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Dinosaur Jr

February 2024

  • J Mascis

    J Mascis: What Do We Do Now review – a wonderfully agreeable record

    Adding slide guitar and drums to his solo sideline mix, the guitar-shredding Dinosaur Jr frontman captivates with great hooks and tender if impenetrable vocals

January 2024

  • J Mascis

    Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis: ‘I still get a kick out of making a racket’

    The revered shredder may be celebrating four decades in the business, but with a new album out and everyone from Fred Armisen to Kevin Shields singing his praises, he’s not ready for the potting shed just yet

October 2021

  • Freakscene - The Story of Dinosaur Jr. Press publicity image supplied by PR #6(c)2020_rem_vf_dino_JosephHenderson.jpeg

    Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr review – it’s all about the music

    This warm-hearted profile of the US grunge-rockers doubles as a poignant rumination on friendship and personal growth – but gets its heft from the unpolished performance footage

June 2021

  • ‘The more I listen to it, the more satisfaction it gives me’ ... (L-R) Olivia Rodrigo, Ghetts, Julien Baker.

    ‘One hell of a party’: readers on their albums of 2021 so far

    From the sunny vibes of rapper Topaz Jones and guitar anthems of Du Blonde to the deep introspection of Fears and Julien Baker, here are the records that have really grabbed our readers over the last six months

May 2021

  • Lou Barlow

    Lou Barlow: Reason to Live review – the sound of domestic bliss

    A warm new contentment becomes the formerly angst-filled lo-fi rocker

April 2021

  • Dinosaur Jr. Press publicity portrait Credit: Cara Totman

    Dinosaur Jr: Sweep It Into Space review – still doing what they do best

    The trio’s 12th album sees them wisely sticking to their signature script

March 2021

  • j mascis

    Teenage kicks
    J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr's teenage obsessions: 'When I turned 13, I felt I had to drop out of society'

    As he prepares to release Dinosaur Jr’s 12th studio album, the slacker icon discusses his conflicted attitude towards hippies and his unlikely affection for Harold and Maude and All My Children

April 2018

  • Johnny Cash and Elton John.

    Covered in glory: the tribute albums that saved careers and changed lives

    This week brings new all-star love-ins dedicated to Elton John and Johnny Cash – marginal releases in the context of their careers, yet tributes to lesser-known acts can prove transformative

June 2017

  • Snub TV

    Music blog
    Snub TV: cult music show that unearthed the underground

    The no-frills cable show captured 80s and 90s bands at their most bonkers – from Napalm Death’s growling mayhem to New Order calling U2’s singer ‘that bongo guy’. Co-founder Pete Fowler explains why nothing else has come close

August 2016

  • dinosaur jr portrait

    Dinosaur Jr: Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not review – a brutish soup of sound

  • Dinosaur Jr press image

    Dinosaur Jr: Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not review – a murky, melodic onslaught

December 2015

  • J Mascis Performs At Scala In London<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 08: J Mascis performs on stage at Scala on January 8, 2015 in London, United Kingdom (Photo by Maria Jefferis/Redferns via Getty Images)

    From Rock's Backpages
    Dinosaur Jr: 'J Mascis was really into UK Oi! punk – he had a skinhead'

    As J Mascis, guitarist, singer and grunge icon turns 50, Rock’s Backpages brings you an interview with Dinosaur Jr from Vox magazine in 1991

January 2015

  • Grizzled survivalist … J Mascis performs at Scala in London.

    J Mascis review – grunge godfather discovers his acoustic side

  • Dinosaur Jr

    Boston Calling: the city at the heart of America's DIY renaissance

August 2014

  • Dinosaur Jr

    This week's new live music
    Dinosaur Jr, Converge, Visions Festival: this week’s new live music

    Dinosaur Jr | Converge | Visions Festival | Supernormal | Joe Sample | Encounters In The Republic Of Heaven

July 2014

  • J Mascis

    Listen up
    Listen to J Mascis – Wide Awake: track premiere

    The godfather of grunge and former Dinosaur Jr frontman returns for another solo album. Listen to his duet with Cat Power here and let us know what you think

February 2013

  • Dinosaur Jr Perform At The HMV Ritz, Manchester

    Dinosaur Jr – review

    Despite touting a formula virtually unchanged for 30 years, Dinosaur Jr still sound remarkably fresh and visceral, says Mark Beaumont

October 2012

  • Junior senior … Johnny Marr at the Q awards this week.

    Johnny Marr to join Dinosaur Jr … for one night

  • Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis

    Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis turned down Nirvana offer

September 2012

  • Dinosaur Jr: I Bet on Sky – review

    Dinosaur Jr's third post-reunion album shows there's plenty of life in them yet, writes Phil Mongredien
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