Tierney Smith, Author at Cleveland Scene

Neil Young

Chrome Dreams II (Reprise)

Necessary Evil (Eleven Seven Music)

Thursday, August 30, at Nighttown, Cleveland Heights.

You’ll Never Be a Stranger at My Door (Memphis International)

Just Roll Tape: April 26, 1968 (Rhino)

Tim and Faith are Nashville’s no. 1 couple, but are we really looking at country?

With From Autumn to Ashes and Bleeding the Memory. Tuesday, June 19, at the Beachland.

Our Mother the Mountain, Townes Van Zandt, Delta Momma Blues, Flyin’ Shoes (Fat Possum Records)

Sweet Warrior (Shout! Factory)

Heavier Than Heaven capably recounts the tortured life of Kurt Cobain.

Denise Sullivan profiles artists who “let the freak flag fly.”

Punk’s most rankled spokesmen are celebrated in the Punk Planet retrospective We Owe You Nothing.