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News: Dinosaur Jr. announce Australian club shows!
Alt-rock one pioneers Dinosaur Jr. return to Australia in 2010 for a series of sideshows for the Lost Weekend Festival and Golden Plains Festival in March 2010.
The evergreen Dinosaur Jr will perform a series of headline shows throughout March 2010 and will also take pole position at both the Golden Plains Festival in Meredith, Victoria, and also at the debut of Brisbane's Lost Weekend Festival.
Earlier this year Dinosaur Jr released Farm, their most critically lauded effort since 1988's breakthrough effort, Bug. Featuring all three original Dinosaur Jr members: J Mascis, Lou Barlow & Murph, Farm captures the energy of a band 20 years their junior backed by the superior songwriting skills of both Mascis and Barlow in what many believe to be one of the band's finest works and an early contender for album of the year.
Dinosaur Jr. set the standard for convulsive indie-rock guitar fireworks in the Eighties. Incredibly, the band's original lineup--guitarist J Mascis, bassist Lou Barlow and drummer Murph--hasn't lost a thunderous step. - ROLLING STONE
How Dinosaur Jr. came to be this good – arguably better than their late 80s/early 90s heyday – shall remain a glorious mystery. - NOW
Farm sounds like the best alt-rock album that 1993 forgot. - THE ONION
The solos are majestic and Barlow even contributes a couple of thumpers. Nobody does this better. - UNCUT
Not being content with releasing one of the stand out albums of the year, Dinosaur Jr also saw fit to release our pick for video of the year with Over it.
Pre-grunge, pre-indie, pre-nurock, Dinosaur Jr are their own musical island. Bring your earplugs and get with the programme next March.
Tickets for all club shows will go on-sale November 30th.
Tour dates are:
Thursday 4th: Melbourne, Corner Hotel Saturday 6th: Meredith, Golden Plains Festival Sunday 7th: Brisbane, The Lost Weekend Festival Wednesday 10th: Byron Bay, Great Northern Hotel Thursday 11th: Sydney, Metro Theatre Friday 12th: Perth, Rosemount Hotel Saturday 13th: Adelaide, Fowlers Live Sunday 14th: Hobart, Moorilla
Womadelaide 2010 The Armada, Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Ethiopiques, Babylon Circus and Ojos de Brujo live @ Botanic Park, Adelaide, SA (5-8 March 2010)
We did a festival in melbourne and it was a great. We got to hang out with Grinspoon and drink with those guys.
What are your tips for attending Music Festivals?Don't get drunk to quick. Pace yourself. So many people drink really quick at the start and it always ends up messy.
Favourite Music Festival? I would have to say 'Big Day Out'. To any band it is great to be able to perform there its an honor. I was happy because when we did it 'Rage Against The Machine' were also playing that year and it was just one band I had always wanted to see play.
What's your ideal music festival line-up?Blink 182, Greenday and if I gould dig Jeff Buckley up, I would have him there to.
Favourite artist you’ve seen at a Music Festival? Rage Against The Machine.
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