Torrent Of The Day: Dinosaur Jr (8/14/2007) (DVD)

Dinosaur Jr. 2007-08-14 Paredes de Coura, Portugal (PAL)

DINOSAUR JR
Paredes de Coura Festival
Paredes de Coura, Portugal
August 14, 2007

SETLIST:

Almost Ready
Just Like Heaven
Back To Your Heart
Been There All The Time
Little Fury Things
Out There
This Is All I Came To Do
Feel The Pain
Forget The swan
The Wagon
Freak Scene
Sludgefeast

Encore:
Tarpit
Chunks

Live Review: Black Keys, Dinosaur Jr (6-21-2007) The Tabernacle

I've been to shows at the Tabernacles countless times but I've never gone to a show there early before. It was really strange being in that building with the lights on and hardly anyone there. Also, it seemed either Camel cigarettes sponsored the show or bought out the venue because they allowed smoking again and had Camel ads everywhere. We were calling it the "Camelacle". After waiting a while up front, Dinosaur Jr came on and rocked a pretty short set. About half of the set was songs from the new album, which I like a lot. What was most interesting to me is they were playing songs from Dinosaur Jr's entire catalog, instead of just songs off of the albums with Lou and Murph. Unfortunately, they seemed to mess up the songs they did from post-Lou/Murph-Dino Jr, including J totally missing a part on Out There and the other guys busting out laughing. Overall though, it seemed more endearing then annoying from the listeners point of view and my 3rd show seeing the original line-up reunited was very good.









We decided to go up to the balcony for the Black Keys as we were all still tired from Bonnaroo. The Black Keys are a band that I respect but don't really like . They are just too conventional rock 'n' roll for my taste, but they put on a great show and after seeing the White Stripes sound too thin as a two-piece the weekend before, the Black Keys filled out nicely and proved a two-piece can hit you hard in a live setting.

Pride Weekend In Atlanta

In case you don't know, Midtown is going to be packed full of people for the Atlanta Pride Festival this weekend. If that doesn't tickle your fancy, there's some good shows you can check out. Tonight I'm going to the Black Keys/Dinosaur Jr show at the Tabernacle. Also tonight at Smthi's Old Bar is The Nightwatchman aka Tom Morello doing acoustic protest rock. For you hippies out there, Railroad Earth will be at the Variety Playhouse Friday night. For you hipsters out there, Tentonic, The Dark Romantics, and Slow Motion Crash will be at the Drunken Unicorn Friday night. It appears stoner-metalists Zoroaster are playing at both the Ten High and Lenny's tommorrow night too. Saturday night i'm hoping to check out The Rosebuds at The Earl. Then Sunday night Deerhunter will be at the Drunken Unicorn.

Friday Free-Style

The Black Keys and Dinosaur Jr will be at the Tabernacle on June 21st. The Black Keys have released a free, live EP you can download here. Also, here's Dinosaur Jr on Letterman:



Monolith Festival, happening at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado on September 14-15, has announced their line-up and it includes The Flaming Lips, The Decemberists, Spoon, and Kings Of Leon, all of who will be at Bonnaroo.

Stewart Copeland wants The Police to do a very unique show for Bonnaroo.

Galactic's new"hip-hop album" comes out August 21st, and their late-night Bonnaroo performance will include guest appearances from Charlie 2na, Lyrics Born, Gift For Gab, Mr. Lif, and more.

Check out the new White Stripes video for Icky Thump:



Portishead are doing some shows for All Tommorrow's Parties in December.

Paul McCartney talks politics.

REM have begun working on another album.

Motley Crue are sponsoring a petition to have Paris Hilton jailed.

Simon and Garfunkel reunited for a recent concert.

Liars' new self-titled album comes out August 28th.

Voxtrot will be at the Drunken Unicorn on June 27th.

Ani DiFranco has an interesting retrospective coming out.

Pitchfork continues with around the clock coverage of Deerhunter. The ATL is about explode!

Learn the history of Norwegian Black Metal.

Sonic Youth release the deluxe version of Daydream Nation on June 25th.

The Simpsons Movie soundtrack looks to have a lot of terrible artists.

You can buy Neko Case's bra on ebay here. She joined M Ward and Jim James of My Morning Jacket on Conan:



Guitar Hero 3 has announced its tracklisting, including Smashing Pumpkins' Cherub Rock and Muse's Knights Of Cyndonia. it will also feature wireless guitars.

Ghengis Tron will be at Swayzes in Marietta, Ga on July 25th.

Herbie Hancock will be at Jazzfest this weekend in Piedmont Park.

A Handful Of Interviews:

• Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (The Mars Volta)
• Handsome Furs
• Voxtrot
• Andrew Bird

I'm a big fan Grizzly Bear, so here's a solo track from GB's Daniel Rossen: Deep Blue Sea
Also, here's a great video of them playing on the beach:



Here's Modest Mouse on The Late Show:

What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?

Porcupine Tree : Fear Of A Blank Planet


Porcupine Tree is a band I've only gotten into over the last year and i am really starting to love them. I've been listening to this new album over and over again. A really great concept album with some mind-blowing music, especially the almost 18-minute long Anesthetize. Pick this album up:

• Fear Of A Blank Planet
• Sentimental
  

Buy Fear Of A Blank Planet here

Porcupine Tree's Myspace


Dinosaur Jr : Beyond


I'm not sure why I had slightly lower expectations from this album, especially considering I've loved J Mascis' and Lou Barlow's respective recent solo work. Beyond is everything a Dinosaur Jr fan could hope for. They are in top form and every song on this rocks out. Check it:

• It's Me
• Back To Your Heart

Buy Beyond here

Dinosaur Jr's Myspace

Monday Mash-Up

It's a big week for shows in Atlanta. First, tonight Sunset Rubdown will be at the Drunken Unicorn. You can listen to some recent live tracks from them here. Arcade Fire and The National will be at the Atlanta Civic Center tommorrow night. Thursday night From Exile will be at the Masquerade. Friday night Blonde Redhead and Annuals will be at the Variety Playhouse. Modest Mouse and Man Man will be at the Masquerade Music Park Saturday night. Here's some tracks to get you in the mood:

The National : Brainy

From Exile : Cataclysm

Blonde Redhead : Spring And By Summer Fall

Annuals : Carry Around

Modest Mouse : Spitting Venom

Modest Mouse : Parting Of The Sensory

Man Man : Banana Ghost


Last weekend was the first time I've ever been to Inman Park Festival and it was pretty awesome. Here's some photos:








There's a couple new releases I'm excited about this week both from artists I've loved since I was a kid. I hope they don't suck:






Here's some interviews to read:

• My Brightest Diamond
• Jarvis Cocker
• CocoRosie
• Explosions In The Sky
• Animal Collective
• Ted Leo
• Bjork
• Peter Bjorn And John

Here's The Mars Volta on the Henry Rollins Show:

Day Of The Baphomets (part 1):



Day Of The Baphomets (part2):



Interview:



Tetragrammaton (part 1):



Tetragrammaton (part 2):

Video Of The Day: Dinosaur Jr

New video for a new song:

Dinosaur Sr

The OG Dinosaur Jr line-up is releasing a new album called Beyond on May 1st. They also have a live DVD due out May 29th and a nike shoe due out next month.
Lou Barlow's Sebadoh plays in Atlanta on April 8th
Here's a little video for you: