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Weekend LISTening: 5 August Albums To Beat The Summer Doldrums

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Weekend LISTening: 5 August Albums To Beat The Summer Doldrums

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July 30, 2016 • Autumn tends to be prime new-music season, but the summer's not over yet. Preview five albums due during next month's relative calm.

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Songs We Love

Songs We Love: Dinosaur Jr., 'Tiny'

June 10, 2016 • The first single from Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not is the band distilled: a systematic reconfiguration of the Jurassic, juvenile sound it's always owned.

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Tiny
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Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
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Dinosaur Jr.
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Jagjaguwar
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2016

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New Radiohead, Plus Sneak Previews Of Atlas Sound, Circulatory System, Lou Barlow

August 17, 2009 • On this edition of All Songs Considered, a new single from Radiohead plus Atlas Sound, Circulatory System and more.

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Review: Lou Barlow, 'Brace The Wave'

August 26, 2015 • Brace The Wave keeps the Sebadoh singer's sound stripped to its barren bones, an approach suited to the pleas and confessions therein.

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Tiny Desk

J Mascis: Tiny Desk Concert

November 22, 2014 • The Dinosaur Jr. frontman, one of the world's loudest musicians, performs unplugged and acoustic in the NPR Music offices.

J Mascis: Tiny Desk Concert

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J Mascis On World Cafe

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November 5, 2014 • Dinosaur Jr.'s singer-guitarist shows his quieter side in songs from his new album, Tied To A Star.

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Dinosaur Jr. Returns, Baroness, Son Lux And More

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Dinosaur Jr. Returns, Baroness, Son Lux And More

July 10, 2012 • On this week's All Songs, hear a premiere from Taken By Trees, new music from Dinosaur Jr. and a few surprises.

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Name That Drum Fill, From Dinosaur Jr. Drummer Murph

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Name That Drum Fill, From Dinosaur Jr. Drummer Murph

October 19, 2012 • This week's drum-fill quiz was selected by Murph, longtime drummer for the band Dinosaur Jr.

First Listen: J Mascis, 'Tied To A Star'

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First Listen: J Mascis, 'Tied To A Star'

August 17, 2014 • Though not entirely unplugged, Tied to a Star showcases the soft intricacy of a veteran craftsman who knows when to hang back and decide to pulverize another day.

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Live in Concert

Dinosaur Jr. In Concert

October 8, 2009 • Hear the original lineup of Dinosaur Jr., together again in a full concert, recorded live at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club.

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World Cafe

Dinosaur Jr. On World Cafe

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January 24, 2013 • The venerated rock trio plays songs from its new album, I Bet on Sky, and talks about its reunion.

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Dinosaur Jr. Rises from the Ashes — to Rock

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August 24, 2005 • Dinosaur Jr. helped define and shape indie and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early '90s. The reunited band is now back on the road after issuing re-mastered versions of their first three albums: Dinosaur, You're Living All Over Me, and Bug.

Dinosaur Jr. in-studio on World Cafe - 08/24/2005

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First Listen: Dinosaur Jr., 'I Bet On Sky'

September 9, 2012 • I Bet on Sky, Dinosaur Jr.'s 10th studio album, knows where its strengths lie: namely, in volume, particularly when J Mascis lets his guitars speak and shout on his behalf.

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New Radiohead, Plus Sneak Previews Of Atlas Sound, Circulatory System, Lou Barlow

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J Mascis: Tiny Desk Concert

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J Mascis On World Cafe

Dinosaur Jr. Returns, Baroness, Son Lux And More

Tied To A Star

Dinosaur Jr. In Concert

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Dinosaur Jr. On World Cafe

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Dinosaur Jr. in-studio on World Cafe - 08/24/2005

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