Dinosaur Jr‘s new album There Near is out in a month — preorder our exclusive purple and white splash vinyl variant — and they’ve just shared a new song from it. “Blowin’ Up” is one of two song on the album that was written and sung by bassist Lou Barlow. This is lyrically pointed stuff, taking aim at what could be a number of current socio-political crises.
“You’re bout as dumb as they come,” Lou sings. “Telling stupid stories everyday / someone who loves you should speak up / tell you to mind your own teacup before breaking mine.” Watch the lyric video below.
J, Lou and Murph wrap up their tour with Band of Horses this Saturday in Omaha, and will be on tour with Stef Chura this fall. All dates are listed below.
There Near is released August 28 via Jagjaguwar and you can preorder our exclusive purple and white splash vinyl variant (limited to 500 copies) and pick up other Dino Jr vinyl and merch in the BV Shop.
Dinosaur Jr. – 2026 Tour Dates
Thu. July 30 – Davenport, IA @ Capitol Theatre +
Fri. July 31 – West Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom +
Sat. Aug. 1 – Omaha, NE @ Astro Theater +
Fri. Oct. 9 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Sat. Oct. 10 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre*
Sun. Oct. 11 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up*
Thu. Oct. 15 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues*
Fri. Oct. 16 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether*
Sun. Oct. 18 – San Francisco, CA @ The Castro Theatre*
Tue. Oct. 20 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades*
Thu. Oct. 22 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall*
Fri. Oct. 23 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune*
Sat. Oct. 24 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune*
Mon. Oct. 26 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Complex*
Thu. Oct. 29 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre*
Fri. Oct. 30 – Fort Collins, CO @ Washington’s*
Mon. Nov. 2 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater*
Wed. Nov. 4 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues*
Thu. Nov. 5 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s*
Fri. Nov. 6 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger*
Sat. Nov. 7 – New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s*
+ co-headline with Band of Horses
* w/ special guest Stef Chura