It seems like distant memory, a relic of a bygone era, but “punk cred” was once currency in certain corners of rock culture. To be perceived as inauthentic, cynical, or ambitious meant losing stock with a sizable chunk of the music press as well as your peers, and few bands felt the brunt of that as much as the Smashing Pumpkins. Indie icons from Stephen Malkmus to fellow Chicagoan Steve Albini criticized the band in songs and interviews, and even as recently as 2015, Kim Gordon called the group “in no way punk rock” in her memoir Girl in a Band.
Led by the mercurial Billy Corgan—or William Patrick Corgan, as he’s preferred in recent years—the Pumpkins started as a mopey goth band but gradually addended their love of the Cure and New Order with Black Sabbath-inspired riffs and psychedelic guitar. Their debut, 1991’s Gish, boasted bombastic production...
Led by the mercurial Billy Corgan—or William Patrick Corgan, as he’s preferred in recent years—the Pumpkins started as a mopey goth band but gradually addended their love of the Cure and New Order with Black Sabbath-inspired riffs and psychedelic guitar. Their debut, 1991’s Gish, boasted bombastic production...
- 7/24/2023
- by Fred Barrett
- Slant Magazine
Lou Barlow will commemorate the 15th anniversary of Emoh with a reissue, slated for July 31st via Merge Records.
The solo album — which the Dinosaur Jr. bassist and Sebadoh frontman released in January 2005 — will be released as a double LP with eight demos. The vinyl marks the record’s first domestic release.
Merge Records
“Though Emoh was a positive step forward for me, listening to it now, I realize the songs clearly track the slow dissolution of my first marriage, the fatal break of several partnerships, and my struggle to acclimate to living in L.
The solo album — which the Dinosaur Jr. bassist and Sebadoh frontman released in January 2005 — will be released as a double LP with eight demos. The vinyl marks the record’s first domestic release.
Merge Records
“Though Emoh was a positive step forward for me, listening to it now, I realize the songs clearly track the slow dissolution of my first marriage, the fatal break of several partnerships, and my struggle to acclimate to living in L.
- 6/16/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Lou Barlow unwittingly walks right past the Get Up Kids’ frontman, Matt Pyror, in the video for the Kids’ new song called, ahem, “Lou Barlow.”
In the clip, Barlow — who fronts Sebadoh, plays bass in Dinosaur Jr., and records as a solo artist — ends up paying the price for not noticing Pryor when he does everything he can to get into the Get Up Kids’ concert, right down to presenting the club’s door man with a copy of the Kids’ new LP, Problems (out now). He points at the...
In the clip, Barlow — who fronts Sebadoh, plays bass in Dinosaur Jr., and records as a solo artist — ends up paying the price for not noticing Pryor when he does everything he can to get into the Get Up Kids’ concert, right down to presenting the club’s door man with a copy of the Kids’ new LP, Problems (out now). He points at the...
- 11/13/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
When J Mascis thinks about all of the albums Dinosaur Jr. put out in the Nineties, he says his favorite is the one most people know the least: Hand It Over. The record came out in 1997, as the alternative-rock boom was fading away, and the LP barely made it onto the Billboard 200, peaking at Number 188. The only song from that period to chart anywhere was the ultra-poppy “Take a Run at the Sun,” and that was in the U.K.; the song wasn’t even on Hand It Over. The...
- 10/3/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Sebadoh send-up the tin foil hat crowd and technology-induced conspiracy theorists on their new song, “Raging River,” set to appear on their upcoming LP, Act Surprised, out May 24th.
“Raging River” finds bassist Jason Loewenstein unraveling dystopian lyrics — “You can say it ain’t so/No light no shadow/Things they don’t want to know/Got the tin foil hats on — over spindly guitars that jump to a heavy crunch when the song hits the chorus. Loewenstein also stars in the video for “Raging River,” in which he tinkers with strange machines,...
“Raging River” finds bassist Jason Loewenstein unraveling dystopian lyrics — “You can say it ain’t so/No light no shadow/Things they don’t want to know/Got the tin foil hats on — over spindly guitars that jump to a heavy crunch when the song hits the chorus. Loewenstein also stars in the video for “Raging River,” in which he tinkers with strange machines,...
- 4/19/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Dinosaur Jr. will host a new rock and roll summer camp, Camp Fuzz, July 30th through August 2nd at the Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, New York. The camp will host a mix of performances, forums, panels, classes and jam sessions. While Dinosaur Jr. are the only act attached so far, the band’s schedule is already packed: Frontman J. Mascis will host a “Pedals & Guitar style” class, Murph will teach a drum workshop and Lou Barlow will helm a four-string guitar and ukulele clinic.
Dinosaur Jr. are also...
Dinosaur Jr. are also...
- 3/12/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Indie rock stalwarts Sebadoh offer an alternative to anxiety on their new song, “Celebrate the Void,” which will appear on their first album in six years, Act Surprised, out May 24th via Dangerbird Records.
“Celebrate the Void” begins as a brooding head-nodder marked by plodding drums and warbling guitar licks that turn into a heavy crunch when the chorus hits. Halfway through, however, the track gathers steam and transforms into a blistering rocker that wraps with the unexpected rallying cry, “Empty my my/Celebrate the void.”
In a statement, Sebadoh...
“Celebrate the Void” begins as a brooding head-nodder marked by plodding drums and warbling guitar licks that turn into a heavy crunch when the chorus hits. Halfway through, however, the track gathers steam and transforms into a blistering rocker that wraps with the unexpected rallying cry, “Empty my my/Celebrate the void.”
In a statement, Sebadoh...
- 3/1/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Dirty Laundry talked to Lou Barlow, a true indie lo-fi legend at their chosen laundromat venue this week. Barlow went on to focus on Sebadoh and start Folk Implosion after being kicked out of Dinosaur Jr. in 1989, but has since reunited with them and his former idol, J Mascis.
The interview was posted in two parts with the second at Venus Zine up today. In it, Barlow talks about the healing acid trip he was on when he saw J Mascis on the cover of Spin and finally came to terms with his departure from Dinosaur Jr.
And you have to hear him tell about how he came to do the soundtrack for "Kids" after Harmony Korine wrote him crazy fan letters for his work with Sebadoh. Apparently Korine likes to throw those little exploding snaps at old ladies while he walks around in NY.
Download: "Gravitate" off Lou Barlow...
The interview was posted in two parts with the second at Venus Zine up today. In it, Barlow talks about the healing acid trip he was on when he saw J Mascis on the cover of Spin and finally came to terms with his departure from Dinosaur Jr.
And you have to hear him tell about how he came to do the soundtrack for "Kids" after Harmony Korine wrote him crazy fan letters for his work with Sebadoh. Apparently Korine likes to throw those little exploding snaps at old ladies while he walks around in NY.
Download: "Gravitate" off Lou Barlow...
- 8/26/2010
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
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