Archive for October 15, 1995
J. Mascis Unplugs The Dinosaur
With sarcastic stops and stutters, coughs, hoops and hollers, Dinosaur Jr. leader J. Mascis held the would-be moshers at bay, charging haphazardly through an hour’s worth of solo acoustic material at SoHo’s dingy Mercury Lounge Thursday night. Best known for pioneering the garage-rock jet set with the distortion-soaked Bug and Green Mind, Mascis production for…
Read MoreBen Folds Five: Wonder Bread Alternative To Alternative
Heavy skies are falling onto gray concrete outside as members of Ben Folds Five loiter unnoticed in their Midtown Manhattan hotel lobby. Though tired and haggered from their sold-out, industry-packed Irving Plaza performance the previous evening, the Chapel Hill-based trio is heavily caffinated and anxious to move onto their next gig in Philadelphia. Since forming…
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