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Dinosaur Jr.

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Five Music Muses: The Women Who Inspired Jason Pierce, Lou Barlow, Eric Clapton, and More

    According to Greek mythology, the muses were the genius-sparking goddesses of song, poetry, and the sciences. Recently, the muse has more earthly origins; male recording artists often indicate that a particular woman was essential in stimulating the creative process. The Guardian's Germaine Greer de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Screaming Females Talk Guitar Solos, Steve Albini, and What 'Punk' Means to Them

    Marissa Paternoster is the kind of singer and guitarist who makes a writer want to deploy all kinds of ridiculous language: "face-melting," "fire-breathing," "guitar-goddess," "shred-queen," etc. Paternoster, you see, is 5-foot-1, she fronts a fearsome power trio from New Jersey called Screaming Fem ... More >>

  • Music

    December 14, 2011

    Dinosaur Jr.: Show Preview

    Marissa Paternoster is the kind of singer and guitarist who makes a writer want to deploy all kinds of ridiculous language: "face-melting," "fire-breathing," "guitar-goddess," "shred-queen," etc. Paternoster, you see, is 5-foot-1, she fronts a fearsome power trio from New Jersey called Screaming Fem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    In Print: Assessing Metallica After 30 Years and Four Nights at the Fillmore, and More

    From SF Weekly's latest print music section: Metallica at the Fillmore​Metallica at 30: Text messages like the one I got from a friend before the third Metallica show last week -- "You are dead to me" -- were exactly the reason I decided to go to all four of the Bay Area metal band's 30th ann ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    A Cold-Stricken J Mascis Talks About Dinosaur Jr. Playing Loud, SF Hippies, and the Relative Inferiority of Bug

    Dinosaur Jr. plays the Fillmore this Thursday.​ The person whose job it is to get musicians to say interesting things over the phone already faces something of a challenge when interviewing J Mascis, singer-guitarist of Dinosaur Jr., and O.G. slacker of legendary proportions. Since the '80s, M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    The Top 10 Hottest Men in Grunge

    Sure, it was the era of long, dirty hair and long johns worn to the bar -- but '90s grunge sure did throw up some eye candy. Here, to honor the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind, as well as Cameron Crowe's new Pearl Jam documentary Twenty, are the top 10 hottest men of grunge. (Tomorrow, we'll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Dinosaur Jr. Is Going to Play Bug and Talk to Henry Rollins at the Fillmore

    Dinosaur Jr.​ One only complains about the bandwagon of bands playing classic albums live until the trend hits a band and an album they love. And so we bet this news will shut many of you naysayers up: In December, Dinosaur Jr. is going to perform the 1988 album Bug in its entirety at the Fill ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Yuck Leads a Roadtrip to Nostalgia at the Independent

    ​ Yuck Unknown Mortal Orchestra July 26, 2011 @ The Independent Better than: Listening to Yo La Tengo records and wishing you were 16 again. Barely post-adolescent British kids Yuck released a self-titled debut album this year on Fat Possum, and holy shit, do I love it, and holy shit, does i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    A Stoned Moan with J Mascis and Several Shades of Why

    ​ This week's joint: J Mascis' Several Shades Of Why ​Behind the Buzz: To Dinosaur Jr. fans, the idea of a J Mascis acoustic album fails to spring unbidden into the mind's ear. On blunderbuss masterpieces like 1987's You're Living All Over Me, mainman Mascis founded a durably influential heavy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Helpful Advice: How To Survive NOT Going To SXSW

    This week, thousands of music lovers, wayward drunks, and music industry folk have descended upon Austin, Texas, for the 2011 South By Southwest music "conference" (yeah, right). If you're still here at home in the Bay Area, the reality that you're missing five days of non-stop free music/beer/b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    10 Things To Do For Under $10: KISS Cover Love, Screaming Females, World Cupping

    Screaming Females play tonight at Hemlock​There seems to be something cheap for everyone this lovely first weekend of June. Art openings, the ultimate underground foodie event, plenty of live music and D.J.s ready to vie for your attention -- and it's all for less than the cost of a quality six-pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2010

    Over the Weekend: Surfer Blood, Turbo Fruits, Ganglians at Bottom of the Hill

    Surfer Blood​Surfer Blood, Turbo Fruits, GangliansApril 2, 2010Bottom of the HillBetter than: Most bands that have been together for only 11 months.Being in a brand-new, mega-buzz-band like Surfer Blood seems like a tough blessing. Sure, the group's shows, like Friday's at Bottom of the Hill, ... More >>

  • Music

    October 28, 2009

    Built to Spill’s struggles to capture its signature sound

    Surfer Blood​Surfer Blood, Turbo Fruits, GangliansApril 2, 2010Bottom of the HillBetter than: Most bands that have been together for only 11 months.Being in a brand-new, mega-buzz-band like Surfer Blood seems like a tough blessing. Sure, the group's shows, like Friday's at Bottom of the Hill, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    MP3 of the Day: Woods

    I went camping in the Santa Cruz mountains last weekend, and who knew a Brooklyn quartet could sound so perfect for evenings under a canopy of giant redwoods? I guess the group's name--Woods--was a small hint. These four New York dudes skew folksy pop with eerily effeminate vocals, flashes of Dinosa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    SF Weekly Music Awards Nominee: The Heavenly States

    I went camping in the Santa Cruz mountains last weekend, and who knew a Brooklyn quartet could sound so perfect for evenings under a canopy of giant redwoods? I guess the group's name--Woods--was a small hint. These four New York dudes skew folksy pop with eerily effeminate vocals, flashes of Dinosa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2008

    SF Weekly Music Awards Nominee: Wooden Shjips

    I went camping in the Santa Cruz mountains last weekend, and who knew a Brooklyn quartet could sound so perfect for evenings under a canopy of giant redwoods? I guess the group's name--Woods--was a small hint. These four New York dudes skew folksy pop with eerily effeminate vocals, flashes of Dinosa ... More >>

  • Music

    September 24, 2008

    Shoegaze dimmed My Bloody Valentine's brilliance

    I went camping in the Santa Cruz mountains last weekend, and who knew a Brooklyn quartet could sound so perfect for evenings under a canopy of giant redwoods? I guess the group's name--Woods--was a small hint. These four New York dudes skew folksy pop with eerily effeminate vocals, flashes of Dinosa ... More >>

  • Music

    September 24, 2008

    DJs dig into '90s nostalgia

    I went camping in the Santa Cruz mountains last weekend, and who knew a Brooklyn quartet could sound so perfect for evenings under a canopy of giant redwoods? I guess the group's name--Woods--was a small hint. These four New York dudes skew folksy pop with eerily effeminate vocals, flashes of Dinosa ... More >>

  • Music

    September 3, 2008

    Witch

    Paralyzed (Tee Pee)

  • Music

    July 16, 2008

    Survival of the fittest for the summer’s big music events

    Paralyzed (Tee Pee)

  • Music

    April 2, 2008

    How to Tell Your Hippies from Your Heshers from the Black Keys

    Paralyzed (Tee Pee)

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2007

    Saturday night... Spoon at Café Du Nord

    Paralyzed (Tee Pee)

  • Music

    February 21, 2007

    Noise Pop Tip Sheet

    Dump the Dandy Warhols for Dead Meadow

  • Music

    February 14, 2007

    The Golden Road

    Pioneering freak-folkers Matt Valentine and Erika Elder

  • Music

    December 6, 2006

    Border crossing with Calexico

    Pioneering freak-folkers Matt Valentine and Erika Elder

  • Music

    August 9, 2006

    16 Brash Bitches

    Pioneering freak-folkers Matt Valentine and Erika Elder

  • Music

    August 2, 2006

    Hear ThisScientific methods, stoner rock, and Scandinavians

    Pioneering freak-folkers Matt Valentine and Erika Elder

  • Music

    June 21, 2006

    On the Rebound

    Built to Spill survives some transitional time out

  • Music

    April 12, 2006

    Let's get Sic; Riding the Gravy Train!!!

    Built to Spill survives some transitional time out

  • Music

    October 26, 2005

    Various Artists

    Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story

  • Music

    September 7, 2005

    The 40-Year-Old Solo Artists

    Bob Mould and Paul Weller each have new records that prove they're as vital as ever -- without their old bands

  • Music

    August 31, 2005

    Misc. Reviews

    If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This Week: The Dick Cavett Show -- Rock Icons DVD.

  • Music

    July 6, 2005

    The Boo Radleys

    Find the Way Out

  • Music

    June 1, 2005

    Dinosaur Jr.

    Dinosaur Jr. |You're Living All Over Me |Bug

  • Music

    March 23, 2005

    The Foxymorons

    Hesitation Eyes

  • Music

    February 9, 2005

    Lou Barlow

    Emoh

  • Music

    October 27, 2004

    Various

    Left of the Dial: Dispatches From the '80s Underground

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2004

    Ms. Sterious

    Left of the Dial: Dispatches From the '80s Underground

  • Music

    June 2, 2004

    Mclusky

    The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not on Fire (Beggars/Too Pure)

  • Music

    March 10, 2004

    Independent Thinking

    Two new high-class local venues. Bruce Springsteen concerts. Sounds like the work of Clear Channel. But it's not.

  • Music

    November 6, 2002

    Theoretical Girls

    Theoretical Girls

  • Music

    November 14, 2001

    Pop Philosophy

    A flock of nostalgia; an early -- and bloody -- valentine.

  • Music

    December 6, 2000

    Meet the Foibles

    How a one-man home-recording project turned into the oddest stage show in town

  • Music

    May 24, 2000

    Various Artists

    Gimme Indie Rock
    (K-Tel International)

  • Calendar

    May 26, 1999

    Night & Day

    Gimme Indie Rock
    (K-Tel International)

  • Music

    February 3, 1999

    Reviews

    Gimme Indie Rock
    (K-Tel International)

  • Calendar

    November 11, 1998

    Night +Day

    Gimme Indie Rock
    (K-Tel International)

  • Calendar

    May 21, 1997

    Night+Day

    Gimme Indie Rock
    (K-Tel International)

  • Music

    September 11, 1996

    Recordings

    Gimme Indie Rock
    (K-Tel International)

  • Music

    April 24, 1996

    Recordings

    Gimme Indie Rock
    (K-Tel International)

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