Just as Facebook is striving to maintain relevancy in the burgeoning age of social media, one user has left the site: Neil Young. The songwriter announced on Facebook that he’s leaving the platform in order to focus on his online archive, Neil Young Archives. Continue reading “A Trip to Bakersfield: Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s Cozy California Tour”
Fleetwood Mac and the Monkees are both hitting the road in the coming months, but fans hoping to see complete lineups walk onstage when the lights dim every night may be disappointed. For the first time since they reunited in 1997, Fleetwood Mac are touring without Lindsey Buckingham. The Monkees are also going on tour—without guitarist Peter Tork for the first time in their 52-year history. Swan Song interviewed two Mac and Monkees experts, Rob Sheffield and David Browne, who are both Rolling Stone journalists and authors. Continue reading “Shades of Gray: Fleetwood Mac and the Monkees to Tour with Incomplete Lineups”
Inside the depths of The Brooklyn Museum, in a room a few feet away from a really, really old portrait of George Washington (1796, to be exact) Layne Montgomery Paper Company is about to perform. But first, the Brooklyn band must take a selfie. Continue reading “Meet the Brooklyn Band Who Opened the “David Bowie Is” Exhibit”