Photo: Jeff Fowler
Dinosaur Jr. are back. Today the trio announced There Near, their first full-length since 2021's Sweep It Into Space, due August 28. It's the band's sixth album since J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph reunited the original lineup in 2005, and that reunion has now quietly run longer than the band's entire first life across the '80s and '90s.
The story this time starts with an amp. Mascis built much of There Near around a '70s Mesa Boogie, the vintage rig he ties to the gnarled, overdriven roar of the band's late-'80s run, and that reach back toward an older tone shapes everything around it. The trio tracked most of the record themselves at Bisquiteen, Mascis' home studio in Amherst, Massachusetts.
There Near arrives August 28. Physical editions include a Metal Edge exclusive pressing limited to 500 copies on purple and white splash vinyl, available to pre-order now and shipping on street date.
The band will take the new material on the road this fall, with a run that opens October 9 in Las Vegas and winds down the West Coast before cutting through the Mountain West and into Texas. Stef Chura supports throughout, and Seattle gets a two-night stand at the Neptune in late October. The trek wraps November 7 in New Orleans.
Dinosaur Jr. 2026 tour dates:
Oct 09 — Las Vegas, NV — Brooklyn Bowl
Oct 10 — Tempe, AZ — Marquee Theatre
Oct 11 — Solana Beach, CA — Belly Up
Oct 15 — Anaheim, CA — House of Blues
Oct 16 — Los Angeles, CA — The Bellwether
Oct 18 — San Francisco, CA — The Castro Theatre
Oct 20 — Sacramento, CA — Ace of Spades
Oct 22 — Portland, OR — Revolution Hall
Oct 23 & 24 — Seattle, WA — Neptune
Oct 26 — Salt Lake City, UT — Complex
Oct 29 — Denver, CO — Ogden Theatre
Oct 30 — Fort Collins, CO — Washington's
Nov 02 — Dallas, TX — Granada Theater
Nov 04 — Houston, TX — House of Blues
Nov 05 — Austin, TX — Stubb's
Nov 06 — San Antonio, TX — Paper Tiger
Nov 07 — New Orleans, LA — Tipitina's
