The four-track ‘Minuteflag’ EP was recorded 25 years ago this week as a one-off jam by the members of Black Flag and the Minutemen, but not released until a year later following the death of the latter band’s D. Boon.

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 [...]

 
Mike Watt himself will be on hand to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Minutemen’s classic Double Nickels on the Dime double album at the Bowery Poetry Club & Cafe in New York City later next week.
The July 25 event will pay tribute to the sprawling, 45-track album, which was released in July 1984 [...]