Sebadoh were something of the “Beautiful Losers” of the ’90s indie scene. Lou Barlow emerged from Northamption hardcore act Deep Wound, and later Dinosaur Jr., having famously been acrimoniously ...

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 ...

Qui is the experimental rock duo of Paul Christensen and Matt Cronk that once included David Yow, but hasn’t since 2013. Their first album since Yow’s departure ...

Though Lou Barlow’s prolificacy will likely always be eclipsed by the Robert Pollards and Ty Segalls of the world, to say nothing of his legendary run in the late 80s to mid-90s, Barlow has found a ...

The onset of age can devolve into a rapid spiral of emotions, among them cynicism and panic. It’s human to reach a certain age when, alone with fading memories in hand, you’re forced to take stock of ...

Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Bandcamp playlist at the bottom of the page. Six years ago, that path led to Sebadoh's ...

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, ...

As much a collective of musicians as a band, Sebadoh was the quintessential lo-fi band of the ’90s. Formed by singer/songwriter Lou Barlow while he was the bassist for Dinosaur Jr., in the late ’80s, ...

Aside from being an amazing band, Sebadoh serve as historical markers of sorts. Their albums are the sonic equivalent of layers of sediment rock, documenting a history of their progress through the ...

A prolific songwriter, Barlow and his bandmates wrote some of the most emotionally poignant rock music of the ’90s, and the sonic quality of his recordings influenced a new generation of musicians ...

When Lou Barlow's Sebadoh first appeared, it was as his reaction to his former bandmate J Mascis's psychic warfare upon him in Dinosaur Jr. But Sebadoh's return – despite Dinosaur Jr being reunited – ...

Although Sebadoh had earned a reputation as being lo-fi pioneers with their early albums, Barlow explained it was largely the result of finding their way through the recording process rather than ...