Of course Barn, named after the place where Neil Young and Crazy Horse recorded it, sounds rough and unpolished. That in itself isn’t a bad thing—the old Canadian émigré and his all-time greatest backing band have made a virtue of winging it since Everybody Knows This is Nowhere. Indeed,…

Neil Young, “Archives Volume II.” In the first half of the 1970s, Neil Young—like a number of rock stars of his generation—battled to stay relevant as industry demands attempted to direct his creativity. After a pair of commercially successful albums, he struggled to get one released as the now-classic Tonight’s…

Neil Young & Crazy Horse, “Return To Greendale.” Fans of classic rock and folk music can’t accuse Neil Young of taking it easy in the latter half of his prolific career. In addition to continuing to release new music at a regular pace, Young collects live and rare tracks…

Clockwise from top left: Altin Gun, K.Flay, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Lightning Bolt, Big Business, Boy Harsher, Carly Rae Jepsen, Battles, Tyler, the Creator, and American Football. We’re nearing the end of our countdown of the top 50 albums of 2019! A lot of these records would have…