Brooklyn Vegan — this is one of the five show flyers... Converse is moving into Boston and throwing some killer free shows to celebrate:Converse Rubber Tracks Live Boston, a free five-night event set to take over the Sinclair, a club in Harvard Square.... more info

Stereogum — There are lots of reasons to be suspicious of corporate-sponsored music events, but if a shoe company was bringing the Replacements and Dinosaur Jr. to your hometown for a free show, you’d still try to go, right? Later this month, Converse will spe... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Dinosaur Jr at 4Knots 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) TIckets for the Primus and Dinosaur Jr shows at NJ's Stone Pony Summer Stage and NYC's JBL Live at Pier 97 go on BrooklynVegan presale at 10 AM. Password =... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Longing for the days of Lollapalooza 1993 or bummed that you missed out on them? Primus and Dinosaur Jr have you covered. The alt/funk metallers and the guitar-soloing indie rockers are heading out on a tour together this summer.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Cambridge, MA indie rockers Sweet John Bloom (ex-Daniel Striped Tiger, Four Eyes, Lost Twin) have a sound that recalls Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr or your late '80s / early '90s band of choice. But while they may wear... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo by Noel Conrad Philly shoegazers Creepoid first caught our ears with last year's self-titled sophomore LP on No Idea, and cemented that interest even further when we caught them opening for Dinosaur Jr. Now they've signed... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis London quartet Evans the Death will release their second album, Expect Delays, on March 10 via Slumberland / Fortuna Pop. Musically, the band's overdriven pop squall is not unlike early Ride, Pale Saints or Dinosaur Jr, but... more info

Stereogum — Back in 2013, Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis released a solo cover of Mazzy Star’s 1993 soft-focus torch-song classic “Fade Into You“; it was a limited-edition 7″ that came with Mascis’ personalized sneakers, so don’t feel bad if you miss... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — There are two teams playing in the Superbowl...let's not forget the east coast rival, the New England Patriots. Here are the 11 Best New England Bands: Boston Aerosmith The Cars The Pixies J. Geils Band Dinosaur Jr. Dispatch MGMT Passi... more info

Stereogum — The Massachusetts punk rock longhairs in California X clearly grew up listening to Dinosaur Jr.; as with that band, their music blurs boundaries between basement-punk fuzz-grit and classic-rock guitar heroics. The band’s sophomore album Nights In T... more info