Guardian Music — Mixing New York scuzz and west coast shimmer, this washed-out J Mascis purveys wondrous chill-grungeHometown: Jacksonville, Florida.The lineup: Uno Yu-No (music, production).The background: What's that over there? Is it a boy? Is it a band? No, it's ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Record Store Day is April 16, 2011We at Sub Pop Records will be very thoroughly celebrating Record Store Day this year, with a number of releases and events across the country very nearly beyond our meager ability to count. We’ll have limited-edit... more info

Stereogum — “Sara,” from J Mascis pal Chad VanGaalen’s fourth full-length album Diaper Island, opens with a pretty whistle then turns into a bit of a winsome lover’s sigh. The collection’s the first the Calgary hero’s done in his new home studio, Yok... more info

Totally Fuzzy — To make up for the error with the Ellie Goulding snippets of my previous post here's a real full album stream... and of a great album by the way. J Mascis (born Joseph Donald Mascis on December 10, 1965) is an American musician, best-known as t... more info

Impose Magazine — On the second night of two sold-out shows, J Mascis and Kurt Vile and The Violators brought a solid set of masterful guitar rock to Music Hall of Williamsburg, March 25. Kurt Vile opened with a set pulled heavily from his acclaimed album Smoke Ring F... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplanes b-sides EP (ZIP) Chad VanGaalen (photo by Jared Sych) Chad VanGaalen, whose recent work includes making J Mascis's new video for "Not Enough," is welcoming a new LP, Diaper Island, on May 17th, via... more info

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

Altsounds — It's all but inconceivable that *J Mascis* requires an introduction. In the quarter-century since he founded *Dinosaur (Jr.)*, Mascis has created some of the era's signature songs, albums and styles. As a skier, golfer, songwriter, skateboarder, reco... more info

Culture Bully — New music video for "Not Enough" by J Mascis, featuring artwork by his Sub Pop labelmate, Chad VanGaalen. more info

Stereogum — SXSW 2011 came and went — we have the portraits to prove it — but it doesn’t mean those days in Austin aren’t still spitting out worthwhile mementos… Like Fred Armisen before him, Ted Leo interviewed a bunch of folks while he was down in Au... more info