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Reason to Live Due Out May 28 on Joyful Noise
Apr 08, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Folk Implosion) has announced a new album titled Reason to Live, which will be out on May 28 via Joyful Noise. Barlow has also shared a video for a new song from the album, “Over You.” More
Act Surprised Out Now via Dangerbird
May 24, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Sebadoh has released a new album, Act Surprised, today via Dangerbird. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More
Hayden Thorpe Is the Runner-up (Plus Stream New Albums from Flying Lotus, Mavis Staples, Black Mountain, Morrissey, and More)
May 24, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has released a new album, Reward, today via Mexican Summer and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album here, as well as on a strong runner-up that was almost our Album of the Week, Hayden Thorpe‘s Diviner. Plus there are streams of other notable albums released today. More
Act Surprised Due Out May 24 via Dangerbird
May 03, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Sebadoh are releasing a new album, Act Surprised, on May 24 via Dangerbird. Now they have shared another song from it, “Sunshine,” via a video for the track. More
Act Surprised Due Out May 24 via Dangerbird
Apr 19, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Sebadoh are releasing a new album, Act Surprised, on May 24 via Dangerbird. Now they have shared another song from it, “Raging River,” via a video for the track. More
Act Surprised Due Out May 24 via Dangerbird
Mar 29, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Sebadoh are releasing a new album, Act Surprised, on May 24 via Dangerbird. Previously they shared a video for its first single, “Celebrate the Void.” Now they have shared another song from it, “Stunned,” also via a video. More
Act Surprised Due Out May 24 via Dangerbird
Mar 01, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Sebadoh have announced a new album, Act Surprised, and shared a video for its first single, “Celebrate the Void.” They have also announced some tour dates. More
It’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Jan 30, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Last year, Sebadoh released Defend Yourself, their first album in fourteen years. Check out the video for album cut “State of Mind.” More
B-side From New Album Defend Yourself
Nov 01, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
This past September Lou Barlow’s ‘90s lo-fi outfit Sebadoh released Defend Yourself, the trio’s first album in 14 years. More
Sep 09, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Next week sees the release of a number of noteworthy albums on Sept. 17, all of which are now streaming in full online. More
Jul 30, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
This September Lou Barlow’s ‘90s lo-fi trio Sebadoh will release Defend Yourself, the group’s first album in 14 years. More
Performances by Dinosaur Jr., The Antlers, Yuck, Wavves, and more
Jul 12, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
Weezer have announced that they will be presenting a cruise ship festival. More
Interviews
Jul 18, 2019
By Mark Redfern
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 being a musician (first band, first tour, etc.). For this My Firsts we talk to Lou Barlow of Sebadoh. More
Dec 29, 2014
By Matt Fink
Though we’re still in the process of assessing the cultural and creative significance of the seminal indie rock records from the early ‘90s, three albums from that era stand out as more or less indisputable touchstones: Pavement’s Slanted & Enchanted, Guided by Voices’ Bee Thousand and Sebadoh’s Bakesale. Of the three, Bakesale was the least obvious choice for canonization at the time of its release, if only because it was so out-of-step. When indie rock’s prevailing pose was to look like you didn’t care, Sebadoh wrote songs with a heart-on-sleeve sincerity. When loud guitars and obfuscation were in, Sebadoh played straightforward guitar-pop songs that focused on hooks and lyrical directness. Twenty years later, Pavement and Guided by Voices might be more revered, but Sebadoh is more copied. Bakesale is the moment their legacy was secured. More
Oct 23, 2013
By John Everhart
During the protracted gestation period since the release of 1999’s eponymous The Sebadoh, Lou Barlow would often say, “We’ll be back when our fans want us back.” Though they were not releasing material, aside from the occasional piece of tour merchandise and last year’s Secret EP (which was only available for digital download and at shows), the band stayed busy, both as a unit and with sundry side projects. More
Reviews
Jun 17, 2019
By Michael James Hall
Six years after Defend Yourself and their recommencement as a recording unit, Sebadoh bring us 15 new songs in the shape of act surprised. More
Sep 26, 2013
By Austin Trunick
Lou Barlow can certainly roll with the punches. Being booted from Dinosaur Jr. just on the way to 120 Minutes semi-stardom would have been enough to demolish a lesser artist, but Barlow shifted his focus to Sebadoh, the home-recorded side project he shared with Eric Gaffney, and turned it into an indie rock dynasty all its own. More
Apr 15, 2011
By John Everhart
“Everyone leaves a Sebadoh show a little disappointed. Or sometimes completely disappointed,” quips Lou Barlow as the band are unable to honor a fan’s request for “The Freed Pig,” as they “only learned 30 songs for the tour, not 31.” Barlow’s self-effacement aside, this marathon, near two-hour gig is perhaps the best a Sebadoh fan could hope for-at least one in thrall to the Bakesale and Harmacy albums, the two the band focus on for the bulk of their setlist. More