This current lo-fi thing is fun, but it's nothing new. As a reminder, longtime brainy singer-songwriter Franklin Bruno's newest release, Local Currency: Solo 1992-1998, collects material from 7"'s and compilations from the years noted. During Shrimper's heyday, Bruno was one... CONTINUE READING LOU BARLOW COVERS FRANKLIN BRUNO»
Posted on September 29, 2009 in , (2 comments)
Tags: Dinosaur Jr. | Franklin Bruno | Lou Barlow | Sebadoh | Thom Yorke
After a 14-year pause, Noise Addict's back with Lou Barlow and Crooked Finger Lara Meyerratken in tow. Thirty-year-old stepdad Ben Lee can't get by on the precocious teen thing anymore, so things have shifted. Download it was never about the... CONTINUE READING NOISE ADDICT RETURNS WITH FREE LP, LOU BARLOW»
Posted on September 1, 2009 in (2 comments)
Tags: Ben Lee | Dinosaur Jr. | Lou Barlow | Noise Addict | Ra Ra Riot | Sebadoh
No doubt, apologies are a large part of the Lou Barlow canon: Apologizing, wanting someone to apologize, etc. (Barlow would be the first to admit EMOH earned its name.) On his second proper solo album Goodnight Unknown, Barlow finds a... CONTINUE READING NEW LOU BARLOW VIDEO - "DON'T APOLOGIZE" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on August 25, 2009 in (8 comments)
Tags: Dinosaur Jr. | Lou Barlow | Sebadoh | Twilight
Lou describes his new LP as "a cross between my later work with Folk Implosion and my earlier work with Sebadoh ... to my ears, anyway." Test out his theory by handing over an email address to get Lou B's... CONTINUE READING NEW LOU BARLOW - "GRAVITATE"»
Posted on July 21, 2009 in (1 comments)
Tags: Dinosaur Jr. | Feist | Lou Barlow | Sebadoh
Taking some time out from the resurgent Dinosaur Jr., Lou Barlow's releasing his first solo album since 2005's Emoh this fall. It's called Goodnight Unknown and he describes it as "a cross between my later work with Folk Implosion and... CONTINUE READING LOU BARLOW'S BACK ON HIS OWN WITH GOODNIGHT UNKNOWN»
Posted on July 7, 2009 in (0 comments)
Tags: Dinosaur Jr. | Lou Barlow | Sebadoh
It's called I'm Going Away, but the conceptually minded Eleanor and Matthew and Friedberger clearly aren't going anywhere: This is their eighth full-length since 2003. Mixing things up a bit, the 12-song collection was recorded and mixed by Sebadoh's Jason... CONTINUE READING NEW FIERY FURNACES ALBUM OUT THIS SUMMER»
Posted on April 28, 2009 in (5 comments)
Tags: Girl Talk | Jason Loewenstein | Sebadoh | Sharon Van Etten | The Fiery Furnaces
Sparks Plus was flying the first night of the Pitchfork Music Festival. The promised thunderstorms never materialized, though the clouds remained generally ominous throughout, and we got soaked en route to the grounds. (Well, I got soaked. Amrit wisely... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008: MISSION OF BURMA AND SEBADOH LOOK BACK»
Posted on July 19, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Mission Of Burma | Pitchfork Music Festival | Sebadoh
We've sampled some of Cassettes Won't Listen (aka Jason Drake)'s remixing delicacies before with the nifty, shifty take on Asobi Seksu's Tokyo-tinged "Strawberries." But that was over a year ago, and that was just one track. With this year's giving-season... CONTINUE READING CASSETTES WON'T LISTEN PROVIDES ONE ALTERNATIVE FOR THE HOLIDAYS»
Posted on December 13, 2007 in (10 comments)
Tags: Blind Melon | Cassettes Won't Listen | Liz Phair | Pavement | Sebadoh
Earlier this week we wrote about Lou Barlow crediting email for facilitating the reunion of both Dinosaur Jr and Sebadoh, with Lou stating it helped him and Eric Gaffney put aside their differences and get back to their lo-fi indie... CONTINUE READING EXPLORING THE REUNITED-SEBADOH DYNAMIC»
Posted on March 1, 2007 (46 comments)
Tags: Lou Barlow | Sebadoh
A couple of the best advances in the recent trend toward band reformation come thanks to Lou Barlow, setting aside well-documented differences with both Eric Gaffney and J. Mascis to breathe some vitality into the beloved bands Sebadoh and Dinosaur... CONTINUE READING FOR LOU BARLOW, EMAIL IS A TRULY GREAT THING»
Posted on February 27, 2007 in (9 comments)
Tags: Dinosaur Jr | Lou Barlow | Sebadoh
