I've been meaning to write about this for awhile now, but never got around to it. And now since I finally ripped all my Dinosaur Jr. discs to MP3, I thought it was about time. Anyhow, here is the good part (slightly old news). The original Dinosaur Jr. lineup is back and are about to tour Japan and Australia as well as play ATP (in the UK) on May 19th. Their first three albums have been re-issued by Merge and did I mention that the original lineup (J. Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph) has reunited and is touring? Hot damn.
I was about to post a brief history of the band but I found a good (and pretty comprehensive) one here and figured that most of you know their story anyhow, so I'll leave it at that. Dinosaur Jr. was a huge influence on me and (for the sake of comparison) their music of is what you'd get by putting Sonic Youth and Neil Young into a blender. It was the accessibility of what were essentially pop-songs that drew me in, and Mascis' off-key warble (as well as his cacophonous guitar feedback assult) that kept me there and made them one of my all-time favorites. For those of you unfamilar with the band, the songs below will serve as a pretty good introduction.
MP3 | Dinosaur Jr. - Little Fury Things You're Living All Over Me
MP3 | Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene Bug
MP3 | Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven Fossils
MP3 | Dinosaur Jr. - The Wagon Green Mind
MP3 | Dinosaur Jr. - Not You Again Whatever's Cool With Me
MP3 | Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin Where You Been
MP3 | Dinosaur Jr. & Del The Funky Homosapien - Missing Link Judegment Night OST
MP3 | Dinosaur Jr - Feel The Pain Without A Sound
MP3 | J. Mascis - Blowin It Martin & Me
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Dude, sweet mother is this true?
Dinosaur Jr kept me fed, clothed and watered for like 4 years back in the day. Whatever's Cool with me, Green Mind, Without a Sound, goddamn were/are they good.
Seriously good call on this post, Eric. Seriously. I'm now gonna dig out all my DJr to catch up on the fun.
this post RULES
I love Dinosaur Jr. That's awesome. Great links.
holy shit i totally forgot about that song from the judgement night soundtrack!
good post, honey! :)
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