Among other things, rock 'n' roll is a form of cultural baggage that depends upon something other than music for its impact. But the career of Lou Barlow is an example of how the weight of that ...

Lou Barlow’s musical span of attention has never been very long. That’s part of why he bounced around in so many bands in the 90s: Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Sentridoh, the Folk Implosion, most recently, ...

Sebadoh's albums have traditionally been battles between the band's winsome, sensitive, earnest side (traditionally represented by frontman Lou Barlow) and a more abrasive, lighthearted, even ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Sebadoh delivered a charged shot of nostalgia to the Larimer Lounge with tour mates Quasi on Wednesday night. Lou Barlow, Jason Loewenstein and drummer Bob D ...

Indie rock legends Sebadoh never really broke up. Sure, Lou Barlow and Jason Loewenstein took an extended break in 1999, and didn’t release any new albums together between then and 2013, but they ...

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: Whether or not you were a Sebadoh—or even Dinosaur Jr.—fan back in the early ’90s, you’ve got to give props to Lou Barlow. The bassist, songwriter, and alt-rock mainstay has been ...

Fourteen years is a long time in anyone’s money, that’s for sure. In 1999 I was recovering from a first shambolic performance at university (graduating class of 1998, yo) by working in that same ...

Sebadoh will release its first new LP in 14 years this September. Defend Yourself comes out Sept. 17 on Joyful Noise Recordings and, according to the band, it “marks a return to the self-recorded DIY ...

The staggering gamut of cred Lou Barlow boasts in the hardcore, post-punk, lo-fi and indie rock realms toes past the line of the ridiculous and the legendary. In the early ’80s, Barlow obliterated his ...

My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones (first word, first concert, etc.) or their first tastes of ...

The greatest benefit to the current flood of anniversary tours and album reissues might not be the chance for fans to experience or relive shows of the past, or even the bands' second chances at ...

Guitarist Lou Barlow joined the hardcore punk band Deep Wound in 1982, during high school times in western Massachusetts. They put out a decent 7-inch plus a few songs on one compilation, and then ...