Brooklyn Vegan — Kurt Vile & J Mascis in Northampton (photo via Michael Keddy) Kurt Vile began his current tour in New Haven, CT on Wednesday (2/17) and landed in Northampton, MA for a show at Pearl Street Nightclub last night (2/18). To... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Philadelphia ear-bleeders Purling Hiss release the Something EP this Friday (2/19) via Famous Class. This is Something different, with Mike Polizze recording alone and in poppier mode than regular listeners might be used to. These song... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Three Lobed Recordings is releasing a five-album set this week called Parallelogram. Each album is a different split between two artists, and "each LP will be housed within its own letter pressed 'matchbook' bearing new original artw... more info

Stereogum — North Carolina-based Three Lobed Recordings have made a name for themselves on ambitious projects, and this next one might just be their most exciting yet: Parallelograms is a 5-LP collection centered around new songs split between complementary musi... more info

Stereogum — Last night, underground rock legends Dinosaur Jr. wrapped up a seven-night stand at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. They’ve had big surprise guests at every one of those shows. But last night, for the end-of-week blowout, they had all the surprise gu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Greg Cristman Dinosaur Jr at Bowery Ballroom, with Lee Ranaldo - 12/7/15 Kurt Vile has been in NYC to guest at more than one of the seven Dinosaur Jr shows, including the finale last night (12/9). Before last... more info

Stereogum — All week, Dinosaur Jr. have been playing every night at New York’s Bowery Ballroom and welcoming a parade of special guests to the stage. One of those guests is kindred spirit Kurt Vile, who’s shown up a couple of times. And last night, the same ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Dinosaur Jr. w/ Negative Approach, Kevin Shields & Kim Gordon @ Bowery Ballroom 12/9/2015 (via @emilysarahg) Dinosaur Jr. played their final of seven 30th Anniversary shows on Wednesday (12/9) at Bowery Ballroom, playing their debut al... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Dinosaur Jr. with Kevin Shields / Sharon Van Etten / Kurt Vile / Mike Watt Dinosaur Jr. pulled out some big guns for their penultimate show of their seven-night 30th anniversary run at Bowery Ballroom. Most notably:... more info

Stereogum — Dinosaur Jr. just kicked off a seven-night run of shows at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom in celebration of the 30th anniversary of their debut album, Dinosaur. Every night, they’re playing Dinosaur in its entirety plus an entire second setlist of career-... more info