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December 5, 2012Blogs
December 4, 2012Better than: Anyone who's ever tried to play a song for longer than five minutes.
Neil Young's wobbly presence on stage is fascinating. He glides around, slow but confident, moving ever so carefully with the music -- whether he's crooning a quiet, reflective ballad about watching his friends die fr ... More >>
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December 3, 2012Here are the ten best concerts around the city this week, in no particular order.
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November 28, 2012Neil Young and Crazy Horse RIDE into Barclays
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November 14, 2012Film
June 27, 2012On their third concert film, Neil Young Journeys
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May 23, 2012Voice Choices
February 15, 2012Voice Choices
December 21, 2011Blogs
December 19, 2011Photo courtesy the Winey NeighborA little rock and roll with that red?Oenophiles in Prospect Heights will be pleased to discover that a new boutique wine shop has opened in the neighborhood. Run by husband and wife Kenneth Hung and Young Jung, the Winey Neighbor (679 Washington Avenue, 345-71 ... More >>
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October 19, 2011Voice Choices
May 18, 2011Blogs
April 25, 2011Neil Young/ Bert Jansch
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Sunday, April 24
Better than: Easter dinner with your two guitar-playing grandfathers.
As the crowd of Neil fans sorted themselves out at Lincoln Center, there was a bit of murmuring when opener Bert Jansch took the stage. For all their knowledge of Neil' ... More >>
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April 13, 2011The ‘Godfather of Grunge’ comes to Avery Fisher
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March 23, 2011Kurt Vile is a virtuoso of self-pity. As a songwriter, he paints more shades in this particular spectrum--industrial silver, steel-blue, watery gray--than just about anyone. His newest record, Smoke Ring For My Halo, is a small masterpiece of this small subset of emotion, nailing the center o ... More >>
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December 16, 2010In retrospect, this one was not unforeseeable, given that last night's lineup at the Bell House was headlined by Bert Jansch, a not infrequent Neil Young tour partner and buddy, and supported by the Pegi Young Band, which of course is fronted by Young's wife. Brooklyn Vegan even touted the ru ... More >>
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August 4, 2010Rock 'n' roll legends caught on camera
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April 27, 2010Film
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January 12, 2010Blogs
December 15, 2009The Stooges, who patiently rocked behind Iggy while beer bottles flew at the Michigan Theater in the late 60s and early 70s, have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rendering the honor bittersweet is guitarist Ron Asheton's death earlier this year, and music in general.
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May 27, 2009A soul giant comes back to center stage
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March 25, 2009
Already, one prominent critic who's had the pleasure of hearing Neil Young's imminent new Fork in the Road in its entirety has suggested to me that writing an article with the title "Let's Avoid Neil Young's Next Record" was a bad idea. A popular sentiment. Two videos have emerged to let the uncon ... More >>
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March 11, 2009Blogs
February 5, 2009
Booker T. the DBT's; presumably Neil Young's too busy with his electric-car rock opera to be photographed.
As the phrase "bitter cold" figures heavily in many NYC weather reports today, let us seek out perhaps the warmest-sounding man in all of music: Booker T. Pitchfork is streaming a track fro ... More >>
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December 31, 2008Music
December 24, 2008The old stuff enthralls, but the new stuff terrorizes at MSG
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December 19, 2008Blogs
December 16, 2008Voice Choices
December 3, 2008Neil Young salutes you with liberty, death, and funk
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October 6, 2008Film
July 23, 2008Voice Choices
July 16, 2008Neil Young’s idealistic rock opera gets a new adaptation
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October 9, 2007Reflective Neil and Pissed-Off Neil finally share some space on a revitalizing 'sequel'
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February 7, 2007Music
November 7, 2006Screens
June 6, 2006Music
May 16, 2006Public enemies tricoastal, and that doesn't even count the Balkan guys
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January 31, 2006At 60, a not-so-young Neil confronts death with elegiac hymns to family, friendship, and love
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March 9, 2004Music
September 23, 2003Two Middle-Aged Guys Make the Biographical and Intentional Fallacies Rock, Dude
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July 1, 2003Music
July 2, 2002Tom Waits Wears His Mask Like a Pro
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January 22, 2002Music
September 11, 2001Music
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