Just hours before Neil Young and Crazy Horse were set to close out the second day of this past weekend’s Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas, YouTube and festival organizers quietly added the headlining performance to its webcast schedule. The bombastic set included the first Crazy Horse take on the Neil Young classic Down By The River since 2004.

If you missed the webcast, we’ve got you covered. Thanks to “happy” you can watch 3/4s of Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s set. Unfortunately it’s missing Psychedelic Pill, Down By The River and Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) but you can stream audio of Down By The River here.

SETLIST

1.Love And Only Love
2.Powderfinger
3.Born In Ontario
4.Walk Like A Giant
5.The Needle And The Damage Done
6.Twisted Road
7.Ramada Inn
8.Cinnamon Girl
9.F*!#in’ Up
10.Psychedelic Pill – missed
11.Down By The River – missed
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12. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) – missed

DURATION

01:21:36 (some song are missed – max filesize = 2GB.)

CAPTURED AND TRANSFERRED BY:

happy

At 66 years of age Neil Young hasn’t lost his step. The legendary Canadian rocker has regrouped with his longtime backing band, Crazy Horse, this year to record two studio albums and embark on a multi-leg tour of the United States and Canada. After eight years apart, Young and the Horse have picked up where they left off with their feedback jam-heavy performances winning raves from both casual and fervent Neil fans. Dubbed “Alchemy” in a recent NeilYoung.com news item which hints that a documentary about the tour is in the works (as do these signs posted at Neil’s shows), Neil Young and Crazy Horse descended upon Zilker Park in Austin, Texas last night for a headlining set at Day Two of the ACL Fest.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Cinnamon Girl (Live at ACL Fest)

Despite their propensity to extend songs for 20 minutes or longer, Neil Young and Crazy Horse haven’t experimented much with setlists on the tour. For instance, all 13 Alchemy Tour shows have started with the six-song segment. The major exception takes place in the encore slot, where the group varies which “hit” or “hits” they’ll play. Young has filled that slot with fan-favorites such as Mr. Soul, Tonight’s The Night, Roll Another Number, Like A Hurricane and Cortez The Killer, leading up to last night’s festival set. Though there wasn’t an encore per se, Crazy Horse finished off their headlining set with the first Down By The River since March 9th, 2004 and Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black).

For those looking for audio of a full Neil Young and Crazy Horse set, you can download Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s Global Citizen Festival performance straight from the TV feed in all its high-quality glory. As for Down By The River, it was over 15 minutes and potent as fuck. Take a listen.

[Hat Tip - Andrew Bruss]

One of the final big festivals of 2012 takes place this weekend in Austin where 130-plus acts are set to play the eight stages of the Austin City Limits Festival Friday through Sunday. For those of us who can’t make it, YouTube has teamed with the festival’s promoters to offer a webcast featuring 39 of those acts.

Just like the festival itself, the webcast lineup is diverse and filled with HT faves such as The War On Drugs, Alabama Shakes, The Black Keys, The Shins, Big Gigantic, Gary Clark Jr., Andrew Bird, The Civil Wars and The Avett Brothers. The action starts tomorrow at 1:30 PM CT at http://www.youtube.com/aclfestival.

Friday, October 12 [All Times CT]

1:30 PM First Aid Kit
1:30 PM He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister
2:15 PM Asleep at the Wheel
2:30 PM The War on Drugs
3:00 PM Los Campesinos!
3:30 PM Delta Spirit
4:00 PM Patrick Wilson
4:30 PM Tegan and Sara
5:15 PM A-Trak
5:30 PM Alabama Shakes
7:15 PM Thievery Corporation
8:30 PM The Black Keys

Saturday, October 13

1:15 PM Bombay Bicycle Club
1:15 PM Civil Twilight
2:00 PM Rufus Wainwright
2:00 PM The Whigs
3:00 PM Oberhofer
3:00 PM Big K.R.I.T.
4:00 PM Metric
4:00 PM Zola Jesus
5:00 PM Band of Skulls
5:00 PM Big Gigantic
6:00 PM The Shins
6:00 PM Black Lips
7:00 PM Bassnectar (Highlights)
7:00 PM Andrew Bird
7:30 PM The Roots
8:30 PM Jack White

Sunday, October 14

1:15 PM Freelance Whales
1:15 PM Alt-J
2:15 PM Gary Clark Jr.
2:15 PM NEEDTOBREATHE
3:15 PM Polica
3:15 PM Kimbra
4:15 PM Two Door Cinema Club
4:15 PM Steve Earle
5:15 PM The Civil Wars
5:15 PM Die Antwoord
6:15 PM The Avett Brothers
6:15 PM The Weeknd
7:15 PM Childish Gambino
7:30 PM Iggy Pop & The Stooges
8:30 PM Red Hot Chili Peppers

All times in CDT. Schedule subject to change. Select performances time-shifted to provide greater festival coverage.

As had been previously reported, the Austin City Limits Music Festival will expand to two weekends in 2013 following in the footsteps of Coachella. ACL Fest organizers have just announced the dates of the two weekends in 2013 the event will be held: October 4 – 6 and October 11 – 13.

In other news, Dave Grohl has posted a letter to his fans about the Foo Fighters’ plans (or lack of plans). He makes it clear the band isn’t breaking up, but that they are about to take a lengthy break:

Hey everyone…

Dave here. Just wanted to write and thank you all again from the bottom of my heart for another incredible year. (Our 18th, to be exact!) We truly never could have done any of this without you…

Never in my wildest dreams did I think Foo Fighters would make it this far. I never thought we COULD make it this far, to be honest. There were times when I didn’t think the band would survive. There were times when I wanted to give up. But… I can’t give up this band. And I never will. Because it’s not just a band to me. It’s my life. It’s my family. It’s my world.

Yes… I was serious. I’m not sure when the Foo Fighters are going to play again. It feels strange to say that, but it’s a good thing for all of us to go away for a while. It’s one of the reasons we’re still here. Make sense? I never want to NOT be in this band. So, sometimes it’s good to just… put it back in the garage for a while…

But, no gold watches or vacations just yet… I’ll be focusing all of my energy on finishing up my Sound City documentary film and album for worldwide release in the very near future. A year in the making, it could be the biggest, most important project I’ve ever worked on. Get ready… it’s coming.

Me, Taylor, Nate, Pat, Chris, and Rami… I’m sure we’ll all see you out there… somewhere…

Thank you, thank you, thank you…

Dave

Finally, Phish bassist Mike Gordon has updated his famed hotline (212-330-9092) and among stories of cooking mishaps, discusses the fact that his solo band won’t be touring this fall. Gordon said in the message that though the group was hitting its stride at their last gigs, they are taking time to re-invent the project by working on new material, a new stage design and more “new” elements.

The initial lineup for the 2012 Austin City Limits Music Festival has been revealed and features headliners the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Black Keys and Jack White. There are plenty of HT faves on the bill such as The Avett Brothers, The Roots, The Civil Wars, Andrew Bird, Alabama Shakes, The War On Drugs, Umphrey’s McGee and Punch Brothers. ACL 2012 will be held in Austin’s Zilker Park from October 12 – 14. All in all, the festival will see over 130 play its eight stages.

Here’s a look at the complete initial ACL 2012 lineup…

Red Hot Chili Peppers •Neil Young and Crazy Horse •The Black Keys • Jack White •Florence + The Machine •The Avett Brothers • Iggy & The Stooges •AVICII •BASSNECTAR •The Roots • The Shins •Weezer •Gotye •The Civil Wars •M83 •Tegan and Sara •Childish Gambino Two Door Cinema Club •Thievery Corporation •The Afghan Whigs •Crystal Castles Andrew Bird •Gary Clark Jr. •Metric •Band of Skulls •Esperanza Spalding • Alabama Shakes •Delta Spirit •M. Ward •Randy Rogers Band •Die Antwoord Rufus Wainwright •NEEDTOBREATHE •Big Gigantic •Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra Steve Earle •The War On Drugs •Umphrey’s McGee •Barrington Levy •Old 97′s Punch Brothers •Bombay Bicycle Club •A-Trak •Trampled by Turtles Patterson Hood •Michael Kiwanuka •Big K.R.I.T. •Oberhofer •POLICA •Tennis Zola Jesus •Stars •Kimbra •Black Lips •Los Campesinos! •Jovanotti •Ben Howard Ruthie Foster •Freelance Whales •Civil Twilight •The Whigs •Dev •The Lumineers Bad Books •The Devil Makes Three •Asleep at the Wheel •First Aid Kit Patrick Watson •LP •Caveman •Lee Fields & The Expressions •Father John Misty The Wombats •Dry the River •The Boxer Rebellion •Soul Rebels Brass Band Thundercat •Willis Earl Beal •He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister •Kishi Bashi Deep Dark Woods •Moon Duo •Kopecky Family Band •River City Extension Quiet Corral •Wheeler Brothers •The Relatives •Space Capone •The Staves Native Run •Nikki Lane •Quiet Company •Infantree •Wild Child •La Vida Bohème The Eastern Sea •The Dunwells •Kenny Vaughan Trio •Justin Jones •Sonámbulo Royal Teeth •Noah Gunderson •The Aaron Ivey Band •The Mighty Sincere Voices G.S.T. •Colorfeels •Lera Lynn •Megan McCormick •Shields of Faith •Stapletones The Baylor Choir •Disciples of Joy •Ralph’s World •Orange Sherbet •Big Don Rocknoceros •Hullabaloo •Jambo •Peter DiStefano & Tor •The School of Rock The Q Brothers

Both one-day and three-day passes to the event will go on sale soon.

Hot off the group’s big night at The Grammys, Bon Iver will tape a performance for this season of the iconic television show Austin City Limits at The Moody Theater on April 25th according to the show’s blog. Indie pop band The Shins will also appear on this season of ACL as they’ll be at The Moody Theater on March 18. Steve Martin and his Steep Canyon Rangers band will be featured on this weekend’s episode of Austin City Limits.

Here’s six stories of interest to help you over the hump…

• Conspirator has announced a new live album and tour dates
• A Warren Hellman tribute concert is set for Sunday in San Fran
• JamBase will host a live Q&A with Galactic via Twitter on 2/21
• Brit Jon Gomm hit it big using his guitar in unorthdox ways
• Check out the killer new Public Image Limited track One Drop
• David Lee Roth explains why Van Halen asked for Brown M&Ms

Finally, Furthur / RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti has scored a medical hit by creating a device to help people suffering from sleep apnea. Reuters profiles Chimenti’s product and explains how the keyboardist came up with the Gecko nasal pad.

This week we’ve presented Andrew Bender’s extensive journals from last weekend’s All Good Music Festival [Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday] and while we wish we could have joined him at Marvin’s Mountaintop, we’re consoled by the news that iClips will broadcast a whopping 24 sets from the event all weekend starting at 2PM ET today. The list below reads like a list of our favorite artists, so we’re psyched to beat the heat by cranking the AC and watching these bands in action.

[Photo by Andrew Bender]

Here’s a look at the entire webcast schedule…

FRIDAY

2:00 – The Werks
2:30 – That 1 guy
3:00 – Galactic
4:00 – Keller Williams
5:15 – Warren Haynes Band
7:45 – Toubab Krewe
9:00 – STS9
11:00 – Big Gigantic
11:45 – Umphrey’s McGee

SATURDAY

2:00 – Zach Deputy
3:00 – Marco Benevento
3:30 – The Rex Jam
4:00 – Yonder Mountain String Band
6:30 – Papadosio
7:15 – moe.
9:00 – Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
9:45 – Primus

SUNDAY
2:00 – Hot Buttered Rum
3:00 – Everyone Orchestra
3:35 – Infamous Stringdusters
4:35 – The Bridge
5:35 – All Mighty Senators
6:35 – Greensky Bluegrass
7:35 – Dark Star Orchestra

In other webcast news, festival promoters C3 Presents have struck a deal with YouTube to bring live webcasts of Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits to the video portal. In addition to a primary live stream of performances, there will also be a second feed that shows interviews and behind the scenes footage. Plus, YouTube will archive some of the live sets for up to four weeks after the conclusion of each festival. We’ll let you know as soon as a broadcast schedule is released for Lolla (Aug. 5-7) and ACL (Sept. 16-18).

Phish makes a rare festival appearance this evening at the 2010 Austin City Limits Festival. The band is slated to play one two-hour set starting at 8PM CDT. While Phish’s performance won’t be broadcast tonight you can watch other ACL Festival acts via this i Clips webcast.

Austin resident Mike Hanley will be reporting live from ACL for @YEMblog, so follow along for commentary from Zilker Park. READ ON for tonight’s setlist…

Camp Bisco is this coming weekend and the schedule for that fest came out a few days ago. On the other end of the “time to plan” spectrum is the Austin City Limits Festival as organizers of that event have just released the full schedule three months in advance. While Sunday’s headliners, The Eagles, don’t have any competition, The Strokes and Phish both play at the same time on Friday and Muse and M.I.A. conflict on Saturday. CLICK HERE for the complete schedule for October 8 – 10 in Austin’s Zilker Park.

You may also note a few artists on the schedule who weren’t part of the initial announcement. The Black Lips, First Aid Kit, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Sahara Smith, Silversun Pickups, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Vonnegutt, Shearwater and NINJASONIK have all been added to the bill. Tickets for the 2010 Austin City Limits Music Festival are sold out.

We were expecting the lineup for the ninth annual Austin City Limits Festival to drop later today, but the USA Today got ahead of the story by sharing that The Eagles, Muse, Phish, The Strokes, M.I.A., Flaming Lips, LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, Vampire Weekend and Norah Jones will all play at Austin’s Zilker Park between October 8th and 10th. About an hour later the rest of the bill was posted on the festival’s website.

This marks Phish’s second headlining spot at a festival they aren’t running since returning in 2009 with Bonnaroo ’09 being the first. According to Phish.com, Phish will perform at 8PM on the opening night of the festival. Other HT faves on the bill include The National, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Martin Sexton, Blind Pilot and Those Darlins. We’re also surprised to see the return of Monsters of Folk. Three-day tickets for the Austin City Limits Festival are completely sold out, but single-day tickets go on sale at 10AM CDT.

Here’s the full list of ACL 2010 acts:

Austin City Limits 2010

The Eagles* Muse* Phish* The Strokes* M.I.A.* Flaming Lips* LCD Soundsystem* Spoon* Vampire Weekend* Norah Jones* Band of Horses* Monsters of Folk* Deadmau5* Sonic Youth* Gogol Bordello* The National* Robert Earl Keen* The Black Keys* Broken Bells* Slightly Stoopid* Yeasayer* Pat Green* Rebelution* Beach House* The Sword* Matt and Kim* The XX* Portugal. The Man* The Temper Trap* Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes* Girls* Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses* Local Natives* Gaslight Anthem* Lucero* Devandra Barnhart* Blues Traveler* The Soft Pack* Gayngs* Amos Lee* Robert Randolph & The Family Band* Ozomatli* Richard Thompson* Martin Sexton* Manchester Orchestra* The Almighty Defenders* Miike Snow*Mountain Goats* Bear In Heaven* Mayer Hawthorne* Midlake* Foals* Switchfoot* Cage The Elephant* JJ Grey & Mofro* Kinky* Angus & Julia Stone* The Morning Benders* Hockey* White Rabbits* David Bazan* Asleep at the Wheel* Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue* Nortec Collective* The Very Best* Beats Antique* Blind Pilot* GIVERS* Dawes* Band of Heathens* Charlie Mars* Two Door Cinema Club* Lissie* Sarah Harmer* Constellations* T. Bird and the Breaks* Chief* Frank Turner* Those Darlins* Carolyn Wonderland* Kings Go Forth* The Relatives* The Ettes* Qbeta* Mynamisjohnmichael* Basia Bulat* Balmorhea* Dan Black* The Jane Shermans* The Kicks* Ponderosa* Two Tons of Steel* Caitlin Rose* SPEAK* Run With Bulls* Maxim Ludwig* Gospel Stars* Heavenly Voices* Wesley Bray & The Disciples of Joy* Jones Family Singers* Ashley Cleveland & Kenny Greenberg* Buddy & The Straight Way* Travelers* Ruby Jane Smith* Verve Pipe* Frances England* Jellydots* Elizabeth Mitchell* Okee Dokee Brothers* Tom Freund* School of Rock* Q Brothers

Are you planning on going to Austin in October?

As we mentioned a few weeks ago, Tom Petty is about to release a career spanning live anthology containing 48 overdub-less tracks selected by Petty, Heartbreaker Mike Campbell and Ryan Ulyate on November 24. The Tom Petty Superhighway Tour will start on September 29 for digital purchasers of the set in which fans will be allowed to download 24 FLACs (!!!) or MP3s of the Anthology’s 48 songs over the course of the next two weeks with the other 24 coming on the November 24th release day.

As much as I want the Superhighway package, I’m going to hold out until November 22 when the deluxe edition comes out. Not only do you get an additional 14 songs on a bonus CD in the deluxe edition but you get two live DVDs and vinyl from a Petty concert in 1976. Too bad they won’t let people who pre-order the deluxe edition download the Superhighway Tour tracks.

Here’s a look at a few other stories of interest…

• Aerosmith is finally playing those makeup shows in Hawaii, but guitarist Joe Perry warns TMZ that the show may suck.
• As per usual, the list of scheduled performers for this year’s Austin City Limits broadcasts kicks ass. Here’s the full list of performances…

October 3: Dave Matthews Band
October 10: Ben Harper and Relentless7
October 17: Kenny Chesney
October 24: Andrew Bird / St. Vincent
October 31: M. Ward / Okkervil River

READ ON for the rest of the ACL schedule and for more linkage…

We all knew April couldn’t end without another festival announcement – or seven – and today we bring you news of the initial Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup. Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Beastie Boys, Kings of Leon, Levon Helm, Sonic Youth, Sound Tribe and Ben Harper & Relentless7 are among those scheduled to perform at Zilker Park on October 2 – 4.

The producers of the eighth installment of the ACL fest promise eight stages featuring 130 bands over the course of the three day event. Also included in today’s initial announcement are HT favorites Dr. Dog, Bon Iver, Reverend Payton’s Big Damn Band, The Felice Brothers, Sam Roberts Band and The Wood Brothers. Three day passes are currently on sale for $185.

READ ON for the full initial lineup for this year’s ACL festival…

This weekend’s Austin City Limits festival gets the AT&T Blueroom Webcast treatment starting on Friday at 12:45PM EDT. Click here for the full schedule that includes Vampire Weekend, Drive-By Truckers, Blues Traveler and The Raconteurs. It’s rare that AT&T gets most of the big names at a festie to sign on, but they’ve done a stellar job this time around.

While we’re waiting for Friday, here’s some links to enjoy…

• Music Snobbery gets a first look at Montclair’s Wellmont Theater
• American Babies’ Tom Hamilton bids farewell to Richard Wright
• The New York Times examines the My Bloody Valentine reunion
• Pitchfork talks to David Byrne about his new album and more
• Politico feels Drive-By Truckers’ The Righteous Path makes a great soundtrack for the level of economic anxiety we’re experiencing
• Matador plans to reissue Pavement’s brilliant Brighten The Corners

Finally, four major labels have made a deal with SanDisk to start manufacturing microSD memory cards featuring an album at 320kbps and with no DRM. Will this new format catch on? We’d be surprised.

• Paul McCartney returned to Liverpool on Saturday night to play a benefit concert for The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts with his band. Besides the usual selection of gems from his Beatles, Wings and solo days, he also busted out a song he had never played live: A Day In The Life. You can download the show over at T.U.B.E. Here’s a video of the ADITL:

• The Austin City Limits Festival schedule came out today, and as usual there are a few major conflicts. For instance Beck goes up against Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Pete provides much more analysis over at IckMusic.

• It looks like the Weezer boys haven’t had enough viral video fun with their new single, Pork & Beans. They’ve enlisted Tay “Chocolate Rain” Zonday to perform an acoustic version of the tune with Weezer rhythm guitarist Brian Bell for the band’s YouTube channel. Also, be sure to check out Rivers Cuomo’s favorite double albums of all-time over at Spinner.

We’ve finally reached the point of no return. That’s right, we’ve completely run out of jokes about the obscene amount of festival lineups that have been announced recently. So let’s just say that Beck, The Raconteurs, Foo Fighters, David Byrne and Plant/Krauss will headline this year’s Austin City Limits festival on September 26-28 at Zilker Park. Be sure to check out the full lineup of 130 bands to see if your favorite act made the bill.

It’s Wednesday, so that means you’re due for another batch of links:

• Phil Lesh played a special gig at a NASA research facility
• Denton’d: Gawker sells Idolator to music site Buzznet
• Find out why Radiohead hasn’t been playing Detroit lately
• Check out the trailer for the documentary I Need That Record!
• Wilco unveils another set of tour dates, including a stop in BK
• Peter Gabriel offers a preview of his new company: The Filter
• The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra plans to play some Grateful Dead
• Burlington’s Higher Ground celebrates its 10th Anniversary
• RD finds out what woods are used for making guitar bodies

Finally, original Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery hasn’t participated in any of the band’s reunions since they first broke up in 1991. But Avery will rejoin his old mates when the band gets back together for a special one-off performance at the NME Awards, where they will receive the Godlike Genius Award on April 23.