The shorthand take on J Mascis is that his solo albums are his more mellow side. The less mellow side would be his work with the band that he co-founded in 1984, Dinosaur Jr. (originally just Dinosaur). The latest solo record is Elastic Days, recorded at Bisquiteen, Mascis' own studio in his hometown of Amherst, Massachusetts. J plays most of the instruments, and showcases his more melodic side on his vocals. Mascis comments on this through his record company: "I took some singing lessons and do vocal warm-ups now....The biggest difference with this record might have to do with the drums. I'd just gotten a new drum set I was really excited about. I don't have too many drum outlets at the moment, so I played a lot more drums than I'd originally planned. I just kept playing. I'd play the acoustic guitar parts then head right to the drums."
Here are the Top 30 new album releases played on Studio One Tracks for the week ending Nov. 25, 2018:
1 Phosphorescent- C'est La Vie
2 J Mascis- Elastic Days
3 Kurt Vile- Bottle It In
4 Mitski- Be The Cowboy
5 Fleet Foxes- First Collection 2006-2009
6 Bob Dylan- More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14
7 Elvis Costello & The Imposters- Look Now
8 Kero Kero Bonito- Time 'N' Place
9 Ty Segall- Fudge Sandwich
10 Hiss Golden Messenger- Devotion
11 Paul McCartney- Egypt Station
12 Hymn For Her- Pop N Downers
13 Dan Mangan- More Or Less
14 Interpol- Marauder
15 Papercuts- Parallel Universe Blues
16 The Ar-Kaics- In This Time
17 Colleen Green- Casey's Tape/ Harmontown Loops
18 All Them Witches- ATW
19 St. Vincent- MassEducation
20 The Nude Party- The Nude Party
21 Ian Sweet- Crush Crusher
22 Molly Burch- First Flower
23 Metric- Art Of Doubt
24 Jim James- Uniform Clarity
25 Georgia Anne Muldrow- Overload
26 Low- Double Negative
27 Grapetooth- Grapetooth
28 Mr. Twin Sister- Salt
29 Spiritualized- And Nothing Hurt
30 Julia Holter- Aviary
