Soul and Fire 6 Track Cd Single (W/ Unreleased Tracks Including an Untitle 11 Minute Track That Is From a Previously Unreleased Tape From Sebadoh Show in 1991
MusicEmissions (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
At this stage we've really come to know exactly what to expect when we get a Lou Barlow record. Whether it's his solo material or recording with Sebadoh, Sentridoh, or Folk Implosion , we know the music on the disc will be lo-fi rock that has mucho slacker appeal. So we know what Barlow's new album Goodnight Unknown is going to sound like right? Not so fast bucko. Barlow has decided to throw us a few...
Ryan's Smashing Life (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
On Further Review ! Barlow gathers himself for solo effort by Nick Parker Dinosaur Jr's Lou Barlow : Better on his own THE SUN COMES OUT - Lo-Fi pioneer and a founding member of both Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh, Lou Barlow has released his new solo album, “Goodnight Unknown,” only a matter of weeks after “ Farm ,” Dinosaur Jr’s latest effort, on which he played bass. You...
Song, by Toad (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
It’s hard to write a review of an album by someone considered by a lot of people to be something of a demi-god of his genre, particularly when your knowledge of his work is pretty thin. So I am warning anyone with a slightly more than healthy relationship with Sebadoh in particular to bear [...]
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Lou Barlow always seems to be at the crux of something intriguing. As the bassist for Dinosaur Jr., he dismantled the three-chord trappings of punk rock while at the same time out-amplifing metal. In Sebadoh, he and Eric Gaffney used bedroom effects like field recordings and poorly tuned guitars to rewrite (or incinerate) the rulebook on DIY recording. With his friend John Davis, he formed The Folk...
17 SECONDS (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Lou Barlow -’Goodnight Unknown.’ (Domino) It’s been four years since Barlow’s last album, Emoh….well, sort of. In that time, he’s reunited with Dinosaur Jr. to make two fine albums in the form of Beyond and Farm, as well as re-issuing three of Sebadoh’s albums. He’s clearly had fingers in several pies. So, of his own stuff, what [...]
The Good, The Bad, and The Unknown (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Solo careers are always measured against an artist's original band. For example, Chester Bennington's new solo band isn't described as a hard rock influenced pop album...it's considered a poppier version of Linkin Park. The Dead Weather isn't a sonic dirgy blues explosion...it's a bluesier version of the White Stripes. And Lou Barlow's new album (Goodnight Unknown) isn't a singer-songwriter
lost at e minor (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
With his new album, Goodnight Unknown, Dinosaur Jr and Sebadoh’s Lou Barlow has created a collection of melodic pop songs that he describes as being ‘a cross between my later work with Folk Implosion and my earlier work with Sebadoh. To my ears, anyway’. We checked in with him to get the inside word on [...]
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
In the years since Lou Barlow’s 2005 solo album EMOH , the indie-rock godfather has toured with his old bands Sebadoh and Dinosaur Jr., recorded two superb LPs with the latter, and has seen his early Sebadoh albums re-released in deluxe editions. So it’s understandable that Barlow’s new solo release, Goodnight Unknown , finds him in a reflective mood, revisiting the various styles...
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
In this week's podcast we head for the States. Actually, we don't. The Music Weekly private jet has been impounded. Instead, we made the States come to us. That's just how we roll. First up we have Lou Barlow, the man who founded Dinosaur Jr, then Sebadoh, then Folk Implosion. Now recording as a solo artist, he talks to Rosie Swash about his old days, his new material and how music keeps his anger...
Austinist (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
There's also a handful of remasters by Black Sabbath and Jesus Lizard this week and a slew of New Order vinyl reissues. Built to Spill There Is No Enemy (Warner Bros) Since the 1990s Built to Spill has issued some of the most dramatic, hopeful and ambitious indie rock ever. In recent years, Doug Martsch and his unchanged lineup have been content to quietly continue down the path they started on with...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
» » » Goodnight Unknown Goodnight UnknownRelease Date: October 6, 2009 Table of Contents AbstractLou Barlow can be a heartbreaking and visionary balladeer in his own right, but his work in Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh prove he can also churn out bracing rock and infectious pop, which is exactly what he does on Goodnight Unknown. The follow-up to his mostly acoustic EMOH, Goodnight Unknown...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Dinosaur Jr with Lou Barlow and the Missing Men - The Middle East (Cambridge, MA) - Friday, October 2, 2009 I can't think of a bill where the opening act was also playing with the headliner, but that was the case when Lou Barlow did double duty, first enlisting Mike Watt's band (The Secondmen, here rebadged as the Missingmen) and then opening the evening with a generous helping of his new record,...
Buzzin Music Blog (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
It is four years since Lou Barlow’s career redefining, mostly acoustic album Emoh, during which time he has reunited with Dinosaur Jr. and reissued three of Sebadoh’s classic albums. On October 5th Barlow will be back with his brilliant new album Goodnight Unknown, which fuses the live band energy of Dinosaur Jr, the stylistic reach of [...]
Another Lost Shark (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
The new music cup is spilling over at the moment, with some very cool releases. Here’s a taste of what’s creating waves in the world of this Lost Shark. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Sorya Market This track is taken from the film The Girls of Phnom Penh and can be found on their new release White [...]
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Does Lou Barlow really need an introduction? I didn't think so. If you're not already familar with the work he's done with Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, and Folk Implosion, I strongly advise becoming acquainted. Lou has a new solo album slated to drop on October 6th. The effort is being released by Merge Records and is entitled Goodnight Unknown . I've included a track from the release below. Lou recently...
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