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August 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: # 32 – The Tao of Neil 

I guess Neil Young’s been on my mind a lot this week – I rediscovered the Weld album which took me to writing about how I first discovered. And before that I enjoyed the Live Rust tribute concert. Sitting there, hearing so many of those great songs got me to thinking about how so often there’s a line – just a […]

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March 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Neil Young + Promise of The Real: The Visitor

Neil Young + Promise of The Real The Visitor Reprise Neil Young’s 2010s output is going to rival his 1980s for being wilful, stubborn, stylistically diverse – and “non-representative”. The gap is widening between the truly great Neil Young albums too. But you think he gives a fuck? Or ever has for that matter? Right […]

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December 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 462

Neil Young, Hitchhiker (2017) Neil Young – brilliantly annoying, annoyingly brilliant…frustrating at times. Other times there’s nothing better. Sometimes the frustrating stuff is still brilliant, wonderful, weird – sublime. Other times you just don’t know why he’s doing what he’s doing. If he makes a dud album there’s no real concern, another will be along […]