Dinosaur Jr. news

To celebrate this week's special issue, the K! team have created their own mixtapes just for you!

"I told the other two guys, give me a year or two and you can quit your day jobs." by Andy Mulkerin In 1986, when he was a student at Ohio State University, Ed Crawford managed, with some persistence, to convince Mike Watt and George Hurley to take a chance on him. The guitarist, who hadn't played in a band in his life, joined the legendary Minutemen rhythm section shortly after the tragic death ...

You will never truly grasp the majesty of Marissa Paternoster until you look deep into her eyes as she solos, which, yeah, good luck with that, even under ideal circumstances. There's her face-obscuring, bang-overhang bowl cut to contend with, for starters (don't worry, she smiles occasionally, this isn't a sullen teenager thing), not to mention that she's, like, 5'1" (maybe), so unless the ...

Remember – if you send it, it will get reviewed. That’s the City Slang promise. It doesn’t matter what genre the music is – as long as it has a Metro Detroit connection, it’ll get in. Preferably, we’d like to concentrate on new releases but, while we’re getting warmed up here, feel free to send [...]

Madison's roster of obsessively specific cover bands gets a a new addition Friday, May 11, at Mickey's Tavern, when Stephen Burke, Tim Sullivan and Michael Brenneis debut their project SSTParty.

Every Thursday this month, the summertime serenity of Flagler College will be interrupted by guitar feedback and lead-singer shrieks as the Crisp-Ellert Art Musuem hosts its second annual summer film series, Sold Out Show. The series features the rock documentaries "Gimme Shelter," "Heavy Metal Parking Lot," "Anvil: The Story of Anvil," "1991: The Year Punk Broke" and "The Other F Word."

Outside the Mascis family home in Amherst, Massachusetts, Lou Barlow rests his head on his steering wheel, focused on a song that's forcing his small grey pick-up to shiver and shudder. He's currently hearing the latest mix of "Rude," a growler he's added to the family of 13 that he and his Dinosaur Jr...

"There's a real hunger to [record] when you're on the road," says Ritzy Bryan, frontwoman for storm-brewing Welsh alt-rockers The Joy Formidable ...

The English trio plays heavily distorted, guitar-driven, arena-friendly rock songs in the studio.

The English trio plays heavily distorted, guitar-driven, arena-friendly rock songs in the studio.

New Brunswick, N.J., is a 40-minute drive from New York City. For a young band whose tube amps are just warming up, an experience playing in the big city can be brutal - worlds away from New Brunswick's college town charm.