...because he was in the band Folk Implosion, which had a big hit with the pop oddity "Natural One," right? Barlow is a lo-fi legend, and he found his greatest successes as the bassist and occasional songwriter of Dinosaur Jr., and later as the principal songwriter and guitarist for the band Sebadoh. The band hit paydirt with 1994's Bakesale, gross cover art and all. more ›

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 1997's Perfect From Now On. more ›

Image from MySpace Dinosaur Jr, Awesome Color, Grand ChampeenFriday December 7Emos (603 Red River St)Doors at 9, programme at 10[info] | [tickets]There are three kinds of Dinosaur Jr fan: the 80s scenesters with a Deep Wound cassette and fond memories of J Mascis & Co doing sloppy Peter Frampton covers at the Elks Lodge; children of the '90s who thought "Feel The Pain" was probably a Foo Fighters song; and kids who read Pitchfork often... more ›

Thank God for shiftless, neurotic, pothead New Englanders. In the late 1980s, Lou Barlow, lately laid off from his day job as bassist for then-indie powerhouse Dinosaur Jr., hooked up with fellow "noise-terrorist" Eric Gaffney to expand his home-recording project, mindlessly dubbed "Sebadoh" after a nonsense word he coined while stoned, into a proper touring band. A steadily growing cult pursued the group (teenage Jason Lowenstein quickly joined as touring drummer) well into the... more ›

We are big fans of the HBO show, Deadwood. We cannot help but talk about it here, because one of the frontmen of the band we just interviewed is one of the stars of the show. His name is John Hawkes. He plays Sol Star, the business partner of Seth Bullock, and the only Jew in Deadwood. The thing about Deadwood is, it really pushes the boundaries of what we normally think of as... more ›