've never heard of Off!, it's probably because the all-star punkers are about to make their maiden voyage to Australia this month. What are you in for? Well, let frontman Keith Morris give you the gist… "It's very mellow, it's easy-listening - it's music that you would bring your dog and your parents to," says the former Black Flag vocalist. "Yeah, sure, it's the kind of concert that... Read More
The Hello Morning Announce Tour
0 Comments. 2,166 Views. Posted 22 Nov 2011 @ 10:24am.
Local sprawling folk-rock collective The Hello Morning have announced a massive East Coast tour, supporting the release of their ace new single Stone Cold Lover. The single precedes the likely lads' much-anticipated and long-gestating debut album, which is due to drop early in 2012.   With a lineup populace with crack musicians, the band's pop laden, soulful country tunes become psychedelic... Read More
Wooden Shjips Announce Tour
1 Comments. 1,489 Views. Posted 21 Nov 2011 @ 9:14am.
In what's set to be very pleasing news for their fervent Australian following, psych-folk rockers Wooden Shjips have announced their very-welcome return to our shores. Wooden Shjips made a mighty splash at the 2008 Golden Plains, in which the outfit were bestowed with the prestigious golden boot for their cover of Neil Young's Vampire Blues.   The tour follows on from frontman Ripley... Read More
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