Artist of the Week: Lou Barlow

The artist of the week is Lou Barlow. Lou is one of the most talented singer/songwriters in pop music today. He should be a star.

Lou Barlow was born July 17, 1966 in Dayton, Ohio, but more commonly associated with the late-80s to early-90s Western Mass-Boston music axis.

He is widely considered to be among the most prolific and ground-breaking indie musicians of the 1990’s. He’s best known for his work with sebadoh, folk implosion and Dinosaur Jr.’s original lineup.

Many labels have been applied to his unique brand of acoustic rock, including lo-fi, folk-pop and folkcore. Barlow’s latest album, his first official solo effort under his own name, is titled Emoh.

Barlow’s latest album, his first ????official???? solo album, is entitled Emoh , recorded with a bunch of friends.

The album, released in January of 2005

takes the songs of Sentridoh and rolls them up into the production values of Folk Implosion to create a sound rarely found in the Barlow catalog.

Similar artists

Sufjan Stevens, Sebadoh, M. Ward

Discography

1990 Losers (cassette) Shrimper
1992 Most of the Worst and Some of the Best (cassette); selections included on Wasted Pieces reissue Shrimper
1994 Wasted Pieces (cassette); reissued on CD in 1996 Shrimper
1994 Winning Losers: A Collection of Home Recordings 89-93 Smells Like Records
1994 Lou Barlow and His Sentridoh (compilation) City Slang
1995 The Original Losing Losers; reissue of Losers cassette Shrimper
2002 Free Sentridoh Loobiecore
2005 Emoh Merge