Here’s some news I’m kicking myself for missing: Dinosaur Jr. signed with Jagjaguwar last week. Luckily I didn’t miss the recent announcement of a tour. And the Dino boys will be stopping in Bloomington, Ind. — hometown of their new label. Which means I’ll finally get t...

Meisjes van pak hem beet 7/8 jaar een beetje roken, terwijl mijn hele lichaam na twee weken nog steeds schreeuwt om een sigaret. Ik was gisteren met Take It Away Bob bij bovengenoemde band in de Melkweg. Oordoppen mee, maar dat bleken rotdingen te zijn. We ontdekten dat we na al die jaren bandjes en...

  Across the Narrows - Built to Spill Photo Permission: Chris | the other Chris       A bunch of awesome shows are going on sale this week, but the one I’m most excited about has got to be the ATP Presents: Built to Spill, Dinosaur Jr., and Meat Puppets show on Sept. 25 and...

All Tomorrow’s Parties, which has curated amazing festivals for the past eight years, is finally bringing a lineup to New York–and it’s amazing. It’s curated by My Bloody Valentine (who have just announced a full-blown tour) and ATP and takes place Sept. 19-21. The weird thin...

Derek Stanton, Allison Busch, Michael Troutman of Awesome Color. You may remember Awesome Color as that totally awesome Brooklyn by way of Michigan trio signed to Thurston Moore's label Ecstatic Peace! They're known them best as that band who positively wailed before Dinosaur JR and Sonic Youth's se...

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2007 : Part 1 Exactly what the title says. In no particular order. Well, in alphabetical order in fact, but no value judgements intended. Ok with that? Good! No new Mountain Goats or Oneida or Comet Gain or Dead Meadow this year either, so things are pretty wide open to some exten...