This 7″ is a coup-de-grace for Harding, who has the rhythm section of Dinosaur Jr. playing on the somewhat poppy A-side (think late-era Hüsker Dü or Gumball, but dirgier), and Emperor X helping out on the B-side’s “Pure Reason,” a screamo-hardcore punk track with the same kind of smirk as you’d find on the Beastie Boys’ Some Old Bullshit.

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If the excitement of seeing Dinosaur Jr. reformed, rehearsed, and rapacious isn’t enough to sell you on the project, get this: all the footage was directed and patched together by none other than Dave Markey, director of such amazing films as The Year Punk Broke, The Reinactors, and my perennial favorite, Rap Damage (In Seearch of the Hip Hop Rabbit).

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The last time I caught Dinosaur Jr. performing was at their main stomping grounds, The Troubadour.  Hardcore fan, musician, writer, actor, spoken word artist, and KCRW DJ Henry Rollins was up against the wall rocking out. That’s when I decided I better start carrying around earplugs. This time, at The Music Box, Rollins did a [...]

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We have been lucky enough to both see and interview Dinosaur Jr in the past, so consider this night verified for excellence! And as it happens, two of you have won tickets to go to the show! To win tickets, we asked us to send your CUTEST VIDEO OF A BABY ANIMAL—an “Animal Jr”–and send [...]

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For those who want a sneak peek of tonight’s live performance by Dinosaur Jr., with an interview from Henry Rollins included in the package, check out our 2009 interview of J. Mascis by Allison Anders, with an assist from daughter Tiffany Anders! Rollins is a funny guy, but it’ll be hard to top Allison Anders [...]

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New issue! See you at the release party Monday @ The Cha Cha Lounge! Find print issues here, buy back issues here and obtain a print subscription here. Please contact us if you’d like to advertise in the next one! Inside you’ll find… LUIS AND THE WILDFIRES LEARNING MUSIC YOKO ONO TERRY RILEY GIRLS THE [...]

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Rather than interview J Mascis ourselves, we thought it would be more fun to continue our tradition of getting famous people to interview famous people for nothing more than the thrill of taking work off our hands. This interview was conducted by director Allison Anders, who cast Mascis in films such as Grace of My Heart, and Tiffany Anders, the musician/singer/co-curator of Don’t Knock the Rock and also Allison’s daughter.

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photography by beth stirnaman

Dinosaur Jr. played two back to back shows this week at the Troubadour. These are photos from the first night on June 22, 2009.

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Then it happens. Lou accidentally steps on Murph’s glasses. The crowd changes after that. It’s as if their own glasses were stepped on and they see this show differently now, as an opportunity to transcend. Sure enough, an 11-year-old is hoisted over what was previously a pretty calm crowd and is happily tossed around. Then an older guy starts crowd-surfing, and another. When J. peels into the opening for “Freak Scene,” the transformation is suddenly complete. Years melt away from the crowd as formerly civil looking loos stop politely sipping their beers and start running towards a swirling chasm of dancing bodies, happily colliding into one another.

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