On October 6, we will release Lou Barlow's new album, Goodnight Unknown. In the four years since his career-redefining, mostly acoustic record Emoh, Lou Barlow has reunited with Dinosaur Jr. and reissued three of Sebadoh's classic albums. But as the brilliant new Goodnight Unknown illustrates, he's hardly living in the past. Borrowing the live-band energy of Dinosaur Jr. and the stylistic reach of Sebadoh, Barlow has built on Emoh's full production and written a set of immediate, melodic pop songs that Lou describes as, "a cross between my later work with Folk Implosion and my earlier work with Sebadoh...to my ... [read more]ears, anyway."
Lou Barlow + The Missingmen will be on tour throughout the fall opening for Dinosaur Jr. The Missingmen are guitarist Tom Watson and drummer Raul Morales. Lou "stole" them from Mike Watt for this tour, and is excited to be bringing you the full band experience of Goodnight Unknown.
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Less than a year after their acclaimed, dark triumph The Knot, Baltimore's Wye Oak offer My Neighbor/My Creator, a vibrant EP that brims with melody and creative detours over five new recordings.
Collaborating with outside producers for the first time, Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack's four new songs feel loose and direct, from the tumbling opener "My Neighbor" to the propulsive "Emmylou." "My Creator" and "I Hope You Die" begin like ballads but soon reveal unexpected layers of saxophone and percussion over Wasner's cascading vocals. Chris and Mickey Freeland, brothers with ties to everything from Oxes' math-rock explorations ... [read more]to Baltimore's indie hip-hop scene, helmed the new EP's recordings in their own Beat Babies studio, and they bring new textures to Wye Oak's ever-expanding sound. There's a heavier reliance on keyboards, culminating in Mickey's own stunning remix of The Knot's "That I Do" which must be heard to be believed.
Anything but a stopgap, My Neighbor/My Creator is yet another significant step forward for this young band.
THIS Friday, August 20, 2010. 9pm. $10 advance / $12 day of show. DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW, DUMMY :)
