The always prolific Neil Young has few big projects going on right now.  The first has been in the works since the 80s and (cross your fingers, will be coming out soon)…  Neil has been teasing his fans with the prospect of his Archives project for decades – always putting it on hold because the technology wasn’t there yet.  See Neil at the JavaOne 2008 conference unveiling his project that will be coming out on DVD and Blueray.

See part two here.

In addition to the archives project Neil has been working on unveiling an electric car.  Nicknamed “Linc Volt”, Neil has been retrofitting his 1959 Lincoln Continental with an electric engine with his team.  The Car will be entered into the Automotive X Prize that is offering a $10 million prize to develop a vehicle that gets 100 mpg plus.  The car is also the subject of a upcoming documentary being put out by Neil’s film company Shakey Pictures called “Repowering The American Dream”.  See a video about it below and read Neil’s Huffington Posts about the project and electric cars here.

Lastly you will see Neil’s new album that is being released on March 31st 2009.  It’s called Fork In The Road and you can watch the music video for the first single below.

Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley

I hate to say it but the newest Jenny Lewis record Acid Tongue fell a little flat for me. Maybe my expectations were a little too high after hearing her critically acclaimed solo debut Rabbit Fur Coat recorded with the help of The Watson Twins and some production by M. Ward.  Her first record had a consistent feel running throughout,  the new record just feels like a pastiche of different tracks.  Although I didn’t  get into it overall and wouldn’t rate it very highly, there are a few standout tracks.

A slower tune.  She definitely gets the emotion across.

	Jenny Lewis – Pretty Bird
	Found at skreemr.com

I was very surprised to find out that this swaggering tune and my favorite on the album is not a Jenny Lewis composition.  It was written by her current boyfriend and collaborator Damien Rice.  Note the help of the honorable Elvis Costello on Guitar and some vocals.

By all means… check out Jenny’s debut solo record and her work with the band Rilo Kiley.  Notable records from the Rilo Kiley catalog would be The Execution Of All Things and More Adventurous.  Jenny also sings background vocals on most of the songs on Elvis Costello’s newest record with the Imposters, Momofuku.