Nerd culture collides again for Aggronautix's new bobblehead, facsimile of J. Mascis. There is some precedent for this. But they're thinking big this time. J is accurately sculpted right down to…   Read Story »

Earlier this year, Dinosaur Jr. main man J Mascis released Several Shades Of Why, a solo album full of gorgeously weary acoustic shreddage. "I've Been Thinking," the song we've got up for download…   Read Story »

We're on the other side of CMJ now, which you could probably tell by the uptick in the music news cycle, or by some bloggers' (could be any bloggers, no way to know who I am talking about) bleary…   Read Story »

Here's the sequel to last year's popular heartbreak of a mixtape, Cruel Summer. That one was worn, forlorn, and sexual, it was the soundtrack arc to your winter romance burning up and melting in the…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

Sub Pop labelmate Chad VanGaalen created this playful, psychedelic video for "Not Enough," the ambling, sing-along lead single from J Mascis' great (mostly) acoustic album Several Shades of Why. It…   Read Story »

Click on for some thoughts and sights from a very busy Friday in Austin. Tonight's the last night here, so if you need some guidance please refer to our list of must-see bands, or our favorite…   Read Story »

The March edition of our Monthly Mix series runs the gamut from South London mixtape hip-hop, to lady-baiting R&B, pop, to lady-fronted arpeggiated-vocal ukulele/sax funk. Or at least it runs that…   Read Story »

Not sure if it's the weather or the easy familiarity of that voice, but I find myself listening to J Mascis' pretty, easygoing, mostly acoustic Several Shades Of Why at least once a day. When we…   Read Story »

"Not Enough" is the first single from J Mascis's forthcoming mostly acoustic collection Several Shades Of Why. For all of his primary bands and side projects, it's being billed as his first…   Read Story »