Dinosaur Jr. have announced that they will be dropping a new record titled I Bet On Sky on September 18 via Jagjaguwar. The band have also revealed plans for a North American tour in the fall. Here are the dates: 6/22 Chicago, IL – Subterranean 6/23 Chicago, IL – Green Music Festival 7/6 Des Moines, [...]
J Mascis is currently in the midst of laying down tracks for the new Dinosaur Jr. LP. But before that drops, he will release the debut album from a band he reportedly started almost 30 years ago called Heavy Blanket. The six-song release drops May 8 via Outer Battery Records. It will be available on CD [...]
Dinosaur Jr. will be reissuing their first three albums on cassette. Originally released on cassette and vinyl via Homestead and SST Records, the three albums were reissued on vinyl last month via Jagjaguwar. Now, in conjunction with Dinosaur Jr.’s upcoming West Coast tour, Joyful Noise is producing a one-time release of 500 hand-numbered copies. They [...]
Dinosaur Jr. will be reissuing Bug as a super-limited, hand-numbered purple cassette. It will be released June 21 by Joyful Noise Recordings and only 250 copies will be pressed. They will be sold for $12 via Joyful Noise’s website and during Dinosaur Jr’s upcoming tour. Dinosaur Jr. will be performing Bug in its entirety on [...]
Dinosaur Jr. is touring and on this short tour they’re playing Bug! Here are the dates: 6/21, Northampton, MA, Calvin Theatre with Thurston Moore, Henry Rollins 6/22, Boston, MA, The Paradise with OFF!, Henry Rollins 6/23, New York, NY, Terminal 5 with OFF!, Fucked Up, Henry Rollins 6/24, Philadelphia, PA, Electric Factory with OFF!, Henry [...]
The folks at Sub Pop Records today offered up the first taste of Dinosaur Jr frontman J Mascis’ forthcoming record, Several Shades of Why in the form of a free download of the track “Not Enough.” You can download the song in exchange for your e-mail address via the widget below. The album is due [...]
Dinosaur Jr. will perform its third album — 1988’s Bug in its entirety next Summer at a Don’t Look Back concert in London. The Flaming Lips will also be there performing The Soft Bulletin, and Deerhoof will be performing Milk Man. Tickets for the July 1 concert go on sale Friday through atpfestival.com. Tickets are [...]
Dead Confederate drop their sophomore album, Sugar, on August 24. The album was produced by John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, The Hold Steady). Head over to www.DeadConfederate.com to download “Giving It All Away” and to check out footage of the band recording Sugar. In the meantime, the band is on tour. Here are the [...]
The Sled Island Festival will be happening in Calgary, Canada, from June 30th to July 3rd. The bigger acts play on an all-ages outdoor space on July 2nd and 3rd, and the lineup for that includes Dinosaur Jr., Girl Talk, Built to Spill, The Thermals, Why? and Fucked Up. Tickets are on sale.
The reactivated Dinosaur Jr will spend most of May touring Europe with fellow guitar rockers Built to Spill: Dinosaur Jr tour dates: May 6: Donau Festival, Krems an der Donau, Austria May 8: O2 Academy, Oxford, UK* May 9: O2 Academy, Liverpool, UK* May 10: Black Box, Galway, Ireland* May 11: Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland* [...]