<p>Imagine, a reunion that not only worked but was as good as the original incarnation. Yes, that actually happened with the long-awaited Dinosaur Jr. album. You have to be careful with nostalgia – for all the warm memories the past can conjure, there’s the danger of getting mired in pining for the good ol’ days when music really mattered, blah, blah, blah … When I heard recently that the new Dinosaur Jr. record, the band’s first with original members <strong>J Mascis</strong> and <strong>Lou Barlow</strong> in nearly 20 years, sounded as fresh and vital as their music in the 1980s, I was skeptical. Of course, the PR flaks would say that, and nostalgia can have a corrosive effect on our judgment. Except in this case, it’s true. The opening guitar riffs of the album’s lead track and first single, “Almost Ready,” produced a rush of joy in me, as if the year were 1987 and the band was on <span class="caps">SST</span> again. Yes, it’s all there. The reuniting of the original trio has really brought out the best in everyone here, giving us in <cite>Beyond</cite> a splendid record as good as anything the band ever put out.</p>2007-05-04T14:54:26-04:00dinosaur-jr-beyond121125Music2007-05-04T14:54:26-04:00Dinosaur Jr.: Beyond2007-12-02T21:33:47-05:00Fat Possum
Imagine, a reunion that not only worked but was as good as the original incarnation. Yes, that actually happened with the long-awaited Dinosaur Jr. album. You have to be careful with nostalgia - for all the warm memories the past can conjure, there's the danger of getting mired in pining for the good ol' days when music really mattered, blah, blah, blah ... When I heard recently that the new Dinosaur Jr. record, the band's first with original members *J Mascis* and *Lou Barlow* in nearly 20 years, sounded as fresh and vital as their music in the 1980s, I was skeptical. Of course, the PR flaks would say that, and nostalgia can have a corrosive effect on our judgment. Except in this case, it's true. The opening guitar riffs of the album's lead track and first single, "Almost Ready," produced a rush of joy in me, as if the year were 1987 and the band was on SST again. Yes, it's all there. The reuniting of the original trio has really brought out the best in everyone here, giving us in ??Beyond?? a splendid record as good as anything the band ever put out.
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