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J Mascis and the Fog Free So Free
(Ultimatum)

With his credentials as an amazingly inventive guitar player long ago established, ex-Dinosaur Jr frontman J Mascis continues his legacy of blistering fretwork and visceral, gut-wrenching songwriting on his ninth full-length, Free So Free. Lyrically, it’s a concept album of sorts about (you guessed it) freedom in all its forms, while musically, many of the songs could be dropped anywhere within Mascis’ vast canon. The lead track “Freedom,â€