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Dinosaur Jr. This Summer (IGN Music) Classic trio to slip out on the road starting in May. Dinosaur Jr. DVD Band to release their first ever live concert DVD. Dinosaur Jr. Spring Tour 2006 Classic line-up continues to burn up the concrete and melt down clubs. Quick Hits: Smashing Pumpkins/Virgin Festival, Dinosaur Jr., Jennifer Lopez, ... The Smashing Pumpkins have confirmed that their first North American appearance of 2007 will be at Toronto's Virgin Festival , which is set for September 8 and 9 on Toronto Island in Ontario. RECENT ITEMS (Filter Magazine) Reunited alt-rockers Dinosaur Jr . have announced plans to tour in support of upcoming album Beyond, due out May 11 on Fat Possum Records . While the band have completed several tours together since reforming, this will be their first album recorded together since 1989. COMMENTARY : Sneakerheads get the drop on kicks (Chattanooga Times Free Press) Shoe collectors passionate enough to wait in line for hours for the perfect sneakers. Hot... and not: Everything you should have listened to last year (The Davis E... Published Jan 05, 2007 - 13:17:12 CST. Another year ends, and all the music geeks are giddily compiling ?best of? lists. With so many publications, whom do you trust? With Gaffney on board, Sebadoh reunion complete (Chicago Sun-Times) After working tirelessly on reissuing Sebadoh's 1991 album ''III'' last summer, original drummer/songwriter Eric Gaffney says the time was right for a reunion with his former bandmates Lou Barlow and Jason Loewenstein. Club hopping (Chicago Sun-Times) This is the Montreal band with the big buzz. Singer-guitarist Liz Powell, bassist Chris McCarron (left) and drummer Bucky Wheaton released a seven-song EP, "Applause Cheer Boo Hiss," that got people talking. Check out the trio's sparking pop-rock filtered through Powell's pristine vocals. The Big Gigs: March 16-23 (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) POP/ROCK Burgeoning Georgia indie-rock band Of Montreal, whose frontman Kevin Barnes was part of the Elephant 6 psychedelic wave of the '90s, is going all-out visually on tour with multiple film projectors and flamboyant stage gear. The show should be as vibrant and trippy as the group's new CD, "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?" Opener is Loney, Dear, a Swedish folk-pop band newly signed to ... On & Off (San Francisco Chronicle) JUST ANNOUNCED Chris Cain. March 24. Sweetwater, Mill Valley. (On sale now.) (415) 388-2820. Victoria George. March 31. Sweetwater, Mill Valley. (On sale now.) (415) 388-2820. Soweto Gospel Choir. April 6. Marin Veterans' Memorial... So many big-name bands are getting it together ? again (Pioneer Press) Is 2007 going to be the reunioniest year of them all? The Police, Smashing Pumpkins, Squeeze, Crowded House, Genesis, theDio-era Black Sabbath, the Stooges and Rage Against the Machine have all announced new tours and/or albums. And a host of lower-profile indie rockers are following suit, led by Lou Barlow's Sebadoh, who play the 400 Bar on Monday. |