{"id":1575,"date":"2011-03-04T16:12:56","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T23:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2011-03-04T16:15:30","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T23:15:30","slug":"neil-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/03\/neil-young\/","title":{"rendered":"NEIL YOUNG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/NEIL-YOUNG-M-Review-SeptOct2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1576\" title=\"NEIL-YOUNG-M-Review-SeptOct2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/NEIL-YOUNG-M-Review-SeptOct2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/NEIL-YOUNG-M-Review-SeptOct2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/NEIL-YOUNG-M-Review-SeptOct2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>N<\/strong><strong>EIL YOUNG <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Le Noise <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Reprise Records]<\/p>\n<p>If nothing else, <em>Le Noise<\/em> is proof that Neil Young doesn\u2019t need a band to raise a ruckus. The elements are simple: Young\u2019s voice and guitar, treated with the aggressive sonic manipulation of producer Daniel Lanois. The title is a pun on Lanois\u2019 name, but it\u2019s perfectly apt nonetheless\u2014Young\u2019s electric guitar rumbles and roars, and his producer\u2019s eerie soundscapes are dissonant and dark. The sonic treatments, buzzing with distortion and delay, cast even the most optimistic material here in a dark light. \u201cWalk With Me\u201d plays as a challenge as much as an invitation, especially given lines like \u201cI lost some people I was traveling with\u201d (a line that resonates given the recent deaths of Young collaborators Ben Keith and Larry Johnson). Young\u2019s lyrical approach has become more plainspoken over the years, a tendency that sometimes finds him veering into awkward turns of phrase. Still, Neil Young in an adventurous mood is something to behold. \u2013CN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEIL YOUNG Le Noise [Reprise Records] If nothing else, Le Noise is proof that Neil Young doesn\u2019t need a band to raise a ruckus. The elements are simple: Young\u2019s voice and guitar, treated with the aggressive sonic manipulation of producer Daniel Lanois. The title is a pun on Lanois\u2019 name, but it\u2019s perfectly apt nonetheless\u2014Young\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,1083,1082,1061,1062],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1575"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1579,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions\/1579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}