Consequence of Sound — Dinosaur Jr. bassist returns with a follow-up to Brace the Wave. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The whole EP was made with a ukulele, though you probably wouldn't know it. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — As a follow-up to 2015’s Brace The Wave, lo-fi icon Lou Barlow has announced a new EP, Apocalypse Fetish, and shared its lead single, “The Breeze.” For the debut track, Barlow pairs a down-tuned ukulele (his weapon of choice on Apocalypse Fetis... more info

Consequence of Sound — A stripped-down take on the Say Anything classic. more info

Stereogum — Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” will forever be one of the most evocative love songs for one very specific reason: it’s the song John Cusack plays when he holds up that bigass boombox to Ione Skye’s window in the 1989 drama Say Anything. Tha... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — If a band’s going to stage a “comeback,” there are few greater examples of doing it right than the one put down by Dinosaur Jr. Since reforming in 2005, the original lineup of J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph have gone on to put out more albums ... more info

NME — The songwriter reveals that he still has a frosty relationship with Mascis more info

Impose Magazine — Folk Implosion was an American indie rock/lo-fi band founded in the early 1990s by Lou Barlow and John Davis. It’s probably the most prominent of Barlow’s side projects, which was started as a way to explore different territory than that being ca... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The guests this time include LOU BARLOW (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr), DALE CROVER (Melvins), DAVID YOW (the Jesus Lizard/Scratch Acid), MURPH (Dinosaur Jr), KEVIN RUTMANIS (Cows/Melvins) ALEXANDER HACKE (Einstürzende Neubauten)... Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — An Elliott Smith tribute album featuring contributions from Waxahatchee, Jesu/Sun Kil Moon, J. Mascis, Lou Barlow, Julien Baker, Amanda Palmer, Belly/The Breeder’s Tanya Donelly, and Swervedriver’s Adam Franklin is due out this fall, and today Yu... more info