J Mascis: Last News

J Mascis has announced his fifth solo album ‘What Do We Do Now’ – listen to the single ‘Can’t Believe We’re Here’ below.The Dinosaur Jr. frontman and soloist is due to release the 10-track record on February 2, 2024 via Sub Pop. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.Per a press release, work on the forthcoming full-length project began during the COVID pandemic.

J. Mascis has shared a rendition of Phoebe Bridgers’ song ‘Motion Sickness’.

Every Friday, The FADER's writers dive into the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on TiaCorine's Almost There EP, Kirin J Callinan's If I Could Sing, J Mascis's What Do We Do Now, and more.

Richard Ayoade joined Dinosaur Jr. on stage at their London show last night (November 13) as a special guest.The rock veterans are currently completing a four-night residency at The Garage in Islington in honour of the 30th anniversary of their fifth studio LP, ‘Where You Been’.Last night (November 13), Ayoade joined the band on stage and played guitar during a live rendition of ‘The Lung’.The actor and director is no stranger to the music world.

The Breeders have shared a previously unreleased version of ‘Divine Hammer’ featuring Dinosaur Jr‘s J Mascis.Newly titled ‘Divine Mascis’, the track features Mascis on vocals. The song will be featured on the band’s 30th anniversary reissue of their seminal album ‘Last Splash’ which is set for release on Friday, September 22 via 4AD.Speaking to Uncut about the new version of the song, Kelly Deal, guitarist and co-vocalist of The Breeders said: “At the time, J Mascis was a guitar god… we sent him the tape to put guitar on, so when it came back and he’s got rid of our voices and just put his vocal on, we were like, ‘Wha?!’ But it’s really cute.”She continued: “There’s a freshness to it, and it’s just so weird.

Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis has launched a new jigsaw subscription service that features iconic album artwork.The ‘Puzzle Heads’ club is due to begin later this year with a 1,000-piece jigsaw depicting the cover of David Bowie‘s classic fifth record, ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars’ (1972).Other upcoming puzzles in 2022 include ones based on Joy Division‘s ‘Unknown Pleasures’, Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen‘s ‘Like I Used To’, Dinosaur Jr.’s ‘Dinosaur’ and Wilco’s ‘Star Wars’.Per the service’s official website, Mascis enlisted designer Aaron Draplin to bring the idea to life.

Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis has launched a new classic album cover jigsaw subscription service, allowing you to receive up to six puzzles a year. Just like you wanted.Back in the mostly now forgotten days of the COVID-19 pandemic, of course, album cover jigsaws became big business.

"Tried To Understand," a cut from SASAMI's excellent album Squeeze, was an acoustic-driven rock song with a pleasant propulsion masking its tragic tale of self-destruction. As SASAMI wraps up a tour with Mitski and starts a new one with HAIM, she's sharing a previously unheard version of "Tried To Understand" with Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis and Ty Segall on drums.

Kim Gordon and J Mascis have shared two collaborative tracks as part of the Sub Pop Singles Club, the seminal indie label’s subscription-only seven-inch singles series.‘Slow Boy’ was originally released in 2015 by the pair on an EP curated by shoe brand Converse, called ‘CONS EP Vol. 3’.

Sonic Youth covering The Stooges at a benefit gig in 1987 – watch it below.The band were the surprise guests at an event supporting Jimmy Johnson and Byron Coley’s experimental music magazine Forced Exposure, taking place at The Rat in Boston.Joined by Dinosaur Jr.‘s J Mascis, Sonic Youth, using equipment borrowed from Dredd Foole and the Din, covered Crime’s ‘Hot Wire My Heart’ with Thurston Moore on lead vocals, followed by The Stooges’ ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ sung by Kim Gordon.You can see the footage below:A few weeks after their performance in Boston, Sonic Youth performed another cover of ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’, this time with Stooges frontman Iggy Pop himself at London’s Town And Country – watch it here.Last year, an unearthed cover of

The Pedal Movie features the likes of Blur‘s Graham Coxon, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, My Bloody Valentine‘s Kevin Shields, and Dinosaur Jr‘s J Mascis.Described as the most comprehensive look at how effects pedals have influenced the sound of popular music as we know it,” The Pedal Movie is able to rent or buy now here.Discussing the film, co-director Dan Orkin said: “The initial inspiration for The Pedal Movie was us asking how this strange little pocket of the music world grew into this massive community, with new pedals and companies continuously entering the fold.“Today, there are thousands of builders churning out hundreds of thousands of pedals every year to an ever-growing community of music makers always on the lookout