This week’s new releases include ‘Wake Up the Nation,’ the 10th studio album from The Jam’s Paul Weller, plus reissues of Duran Duran spinoff Arcadia’s ‘So Red the Rose’ (CD/DVD) and The Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Darklands’ (vinyl).

The reactivated Dinosaur Jr will spend most of May touring Europe with fellow guitar rockers Built to Spill — a six-string lover’s dream, no doubt — before bassist Lou Barlow returns to the U.S. for a 14-date solo trek in June in support of last year’s ‘Goodnight Unknown.’

Dinosaur Jr guitar slinger J Mascis has teamed up with two members of Cobra Verde and one of his Witch bandmates for a new project: Sweet Apple, which delivers its 12-track debut album, Love & Desperation, on April 20, and is expected to tour later this year.

Tweet Amoeba Records today posted the latest in its “What In My Bag?” video series — in which musicians shopping at the California chain’s outlets […]

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Lou Barlow is giving fans a glimpse of his forthcoming solo album Goodnight Unknown with a 30-minute “making of” documentary posted to Merge Records’ “LouTube” […]

Mark Mulcahy, frontman of nearly forgotten ’80s college-rock act Miracle Legion, is the subject of a new tribute album featuring contributions by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, […]

When not playing in Sebadoh, Folk Implosion or the reconstituted Dinosaur Jr, lo-fi pioneer Lou Barlow likes to occasionally record under his own name, and, […]

Pixies play Canada While fans await U.S. dates for the band’s Doolittle anniversary trek, the Pixies today announced their first North American concert in four […]

Dinosaur Jr this week recalled the European edition of its new Farm CD for sounding — no joke — too loud. The band, which apparently […]

Marking the release of its second post-reunion album, Farm, this week, Dinosaur Jr appeared on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” on Thursday to perform “Pieces.” […]

With its new album, Farm, hitting stores today, Dinosaur Jr has announced a nearly two-month, coast-to-coast North American tour that runs from the end of […]

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new releases hitting stores this Tuesday: ARTIST: R.E.M. RELEASE: Reckoning: Deluxe Edition BACKSTORY: The second installment in […]