J Mascis

Dinosaur Jr. wrapped up their two-night stay at Irving Plaza (pics, setlist, review)

Dinosaur Jr. wrapped up their two-night BV-presented stint at Irving Plaza last night (12/1) and delivered the packed-but-comfortable house a career-spanning onslaught of sonic riffery so dense you felt like you could reach out and touch the noise…

watch J Mascis shred and talk guitar in new 'Ernie Ball: String Theory' episode

The video dives into how J started playing guitar, why he uses Ernie Ball strings, and how soloing is his main form of musical expression today. It also features several clips of him shredding.

J. Mascis shares Elliott Smith cover from 'Say Yes!' tribute (listen), contributing to Howard Stern's 'Revolver' tribute too

It’s a typically Mascisian take on Smith’s “Waltz #2 (XO)”.” As for the Beatles ‘Revolver’ tribute, that will air on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show this week.

Band of Horses streaming 3 tracks off 'Why Are You OK,' playing acoustic Rough Trade NYC show on Monday

Band of Horses will release their new album Why Are You OK, which was produced by Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle, on June 10 via Interscope. They’ve already released the singles “In A Drawer” (ft. J Mascis) and “Casual Party,” and today they put out a third, “Whatever, Whenever”…

Dinosaur Jr announce new album 'Give A Glipse Of What Yer Not'

Actually, Henry Rollins announces the new Dinosaur Jr album, ‘Give A Glipse Of What Yer Not,’ for them. Watch him do so in a new video.

Indie Rock musicians turned TV stars (a list!)

From Death By Audio to Home Box Office, from ‘Gilmore Girls’ to ‘Game of Thrones,’ here are some indie rock musicians who showed up in popular TV shows.

Bowie tribute @ Radio City Music Hall: Blondie, Pixies, Michael Stipe, Amanda Palmer, more (pics / setlist / video)

After starting at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, the second of the “Music of David Bowie” tribute concerts moved to the much bigger digs of Radio City Music Hall on Friday (4/1).

pics: David Bowie Tribute @ Carnegie Hall (Michael Stipe, Flaming Lips, Debbie Harry, Robyn Hitchcock, Pixies & more)

Last night’s fun David Bowie tribute at Carnegie Hall featured performances by The Flaming Lips, Cat Power, Heart’s Ann Wilson, Robyn Hitchcock, Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz, Michael Stipe, Jakob Dylan, The Mountain Goats, and many, many more.

Flaming Lips, Michael Stipe, Pixies, Cat Power & more paid tribute to David Bowie at Carnegie Hall (pics / review / setlist)

The first of two David Bowie tribute benefit concerts happened at Carnegie Hall on Thursday night.

J Mascis, Patti Smith & more added to this week's big David Bowie tributes; Radio City show will be streamed live

Those already star-studded David Bowie tributes at  Carnegie Hall and Radio City happening this week have added even more artists to their lineups. Thursday’s show at Carnegie (3/31) now features Patti Smith and Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello, while Friday’s Radio City show (4/1) has added Esperanza Spalding, Ron Pope and TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone. J. Mascis, meanwhile, has […]
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