The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Solo careers are always measured against an artist's original band. For example, Chester Bennington's new solo band isn't described as a hard rock influenced pop album...it's considered a poppier version of Linkin Park. The Dead Weather isn't a son... more info

Guardian Music — In this week's podcast we head for the States. Actually, we don't. TheMusic Weekly private jet has been impounded. Instead, we made the States come to us. That's just how we roll. First up we have Lou Barlow, the man who founded Dinosaur Jr, then Seb... more info

Stereogum — I like the way "Scantrons" ushers in Tape Deck Mountain's Ghost, "an album about being a ghost, thinking you're a ghost, dreaming you're a ghost, being a ghost, and getting good grades in school." You get a waft of jangling Spaceman 3 echoes via thes... more info

Rock Sellout — Does Lou Barlow really need an introduction? I didn't think so. If you're not already familar with the work he's done with Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, and Folk Implosion, I strongly advise becoming acquainted. Lou has a new solo album slated to drop on Oc... more info

Live Daily — Alt-rockers Dinosaur Jr. [ tickets ] will launch a massive fall headlining tour early next month in support of the band's ninth studio album, "Farm," which hit stores in June. The group gets things underway Oct. 2 and 3 in Cambridge, MA. Four date... more info

Stereogum — New York producer and multi-instrumentalist Jason Drake, aka Cassettes Won't Listen, has already given us the free One Alternative EP, which offered his laptop covers of Pavement, Sebadoh, etc., as well as his Ludacris/G 'N R mashup Ludacris Democrac... more info

Pasta Primavera — I’ve been a Lou Barlow fan for as long as I can remember.  Ever since my pal Chris handed me a dubbed cassette with Sebadoh’s Bakesale on the A side.  After wearing that down I picked up the actual CD and rode that baby into the sunset. ... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Merge Records loves you and is giving away "Gravitate" [mp3] from the upcoming album, Goodnight Unknown from alt singer, Lou Barlow (former member Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion). The new album was produced by Andrew... more info

JamBase — Lou Barlow Readies His Solo Release And Preps For Tour Lou Barlow On October 6, Merge Records will release Lou Barlow's new album, Goodnight Unknown. In the four years since his career-redefining, mostly acoustic record Emoh, Lou Barlow has reu... more info

Stereogum — NAME: Lou Barlow PROGRESS REPORT: Releasing his 2nd solo LP, Goodnight Unknown , "deconstructing" his songs for live performance Releasing your sophomore solo record might be nerve-wracking, unless you'd already released a ton of other LPs with... more info