Dinosaur Jr. have added a slew of fall dates in the U.S. and Canada to their 2009 tour supporting their just-released album Farm. I think I still have my purple “Cow” shirt, which I will definitely wear to their August Central Park SummerStage date (it’s free!!) if I can find it. Full roster of dates after the jump. More »
Our look at the closing lines of the week’s biggest new-music reviews continues with a roundup of reactions to Dinosaur Jr’s Farm,which arrives in stores tomorrow: More »
Dinosaur Jr’s’ video for “Over It,” shot during some downtime on their tour this spring, is a sweet spin on the old-school “skateboard wipeout” video, one in which lead Dinosaur J Mascis even gets to show off one of the skateboard decks crafted in his band’s honor. (The matching kicks are a nice touch, too.) Somehow I missed this song, which appears on the band’s forthcoming album Farm, until this morning, and I am pretty annoyed with myself for doing so, as it has provided me a nice little bit of Adidas in my proverbial ass, thanks in large part to the heroic drumming of the band’s skinsman, Murph. [Pitchfork via MBV] More »
The 33 1/3 book series, in which one album is given a book-length treatment by a writer, has finally narrowed its latest shortlist down to 11 titles. The list of approved albums–and the authors who will be taking the albums on–for the 2010-2011 roster of books after the jump: More »
Weiland, the estranged singer of Velvet Revolver, has teamed up with members of Army Of Anyone and Bomb Shelter Studios owner Eric Kretz for a tour that will hit more than 50 amphitheaters this summer and fall. And this isn’t the only unexpected supergroup that’s formed from music’s bigger names over the years–other groups have also embarked on tours, while a few have even released albums. Other examples after the jump.
After a few sleepy weeks, tomorrow’s new-release schedule looks like it has something for everyone–pop devotees can pick up the new album from “Irreplaceable” scribe Ne-Yo, indie types can check out releases from Feist and Electrelane, bopping kidz can get their hands on new material from a High School Musical alum and a live album fro the show’s touring cast, and Tori Amos devotees can see just what those five personalities of hers are blogging on about.
After the jump, we give you the lowdown on the latest albums from Ne-Yo, Dinosaur Jr, Corbin Bleu, and Miranda Lambert, as well as the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack.
When we were rooting around earlier for songs from Dinosaur Jr’s upcoming Beyond, we somehow missed the fact that *Sixeyes posted the album-opening “Almost Ready” last week–right around the same time that Pitchfork dropped an MP3 of “We’re Not Alone.” More »
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Tom Eaton’s guest post earlier this week got us thinking about animated videos from years gone by, and we kept coming back to our favorite Claymation video, which accompanied “The Wagon” by Dinosaur Jr. Its sloppy charm fit the song’s guitar-chaos to a T, even if it didn’t boast any strutting… More »