Dinosaur Jr guitar slinger J Mascis has teamed up with two members of Cobra Verde and one of his Witch bandmates for a new project: Sweet Apple, which delivers its 12-track debut album, Love & Desperation, on April 20, and is expected to tour later this year.

[tweetmeme]Amoeba Records today posted the latest in its “What In My Bag?” video series — in which musicians shopping at the California chain’s outlets show off their hauls — this time featuring Dinosaur Jr frontman J Mascis at the record shop’s massive Hollywood store. In the clip above, Mascis — never the chattiest guy — [...]

Gary Numan’s appearances at Nine Inch Nails’ final live gigs could lead to a studio collaboration with Trent Reznor, the synthpop pioneer told The Quietus: “I know he wants to carry on doing music things. We went out a few days after (the LA gigs) with a few other people and the way he puts [...]

Lou Barlow is giving fans a glimpse of his forthcoming solo album Goodnight Unknown with a 30-minute “making of” documentary posted to Merge Records’ “LouTube” page, which also will feature five individually released music videos leading up to the Oct. 6 release of the album. So far, the Sebadoh/Dinosaur Jr member has posted a video [...]

Mark Mulcahy, frontman of nearly forgotten ’80s college-rock act Miracle Legion, is the subject of a new tribute album featuring contributions by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe, Dinosaur Jr, Mercury Rev and the Pixies’ Frank Black.
Due out Sept. 29 on Shout! Factory, Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy will feature [...]

When not playing in Sebadoh, Folk Implosion or the reconstituted Dinosaur Jr, lo-fi pioneer Lou Barlow likes to occasionally record under his own name, and, in that vein, he recently completed Goodnight Unknown, his first solo effort since 2005’s Emoh.
The 14-track album, out Oct. 6 on Merge Records, was produced by Andrew Murdock, and features [...]

Pixies play Canada
While fans await U.S. dates for the band’s Doolittle anniversary trek, the Pixies today announced their first North American concert in four years: a slot on the bill of the Virgin Festival Ontario next month.
The fest — Aug. 29 and 30 at Burls Creek Park in Barrie, Ontario — will be headlined by [...]

Dinosaur Jr this week recalled the European edition of its new Farm CD for sounding — no joke — too loud.
The band, which apparently wants to save its deafening volume for the concert stage, reports on its Web site that an “audio problem” occurred while duplicating the original master in the studio: “The duplication ‘doubled’ [...]

Marking the release of its second post-reunion album, Farm, this week, Dinosaur Jr appeared on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” on Thursday to perform “Pieces.”

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With its new album, Farm, hitting stores today, Dinosaur Jr has announced a nearly two-month, coast-to-coast North American tour that runs from the end of September through late November.
The classic indie-rock act — featuring original members J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph — will play a pair of shows in New York and Massachusetts [...]