Friday, November 16, 2012

Dinosaur Jr - Chocomel Daze

Dinosaur Jr is celebrating the 25th anniversary of You're Living All Over Me this year and to celebrate the band is releasing a rare live Dinosaur Jr recording from 1987. The 11 song set was recorded in 1987 at a show in Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands and features the original Dinosaur Jr line-up of J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph. Chocomel Daze will be released on 150 gm vinyl and as a digital download album on November 19th. The limited edition vinyl will also be available for the Black Friday edition of Record Store Day. To celebrate the vinyl release, the official Record Store Day website is offering an exclusive stream of the album! Head here to listen to the full album, and while you're there be sure to check out the list of other awesome Black Friday RSD releases and list of participating stores.

Dinosaur Jr's 25th live celebration of You're Living All Over Me takes place December 1st at Terminal 5 in NYC. The band will perform the classic album in full and will be joined by musical luminaries such as Johnny Marr and Kim Gordon. Tickets for the event are still available.

J Mascis Portlandia interview