neil young

How punk and reggae united and went "outernational" to rule the world

This past March 5, the French punk label Guerilla Asso quietly slipped a genius album into the marketplace: Rocket To Kingston, credited to Bobby Ramone. The melding of the isolated vocal tracks from nine of Bob Marley’s most deathless classics to edited Ramones backing tracks, it sounds like a joke on paper. The cover even […]

Silverstein return with fiery video for cathartic track “Bankrupt”—watch

Silverstein are back with an explosive new track “Bankrupt.” Following their latest full-length A Beautiful Place To Drown and back catalog revamps on Redux II last year, “Bankrupt” marks their first new song of 2021. The post-hardcore staples aren’t holding back with an energetic new video for the rage-fueled track that serves as a commentary […]

Silverstein, PUP and Dizzy are among the 2021 JUNO Awards nominees

Every year, an array of talented Canadian and international music artists are honored at the Canadian JUNO Awards. On Tuesday, the stacked list of nominations for the virtual 2021 JUNO Awards ceremony was announced ahead of its broadcast on May 16. The Weeknd leads this year’s list with a staggering six nominations. However, the 2021 […]

20 albums from 1996 that mark some of the best of the decade

The year 2021 stands out for, at the very least, two distinct reasons. One, we all simply could not wait for it to get here and to promptly put the horrific year that was 2020 in our collective rearview mirror. And, two, it’s the year that some of the best albums of the ’90s will […]

10 musician-backed causes to support this Giving Tuesday

Now that we have all (safely) celebrated Thanksgiving with friends or family and shopped all the best Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday deals, Giving Tuesday is upon us. Giving Tuesday first started in 2012 and soon became a global movement. It encourages people to do good and give back to the people […]

QUIZ: How much Drive-Thru Records trivia do you really know?

Siblings Richard and Stefanie Reines changed the course of popular aggressive music when they started their own label called Drive-Thru Records in the late ’90s. Although it started as a small family affair, Drive-Thru Records became synonymous with early 2000s pop punk, emo and post-hardcore. Bands such as New Found Glory, Finch and Hellogoodbye owe […]

Nat & Alex Wolff want “Glue” to make you feel every emotion at once

Given the overnight success of The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie and the subsequent Nickelodeon spinoff series that debuted in 2007, it’s hardly a surprise that the Wolff brothers’ fictional kid group has catapulted them toward a full-fledged alternative-rock career. Working under their given names, Nat & Alex Wolff, since 2009, the duo have released […]

Global Citizen Festival (Foo Fighters, Neil Young, the Black Keys) raises $1.3 billion for charity

Last week's Global Citizen Festival in New York City, which welcomed 60,000 attendees and featured performances from Foo Fighters, Neil Young, the Black Keys, raised an astounding $1.3 billion in charitable commitments. Festival founder Hugh Evans wrote a blog on the subject of awareness meeting action that can be read here. An excerpt from the Huffington Post details […]

Watch Tim McIlrath (Rise Against) cover Neil Young

Rise Against frontman Tim McIlrath recently performed a live cover of Neil Young's “Ohio” at a Get Out The Vote rally in Madison, Wisconsin. Check it out below.