Guardian Music — A Vancounver-based blogger writes about 'a life in love with music'Who are you and what's your blog called?I'm Mikala Taylor and my site's called BackstageRider.Where are you based?Vancouver, Canada but I have a lot of readers in the US and the UK.De... more info

Guardian Music — Koko, LondonNow that every MacBook is an Abbey Road studio you can destroy with one fumbled Frappuccino, it can seem as though 87% of Americans have become frazzled troubadours knocking out no-fi fuzz-folk albums in the hope of bagging the ultimate U... more info

Guardian Music — Each week we invite a reader to tell us about the songs they've been listening to recentlyEach week we'll be inviting a reader to share with us a playlist of songs they've been listening to recently. This week it's Thomas Doyle. If you like the cut o... more info

Guardian Music — Our indie professor is so indie she signed up for a holiday on a boat with Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh and Weezer. And she's such a professor, she wrote an end-of-term report about it ...One of the things I love about a destination festival is that it takes... more info

Guardian Music — It's easy to assume Kacey Underwood and Alice Costelloe are a couple, such is the implied intimacy of their debut albumHometown: London.The lineup: Kacey Underwood (guitar, vocals) and Alice Costelloe (vocals, guitar).The background: Another day, ano... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Mikael Wood reviews the soundtrack to Jason Reitman's new film, "Young Adult," which stars Charlize Theron. The soundtrack is full of low-effect alt-rock acts such as Teenage Fanclub, the Lemonheads and Dinosaur Jr.. Listening to these songs one aft... more info

NME - Radar — Much has been made of Milk Music's SST-influence since they appeared out of nowhere in August last year. But if anything, I think the Dinosaur Jr references are even stronger in today's tip, the Amhurst, MA based Californiax. It's super-early days f... more info

Stereogum — If you happen to own a Fender Jazzmaster and a Big Muff distortion pedal, odds are Dinosaur Jr. rank high in your music collection. Touring in support of their 1988 fuzz bomb masterpiece Bug, Dinosaur Jr. were interviewed by fellow SST records labelm... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Dinosaur Jr. is reissuing its first three albums as the "Cassette Trilogy." The Amherst, Mass., indie rock band Dinosaur Jr. is the latest contributor to the nascent revival of the audiocassette tape format. more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, Dinosaur Jr. main man J Mascis released Several Shades Of Why, a solo album full of gorgeously weary acoustic shreddage. “I’ve Been Thinking,” the song we’ve got up for download below, would fit perfectly on that album, but... more info