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 Post subject: Dinosaur Jr | I Bet On Sky [18 September]
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Dinosaur Jr. Will Deliver Plentiful Shredding on Late Summer LP

Outside the Mascis family home in Amherst, Massachusetts, Lou Barlow rests his head on his steering wheel, focused on a song that's forcing his small grey pick-up to shiver and shudder. He's currently hearing the latest mix of "Rude," a growler he's added to the family of 13 that he and his Dinosaur Jr. bandmates are hearing back in full for the first time since tracking for their forthcoming full-length began in early February. And as Barlow comes plodding into the kitchen through a side door moments later, he proffers some simple feedback for producer John Agnello: "More grinding" on the guitar sound. "So you'd like more attitude on the guitar then?" Agnello asks. "Nah," Barlow says. "Just more grinding. Alongside the bass."

The indie rock lifers' third still-untitled full-length since reuniting for 2006's (due tentatively via Jagjaguwar in late August) is, according to Agnello, coming together at pace. "These are three-month records, on and off," he says, of the band's post-reunion output. "And this song," he says, while cranking the volume for Barlow and drummer Murph in the skylit studio upstairs, "is so goddamned catchy you should have seen me and my 6-year-old doing a little dance to it at home."

Spiked with a layer of keys, it's a fleet-footed cousin to the vocal-less, locomotive cut guitarist J Mascis — SPIN's 5th best guitarist of all time — is listening to on repeat at a stereo downstairs, his eyes cast forward. Its "working title," Mascis purrs, is "Downtown" and it's as muscular as one might expect. For the past week, Mascis has been fighting the flu while working on guitar overdubs in isolation, pasting leads and solos to what sounds to be another remarkable addition to a catalogue that only seems to grow stronger. Today marks the first time they're all listening back together. "Shredding," Agnello bleeps, as he cues up an updated mix of "Rude" for Barlow and Murph, replete with more grinding on said solos. "Shredding. This is a shred affront."


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 Post subject: Re: Dinosaur Jr | New Album [2012]
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 Post subject: Re: Dinosaur Jr | New Album [2012]
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I've never heard Dinosaur Jr. Where shall I start?


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 Post subject: Re: Dinosaur Jr | New Album [2012]
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 Post subject: Re: Dinosaur Jr | New Album [2012]
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Harmless wrote:
I've never heard Dinosaur Jr. Where shall I start?

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I actually wouldn't think 2007's Beyond would be a bad place to start, the first of their albums after their mid-2000s reunion. Other than that, You're Living All Over Me from 1987 and Bug from 1988 are the stone-cold Dino Jr classics that every home should not be without.


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 Post subject: Re: Dinosaur Jr | New Album [2012]
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spenno wrote:
Harmless wrote:
I've never heard Dinosaur Jr. Where shall I start?

Maaan.

I actually wouldn't think 2007's Beyond would be a bad place to start, the first of their albums after their mid-2000s reunion. Other than that, You're Living All Over Me from 1987 and Bug from 1988 are the stone-cold Dino Jr classics that every home should not be without.


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 Post subject: Re: Dinosaur Jr | New Album [2012]
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I thought Farm was pretty strong but I hope they don't brickwall the hell out of this new one. Great news though!


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 Post subject: Re: Dinosaur Jr | New Album [2012]
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Harmless wrote:
spenno wrote:
Harmless wrote:
I've never heard Dinosaur Jr. Where shall I start?

Maaan.

I actually wouldn't think 2007's Beyond would be a bad place to start, the first of their albums after their mid-2000s reunion. Other than that, You're Living All Over Me from 1987 and Bug from 1988 are the stone-cold Dino Jr classics that every home should not be without.


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He's right about ou're Living All Over Me and Bug. They're classics. The only reason I hesitate to start there, is the production. It's atrocious and has turned people off that I thought would like them. Green Mind suffers a bit here, too. Not as bad though.

Where You Been thru Farm are kinda similar in overall aesthetic, to me. None of these are a bad place to start. Also, Hand It Over is underrated.


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 Post subject: Re: Dinosaur Jr | New Album [2012]
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Where You Been and Green Mind are where I would point a newbie.


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 Post subject: Re: Dinosaur Jr | New Album [2012]
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Where You Been is nutso and has their best songs. Go with that one.


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Definitely start with Where You Been?

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 Post subject: Re: Dinosaur Jr | New Album [2012]
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I think most of their stuff after Bug is pretty dull (yes, including Where You Been). That first reunion record (Beyond) was really strong but I couldn't get into the most recent one.


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 Post subject: Re: Dinosaur Jr | New Album [2012]
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I think Farm's the stronger album overall, but Beyond has tracks like Almost Ready and Back to Your Heart... the gems, y'know?

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Back To Your Heart is top ten where this band is concerned.


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I reckon you can't go past the Ear-Bleedin' Country compilation to start off with. It covers the original line up, the major label stuff and even J with the Fog. I've been listening to Farm and Beyond quite a bit more than the early records over the last couple of years. They're both excellent.


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01 Don't Pretend You Didn't Know
02 Watch the Corners
03 Almost Fare
04 Stick a Toe In
05 Rude
06 I Know It Oh So Well
07 Pierce the Morning Rain
08 What Was That
09 Recognition
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 Post subject: Re: Dinosaur Jr | I Bet On Sky [18 September]
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 Post subject: Re: Dinosaur Jr | New Album [2012]
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I reckon you can't go past the Ear-Bleedin' Country compilation to start off with. It covers the original line up, the major label stuff and even J with the Fog. I've been listening to Farm and Beyond quite a bit more than the early records over the last couple of years. They're both excellent.

To my ears J's solo album Free so Free is REALLY good an worth checkign out if you havent


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I know I'll like these songs, I just hope it has better production values than Farm.


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 Post subject: Re: Dinosaur Jr | I Bet On Sky [18 September]
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The only Dinosaur Jr. album I own is "Farm". I like it a lot. Which should I get next

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