J Mascis

Heavy Blanket: Heavy Blanket

Heavy Blanket Heavy Blanket Outer Battery Records Not only was there a new (good) Dinosaur Jr album this year but there was also this – another (new) side-project from J Mascis. A chance for him to really wail. Heavy Blanket is a trio album, hard rock, almost metal – almost – in the sludge rock/stoner-rock [...]

The Vinyl Countdown # 1653

Jackson Browne, The Pretender (1976) I know I’m getting old. The other day (as in very recently, a matter of weeks ago) I bought a brand new JD Souther CD. I have never owned anything by JD Souther (save for some Eagles compilations that feature some of his songs). I still don’t know why I [...]

The Vinyl Countdown # 1972

J Mascis, Several Shades Of Why (2011) I’ll keep this brief, as should be the way with new albums since this is not a review (by the way, this is a review of J Mascis’ new album, from Pitchfork). I like this album a lot. I’ve been playing it regularly. I bought it pretty much [...]

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