Originally released on cassette in 1988 via  SST Records, this is the first ever reissue of a Dinosaur Jr. album on its original cassette format. Available in extremely limited quantities, the Bug cassette is limited only 250 hand-numbered copies, on high-quality purple tapes, with eight-panel original artwork. One-hundred-twenty-five copies are available for purchase online, while the remaining 125 will be available at the band’s merch table while on tour.

Dinosaur Jr. on Tour
6/21 Northampton, MA @ Calvin Theatre  (with Thurston Moore, Henry Rollins spoken word)
6/22 Boston, MA @ The Paradise (with Off!, Henry Rollins interviewing)
6/23 New York, NY @ Terminal 5 (with Fucked Up, Off!, Henry Rollins interviewing)
6/24 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory (with Off!, Henry Rollins interviewing)
6/25 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club (with Off!, Henry Rollins interviewing)
6/26 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse (with Off!, Henry Rollins interviewing)
6/27 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle (with Off!, Henry Rollins interviewing)
7/01 London, England @ Alexandra Palace (with Flaming Lips and Deerhoof)
7/02 Paris, France @ Gaite Lyrique
7/03Ferrara, Italy @ Ferrara Sotto Le Stelle
7/04 Milan, Italy @ Magnolia
7/05 Antwerp, Belgium @ Rivierenhof
7/07 Helsinki, Finland @ Tavastia Club
7/08 Stockholm, Sweden @ Gota Kallare
7/09 Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller Music Hall

Like me, you very well might have a video cassette of 1991: The Year Punk Broke rotting away in storage next to a copy of Hype! in the basement of your parents’ house. Well, you can finally upgrade: the documentary — which followed Sonic Youth and Nirvana on tour in Europe in 1991 — is coming to DVD.

Slicing Up Eyeballs reports that the special 20th anniversary edition will feature 42 minutes of bonus performances and other off-stage material. The DVD, which also features footage of Dinosaur Jr., Ramones, Babes in Toyland and Gumball, will be released sometime this fall on Universal Music. It will feature commentary by the film’s director, Dave Markey, and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, as well as rough edits and a photo slideshow.

Also included will be a new 42-minute “bonus movie” called (This is Known As) The Blues Scale, featuring previously unreleased Sonic Youth and Nirvana performances and “plenty of revelatory and rockin’ (and hilarious) never-before-seen off-stage and on-stage material.”

Then again, after watching a few clips on Youtube, I am suddenly wondering if I really give a shit about this.

(Sub Pop Records, 2013 Fourth Avenue, Third Floor, Seattle, WA 98121)

Dinosaur Jr. will be doing a brief summer tour, hitting up the East Coast and London, and will be performing their 1988  album Bug in its entirety. They will be supported by Thurston Moore, Fucked Up, and Off!,  as well as Henry Rollins providing a spoken word performance and interviewing Dinosaur Jr. They will be joined by The Flaming Lips and Deerhoof in London.

For more information, visit the Dinosaur Jr. website.

Dinosaur Jr. on Tour
6/21 Northampton, MA @ Calvin Theatre  (with Thurston Moore, Henry Rollins spoken word)
6/22 Boston, MA @ The Paradise (with Off!, Henry Rollins interviewing)
6/23 New York, NY @ Terminal 5 (with Fucked Up, Off!, Henry Rollins interviewing)
6/24 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory (with Off!, Henry Rollins interviewing)
6/25 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club (with Off!, Henry Rollins interviewing)
7/01 London, England @ Alexandra Palace (with Flaming Lips and Deerhoof)

Sebadoh on Tour
3/23 New Haven, CT @ Daniel St.
3/24 Boston, MA @ Paradise
3/25 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas
3/26 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
3/27 Carrboro, NC @ Cats Cradle
3/28 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
3/29 Orlando, FL @ The Social
3/31 Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree
4/01 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
4/02 St Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
4/03 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
4/04 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
4/06 Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
4/07 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
4/08 Northampton, MA @ Pearl St
4/09 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
4/10 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

Bakesale Tracklisting:
Disc 1 (original album):
01. License to Confuse
02. Careful
03. Magnet’s Coil
04. Not a Friend
05. Not Too Amused
06. Dreams
07. Skull
08. Got It
09. S. Soup
10. Give Up
11. Rebound
12. Mystery Man
13. Temptation Tide
14. Drama Mine
15. Together or Alone

Disc 2 (bonus tracks):
01. MOR Backlash
02. Not a Friend (four-track)
03. Foreground
04. 40203
05. Mystery Man (four-track)
06. Drumstick Jumble
07. Lime Kiln
08. Fancy-Ass / Destitute
09. Perfect Way (four-track)
10. Give the Drummer Some
11. Cementville
12. Social Medicine
13. On Fire (acoustic)
14. Magnet’s Coil (acoustic)
15. Rebound (acoustic)
16. Punching Myself in the Face Repeatedly, Publicly
17. Sing Something / Plate of Hatred
18. III Screams (Wet Synth Mix)
19. Monsoon
20. Rainbow Farm
21. Hank Williams
22. Careful
23. Dramamine
24. Not Too Amused
25. Shit Soup

J. Mascis on Tour
3/10 Ithaca, NY @ Castaways*
3/11 Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall
3/22 Brattleboro, VT @ Headroom Stages
3/23 Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live*
3/24 New York, NY @ The Mercury Lounge*
3/25 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg*
3/26 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall*
3/30 Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop*
3/31 Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig*
4/1 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean*
4/2 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry*
4/7 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl*
4/8 Athens, GA @ The Melting Point*
4/9 Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle*
4/10 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle*
4/29 Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern**
4/30 Portland, OR @ Dante’s **
5/3 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place**
5/4 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent**
5/5 Long Beach, CA @ Alex’s Bar**
5/6 Echo Park, CA @ Echo**
5/7 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah **

*with Kurt Vile and the Violators
** with Black Heart Procession

Here’s a video of Mascis performing “Not You Again” solo, followed by the tracklisting of the forthcoming record.

Several Shades of Why:

1. Listen to Me
2. Several Shades of Why
3. Not Enough
4. Very Nervous and Love
5. Is It Done
6. Make It Right
7. Where Are You
8. Too Deep
9. Can I
10. What Happened

Sandwiched between two five-song solo acoustic mini-sets, Lou and the Missingmen — Raul Morales (drums) and Tom Watson (bass, guitar) — delivered a full throttle set of new songs from Barlow’s recent self-releases.  The new songs have an explosive immediacy that, combined with Barlow’s infectious pop hooks, make the last 10 years of relative stasis/self-parody disappear amidst swirls of glorious distortion.  Lou has a variety of effects pedals that he manipulates with the sure-footed skill of a veteran church organist.  The pedal rig itself looks like something from the deck of the USS Enterprise.

Lou prefaced the show with an apology:  “Half of our gear is broken.  This guitar usually has a much richer tone.” Before he even played a note, as if on cue, his microphone fell from his acoustic (thus would begin an the evening’s theme, that included Lou’s glasses falling off repeatedly mid-thrash).  “Does anyone have any tape?” he pleaded with the audience.   Jenn Wasner, from opener Wye Oak, came and performed a quick on-stage fix.  This was the first date of their tour together, and Wye Oak hung out for the entirety of Lou’s set — a sure sign of respect.

Lou began with acoustic versions of classics like “Magnet’s Coil” and “The Freed Pig.”  He concluded the set likewise, playing solo acoustic versions of his more recognizable tunes, including a heartfelt rendering of “Soul and Fire” on ukulele, muttering classic ‘tween-song Lou-isms like: “All of a sudden I feel depressed.” At one point late in the set, most likely as an observation regarding the maturity of his audience, which was reverently silent for his acoustic numbers, Lou remarked:  “If you have kids, what are you doing here?  I don’t go to shows anymore unless I’m playing at them, so it means so much to me that you’re here.”  Lou’s self-deprecatory sense of humor was on display all night: “I have a reputation for being oversensitive” — no kidding.  But sideman Tom Watson probably got in the night’s best line:  “Next time we’ll have a setlist.  You won’t like it as much.”  Lou ended the night with Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock‘s “Vampire ” and “Brand New Love,” sending all of us new and soon-to-be parents home happy.  It can sometimes be easy to dismiss our idols once we’ve moved on to newer, shinier obsessions, but Lou Barlow proved tonight that his music is still relevant and his voice still resonates.

Baltimore-based duo and Merge Records stablemates, Wye Oak, opened the show with a blistering set of recent and new songs, including set highlights “That I Do” and “For Prayer” from their critically acclaimed second album The Knot.  Wye Oak has an interesting dynamic.  They look like latchkey kids that might practice in your neighbor’s garage, but their sound is immense.  It’s all the more impressive knowing it’s made by only two people.

Lead vocalist/guitarist Jenn Wasner has a gorgeously textured voice that occasionally affects a country twang reminiscent of the high lonesome tones of alt-country chanteuses Neko Case and The Cowboy Junkies’ Margo Michael as well as cross-town rival Victoria Legrand (of Beach House), and that’s meant in the most complimentary terms possible.  She also has a dry wit and deadpan delivery:  “This is the best town we’ve ever played in…whose name begins with ‘Milf.’”

Speaking with Wasner at the merch table after the show, she mentioned the new album has already been tracked and will be mixed at the conclusion of this tour, which means we have another dose of incendiary indie rock on the horizon.  Also, unlike their previous albums, all indications from Jenn hint that their upcoming album will be released on vinyl in addition to CD and digital formats.

Described by the band as “an almost live representation of the Lou Barlow + the missingmen live show,” the band’s new digital EP = Sentridoh III (Merge Records) is another step forward for Lou Barlow, and his first release with new backing band the missingmen (guitarist Tom Watson and drummer Raul Morales). With new cuts, rocking reworks of songs from Lou’s Merge debut Emoh and his latest solo record Goodnight Unknown, as well as a hauntingly beautiful cover of Skip James’s “I’m So Glad,” = Sentridoh III is a must-have testament to this remarkable partnership.

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Lou Barlow on Tour
6/10 San Diego, CA The Casbah
6/11 Tucson, AZ Plush
6/12 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Brewing Co.
6/14 Austin, TX Mohawk
6/15 Dallas, TX The Loft
6/16 Norman, OK Opolis
6/17 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
6/18 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
6/19 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
6/21 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
6/22 Vancouver, BC Media Club
6/23 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
6/25 San Francisco, CA Cafe Du Nord
6/26 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg Theater