I never thought I would cry while listening to DINOSAUR JR. But, ‘Emptiness at The Sinclair’ which was recorded this past May during a live stream broadcast, is something very special. With track one, you can feel something missing. It is unmistakably Dinosaur Jr. J Mascis mumbles monotone into a microphone while constantly riffing guitar licks that don’t make sense if anyone plays them. He’s like a Thelonius Monk of the fret board. Rolling Stone ranked Mascis on their 100 Greatest Guitarists list. But the lack of crowd noise makes this live recording feel like a garage show that nobody came to. The stilled atmosphere captured on the record is a sad reminder of what COVID has done to our public experience. “It was odd going back to Harvard Square for the Sinclair show, lots of closed shops...