prefixmag (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The Yo Gabba Gabba! folks are currently on tour with a rotating cast of musicians who drop in to do their weird kid tunes for live audiences. Dinosaur Jr were present at the New York stop, dropping in to deliver "Banana," a cover of a song originally done by the Aggrolites on the show. It's considerably less searing than Dino Jr.'s studio material, but it's still slightly menacing, especially...
I Rock Cleveland (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The problem with being a band like Dinosaur, Jr, a band whose original lineup of J. Mascis, Murph, and Lou Barlow found a second life with consistent touring and two very solid studio albums in the latter half of this decade, is that it's damn near impossible to please all of those who remember you from the first time around. Depending on how you asked, there was either too many Lou Barlow songs or...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Devendra Banhart @ Town Hall on Nov. 22nd 2009 (via) Devendra Banhart and his band The Grogs played last night (11/22) at Town Hall - their first stop on their tour's two date NYC run. Tonight (11/23) they'll be at...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Photo gallery of Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Cold Cave at Terminal 5 (November 21, 2009).
Bearded Magazine (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Matt Valentina and Erika Elder mark their return to Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace label with Barn Nova , the latest long-player in their considerable discography really tugs at the flowing locks of classic rock. Crafting an unholy combination of folk, blues, prog and psychedelic rock, the duo are joined by a host of bandmates and special guests which includes Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis.
DJ Martian's Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
via Mitchell Stirling @ Acclaimed Music Forum Uncut Magazine - Top 50 Albums of 2009 1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion 2. Super Furry Animals – Dark Days/Light Years 3. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca 4. Bob Dylan – Together Through Life 5. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers 6. XX – The XX 7. Wilco – Wilco (The Album) 8. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest...
I ♥ MUSIQUE (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
It was The YOI's most successful night at 93 Feet East last week and I got lucky and happened to be behind the decks for some of it. I'd chosen to go down the indie/rock route and it seemed to go down well, suiting the kind of club that 93 Feet East is. Here's what I played, in a slightly random order (and it was a two and a half hour set so it's quite a big list)... Passion Pit - Sleepyhead The Virgins...
Ear Candy with Travis Hay (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Brittney Bush Bollay brought her camera to last night's Dinosaur Jr. show at Showbox at the Market. Here's a slideshow of what she saw along with a few stand alone shots to hold you over until I finish up a review of the show.
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 [...]
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