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Six Star General and the Blood Moons hit the vinyl

Spin the black circle
It was another year and another 20 or so releases from 75orLess, the Warren-based independent label run by Mark MacDougall, which cleaned up in our Best Music Poll, with 75orLess artists voted victorious in nine categories.
By CHRIS CONTI | January 18, 2012

Sebadoh | Bakesale [Reissue]

Sub Pop (2011)
Generally, Lou Barlow's sad-sack lyrics and confused-young-man shtick are most potent to the young and overemotional. But compared to 1996's Harmacy , Barlow's maudlin tendencies are relatively reined in throughout Bakesale's 15 straightforward rockers.
By GARRET MARTIN | June 29, 2011

Dinosaur Jr. at Port City Music Hall, June 20

Music seen
Henry Rollins is the George Thorogood of punk rock. He has the appearance and credentials of someone bad to the bone, but in practice, he's pure establishment.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | June 22, 2011

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Rollins to interrogate Dinosaurs

Inviting inquiry
It's always exciting when an iconic band play Portland, but Dinosaur Jr.'s Port City Music Hall show Monday night brings some additional curiosities.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | June 15, 2011

Everyone loves Dinosaur Jr.'s Bug except J Mascis

No fun
For Dinosaur Jr., an achingly melody-fueled power trio formed from the ashes of several Amherst-area hardcore bands in 1984, the pursuit of awesome came at the price of happiness, harmony, and ultimately the band itself.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | June 17, 2011

Get ready to ramble: 21 shows you need to see before September

One solid summer
Every summer, in addition to swarms of mosquitoes and fanny-packed tourists, New England hosts a massive invasion of live music.
By PHOENIX STAFF | June 17, 2011

Lou Barlow talks the talk

The Sebadoh frontman on life, love, and J.
He may have been born in Dayton, Ohio and settled down in Los Angeles, but for a lot of us, Lou Barlow will always be a Western Mass kid.
By MATT PARISH | March 24, 2011

Sebadoh return to the scene they helped invent

Endless road
Some things just don't go as planned, though you can't say that would surprise you if you've been listening to Lou Barlow's music for any fraction of the past 25 years.
By MATT PARISH | March 24, 2011

48 Hour Music Festival at SPACE Gallery, February 19

Music seen
The third annual 48 Hour Music Festival led off with Charlemagne, a lurching prog-pop unit that offered one of the most indie-friendly sets of the night, sounding a bit like Built to Spill or Dinosaur Jr., but with odd time arrangements.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | February 23, 2011

Mouth of Flowers in Full Effect

Petal to the metal
Devotees of mid-'90s indie/post-hardcore/ CMJ -approved alt-rock have been feeling the love the past few years.
By CHRIS CONTI | February 15, 2011

Slideshow: Doomstar gives out amateur tattoos

The Phoenix 's P. Nick Curran gets ink from Doomstar
Punk trio Doomstar administer ink to Phoenix music writer P. Nick Curran; read his story about his experience and watch the video here .
By SYLVIA KIM | February 10, 2011

Legacy act

Mean Creek look forward to a long road
What does it say about the current scene when the standard full rock band of two guitars, bass, and drums can seem novel?
By P. NICK CURRAN | June 11, 2010

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SXSW 2010: The band who wasn't there

Beach Fossils, Tanlines, Best Coast, and a wave of minimalism at SXSW
This past Saturday around noon, about a dozen of us were cracking our first Lone Stars of the day at Peckerheads, one of scores of dimly daylit venues lining Austin’s teeming Sixth Street.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | March 24, 2010

Photos: Dinosaur Jr. at the Middle East downstairs

Dinosaur Jr., live at the Middle East downstairs, October 2, 2009
Photos of Dinosaur Jr. performing on their 2009 reunion tour
By NELLIE SWEET | October 05, 2009

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October already!

Folk + blues + noise + alt-pop + Mr. Young
Only 11 weeks and counting of Christmas shopping remain, so head out to some budget-friendly shows in the meantime.
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | September 30, 2009

Me, myself, and I

Three ill-fated trios
I have a theory that musical trios are as cursed as any non-musical threesome. Alliances of two against one and ego imbalances are inevitable. Dinosaur Jr. were able to reconcile, but here are three archetypical power trios who just couldn't keep it together.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | September 29, 2009

Beauty in the beast

Dinosaur Jr. are much happier people now
"When J switched to guitar [from drums], he wanted to feel that same power. and the only way he could do that was to be, like, super loud. . . ."
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | September 30, 2009

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Dinosaur Jr. | Farm

Jagjaguwar (2009)
The much ballyhoo'd resurrection of the original Dino lineup a few years ago — with bassist/crybaby Lou Barlow and laconic-to-the-point-of-sometimes-seeming-retarded-or-maybe-dead frontman J Mascis burying the axe — saw the faithful turn ecstatic at the dropping of '07's Beyond .
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | July 14, 2009

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