For our latest Vintage Video installment, we present this pro-shot footage of Dinosaur Jr’s original lineup — J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph — rehearsing at the University of Massachusetts in 1986.
25
Jun
2010
Vintage Video: Dinosaur Jr pro-shot rehearsal footage filmed at U Mass in 1986
Tags: Dinosaur, Dinosaur Jr, J Mascis, Jeremiah Hester, Lou Barlow, Murph, You're Living All Over Me
14
Jul
2009
Quick Spins: Pixies in Canada, Morrissey speaks, Dinosaur Jr does The Cure
Tags: Dinosaur Jr, J Mascis, Just Like Heaven, Morrissey, Murph, Nine Inch Nails, Pet Shop Boys, Pixies, Robert Smith, The Cure, The Specials, Tour of Refusal, Virgin Festival
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 [...]
23
Jun
2009
Dinosaur Jr announces fall North American tour dates in support of ‘Farm’
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 [...]
21
Jun
2009
In stores this week: R.E.M.’s ‘Reckoning’ reissue; new Dinosaur Jr, Lemonheads CDs
Tags: Dinosaur Jr, Evan Dando, Farm, J Mascis, Lou Barlow, Murph, R.E.M., Reckoning: Deluxe Edition, The Lemonheads, Varshons
Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new releases hitting stores this Tuesday:
ARTIST: R.E.M.
RELEASE: Reckoning: Deluxe Edition
BACKSTORY: The second installment in the band’s 2CD reissue series features the classic 1984 album on one disc, and a 16-track bonus disc that includes a concert recorded July 7, 1984, at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom, featuring live performances [...]
01
May
2009
Download free MP3 of new Dinosaur Jr track ‘I Don’t Want You To Know’
The founding lineup of Dinosaur Jr is offering up the first official taste of its forthcoming LP in the form of “I Don’t Want You To Know,” a free MP3 posted on the band’s Web site.
The track appears on Farm, due out June 23 on Jagjaguwar.The record is the second by the band’s classic lineup [...]
27
Mar
2009
Dinosaur Jr sets June 23 release for ‘Farm,’ reveals ‘Lord of the Rings’ cover art
The reunion of its classic ’80s lineup — J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph — still intact, Dinosaur Jr this week revealed the track list and release date for its second post-comeback album.
Jagjaguwar will release the 12-track Farm on June 23, after the band completes a lengthy, and previously announced, club tour of the [...]
27
Feb
2009
Dinosaur Jr prepping new album, tour
Despite the frosty history between seemingly catatonic guitar god J Mascis and the decidedly more emo Lou Barlow, the reunion of Dinosaur Jr’s classic ’80s lineup not only continues, but will produce a second post-comeback album, as well.
The band, also featuring drummer Murph, this week announced it has signed to Jagjaguwar, and will go out [...]
