After 36 years and 11 albums, we pretty much know what to expect from a new Dinosaur Jr album: Fuzzed-out guitars, perfectly ragged leads, some big hooks and catchy choruses, and a song or two from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mid-80s were tough times for bands with noisy guitars. Punk was long dead, while its American cousin, hardcore, was running ...

On Wednesday, Dec. 6, Dinosaur Jr. continued their 30th anniversary celebration of their fifth studio LP, Where You Been, at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, N.Y. After running through the ...

After 36 years, most Dinosaur Jr fans know what to expect from new albums, but sometimes they throw a curveball. “Take It Back,” from the imminent Sweep it Into Space, is a wonderful surprise, set to ...

Dinosaur Jr. are currently in the midst of a West Coast run of shows celebrating the 30th anniversary of their seminal Where You Been album. On the heels of their Brooklyn, NY stand at Music Hall of ...

On August 28, via Jagjaguwar, alt-rock icons Dinosaur Jr. will drop their latest album, There Near. It will be the band's first since 2021's Sweep Into Space. And you can hear J Mascis, Murph, and Lou ...

Check out Dinosaur Jr's ace new single Blowin' Up, which sees bassist and vocalist Lou Barlow take the reins when it comes to writing lyrics.

Lou Barlow doesn’t quite get J Mascis’ production process, and he’s never really asked. “He [Mascis] hasn’t explained his process,” says bassist Barlow. “I mean, he doesn’t really like talking. That’s ...

On February 9, 1993, Dinosaur Jr. released their fifth album, Where You Been. Following the release of their classic 1987 album You’re Living All Over Me and 1988 follow-up, Bug, with “Freak Scene,” ...

IN THE LAST half of the '80s, Dinosaur Jr. roamed the earth, or at least the alt-rock universe. They would have preferred to be simply Dinosaur, except that a psychedelic band from San Francisco laid ...

Band reunions aren't supposed to go as well as Dinosaur Jr.'s. In the years since the original trio reformed, they've released some music that stands right alongside their classics from back in the ...

All across gentrified Brooklyn rages what I like to call the Battle of the Dad Bands. At day-care drop-off and the playground, at birthday parties and piano recitals, guys with graying hair and sad ...