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Mastodon and Dinosaur Jr. have cancelled their upcoming joint tour due to a "critical situation of a member of the Mastodon family". The artists' upcoming North American tour was due to kick off on Saturday (September 1) in Edmonton, Alberta. The jaunt has now, however, been scrapped due to the aforementioned "critical situation". A since-deleted post on Mastodon's Facebook page confirmed...

Dinosaur Jr. have returned with new single 'Hold Unknown' - their first new material in two years. The rocketing track finds the J Mascis-fronted group on riotous form, thrashing guitars paving the way for Mascis' iconic yelps. Taken from Adult Swim's singles series, it's the first release from the band since 2016 album 'Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not'. Dinosaur...

The songwriter reveals that he still has a frosty relationship with Mascis

Dinosaur Jr were always too introverted to shout about it, but their first three albums – breakthrough single ‘Freak Scene’ especially – turned just as many Brits on to American indie rock as their more famous contemporaries Sonic Youth and Pixies did. After years of acrimony, the original trio of guitarist J Mascis, bassist Lou Barlow and drummer Murph...

'Solo Extractions' features every guitar solo from 'Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not'

'Give A Glimpse of What Yer Not' is set for release on Aug 5

The band are also embarking on a tour

The alt-rockers were joined on stage by former SNL man Fred Armisen and Sonic Youth co-founder Lee Ranaldo

Titled 'Brace The Wave', the nine-track album will be released on September 4

Dinosaur Jr member chats about music and zombies with young music fan