LargeHeartedBoy — Ann Beattie talked books and reading with the New York Times. NPR Music is streaming Lou Barlow's new album Brace the Wave. Booksellers recommended fall reading at Lit Hub. NPR Music is streaming The Arcs' new album Yours, Dreamily. Electric... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Lou Barlow has a new, mostly acoustic solo album, titled Brace the Wave, that will be coming out via Joyful Noise on September 4. That's the cover art above and Lou says it's "nine songs without drums, without regrets."... more info

Stereogum — Just yesterday we spoke with Lou Barlow about the 20th anniversary of Kids, and today the Sebadoh/Dinosaur Jr./Folk Implosion/etc. member is back with news of his first solo album since 2009’s Goodnight Unknown. It’s called Brace The Wave, and it... more info

Stereogum — This week marks the 20th anniversary of Kids — Larry’s Clark’s infamous, lascivious, inflammatory film about a bunch of New York City teenagers drinking, drugging, fighting, skating and, most notoriously, having sex with virgins. Given how comm... more info

Stereogum — Back in 2013, Lou Barlow (of Sebadoh and Dinosaur Jr. fame) got together with Imaad Wasif and the Melvins’ Dale Crover and recorded two tracks at Dave Grohl’s 606 Studios. They would go on to name their collaboration Tres Padres, and Barlow menti... more info

Stereogum — “Dinosaur have this weird Teflon thing,” Sebadoh frontman Lou Barlow told me in a 2013 interview for Under The Radar. “Sebadoh’s more vulnerable. There are more faces to the band. You have the strength of [co-frontman] Jason [Lowenstein]’s ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Ian Chainey The first taste of the Melvins' Hold it In, the new album featuring Paul Leary and JD Pinkus of the Butthole Surfers, has hit the web. "Brass Cupcake" is rather rocking, definitely fitting into the more streamlined... more info

Stereogum — We heard “A State Of Mine” last year when Lou Barlow’s seminal indie rock band Sebadoh released their first album in 14 years. Now you can watch the video for it, which acts like a kaleidoscope of nuclear family dread. The video, animated by Ge... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Having expounded the virtues of always writing in detail about new songs, here's a quick whip through the best of the load of new songs that have emerged in just the last few weeks. Stanley Brinks and The Wave Pictures - I Wanted You Brinks is An... more info

Impose Magazine — Prepping for an interview with Lou Barlow means tunneling through a vast network of indie legend—starting with '80s hardcore, weeding through the births of 'indie,' 'alternative,' 'lo-fi' and about a dozen other shaky monikers, through three bands ... more info