Weekly Linkup: A Look Back (Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young’s most obscure, Olympic inspirations, Puppets,

Grace Beehler on July 2, 2012

A look back at this past week’s musical news

Jambands.com talks with Diamond Rugs’ John McCauley and Steve Berlin

The New Yorker’s Sasha Frere-Jones on music you think you don’t want to hear

Rolling Stone revisited: the last days of Jimi Hendrix

Neil Young’s twenty most obscure songs

Ten best music videos featuring puppets

And the ten best female guitarists

Gov Ball in review

NYC Taper caught The Word and GIVERS at Mountain Jam

Olympians inspired by the Velvet Underground

Wes Anderson’s musical inspiration for the fantastic Moonrise Kingdom

Ten Quintessentially Canadian albums to celebrate Canada Day

The New York Times interviews Iggy Pop

The Rolling Stones hire famed street artist Shepard Fairey will update their logo for the group’s 50th anniversary

Where to start with Gram Parsons