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

LargeHeartedBoy — As part of its ongoing series about author Haruki Murakami, the Asahi Shimbun explores the food references in his writing. NOW Magazine profiles the reunited band Sebadoh. Author Said Sayrafiezadeh recommends three "not-at-all-boring" books on tedium... 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

LargeHeartedBoy — Drowned in Sound interviews Sebadoh frontman Lou Barlow about the band's new album, Defend Yourself. The longlist for the National Book Award for fiction has been named. Congratulations to Largehearted Boy Book Notes contributors Anthony Marra and Jo... more info

DrownedInSound — Continuing 2013's grand tradition of bands returning from Chinese Democracy-worthy periods of inactivity, Sebadoh join My Bloody Valentine, The Pastels and Mazzy Star on the roll call of artists putting over a decade in the wilderness behind them wit... more info

DrownedInSound — The days of Sebadoh blowing minds and claiming hearts are now far behind them, but then maybe they don’t have to do that anymore. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Consequence of Sound — 14 years after their last studio LP, Barlow veers between awkward and lovely. more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Earlier this year, David Bowie made a long-awaited return.  My Bloody Valentine released their first album in 22 years.  Now, the Pixies are following suit. (And Sebadoh is not far behind)  Granted it's only an EP and Kim Deal is no longer with th... more info

KEXP Seattle — Some things change and some things stay the same. It’s been a while since Lou Barlow and Jason Loewenstein recorded under the name Sebadoh, but listening to the Secret EP, the precursor to the band’s forthcoming full-length, you’d think it had ... more info

Consequence of Sound — A second whiff off the band's first LP in 14 years, Defend Yourself. more info