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Halifax VFest Feels "Alternative" Like The '90s

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) July 6, 2009 1:45 pm
It wouldn't be summer without a muddy festival on Citadel Hill. This past weekend Halifax hosted the inaugural Virgin Festival Nova Scotia, free of charge due to The Tragically Hip's last minute cancellation. Virgin headquarters sent out notice less than 24 hours before the show, which stated there was an unforeseeable family emergency that...
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Dinosaur Jr. — Farm

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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) June 26, 2009 2:40 pm
Considering J Mascis and Lou Barlow were allegedly sworn enemies for well over a decade, they sure are making up for lost time with the regurgitated Dinosaur Jr. Now a few years into their reunion, Dinosaur have unleashed another slab of guitar-heavy heaviness with Farm, their second album post-coalescent. Dinosaur Jr. have always been beyond...
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Dinosaur Jr. Melt Eardrums

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By Matt Littlefairq (CHARTattack) June 12, 2007 3:00 pm
Normally the NXNE weekend is a bit of a crapshoot, and the ratio of absolute shit to really good is decidedly unbalanced, but last Friday was different. Everything I saw exceeded any expectations I might've had coming in. Starting with Uncut, followed by the fully reformed Dinosaur Jr. and ending with bands who have nothing to do with this...
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Dinosaur Jr. — Live In The Middle East

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By Evan Dickson (CHARTattack) May 29, 2007 10:30 am
Live In The Middle East captures a bare-bones medium venue rock show recorded in high colour saturation, just in case you couldn't get any magic mushrooms. Classic choonz and hot Mascis guitar licks will scratch your Dino Jr. itch, should you have one. However, the mashed-up live sound and hack 'n' slash editing get boring as the show goes on....
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Dinosaur Jr. — Beyond

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) May 8, 2007 3:27 pm
Beyond is the first studio album featuring the original Dinosaur Jr. lineup since 1988's Bug, but J. Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph seem to have easily slipped into a familiar groove. Opener "Almost Ready" makes it sound like they've been playing together for years, and ranks among their best songs ever. Mascis' voice is unmistakable, and...
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Dinosaur Jr. — You’re Living All Over Me

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By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) March 22, 2005 12:09 pm
For hipster kids in the late ‘80s —especially those who couldn’t relate to R.E.M. —Dinosaur Jr.’s indie noise rock was the shit, through today’s new indie youth are probably unaware of just how influential Dinosaur Jr. were. With Merge re-releasing the band’s first three discs, fans old and new can take a distortion soaked indie rock history...
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CHARTattack PRESENTS | Fifteen Noisy, Messy Songs

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By Dan Busheikin (CHARTattack) January 17, 2012 11:59 am
Feeling sluggish this morning? Same. But we've put together a little pick-me-up for you. Today we salute those artists who can make something beautiful out of dirty, messy noise. Noisy music has a sort of inherit spirituality: While angels up in heaven are plucking away at their tiny angel harps, us miserable humans are stuck on Earth, maxing out...
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I Read The News Today... For April 5, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 5, 2011 3:09 pm
Dinosaur Jr. are playing their 1988 Bug album in entirety early this summer. And OMG! Fucked Up will join them at the New York date. —Pitchfork Bedouin Soundclash have released a special single called "Here I Am Featuring The Saint James Music Academy" today through iTunes. It was recorded in September and proceeds from the single will go towards...
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I Read The News Today... For March 25, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 25, 2011 2:44 pm
The original Crystal Castles Atari Teenage Riot have released a new single for fans of BLEEEEPPPP BLIPPPP BOOOOOOP. Don't Radiohead know no one reads newspapers anymore? —radiohead.com A member of Jamiroquai's stage crew fell 50 feet to his death from a gantry while setting up for a gig in Lyon, France, prompting the band to cancel their show in...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 8, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 8, 2010 3:38 pm
Lily Allen is back in hospital and is being treated for blood poisoning. Allen miscarried her second baby last week and is said to be getting better with treatment. —Sky News Marilyn Manson's signed with Cooking Vinyl, which will release his upcoming new album on his own Hell, etc. imprint sometime next year. Bizarrely, it's supposed to be a punk...
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Dinosaur Jr. Prove Why They're Still Relevant

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) January 22, 2010 6:03 pm
I don't know what it is, but I'm always a magnet for chatty drunks. I was hanging out by the bar in between bands on Thursday when a guy struck up a conversation with me about the evening's headliners, Dinosaur Jr. A 34-year old, out-of-work construction worker, he had seen them at least 10 times. He went on to tell me about one particular...
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Dinosaur Jr. Playing Free Show At Toronto Record Store

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By Valentina D'Aliesio (CHARTattack) January 20, 2010 2:41 pm
You could see one of the most influential alternative bands in a very intimate setting. And all you have to do is give up a can of food or any other non-perishable food item. Dinosaur Jr. will play an in-store show at Toronto's Sonic Boom on Thursday (Jan. 21) at 6:30 p.m. A non-perishable food item will gain you entry into the gig. Sounds like...
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Dinosaur Jr. + Witch + Cobra Verde = Sweet Apple

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 2, 2009 12:28 pm
What do you get when you mix members of Dinosaur Jr., Witch and Cobra Verde, Robert Pollard's former backing band? Sweet Apple, that's what. Sweet Apple is a new band featuring Dinosaur Jr. frontman and Witch drummer J Mascis, Witch bassist Dave Sweetapple, former Cobra Verde singer John Petkovic and guitarist Tim Parnin. Sweet Apple features...
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Virgin Festival Nova Scotia 2009

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Shannon Webb-Campbell
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Citadel Hill
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Halifax, NS
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July 4, 2009
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Virgin Festival Nova Scotia 2009

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Photographer: 
Shannon Webb-Campbell
Venue: 
Citadel Hill
City: 
Halifax, NS
Date: 
July 4, 2009
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Dinosaur Jr. Canadian Tour Announced

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By Bianca Marcus (CHARTattack) June 30, 2009 12:05 pm
It's only been a week since Dinosaur Jr. released their newest album, Farm, so the band's announcement that they've added eight Canadian dates to their current tour might strike the loyal Dino fan as too good to be true. The band recently released a video for "Over It," which you can see here. You can also download the single "I...
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Dinosaur Jr. Talk About Farm Life

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) June 8, 2009 1:21 pm
Dinosaur Jr. will release their ninth album, Farm, on June 23. Single-named drummer Murph spoke to CHARTattack from a tour stop in North Carolina about the new record, the band's famous (lack of) communication and why a good band should never stop pushing forward. CHARTattack: So where are you guys right now? Murph: We are in Charlotte,...
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Dinosaur Jr. — "Over It"

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By CHARTattack Staff June 5, 2009 1:24 pm
Who said skateboarding and bike tricks were for irritating teenagers at malls and in parks? Dinosaur Jr. spend the entire video for "Over It," from the upcoming Farm, doing tricks on two wheels and four wheels and a board. (J Mascis' board is custom made in Dinosaur Jr.'s honour!) At times, the tricks are awesome and brilliantly...
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Dinosaur Jr. Enjoy Farming

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) May 14, 2009 4:22 pm
Alt.rock godfathers Dinosaur Jr. will release their ninth album in June. Simply called Farm, the record is the band's second since the original trio of singer/guitarist J Mascis, bassist Lou Barlow and drummer Murph reformed in 2005. Murph, on the phone from a tour stop in North Carolina, explains the group took a different approach to recording...
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V-Fest Nova Scotia Lineup

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 12, 2009 10:08 am
The Tragically Hip will headline the inaugural Virgin Festival Nova Scotia when it hits Halifax's Citadel Hill on July 4. The Offspring, Metric, Dinosaur Jr., Hey Rosetta!, Plants And Animals and Arkells will also play the festival. More artists will be announced shortly. Tickets go on sale on Saturday at 9 a.m. through Ticketatlantic.com, the...
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