Billboard reports: "Neil Young has announced the release of new solo album "Le Noise," due out Sept. 28 on Reprise Records. The eight-song follow-up to 2009's "Fork in the Road" is a stripped-down collaboration with Grammy-winning producer Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan).

Posted by  markamericana  on  Thursday, September 02, 2010

Pitchfork reports: "He's baaaack! Literary indie-pop god Sufjan Stevens is touring this fall, and now he's returned to the fold big-time with All Delighted People, a new eight-song, 60-minute EP that he's released onto the internet effective right now! At this very second, you can cruise on over to Sufjan's Bandcamp page to buy the EP for a super-reasonable $5, or stream the whole thing for free above. Two songs on here are more than 11 minutes long! Holy shit! Let's go!

Posted by  markamericana  on  Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Metaphorically speaking that is. A verbal cuddle. NME reports: "Band Of Horses paid tribute to the Reading Festival security teams during their NME/Radio 1 Stage set today (August 29). Playing to a heaving tent with a fair share of hardcore fans in attendance, frontman Ben Bridwell noticed the amount of audience members climbing over each other to get a better view and commented on it before playing 'No One's Gonna Love You'.

Posted by  markamericana  on  Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Pitchfork reports: "As frontman for British Invasion big dogs the Kinks, Ray Davies is responsible for an insane amount of smart, iconic songs.

Posted by  jeremys  on  Monday, August 30, 2010

Another day, another bit of Bob Dylan news. But see, the image has been replaced with one of him looking basically the same but from a slightly different angle. Undercover reports: “Bob Dylan will trial a box office only system for a forthcoming San Francisco show. In an effort to ward off scalping and ticket processing fees, Dylan will go back to the tried and true method of only making tickets available at the door.

Posted by  markamericana  on  Thursday, August 26, 2010