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By Mary Leslie * DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER * June 12, 2008 This week's meet-the-band selection, a Neil Young and Crazy Horse tribute band, spices up the Sizzlin' Saturdays Concert Series this weekend with a ...

Critics say he is the next big thing in pop music. But he is rock-star cool about his potential There's a song on Jackie Greene's new album, Giving Up the Ghost, that sounds like an outright dismissal of the ...

Ladyhawk, Neva Dinova *** A great double-bill. This insanely hooky and classic-rock-leaning Vancouver indie quartet on the trs chic Jagjaguar label has racked up plenty of kind press and loyal fans in the ... via Connect Savannah

“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot") and especially "Sleep When You're Dead”

THE STAIRWELL SISTERS, Get Off Your Money : With an able assist from co-producer Lloyd Maines, the Bay Area-based female old-time quintet deliver a smooth, banjo- and fiddle-happy follow-up to 2005's "Feet All ... via Pasadena Weekly

During the Spring of 1996, Neil Young and Crazy Horse were recording a new album at his ranch in the Santa Cruz mountains. via MetaFilter

“It was the sound of the entire band being sucked into this little limiter, being compressed and fuckin' distorted to hell”

Well it's ARC day! For the unitiated, Deb "Rewriting the Rules" on Rust has been encouraging folks to play ARC -- one of the more obscure Neil Young recordings -- on April 1 each year. via Neil Young News

Dallas' longstanding hub for experimental work, Undermain Theatre, performs the world premiere stage adaptation of Neil Young and Crazy Horse's 2003 album Greendale, a rock opera about corruption and other happenings in a small California town.

How they do it: Undermain's underground space is opened up with all the actors in sight, even when they're sitting offstage, and the band of Deep Ellum musicians -- Kenny Withrow (New Bohemians) on guitar, Alan Emert (Ten Hands, Brave Combo) on drums and Paul Semrad (Course of Empire) on bass -- in the background. Read more

I'm not sure the new Raconteurs album is better than the band's debut, Broken Boy Soldiers , from 2006, but it is different, and stranger. via The Globe and Mail

The headliner on this West Coast double bill is one of a number of Vancouver acts making something fresh from classic rock tropes. via Toronto Life Online

GREG KOT And the band played on As the skies opened up and the wind howled, Neil Young never missed a beat As a critic, I expect artists to give their all. via Chicago Tribune

AND THE BAND PLAYED ON As the skies opened up and the wind howled, Neil Young never missed a beat By Greg Kot As a critic, I expect artists to give their all. via Chicago Tribune

'Real Emotional Trash' Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Now that he's eclipsed 40, it appears that Stephen Malkmus wants to jam. via Kitsapsun.com

The four-piece has duel lead/rhythm guitarists, bass and drums, and they share vocal responsibilities between the three guitar players on the album, which gives the listener a variety of harmonies and flavors. via JamBase

“I don't wanna' hear the story, I just wanna' hear good music.”

Issue date: 2/14/08 Section: Arts Grace Potter hates pine trees. "I live in Vermont so I'm asking for trouble here," she said during a phone interview. via The GW Hatchet

Nineties American college radio favorites Dinosaur Jr. are on their way to Israel for the first time. via Jerusalem Post

Nils Lofgren, best known as guitarist with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, also played for Neil Young and Crazy Horse early in that band's career. via Fresh Air

VINELAND - The Red Hot Chili Peppers rocking East Vineland? Melvin Benn, a London-based promoter, announced plans for the festival alongside Mayor Perry Barse during a press conference at City Hall on Tuesday ... via Daily Journal

One of the few experiences from my life I will never, ever take for granted is that I got to see Morphine live before frontman Mark Sandman died eight years ago. via The Pitch