Consequence of Sound — On Sebadoh's return, Dinosaur Jr.'s early days, and even Folk Implosion. more info

Totally Fuzzy — On July 20, we learned that '90s indie rock greats Sebadoh were ready to drop a five-song EP on sometime soon. While band leader Lou Barlow announced the songs wouldn't appear on their upcoming full-length, he didn't offer up a solid rel... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dinosaur Jr. will release their new album, I Bet on Sky, on Sept 18 via Jagjaguar. It's the band's third album since reforming the original line-up of J. Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph back in 2005. (They've been together... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Flavorwire creates a literary mixtape for To Kill a Mockingbird's Atticus Finch. Classics Rock! lists tributes by musicians to author Harry Crews. ToneDeaf interviews Lou Barlow of Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, and Folk Implosion. The Foster's Daily Democra... more info

Guardian Music — Devendra Banhart? James Yorkston? Mumford and Sons?! Our indie prof asks who is the folkiest of them allIs the folk thing finished yet?Alex Kapranos via TwitterFolk originates from the German word "volk", meaning people, and therefore a fairly inclu... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Lou Barlow talks to Cincinnati CityBeat about the Sebadoh reunion. The Atlantic interviews Gary Shetyngart about his novel Super Sad Love Story. Kuntz: It's a very postliterate world. There's data and there's snippets of text, but no one reads or... more info

KEXP Seattle — If you are a fan or were part of the lo-fi scene of the 1990′s, Sebadoh is 101 listening material along with such eponymous bands as Pavement and Guided By Voices. Sebadoh was formed in the late ’80′s after Lou Barlow got the boot from J. Masci... more info

Topix — J. Mascis, Lou Barlow and Emmett Jefferson Murphy III recorded the first Dinosaur album at a home studio near Northampton in 1985. more info

Guardian Music — English folk-rock legend Roy Harper celebrates his 70th birthday with a one-off concert (5 Nov, Royal Festival Hall, SE1, southbankcentre.co.uk) …And hitting 70 isn't stopping American folk-rock legend Bob Dylan from performing at London's Feis (18... more info

Stereogum — A man named Nostradamus Lou Barlow once sang: “Started smoking pot / Thought things sounded better slow / much slower.” Witch house provocateurs SALEM heeded his advice — and “Justin Bieber 800% Slower,” etc. — in their dragged-out remix ... more info