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Weezer to embark on space-themed tour to celebrate the Blue Album's 30th birthday with Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr
By Fraser Lewry published
Weezer's Voyage to the Blue Planet tour will take place across North America this Autumn

10 cover versions absolutely loved by the people who wrote them
By Dave Everley published
Jimi Hendrix, Whitesnake, Heart and Johnny Cash have all performed covers that got the blessing of the people who wrote them

"It’s a bad combination to be really loud and have no fans if you’re playing at a bar": how Dinosaur Jr. overcame indifference to became one of the 80s most influential bands
By Jo Kendall published
For Dinosaur Jr. founder and mastermind J Mascis, the 80s was a time of noisy punk and alt.rock, paving the way for the decade that would explode that scene: the 90

A beginner's guide to SST Records in five essential albums
By David McLaughlin published
SST became America's definitive underground rock label: here's the story of how it happened, via five essential records, from Black Flag to Soundgarden

If unorthodox avant-punk noise-metal innovation is the question, Dinosaur Jr. are the answer
By Stephen Dalton published
Four-album box set Puke + Cry: The Sire Years 1990-1997 celebrates J Mascis as face-melting guitar shredder supreme

Dinosaur Jr: Seventytwohundredseconds of glorious discharge teetering on the brink of chaos
By Alex Burrows published
What the world needs now is a vinyl-only release of rare 1993 live MTV set from gr**ge pioneers Dinosaur Jr

Kurt Cobain asked Dinosaur Jr’s J. Mascis to join Nirvana – twice!
By Tom Poak published
New Dinosaur Jr documentary tells the story of one of alt.rock’s most influential bands, from punch-ups to professional mishaps

Dinosaur Jr's Sweep It Into Space is rampant, windswept, and classic
By Everett True published
Pioneering alt-rockers Dinosaur Jr revive their classic line-up for Sweep It Into Space, and it's like they've never been away
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