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Who: Dinosaur Jr.
Title: Farm
Release Date: June 23rd
Label: Jagjaguwar
Thoughts: Since the turn of the century a lot of bands have been making comebacks, some welcomed, some not so much. Dinosaur Jr. are obviously one of the more welcome returns, especially when you consider how many bands have been aping their style for years already. In 2007 when the band released Beyond they proved that they were still able to rock with the best of them and with their latest release Farm hitting the internet this weekend we've been finding out that they didn't forget in the two year gap between albums. This is a steady, solid album with some super long solos and some wonderful tunes. It's loud and powerful and pretty much everything you would expect from Dinosaur Jr. Basically if you've been a fan for years make sure you check it out immediately.
Listen: Dinosaur Jr. - "I Want You to Know"
Dinosaur Jr. - "Your Weather"

Who: Oneida
Title: Rated O
Release Date: July 7th
Label: Jagjaguwar
Thoughts: Oneida are definitely toeing the fine line between musical genius and utter pretension with their triple disc, second part of a triptych Rated O. The album (all three part of it) are supposed to play as the sequel to Preteen Weaponry and the middle of something being called the "Thank Your Parents" trilogy. To say this is some weird shit is understating the obvious, but of course this is Oneida so weird should be more then expected. Rated O finds Oneida totally expanded and expanding its sound as well. There's just so much to digest here, three albums, four songs over 10-minutes long, one over 20-minutes, it all seems so ridiculous but for most of these three albums Oneida manage to hold it all together. The sounds are unique and interesting, I just need a little more time with the albums to truly piece together my opinion on Rated O.
Listen: Oneida - "I Will Haunt You"
Oneida - "Saturday"
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Who: The Radical Sons
Title: Throwing Knives EP
Release Date: June 23rd
Label: St. Ives
Thoughts: With some loose connections to folks like Be Your Own Pet and Thurston Moore, The Radical Sons have slowly built up quite a bit of buzz around their upcoming debut EP Throwing Knives. The 5-song short player has lot of other comparisons that could be made as well to folks like Television, The Strokes, The Velvet Underground and more. Basically this is a young mid-western band with a decent record collection making the best music they know how, and that is not a terrible thing. They do a good job of trying to translate these influences into their own sound, even if the influences wind up showing a bit more prevalently then they would have liked. Still, we all love the bands I'm comparing them to so this should be a sound we can at least bob our head along to.
Listen: The Radical Sons - "I'm So Sick of the 21st Century"
The Radical Sons - "Throwing Knives"