Dinosaur Jr.

In its best moments, Farm sounds like a cross between the song sensibility of 1987's You're Living All Over Me and the higher-end production of 1988's Bug. As the second offering from Dinosaur Jr. since the original lineup reformed in 2007, Farm is one of the band's best albums in years. Mascis sounds sharp, Lou Barlow's bass plunges (if more quietly than before) and drummer Murph is back to mercilessly pounding his kit like he should.

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. On the second disc since the band reunited four
years ago, Mascis moans come-ons like "saaaave me" with the scabrous drawl of a
backwoods bridge troll. Avalanching metal riffs and spit-polished solos reach for... More >