Dinosaur Jr have announced a slew of tour dates in support of the new album “Farm” John Agnello just finished mixing in J’s Bisqueteen studio in Amherst, MA. An added bonus for those lucky enough to make it out to a show is a free 7″ or digital download with an interview and two songs that were recording live in the studio for Pitchfork.tv. A new track titled “I Don’t Wanna Go There” and the classic track “Tarpit”.
The new album will be released on the Jagjaguwar label.
Amma is a humanitarian and spiritual leader who has dedicated her life to uplifting suffering humanity through her embrace, which she offers to all regardless of caste, creed or religion. In the past 30 years she has hugged more than 24 million people throughout the world.
Amma has also started a vast range of humanitarian projects, including orphanages, charitable hospitals and free homes for the homeless. All the proceeds of Mascis’ CD go towards this cause. For information about Amma visit www.amma.org.
The CD finds Mascis both on electric and acoustic guitar, playing original devotional songs, including “Help Me, Amma,” “Amma What Now?,” “Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu,” “Please Remember That I’m Here” and “Take Me Home.” Read the rest of this entry »
An all-star tribute show for Melissa Rich Mulcahy will include a short set by Dinosaur Jr although advertised just as J Mascis in the show info.
On Friday, November 14th, at 7:30PM, local Pioneer Valley musicians will be hosting An Evening of Music in Memory of Melissa Rich Mulcahy, who died unexpectedly on September 13th. She was a dear friend to many musicians in the community and an avid supporter of their endeavors. The concert, to be held at the Northampton Center for the Arts in downtown Northampton, is an opportunity to celebrate her tremendous spirit and her love of music. All proceeds from the event will go directly to her family.
Called simply “J Mascis, Black Angels, Dandy Warhols,” the track, described by Dandys’ frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor as a “prog-rock school fight song,” is a dark, driving piece, anchored by Dandys’ drummer Brent DeBoer and the tom-heavy beat, and Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis, who forgoes his usual guitar for a high-fretted bass.
Vocals — provided by Zia McCabe, Brent, and Brian Coates — though sparse, are powerful and effective. The single syllables, the distant shouts, become part of the swirling landscape. Indeed, the music conveys both the individual contribution of the players and the integrity of the whole piece, a 5-minute long depiction of grunge-fueled psychedelia.
The sessions with J Mascis and the Black Angels, recorded on different days at the Dandy Warhols’ Odditorium, were filmed and compiled into an episode, which helps to trace and explain the progress of the first track, and is now playing on the Breathe Easy MySpace site.
100% of profits will go to the Three Rivers Land Conservancy, a non-profit organization that works to conserve and preserve land by the Clackamas, Tualatin, and lower Willamette Rivers against urbanization. Through the purchases of these songs, along with and corporate contributions, the initial goal is to save 10,000 acres of Oregon’s natural habitat. All songs will be available for purchase on the Breathe Easy MySpace site.
(PR) The first song from the 