J. Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph circa 2007. Is it me, or is J. beginning to look an awful lot like Gandolf?
I can remember where I was the first time I heard Dinosaur Jr. Around 1992, a friend of mine named Caroline and I drove from Austin to Chicago – non-stop – listening to great music and staying awake with rocket fuel that may or may not be legal in the United States. Caroline brought a copy of Dino’s Your Living All Over Me and those monster riffs still ring out in the recesses of my soul.
Later during the heyday of mid-1990s indie-ethos rock, I had just as much love for Lou Barlow’s Sebadoh as I did for Pavement and Guided by Voices. Barlow became a hero of mine, and I tried desperately to emulate his finess when I played bass guitar.
Thankfully, a few years ago J. Mascis and Lou Barlow put aside their many differences, recruited Murph back into the fold to kill the drums, and reunited long enough to realize that the world was ready for Dinosaur Jr. version 2.0, new material and all!
I got an email from the band today announcing a new album called Farm that comes out on June 23. And the guys were even nice enough to provide a
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of the first single, “I Want You to Know.” I already gave the song a spin and it lives up to their catalog: loud, noisy guitars, bass and drums that inspire instrospection and a vocal melody both melancholy and mellifluous.
he does look like Gandolf!
another good piece. you’re on a roll!