Brooklyn Vegan — Following J Mascis's current solo tour, Dinosaur Jr will hit the road for a select group of East Coast dates in June. These won't be your average Dinosaur Jr. shows though because.... like they're doing for ATP in London... more info

Guardian Music — Guardian music writer Paul Lester is on the verge of writing his 1000th New Band profile for the music site. That's a lot of new bands to write about. He joins Alexis Petridis and Tim Jonze to run through the highs and lows of a weekly series that's ... more info

MVSW — J Mascis ~ “Not Enough“(mp3 via subpop) I’ve been a fan of J Mascis since back in the Dinosaur Jr. days, so I was pretty stoked to catch the new video for “Not Enough”. Definitely check out Mascis‘ new solo album, Several Shades of Why, o... more info

Guardian Music — Last week's SXSW festival was full of terrible band names – about 173 of which used the words 'crystal', 'wolf' or 'kids'. Why? And how can bands make their names better?How come so many bands at this year's SXSW festival had such awful names? Jess... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Though it has made inroads in recent years, SXSW remains a heavily indie rock-centric festival. It's the sort of place where you can overhear people speaking about Dinosaur Jr. as if they were T-Rex. But while rap music has become... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Sony BMG / 2006 (Pitchfork 8.4/10)Danish quartet Mew's dense and occasionally difficult And the Glass Handed Kites is old-fashioned only in the sense that it's meant to be eaten in a single sitting. This is not a single-driven record — though "Spec... more info

Guardian Music — The Dinosaur Jr axe-grinder has inspired two generations of guitarists. But now he's turning down the volume, who else should we be listening to? NB There all in Spotify for you hereIt's not easy to coax ageing rock musicians out of their comfort zon... more info

Impose Magazine — After erupting onto the indie blogosphere with their self-released debut Why There Are Mountains, Cymbals Eat Guitars toured for nearly two years riding the molten wave around the world. Coming back to build pressure for their second album, they've ... more info

Altsounds — Dinosaur Jr frontman J Mascis has a great new solo LP out soon on Sub Pop (hear a track here (http://pitchfork.com/news/41513-listen-new-j-mascis-is-it-done/)) and ATP Concerts have just confirmed an intimate solo show from him at London's Cargo. Tic... more info

Guardian Music — (Pharmacy/Mercury)Be wary of approaching Yuck expecting novelty: their debut album is derivative enough to keep a whole floor of derivatives traders in work for years. But given that it's 20 years since their sources – the pre-grunge guitar rock o... more info