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 ...

Lou Barlow had decided to move to California—Silver Lake, specifically. The year was 1997 or maybe 1998, though the Western Massachusetts native admits he never bothered to pinpoint the precise time.

As disillusioned, weed-eating teenaged punks down on the hardcore scene in the late ‘80s, Massachusetts buds Eric Gaffney and Lou Barlow turned to dirt cheap, bedroom-recorded, pot-wafting, beat up ...

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 ...

Lou Barlow has worn many hats over his 25-year-plus career as a musician. But no project has been as pervasive as Sebadoh, the lo-fi outfit he formed as a creative outlet while still bass player of a ...

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 are back with Act Surprised, their first album in over six years, which will be out May 24 via Dangerbird. Lou Barlow, who moved back to Massachusetts not too long ago, reconvened with ...

As previously announced, the surviving members of Soundgarden teamed up to play a show under the Soundgarden anagram Nudedragons–with Shaina Shepherd on vocals–marking one of the only times they’ve ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sebadoh singer/guitarist Lou Barlow has a big few months ahead of him: Wednesday night the band kicked off an East Coast tour in New Haven, Sub Pop is releasing a double disc expanded version of the ...

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 ...