The Phoenix Network:
 
 
 
About  |  Advertise
Adult  |  Moonsigns  |  Band Guide  |  Blogs  |  In Pictures
 
CD Reviews  |  Classical  |  Live Reviews  |  Music Features
ted-kennedy-memorial-1000

Boston music news: July 21, 2006

Notes on Lou Barlow and Stacy Jones
By SARAH TOMLINSON  |  July 18, 2006

060721_barlow_main1
Lou Barlow
The recent spate of activity from the DINOSAUR JR. camp has given indie rock fans plenty of reason to rejoice. Now LOU BARLOW’s post-Dinosaur project SEBADOH are following suit. The band will release a deluxe version of 1991’s III, which many consider to be one of indie rock’s definitive albums, September 5 on Domino. “The record has been unavailable for years and had been fetching big money on eBay,” says Barlow. “There have been no Sebadoh reissues to date, and III seemed like a logical place to begin.” There’ll be a bonus CD of rare tracks and B-sides including the “Gimme Indie Rock” seven-inch and some unreleased four-track recordings from the time. “Lo-fi to the core,” Barlow says. “The honesty in the songs is always kind of shocking. But I know the record very well. We lived it, I loved it.” Next big question, of course: will fans hear these songs played live again anytime soon? “We’re currently talking about that possibility. We’ll see . . . weirder things have happened — the Dinosaur Jr. reunion, for instance.”

AMERICAN HI-FI have a new song, “The Rescue,” on Rhino’s Sound of Superman album, and singer/guitarist STACY JONES, the former drummer for Letters to Cleo and Veruca Salt, says it could be the last new music you’ll hear from the group for a while, since Hi-Fi are on a break. Jones is not: he just wrote songs for the new Bowling for Soup album and a tune with Marty Casey, the runner-up on Rock Star: INXS. But his focus now is his new A&R gig with Epic, and working as a staff producer at Sony. “I decided that after 15 years on the road I was ready to kind of settle down.” Among his recent projects is Utah emo-pop sister act MEG & DIA, whose debut album, Something Real (Doghouse), drops August 8. He’s also produced tracks for British punk act TOWERS OF LONDON’s debut, Blood Sweat and Towers (TVT), and California singer-songwriter RONNIE DAY’s sophomore effort, The Album. “I’ve listened to everything over the years, which puts me in a good position right now. I can make a record like Meg & Dia and then make a total metal record a week later. It keeps it interesting for me. There are a different set of rules and challenges on each record, which is nice.”

On the Web
Sebadoh:
//www.sebadoh.com/
American Hi-Fi://www.americanhi-fi.com/

Email the author
Sarah Tomlinson:
stomlins@mindspring.com

Related: Unextinct, Good vibrations, Boston music news: February 24, 2006, More more >
  Topics: New England Music News , Entertainment, Music, Pop and Rock Music,  More more >
  • Share:
  • Share this entry with Facebook
  • Share this entry with Digg
  • Share this entry with Delicious
  • RSS feed
  • Email this article to a friend
  • Print this article
Comments

Best Music Poll 2009 winners
BMP_WINNERS_AD
Today's Event Picks
ARTICLES BY SARAH TOMLINSON
Share this entry with Delicious
  •   CABIN FEVER  |  January 02, 2007
    Local-music aficionados were downright spoiled in 2006. Hallelujah the Hills, "Hallelujah the Hills" (mp3) SnowLeopards, "Stuck in the Middle" (mp3)   Tulsa, "Whissper" (mp3)
  •   BOSTON MUSIC NEWS: JULY 21, 2006  |  July 18, 2006
    The recent spate of activity from the Dinosaur Jr. camp has given indie rock fans plenty of reason to rejoice.
  •   BOSTON MUSIC NEWS: JULY 14, 2006  |  July 10, 2006
    Ryan Lee Crosby wrote his newest, “Everyday Escape,” for his younger brother Adam, who now plays drums in Crosby’s backing band, the Mindless. Ryan Lee and the Mindless, "Obey Me" (mp3)
  •   BOSTON MUSIC NEWS: JULY 7, 2006  |  July 05, 2006
    Major happenings are afoot in the BON SAVANTS camp this month. The band have a residency at Piano’s in New York City the first three Thursdays in July. Bon Savants, "The Moon and the Ocean" (mp3 via MySpace) Bon Savants, "Why This Could Never Work" (mp3 via OTD)
  •   BOSTON MUSIC NEWS: JUNE 30, 2006  |  June 27, 2006
    Former Jake Brennan and the Confidence Men organist Scott Janovitz, brother of Buffalo Tom’s Bill Janovitz, is busy taking center stage with two of his own projects. The Russians, "Taking Noise Away" (mp3 via MySpace) The Great Bandini, "One and One" (mp3 via MySpace)

 See all articles by: SARAH TOMLINSON

MOST POPULAR
RSS Feed of for the most popular articles
 Most Viewed   Most Emailed 



  |  Sign In  |  Register
 
thePhoenix.com:
Phoenix Media/Communications Group:
TODAY'S FEATURED ADVERTISERS
Copyright © 2009 The Phoenix Media/Communications Group