Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis has a new album, Tied to a Star, out August 26, 2014.

One song on the album, the beautiful “Wide Awake,” finds Cat Power joining Mascis on vocals.

Check it out.

[In August of this year I’ll be publishing my rock ‘n’ roll/ coming-of-age novel, “True Love Scars,” which features a narrator who is obsessed with Bob Dylan. To read the first chapter, head here.

Or watch an arty video with audio of me reading from the novel here.

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