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Nov 14, 2011 | MuchMusic.com

J Mascis "I've Been Thinking"

Dinosaur Jr.'s frontman J Mascis released his incredible debut solo studio record, Several Shades of Why , this past March on Sub Pop.

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Wed Nov 02, 2011

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Definitive Albums: Dinosaur Jr

When Dinosaur Jr began, guitar-soloin' frontman J Mascis had the idea for their sound in mind: "ear-bleeding country." On their second album, 1987's You're Living All Over Me , he got the first part right.

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Definitive Albums: Sonic Youth

"Teen Age Riot" is one of the great opening gambits to be found on, well, any album, really.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Sonic Youth, Youth, Alternative, Dinosaur Jr.

Tue Nov 01, 2011

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Barlow Fired From Dinosaur Jr

The Date: December, 1989 The Event: Dinosaur Jr frontman J Mascis kicks Lou Barlow out of Dinosaur Jr in weird, underhand fashion The Result: Many spiteful Sebadoh songs, and, eventually, an utterly unexpected reunion Maybe Lou Barlow should've seen the writing on the wall.

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Mon Oct 10, 2011

Charleston City Paper

Futurebirds go for big country-rock

What if Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis had grown up in Georgia rather than Massachusetts, exposed to a steady diet of Allman Brothers, Bill Monroe, and the Band? We expect he might've led a band like the Futurebirds, whose ambling Southern roots are soaked in reverb, enriched by four-part harmonies, and occasionally swallowed in swells of ... (more)

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