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Lou Barlow speaks with a deadpan zeal, which he applies directly to a unique, insightful -- dare we say sarcastic -- view of the music industry.

Not all dinosaurs are extinct.Dinosaur Jr., the ragged indie-rock heroes who fizzled into the murk in the late 1990s, have arisen from the depths of an acrimonious breakup and emerged with not one, but two albums that equal their influential output in the 1980s.

Indie rock fans are probably inclined to think of the Folk Implosion as the most prominent of Lou Barlow's many side projects from the influential indie band Sebadoh.

Prolific singer/songwriter/musician Lou Barlow seems to be bringing things together of late, rather than fragmenting further into additional side projects.

For more than 25 years, Lou Barlow has been a prolific songwriter with a wide range of sounds and influences, whether it's the grunge of Dinosaur Jr.

Former Louisville resident Lou Barlow is blogging for Paste magazine about the tour with Dinosaur Jr ., and he had this to say about the Oct.

"I'd be happy if 'relaxed, weird and inscrutable' was on my tombstone," says indie rocker Lou Barlow.

TRURO artist Daryl Waller, aka Swifty, has designed the sleeve for the new album by Lou Barlow, best known for his work in such glorious American bands as Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh and Folk Implosion.

Morrissey may be popularly perceived as the King of Sadness Feelings, but his arch melodrama has always struck me as too closely related to handful-of-Tylenol "suicide attempt" drama queen-ism, which is just another way for somebody to say "Look at me!" Serious aficionados of feeling bad know that Lou Barlow is the true master of alt-rock ...

Ever since the sixth grade, Dinosaur Jr. has accompanied me through my music phases, whether it was classic rock, grunge, catchy pop rock or noise, Dinosaur Jr.

Lou Barlow continues to break new musical ground some 25 years after he hit his first note.

Lou Barlow's inability to get a song in edgewise for J. Mascis Band, a.k.a. Dinosaur Jr., led to both his ouster and some fantastic sides for his burgeoning Sebadoh project.

It sucked that Lou Barlow's incredible band Sebadoh petered out with two tepid final records, and I never had much use for the Folk Implosion, the band that briefly broke Barlow into the mainstream with their yawn of a hit, "Natural One." Before all that, Barlow - in Sebadoh and during his three-album stint in Dinosaur Jr.

New music releases out October 6 October 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm by Vinyl Fever VINYL: Lou Barlow - Goodnight Unknown Lou describes this as, "a cross between my later work with Folk Implosion and my earlier work with Sebadoh." The Clientele - Bonfires on the Health The Clientele are cited as an influence by bands such as Spoon and the Fleet Foxes.

There's also a handful of remasters by Black Sabbath and Jesus Lizard this week and a slew of New Order vinyl reissues.

JOE PERNICE reads from It Feels Good So When I Stop at Word on the Street, EYE WEEKLY Music Stage, Queen's Park.

I might as well just admit it. I don't really like any music made after 1993. Not only that, but I don't really like any music that wasn't made in Boston, New York, or the Pacific North West of America.

Lou Barlow, OG fuzz-rocker of Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh fame, recently unveiled the first music video off his forthcoming LP, Goodnight Unknown via Stereogum .

Noise Addict, the band Ben Lee kicked around in Sydney with when he was a 14, have just released their first album in 14 years, and it is free.

No doubt, apologies are a large part of the Lou Barlow canon: Apologizing, wanting someone to apologize, etc.