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heres a canadian review from chromewaves.net
Quote:When the original lineup of Dinosaur Jr announced that they were reuniting in 2005 to promote the reissues of their first three albums, it was a happening about as high on the "not bloody likely"-o-meter as you were going to find. The acrimony between founding members J Mascis and Lou Barlow was both legendary and well-documented (and hilariously so). But time and money heal all wounds so together with original drummer Murph, they set out on a deafening round of touring and managed to do so without killing one another.And then they announced that they were breaking that cardinal (yet oft broken) rule of rock reunions – "thou shalt not record new material". Normally this would be cause for great alarm (see: The Stooges) but considering that Dinosaur Jr was and always had essentially been the J Mascis show and J’s recent track record with The Fog had been pretty damn solid, it was news that one could actually get excited about. I’ll sidebar here and state that I’ve never been a Lou Barlow fan and by and large, I prefer the albums that followed his departure from the band after 1988’s Bug. No more numbers like "Poledo"? Aww, pity. But having the original lineup together again is far more marketable, and so come May 1, we’ll have Beyond to add to the Dinosaur Jr canon. And you know what? It’s pretty damn good.
First and foremost, it sounds like a Dinosaur Jr record – which is to say it’s overflowing with J’s relentless soloing – the man will solo relentlessly as long as he draws breath and probably for a good while after – and nasal, uber-slacker vocals. These are positives, in case that wasn’t clear. And credit where credit’s due – Barlow’s bass playing is more aggressive than I’d have thought him capable of and his two compositions are decent, with him thankfully having learned how to sing in the last 18 years. But even with him back in the fold, this doesn’t sound like a return to the their early days – it’s much more 90s than 80s-sounding. The production, though far from slick, is loads cleaner and much more reminiscent of the days of Where You Been. Again, a positive. It’s unlikely that there are any stone cold classic songs on Beyond, no "Freak Scene" or "Start Choppin’", but the level of songwriting is consistently high and even they’re doing it for the money as they’ve openly confessed, they’re not phoning it in. A welcome return.
The band hit the road to support beginning next month and will be at the Phoenix in Toronto on June 8. This is a NxNE show and they’re generously allowing 100 badges and wristbands in – everyone else pays the $34.50 ticket price. The show’s an early one – doors at 6PM – so I’m hoping that even with the two openers (Awesome Color and Uncut), it’ll be over early enough that I can make it to Sneaky Dee’s for the whole Voxtrot show. Go go College streetcar! The festival has also booked Mascis for an interview with CFNY’s Dave Bookman at the Holiday Inn on King St for earlier that day, an event open to all badgeholders. I can’t help but laugh at the fact that one of their high profile speakers is a man notorious for not speaking at all. This could be worth attending if just to witness the sheer, epic awkwardness of it all.
Check out the first video from Beyond, guest starring Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and also his daughter, Coco Moore (she’s the blonde girl on guitar and looks exactly like her parents) and directed by the Flamingo Kid himself, Matt Dillon
didn’t they officially release some tracks…
best grunge album ever :-
gotta love that pearl jam deal, definitely agree
*edited out a certain extinction reference*
Quote:Dinosaur Jr. BeyondHow does an album receive full marks? It has to be electrifying. Inspiring. Well-written. Historically interesting – even if only imagined to be so from some future date.
The Dinosaur Jr. comeback is all these things, without imagining anything. It’s a popped time capsule that fully embraces J Mascis’s early punk roots, his vocal love of Neil Young and his influential trip through grunge, back in the days when Nirvana opened for them and some forgotten hippy band named Dinosaur sued the Jr. onto the band’s name.
Best of all, Beyond lives up to its name, reuniting the band’s original cast not seen together since the late ‘80s but bringing us something new. Age and silver hair calm us all down, thankfully: the grudges are over.
And so all of a sudden, we have one of the best grunge albums ever made. In the year 2007? Aw, why the hell not? Sonic Youth keeps doing it. More on them in Old School.
Thanks to Mascis’s recent work in Witch, there’s some fine metal guitar that sneaks in, more than Dinoheads might be used to. But what’s really striking about the album is how well just being good-natured, eager and passionate without trying too hard still sounds better than so much of so-called “modern rock.â€
"tonas " wrote:Isn’t this interview somewhere else around here too? I’ve read it before.it’s in our interview summary list for the site, for some reason I put in in the 2003 interview year post, theres some great stuff from the 80’s & 90’s…
on amazon.com & .ca they have the Japanese import listed as coming out April 26th, but thru cdjapan.co.jp it’s listed as April 18th.
I’m trying to sweet talk a local shop into ordering the import asap, I’m to call back tonite & talk to someone called J who does all the ordering…
hopefully thats a good sign
don’t forget you’re listening to a leaked version…
great review here…http://jbreitling.blogspot.com/2007/04/review-dinosaur-jr-beyond-mp3.html”>http://jbreitling.blogspot.com/2007/04/ … d-mp3.html
looks like theres a possible Boston date–no confirmation yet– but Dinosaur Jr is listed as playing June 11, part of a Free Yr Radio Campaign, apparently invite only but you can print out an invite on freeyrradio.com, not sure it’s all up and running though.
Quote:Top Indie Bands to Perform at Urban Outfitters Locations as Part of Yaris/Urban Outfitters Free Yr Radio CampaignLOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-April 10, 2007 –
After launching a brand partnership to support non-commercial radio at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (TMS) and Urban Outfitters (URBN) announced some of the 13 bands who will make the upcoming "Free Yr Radio" Tour. "Free Yr Radio" is a series of free, in-store performances by some of the biggest indie music names at Urban Outfitters locations across the country. The tour, part of the multi-phased "Free Yr Radio" campaign that will channel much-needed funding to participating independent radio stations, kicks off April 15th at the Chicago Urban Outfitters with a performance by British psychedelic-progressive-pop trio, Klaxons, who will perform songs from their U.S. debut Myths of the Near Future.
The tour will hit 12 additional markets through July 21 with a stellar lineup including: The Ponys (Lawrence, KS), Voxtrot (Houston, TX), Long Winters (Seattle, WA), The Rapture (Philadelphia, PA), Rogue Wave (Santa Cruz, CA), Tapes ‘N Tapes (Minneapolis, MN), Dinosaur Jr. (Boston, MA), Annuals (Raleigh/Durham, NC), along with others to be announced soon.
Each performance will be co-presented by a local non-commercial radio station that will benefit from the campaign’s fundraising. Participating stations will be able to award one of their listeners with a brand new Toyota Yaris, presented with a check which can be used towards modifications suggested by the station’s Free Yr Radio band. Stations will also receive proceeds from a "Free Yr Radio" compilation CD that will be released at the end of the year-long program.
Participating stations include: WLUW (Chicago), KTRU (Houston), KEXP (Seattle), Y-Rock On XPN (Philadelphia), KZSC (Santa Cruz), 89.3 The Current (Minneapolis), WERS (Boston), WKNC (Raleigh/Durham), WBWC (Cleveland) and KGNU (Boulder).
"We are thrilled to be partnered with Yaris and Urban Outfitters to create this unique and innovative campaign that will help expose our station to new listeners, generate revenue for us to operate, and enable us to continue to discover new music and serve our communities," says Jim McGuinn, Program Director for Philadelphia’s Y-Rock On XPN. "The bands that are playing represent the cutting edge of independent music and Y-Rock On XPN is proud to be among the stations taking part in Free Yr Radio."
The complete list of tour dates and current bands is as follows: -0- *T April 15 Chicago, IL KLAXONS April 24 Lawrence, KS THE PONYS April 28 Houston, TX VOXTROT May 1 Seattle, WA LONG WINTERS May 9 Raleigh, NC ANNUALS May 21 Philadelphia, PA THE RAPTURE May 25 Santa Cruz, CA ROGUE WAVE June 5 Minneapolis, MN TAPES ‘N TAPES June 11 Boston, MA DINOSAUR JR. [TBD Los Angeles, CA TBD Boulder, CO TBD Cleveland, OH TBD New Haven, CT *T
The events will be promoted via the web at http://www.FreeYrRadio.com as well as on-air through partner radio stations in each market. Entry to each venue will be awarded to those who present an invite, which can be printed from the Free Yr Radio web site.
odd relationship r/t making money, honestly I don’t see the problem with making money on reissues/tours…if people attend shows, buy the merch, theres a market, why not. Just seems strange to make such a distinction between both projects he’s working on…
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Bob Moulds new disc finished, all guitar based, reports its workbookish/body of songish. definitely a cool thing
(I still haven’t recovered from the 1st listen to modulate, it should have come with a warning!)
Should be out in August, touring in October, theres a video interview you can view thru the link…
http://www.spin.com/sxsw07/2007/03/070329_mould/”>http://www.spin.com/sxsw07/2007/03/070329_mould/
Quote:In the Spin Suite: Bob Mould
March 29, 2007Bob Mould, the driving force behind Hüsker Dü and Sugar, reveals details about his next solo album to SPIN.com at SXSW.
Bob Mould and SPIN.com’s Peter Gaston
At SXSW 2007, there was no shortage of rock legends roaming the streets of Austin. We were most chuffed to have Bob Mould, one of our all-time faves, stop by the Spin suite. The man who helped stake indie rock’s claim on America with Hüsker Dü, wrote some of power pop’s biggest riffs in the ’90s with Sugar, and produced and engineered classics for Soul Asylum and Magnapop talked with SPIN.com’s Peter Gaston about his seventh solo effort, which is just on the verge of wrapping in Mould’s adopted hometown of D.C. with Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty and electronica maven Richard Morel handling production duties.love that cover, hope they sell it at the shows!
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