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The final show at Central Park’s Summerstage has been announced: Dinosaur Jr. will be playing and The Walkmen will open for them. And, it’s FREE! Dinosaur Jr.’s new album Farm comes on June 23. It seems like only a distant memory when they were broken up….(from 1997-2005)

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Dinosaur Jr. at Terminal 5, September 2008

Happy Tax Day! It’s hard to keep up with what goes on sale when so I’m doing my best to help ya’ll. Today we got some good ones at noon, and a few for tomorrow too. Stay tuned for Friday’s tickets on sale!

On sale today (Wednesday, April 15) at noon:

• Grunge gods Dinosaur Jr. continue to enjoy their reunion. They will be at the intimate Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 25. Tickets
• Also at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, the indescribable Jay Reatard will play on July 2 after a small haitus. Tickets

On sale tomorrow (Thursday, April 16) at noon:

• This one sounds like a goodie: 826NYC Presents The Prom You Were Promised with DJ Sets By Vampire Weekend, Pat Mahoney (of LCD Soundsystem), and Hercules and Love Affair. It’s all hosted by comedian Leo Allen and it happens on May 21 at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets
• Telekinesis will be at Mercury Lounge on June 14. Tickets

Three giants of the nineties played two nights at Terminal 5 on Thursday and Friday: Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr., and Built to Spill. I was at the show on Friday and much to my disappointment I missed the Meat Puppets who went on at 7:30 p.m. I did see all of Dinosaur Jr.’s set, who were excellent. But the real thrill for me was seeing Built to Spill perform their seminal album Perfect From Now On. They played the album all the way through with excellent jams and Doug Martsch wailing perfectly. After they finished they played a few more favorites, like “The Plan” and “Carry the Zero.” The best part of the night was when J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. and members of the Meat Puppets came out on stage to play with Built to Spill for almost 30 minutes. They all seemed to be enjoying themeselves immensely, especially the Meat Puppet boys who were joking around a lot. Not sure what happened to Lou Barlow…I guess he had to head out early. Lots more photos after the jump. Read more

Finally, here is my last installment on the Pitchfork Festival. Although it got rather hot toward the late afternoon, the crowd was eager to see the last few bands, and the definitely did not disappoint.

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Across the Narrows - Built to Spill
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A bunch of awesome shows are going on sale this week, but the one I’m most excited about has got to be the ATP Presents: Built to Spill, Dinosaur Jr., and Meat Puppets show on Sept. 25 and 26 t Terminal 5. What a great group of nineties bands! Tickets for that go on sale Thursday at noon here.

Here’s a bunch of other shows going on sale today, Thursday, and Friday:

On Sale Wednesday, May 14 at Noon
6/18 LAURA MARLING - Mercury Lounge
7/4 - MORNING 40 FEDERATION / AMERICANS - Mercury Lounge
7/29 - TILLY AND THE WALL - Music Hall of Williamsburg
7/30 - TILLY AND THE WALL - Bowery Ballroom
7/31 - WE ARE SCIENTISTS - Music Hall of Williamsburg
8/1 - WE ARE SCIENTISTS - Bowery Ballroom

On Sale Thursday, May 15 at Noon
6/10 - LITTLE JACKIE - Mercury Lounge
6/15 - DAWN LANDES - Mercury Lounge
7/14 - JAY BRANNAN - Music Hall of Williamsburg

On Sale Friday, May 16 at Noon
6/6 - HOLY FUCK - Music Hall of Williamsburg
6/25 - HELOISE & THE SAVOIR FAIRE / FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS - Bowery Ballroom
7/17 - SPIRITUALIZED - Terminal 5
8/18 - THE FAINT - Terminal 5

All Tomorrow’s Parties, which has curated amazing festivals for the past eight years, is finally bringing a lineup to New York–and it’s amazing. It’s curated by My Bloody Valentine (who have just announced a full-blown tour) and ATP and takes place Sept. 19-21. The weird thing is that it’s upstate in the Catskills at Kutscher’s Country Club–an old Catskills standby from the bygone days. Here’s the lineup:

MY BLOODY VALENTINE
FUCK BUTTONS
POLVO
LOW
EDAN WITH GUEST DAGHA
MOGWAI
THE DRONES
BUILT TO SPILL PERFORMING PERFECT FROM NOW ON
WOODEN SHJIPS
SHELLAC
THEE SILVER MOUNT ZION ORCHESTRA
AUTOLUX
MEAT PUPPETS PERFORMING MEAT PUPPETS II
TORTOISE PERFORMING MILLIONS NOW LIVING WILL NEVER DIE
THURSTON MOORE PERFORMING PSYCHIC HEARTS
DINOSAUR JR
MERCURY REV
HARMONIA
LILYS
GROWING
YO LA TENGO
OM

And here’s how to get tickets.

There’s Dinosaur Jr. and J. Mascis and the Fog, but there is also Witch, J. Mascis’ gloomier and doomier newer band. Their new album Paralyzed is coming our March 18 and they’ll be in Brooklyn on March 19 at Luna Lounge with Graveyard, a Swedish 70s throwback band. You can get tickets here.