Dinosaur Jr.

“I Prefer Their Later Work”: 40 Brilliant Albums At The End Of Artists’ Careers

Sod the first few EPs, we say a band's real hidden gems are buried at the end, among the ill-advised career moves and last grasps at fading relevance. Here, tQ writers fight the corner for their favourite unloved and underrated records from the tail-end of their favourite artists' discography.

Talk Amongst Yourselves: Dinosaur Jr By Dinosaur Jr

Julian Marszalek dives in to J Mascis and co's new tome of conflicting oral histories, finding the band that famously doesn't care that much for talking in a surprisingly forthcoming mood, and old tensions still very much alive

Foe Regrets: Built To Spill Interviewed

Will Metcalfe speaks to Built To Spill's Doug Martsch about last album Perfect From Now On and his love of Dinosaur Jr

Insert The Dirt

Curiosity, Community, Cacophony: Helm’s Baker’s Dozen

Helm, aka Luke Younger, takes us through the 13 records that shaped his prolific career, from a teenage love of Manic Street Preachers and Therapy? to chance encounters with Bob Tilton and John Luther Adams

Bring Back The Sounds: Tim Cedar Of Part Chimp’s Baker’s Dozen

Following the release of their latest LP IV, Tim Cedar takes Matt Ridout on a journey from Spacemen 3 to the Velvet Underground through his Baker's Dozen. Photo by Steve Gullick.

Sharp Dressed Fan: Billy Gibbons Of ZZ Top’s Favourite Albums

As ZZ Top take their live greatest hits album on tour, their lead singer and guitarist Billy Gibbons talks Kiran Acharya through his top 13 LPs, setting aside some of his more well-worn classics in favour of recent favourites

Again, Melancholy: Sarah Cracknell’s Favourite Albums

Off the back of releasing her second solo LP, Red Kite, the singer-songwriter and Saint Etienne member diligently jogged her memory, picked her 13 top records and made annotations. She talks Gary Kaill through her notes