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dinosaur jr "give a glimpse of what your'e not"
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Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:15 pmby WrEtcH
just bought this on blue vinyl yesterday from Amoeba. What can I say? It sounds like typical DinoJr and it sounds good.
Re: dinosaur jr "give a glimpse of what your'e not"
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Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:10 pmby JGJR
Re: dinosaur jr "give a glimpse of what your'e not"
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Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:45 pmby WrEtcH
I agree completely with your review, but I'd give it an 8 instead. this is probably because I haven't heard them since "farm" and hearing the new album reminded me how much I appreciate them and kinda unintentionally ignored them on follow up releases after the aforementioned.
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Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:50 pmby JGJR
WrEtcH wrote:I agree completely with your review, but I'd give it an 8 instead. this is probably because I haven't heard them since "farm" and hearing the new album reminded me how much I appreciate them and kinda unintentionally ignored them on follow up releases after the aforementioned.
I rarely give anything above an 8, so a 7.5 is still a very good review (generally speaking). But yeah, I think this is better than both Farm and I Bet on Sky. It's a return to the style of Beyond except that Lou's songs are way better (and my favorite songs on the record).
Re: dinosaur jr "give a glimpse of what your'e not"
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Thu Aug 11, 2016 2:53 pmby earthdog70
Will be picking this up soon. Excellent review JGJR.
I did get tickets to see them play the day after Turkey Day with Buffalo Tom at HOB Boston
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Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:58 amby scannest
I like the new record, but my response has been the same to all their 'comeback' records: 2-3 terrific songs, 2-3 good ones and the rest are fine but not particularly memorable. I agree that the Lou tunes are very good (love his voice).
I saw their record release show last Friday. It was good, but they were kinda under-rehearsed on some of the new ones. J. played a Telecaster on 2 new ones (the 'crunchy' ones) and an electric 12-string on another one. I don't know if I've ever seen him play anything other than a Jaguar or Jazzmaster.
Re: dinosaur jr "give a glimpse of what your'e not"
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Mon Aug 15, 2016 2:49 pmby JGJR
earthdog70 wrote:Will be picking this up soon. Excellent review JGJR.
I did get tickets to see them play the day after Turkey Day with Buffalo Tom at HOB Boston
Thank you, edog.
Re: dinosaur jr "give a glimpse of what your'e not"
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Mon Aug 15, 2016 2:50 pmby JGJR
scannest wrote:I like the new record, but my response has been the same to all their 'comeback' records: 2-3 terrific songs, 2-3 good ones and the rest are fine but not particularly memorable. I agree that the Lou tunes are very good (love his voice).
I saw their record release show last Friday. It was good, but they were kinda under-rehearsed on some of the new ones. J. played a Telecaster on 2 new ones (the 'crunchy' ones) and an electric 12-string on another one. I don't know if I've ever seen him play anything other than a Jaguar or Jazzmaster.
I'm planning on seeing them here in November. I hope they're more rehearsed by then.
Re: dinosaur jr "give a glimpse of what your'e not"
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Fri Aug 19, 2016 6:44 amby version sound
I haven't bought a Dinosaur Jr record since Without a Sound. Is there anything essential after that? It seems like J's playing got a lot more conventional at some point, and the bits I've heard from the reunion records don't really sound like the Dinosaur Jr I love.
Re: dinosaur jr "give a glimpse of what your'e not"
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Fri Aug 19, 2016 7:21 amby scannest
version sound wrote:I haven't bought a Dinosaur Jr record since Without a Sound. Is there anything essential after that?
The only Dino Jr record I'd called essential is YLAOM. I think it's the only one THEY would call essential. But if you actually
like the band there is plenty to enjoy throughout their catalog.
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Fri Aug 19, 2016 8:17 amby danny
version sound wrote:I haven't bought a Dinosaur Jr record since Without a Sound. Is there anything essential after that? It seems like J's playing got a lot more conventional at some point, and the bits I've heard from the reunion records don't really sound like the Dinosaur Jr I love.
farm is quite good.
Re: dinosaur jr "give a glimpse of what your'e not"
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Fri Aug 19, 2016 8:51 amby version sound
danny wrote:version sound wrote:I haven't bought a Dinosaur Jr record since Without a Sound. Is there anything essential after that? It seems like J's playing got a lot more conventional at some point, and the bits I've heard from the reunion records don't really sound like the Dinosaur Jr I love.
farm is quite good.
That's the one J ranked highest of the reunion records.
http://m.noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/rank-your-records-dinosaur-jr-j-mascis
Re: dinosaur jr "give a glimpse of what your'e not"
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Sun Aug 21, 2016 1:07 pmby JGJR
My favorites are the debut, Green Mind and Bug, pretty much in that order, but I can see why others go for YLAOM.
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Sun Aug 21, 2016 6:33 pmby version sound
JGJR wrote:My favorites are the debut, Green Mind and Bug, pretty much in that order, but I can see why others go for YLAOM.
YLAOM and Bug are my favorites. You can really hear the roots of MBV and Swervedriver in those two.
Re: dinosaur jr "give a glimpse of what your'e not"
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Mon Aug 22, 2016 1:55 pmby JGJR
version sound wrote:YLAOM and Bug are my favorites. You can really hear the roots of MBV and Swervedriver in those two.
Very true; Mascis and Mould don't get enough credit for basically inventing that shoegaze guitar sound. I think Beyond and the new one are the best of the reunion records.