Taking a pause from the ongoing Dinosaur Jr reunion, Lou Barlow this week released a new digital EP called ‘= Sentridoh III’ — recorded with his current backing band, The Missingmen — and announced two rounds of North American summer dates.
Free download: Lou Barlow + Missingmen’s ‘Losercore’ off new ‘= Sentridoh III’ EP
The Germs’ final concert with Darby Crash featured on ‘Live at the Starwood’
Late-’70s Los Angeles punk outfit The Germs’ final performance with original frontman Darby Crash — recorded just four days before the singer’s suicide via heroin overdose — will be released on CD next month for the first time.
Dinosaur Jr touring Europe with Built to Spill; Lou Barlow announces U.S. solo trek
The reactivated Dinosaur Jr will spend most of May touring Europe with fellow guitar rockers Built to Spill — a six-string lover’s dream, no doubt — before bassist Lou Barlow returns to the U.S. for a 14-date solo trek in June in support of last year’s ‘Goodnight Unknown.’
Milestones: Minutemen, Black Flag recorded ‘Minuteflag’ EP 25 years ago this week
The four-track ‘Minuteflag’ EP was recorded 25 years ago this week as a one-off jam by the members of Black Flag and the Minutemen, but not released until a year later following the death of the latter band’s D. Boon.
Lou Barlow releasing ‘Goodnight Unknown,’ opening for himself on Dinosaur Jr tour
When not playing in Sebadoh, Folk Implosion or the reconstituted Dinosaur Jr, lo-fi pioneer Lou Barlow likes to occasionally record under his own name, and, in that vein, he recently completed Goodnight Unknown, his first solo effort since 2005’s Emoh.
The 14-track album, out Oct. 6 on Merge Records, was produced by Andrew Murdock, and features [...]
Mike Watt celebrates 25th anniversary of The Minutemen’s ‘Double Nickels on the Dime’
Mike Watt himself will be on hand to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Minutemen’s classic Double Nickels on the Dime double album at the Bowery Poetry Club & Cafe in New York City later next week.
The July 25 event will pay tribute to the sprawling, 45-track album, which was released in July 1984 [...]












