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(Scene and Heard) Dinosaur Jr. at Terminal 5

5092 days ago
Impose Magazine — Dinosaur Jr. celebrated the 25th anniversary of their album You're Living All Over Me with many guest stars at New York's Terminal 5 on Saturday, December 1st. Special guests included Lee Ranaldo and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, The Smiths'... more info

Variety Lights made a new video (watch it); playing live (dates)

5208 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Former Mercury Rev frontman David Baker is bringing his musical project Variety Lights on the road for a few dates this month, including two in NYC: August 22 at Mercury Lounge with The Eastern Sea and Your... more info

Opossom: Electric Hawaii – review

5213 days ago
Guardian Music — (Fire)Once frontman of combustible New Zealand noise-pop outfit the Mint Chicks, Kody Nielson has embarked on a solo career as Opossom. The result is upbeat psychedelia that references the Beach Boys and Flaming Lips without ever sounding derivative.... more info

Central FlowVariety Lights

5273 days ago
Impose Magazine — David Baker was a founding member of, and frontman for, the quasi-legendary Mercury Rev, and while he only appeared on their first two albums, Yerself is Steam and Boces, those two underground post-modern masterpieces were so significant and ground-b... more info

The records shops that shaped our lives

5324 days ago
Guardian Music — They were tiny, tatty – and terrific. For Record Store Day on Saturday, our pop writers remember the shops where they first fell in love with musicFreewheelin' in Nottingham It was the place where I first heard Bob Dylan, in the late summer of 1963... more info

Readers recommend: songs about speed – results

5334 days ago
Guardian Music — From racing with the devil to a goddess on a highway, this week's playlist leaves others eating dirt. Scream if you want to go faster …And they're off! Last week I asked you for suggestions of songs about velocity – and the nominations came thick... more info

Former Mercury Rev singer forms new band Variety Lights

5368 days ago
Guardian Music — David Baker, who split with band in 1993, announces he will release new material with synth player Will MacLeanDavid Baker, the original singer of Mercury Rev, has announced his first album in 18 years. Almost 20 years after being sacked from his ori... more info

check out Variety Lights (new project from original Mercury Rev frontman David Baker) ---- (song premiere)

5372 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis I remember getting Mercury Rev's Yerself is Steam, putting it in my CD player and thinking, "My speakers are busted." But then I came to realize this was just how the music was recorded: loud and fucked... more info

My Best Fiend (No 1,204)

5390 days ago
Guardian Music — A new Warp signing! But don't expect another Aphex Twin – this is guitar music of a hazy, heavenly kindHometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Frederick Coldwell (vocals, instruments), Kris Lindblade (vocals, instruments), Joe Noll (drums), Paul Jenkins (ke... more info

Mercury Rev: Deserter's Songs – review

5446 days ago
Guardian Music — (V2)You don't need to know a thing about Mercury Rev to appreciate what a wracked place the band was in when it recorded its 1998 masterpiece, Deserter's Songs. Almost every note communicates emotional fragility and nostalgia for lost love, lost yout... more info

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