LAist (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
On tour to pre-promote their December 1st release of Stir the Blood , NYC's The Bravery took to a packed house at the Wiltern Thursday night. Once the band took the stage, it was clear from the feverish enthusiasm of the The Bravery fans that there was no other place to be, despite the fact that the concert calendar for November 5th also featured Pixies, Dinosaur Jr, Neon Indian, and Avi Buffalo within...
Silent Words Speak Loudest (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Feel good hits of the 2nd November 1. 'Crazy/Forever' - Japandroids 2. 'Ways To Make It Through The Wall' - Los Campesinos! 3. 'I Want You To Know' - Dinosaur Jr 4. 'Rough Steez' - Fuck Buttons 5. 'Infinity' - The XX 6. 'Down Boy' - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 7. 'So Bored' - Wavves 8. 'Criminals' - Johnny Foreigner 9. 'Two Weeks' - Grizzly Bear 10. 'Mirrorball' - Nissenenmondai Reviews of recent Japandroids...
Ryan's Smashing Life (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
On Further Review ! Barlow gathers himself for solo effort by Nick Parker Dinosaur Jr's Lou Barlow : Better on his own THE SUN COMES OUT - Lo-Fi pioneer and a founding member of both Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh, Lou Barlow has released his new solo album, “Goodnight Unknown,” only a matter of weeks after “ Farm ,” Dinosaur Jr’s latest effort, on which he played bass. You...
Bearded Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Hush Arbors is largely the work of Keith Wood – not to be confused with the former Ireland rugby union hooker of the same name. Yankee Reality is his second full-length release for Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace label, and must also rank as one of the quietest records to ever bear the mark of Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis, who sat in the producer’s chair here and whose frenetic guitar...
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Fans of grunge listen up - there’s a new kid in town. Australian rockers Violent Soho performed their song "Muscle Junkie" at a recent concert in Brooklyn, channeling Nirvana but putting their own "muscle" into the music. And before the show, the band proved they're more than just a pretty face with a conversation on race relations in their home country. Check out all the...
The Smudge of Ashen Fluff (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
I'm a little behind here, and I'm cursing my courseload for taking me away from it. I'll be posting when I find rare moments to breathe. For now, check out very recent performances from Yo La Tengo (The Current, 10-7-2009) , The Gossip (scorching!) at the 9:30 Club on the same day (NPR Live Concerts) ( download mp3 ), and Dinosaur Jr., more like Dinosaur Sr. these days, but with a 3-Marshall stack...
lost at e minor (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
With his new album, Goodnight Unknown, Dinosaur Jr and Sebadoh’s Lou Barlow has created a collection of melodic pop songs that he describes as being ‘a cross between my later work with Folk Implosion and my earlier work with Sebadoh. To my ears, anyway’. We checked in with him to get the inside word on [...]
Celebrity Seats Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
You don’t need to make the trek down to San Jose, as there are plenty of great events coming to the San Francisco area.. If you don’t mind standing, The Fillmore is a historic music venue made famous by Bill Graham. Popular upcoming shows to the Fillmore include Matisyahu, Train, Mat Kearney, Dinosaur Jr, [...]
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
In this week's podcast we head for the States. Actually, we don't. The Music Weekly private jet has been impounded. Instead, we made the States come to us. That's just how we roll. First up we have Lou Barlow, the man who founded Dinosaur Jr, then Sebadoh, then Folk Implosion. Now recording as a solo artist, he talks to Rosie Swash about his old days, his new material and how music keeps his anger...
MBV (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Dinosaur Jr – “Pieces” b/w “Houses” 7″ Out 12/8 on Jagjaguwar
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Dinosaur Jr with Lou Barlow and the Missing Men - The Middle East (Cambridge, MA) - Friday, October 2, 2009 I can't think of a bill where the opening act was also playing with the headliner, but that was the case when Lou Barlow did double duty, first enlisting Mike Watt's band (The Secondmen, here rebadged as the Missingmen) and then opening the evening with a generous helping of his new record,...
The STA Official Label Blog Of Thoughts And Stuff® (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
This Is Fake DIY are running a great feature with Dutch twosome The Moi Non Plus with Leon and Bas providing commentary about some of the records that have shaped their approach to music and it's an impressive soundtrack ranging from Dylan to Jetplane Landing favourites The Lapse. Follow the link above to hear the songs on Spotify, in the meantime, here's what L and B had to say - Bob Dylan - It's...
Buzzin Music Blog (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
It is four years since Lou Barlow’s career redefining, mostly acoustic album Emoh, during which time he has reunited with Dinosaur Jr. and reissued three of Sebadoh’s classic albums. On October 5th Barlow will be back with his brilliant new album Goodnight Unknown, which fuses the live band energy of Dinosaur Jr, the stylistic reach of [...]
Alter The Press! (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Violent Soho will be joining Dinosaur Jr for a series of US dates at the end of the month. 10/27 � Slowdown � Omaha, NB 10/29 � Boulder Theatre � Boulder, CO 10/30 � Aggie Theatre � Ft Collins, CO 11/3 � Marquee Theatre � Tempe, AZ 11/4 � Belly Up Tavern � Solana Beach, CA 11/5 � House of Blues � W Hollywood, CA 11/6...
Ready for the House (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
The Dinosaurs that ate LA sculpture. My sisters dinosaur armatures- prepared for paper mache treatment in her special needs art class.
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