Lou Barlow
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Lou Barlow | |
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Birth name | Louis Knox Barlow |
Born | Dayton, Ohio, U.S. | July 17, 1966
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, keyboards, drums, ukulele |
Years active | 1982–present |
Labels | Joyful Noise Recordings, Shrimper, Smells Like, Mint, Sub Pop, Lo-Fi, Little Brother, Dark Beloved Cloud, City Slang, Merge, Acuarela, Domino |
Website | loobiecore |
Louis Knox Barlow (born July 17, 1966) is an American alternative rock musician and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion, Barlow is credited[1] with helping to pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His first band, which was formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, was Deep Wound.
Barlow has released four solo albums.
Early life
Barlow was born in Dayton, Ohio, and raised in Jackson, Michigan, and Westfield, Massachusetts.[citation needed]
Dinosaur Jr.
Barlow attended high school in Westfield, Massachusetts, where he met Scott Helland. The two formed the Massachusetts-based hardcore punk band Deep Wound. J Mascis joined the band after answering their ad for a "drummer wanted to play really fast".[2] After becoming disillusioned with the constraints of hardcore, Deep Wound broke up in 1984. Mascis and Barlow reunited that year to form Dinosaur, later Dinosaur Jr. Mascis and Barlow had personality conflicts throughout Dinosaur Jr.'s early existence, and after the 1988 release of their third album, Bug, and the initial supporting tour, Barlow was kicked out of the band.[3]
In 2005, Barlow rejoined the band alongside the original drummer, Murph. Since then, the band has reissued its first three records, toured extensively worldwide and released five new records, Beyond, Farm, I Bet on Sky, Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not, and Sweep It Into Space .[4]
Sebadoh, Sentridoh and the Folk Implosion
After his dismissal from Dinosaur Jr., Barlow turned his attention to his band
As Sebadoh grew in popularity and critical acclaim, Barlow continued work on the Sentridoh side project, which featured mostly home-recorded material similar to his output on the first three Sebadoh albums, but often recorded solo and with a less consistent sound quality. Sentridoh released a trio of
In 1994, Barlow formed the
After the release of Sebadoh's eighth album,
Other collaborations
- Released the instrumental split album Subsonic 6 (2000) with Belgian musician, Rudy Trouvé
- Sings on the track "Some" by Sharon Stoned, on the album License to Confuse (1995)
- Sings on the tracks "My Brother Moves" and "Everything You Know Is Wrong" by Production Club, from the album Follow Your Bliss (2003)
- Sings on the track "In the City in the Rain" by the 6ths on Wasps' Nests 6 6/6"
- Plays bass on the track "Strange Song" by Supreme Dicks, on the album The Unexamined Life (1993)
Solo work
Barlow released the first album under his own name, Emoh, in January 2005 on Merge Records. It featured long-time collaborators such as Sebadoh members Jason Loewenstein and Russ Pollard and Lou's sister Abby Barlow, and featured a higher production value than many of his previous solo releases. Jason Crock of Pitchfork called it "the most consistently strong record he's released since The Folk Implosion's One Part Lullaby" and wrote that "even if much of it was recorded at home, Emoh's 14 unassuming folk songs sound like they were created in a professional setting."[8] In November 2005, Barlow toured the Iberian Peninsula to promote the album.
Barlow released his second solo album,
Barlow's third solo album, Brace the Wave, was released on September 4, 2015, on
On October 28, 2016, Barlow released a 5 track EP entitled Apocalypse Fetish on Joyful Noise Recordings
In April 2021, it was announced that a solo album entitled Reason to Live would be released on May 28 via Joyful Noise.[11]
Personal life
Barlow's first marriage was to Kathleen Billus, with whom he has two children, Hendrix and Hannelore.[4]
In May 2015, he married knitwear designer Adelle Louise Burda, with whom he has a daughter, Izetta.[12]
Discography
Albums
Year | Title | Name | Label |
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1990/1991 | Losers (re-released in 1995 as "The Original Losing Losers" with altered track listing) | Sentridoh | Shrimper |
1992 | Most of the Worst and Some of the Best of Sentridoh | Sentridoh | Shrimper |
1993 | Wasted Pieces (re-issued in 2003 as "Lou B's Wasted Pieces '87 - '93") | Lou B's Acoustic Sentridoh | Shrimper |
1994 | Winning Losers: A Collection of Home Recordings 89-93 (re-issued in 2006) | Louis Barlow Acoustic Sentridoh | Smells Like Records |
1994 | Another Collection of Home Recordings | Lou Barlow and Friends | Mint |
2000 | Subsonic 6 (split album with Rudy Trouvé) | Lou Barlow | Sub Rosa |
2002 | Free Sentridoh: Songs from Loobiecore
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Sentridoh | Loobiecore |
2005 | Emoh | Lou Barlow | Merge |
2009 | Goodnight Unknown | Lou Barlow | Merge |
2009 | Songs from Loobiecore 2.5 - Tour Edition | Lou Barlow as Sentridoh | Loobiecore |
2015 | Brace the Wave | Lou Barlow | Joyful Noise Recordings |
2021 | Reason to Live | Lou Barlow | Joyful Noise Recordings |
Singles
Year | Title | Tracks | Name | Label |
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1992 | Losercore (later included on 2006 Winning Losers reissue) |
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Sentridoh | Smells Like Records |
2005 | Holding Back the Year |
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Lou Barlow | Domino |
2009 | The Right |
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Lou Barlow | Domino |
2011 | Welcome Home |
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Lou Barlow | Joyful Noise Recordings |
2014 | State Of Mine (Uke Version) |
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Lou Barlow | Joyful Noise Recordings |
2015 | Boundaries |
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Lou Barlow | Joyful Noise Recordings |
2015 | ? |
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Lou Barlow | Joyful Noise Recordings |
2016 | Apocalypse Fetish |
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Lou Barlow | Joyful Noise Recordings |
2016 | Anniversary Song |
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2016 | The Breeze |
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Lou Barlow | Joyful Noise Recordings |
2016 | Try 2 B |
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Lou Barlow | Joyful Noise Recordings |
2016 | Pour/Reward |
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Lou Barlow | Joyful Noise Recordings |
2018 | Love Intervene |
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Lou Barlow | Joyful Noise Recordings |
2019 | Over You/How Do I Know |
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Lou Barlow | Joyful Noise Recordings |
2019 | Cold One/Thirsty |
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Lou Barlow | Joyful Noise Recordings |
EPs
Year | Title | Tracks | Name | Label |
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1993 | The Mysterious Sentridoh e.p. |
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Sentridoh | Little Brother Records |
1993 | Sub Pop Singles Club – Dec 93 |
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Lou Barlow | Sub Pop |
1993 | Louis Barlow's Acoustic Sentridoh |
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Louis Barlow's Acoustic Sentridoh | Lo-Fi Recordings |
2007 | Mirror the Eye |
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Lou Barlow as Sentridoh | Acuarela |
2010 | Sentridoh III |
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lou barlow + missingmen
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Merge |
2016 | Apocalypse Fetish |
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Lou Barlow | Joyful Noise |
Live
Year | Title | Name | Label |
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1996 | Lou Barlow Plays Waterfront | Lou Barlow | Spun |
2011 | Live at Missing Link Records | Lou Barlow | Missing Link |
Compilation
Year | Title | Name | Label |
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1994 | A Collection of Previously Released Songs | Lou Barlow and his Sentridoh | City Slang |
Featured in compilations
Year | Track(s) | Title | Label |
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1991 | "Commercial Losers: Sensive Dull Thump, King of the Dry Hump I" | Capgun – A Shrimper Compilation | Shrimper |
1991 | "Me and My Arrow" | Ghost of a Rollercoaster | Shrimper |
1991 | "Revolution #37'" | Back to the Egg, Asshole | Shrimper |
1992 | "Certain Dance Circumstance" | Pawnshop Reverb | Shrimper |
1993 | "Same Old, Say Mould" | Caution! Hot Tips! | Dedicated / Melody Maker |
1993 | "Certain Dance – Circumstance / Revolution #37" | Abridged Perversion | Shrimper |
1994 | "I Stopped Singing" | Ow, Quit It! Vol.2 | Volvolo |
1994 | "Morning Rain '92" | Cool Beans #3 Split; split 7-inch with Matt, Dis- and sold with Cool Beans zine #3 | Cool Beans |
1994 | "Black Sheep" | Our Band Could Be Your Life; a Minutemen tribute album | Little Brother Records |
1995 | "Sorry" | Escargot (EP); sold with Escargot zine | Sick & Tired / Dark Beloved Cloud |
1995 | "Loving Limbs"/ "No Telling" | Chemical Imbalance Vol.3, #1; included with Chemical Imbalance zine | Chemical Imbalance |
1996 | "Skull" | Pipeline! Live Boston Rock on WMBR | Kimchee / Slow River |
1996 | "Blown Pony" | More of Our Stupid Noise | Squirtgun Records |
1997 | "Riding" | Flygirl (EP) #7; sold with Flygirl zine #7 | Flygirl / Blue Bunny |
1998 | "Blown Pony" | More of Our Stupid Noise '98
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Squirtgun Records/ Nettwerk |
2001 | "Morning's After Me" | Colonel Jeffrey Pumpernickel | Off |
2003 | "None of Your Goddam Bizness" | In the Film They Made Us a Little More Articulate | Escape Goat |
2005 | "A Man in Love" | Comes with a Smile Vol.13; came with the Comes with a Smile zine #17 | Comes with a Smile |
2006 | "Forever Instant" | Rough Trade Shops – Singer Songwriter 1 | Mute Records Ltd. |
2009 | "The Ballad of Daykitty"/ "I'm So Glad" | Score! 20 Years of Merge Records – Volume 6 | Merge |
2009 | "Sit Back and Watch" | Local Currency Digital EP | Fayettenam |
2009 | "Song of the Tall Poppy" | Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox | A Major |
2010 | "Smooth Sounds for Your Fucking Face" | Smooth Sounds: The Future Hits of WCKR SPGT | Shrimper |
2010 | "Imagination Blind" (live) | It Happened Here | St. Ives Records |
2011 | "Game of Pricks" | Sing for Your Meat; a Guided by Voices tribute album | No More Fake Labels |
with Dinosaur Jr
- Dinosaur (1985)
- You're Living All Over Me (1987)
- Bug (1988)
- Beyond (2007)
- Farm (2009)
- I Bet on Sky (2012)
- Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)
- Sweep It Into Space (2021)
Tribute
(2012) Just Gimme Lou Barlow (A Paperheart Tribute to)[13]
References
- TrouserPress.com. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
- ^ Azerrad, Michael: "Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981–1991.", page 348. Little, Brown and Company., 2001
- ^ Allmusic.com
- ^ a b c Bevan, David (October 4, 2012). "Dinosaur Jr.: Rediscovering the Gnarl". spin.com. Spin Media.
- ^ "III - Sebadoh | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
- ^ "smells like..." loobiecore.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
- ^ "SEBADOH SIGNS TO JOYFUL NOISE // 10" EP OUT NOW, LP OUT SEPT 17". Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ "Lou Barlow: Emoh Album Review | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
- ^ "Lou Barlow "Brace the Wave"". Joyful Noise. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ^ Minsker, Evan (July 22, 2015). "Lou Barlow Announces New Album Brace the Wave". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ "Instagram photo by Lou Barlow • May 12, 2015 at 12:17am UTC". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 1, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
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External links
- Lou Barlow's website
- Lou Barlow discography at Discogs
- Official Sebadoh website
- Lou Barlow interview at Prefixmag
- Interview with Lou Barlow (via Talk Rock To Me) August 17, 2012