i listened to smash your head on the punk rock and b & s a while ago to see if i could still like them and as it turns out, the eric songs are the ones i continue to enjoy (i'm the kindest drifter you'll ever hate, and i'll cook for you and i'll clean my plate! >>>>> it's all a matter of soul and fire) and the lou songs sounded UNBEARABLY feelingsy. the loewenstein songs were relatively neutral and fine. I had friends who would complain about the noisy songs interrupting their sweet sweet lou songs, and i guess they finally got what they wanted. does the reunited sebadoh have a gaffney?
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
He was back for earlier reunion things, but he's since left again.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
dont think so. he left again afaik
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
Sebadoh ended for me when Gaffney left. If Lou was the heart, Gaffney was the spastic colon that kept you on your toes.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
real talk!!
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
i thought of him more as the more interesting person -- all lou can do is talk about his boring emotional FEELINGS. i don't want to hang around with a heart. wkiw loewenstein though.
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
And that line-up was AMAZING live. Switched instruments every few songs, so you got rotating mini sets of Lou, Jason & Eric tunes, with the singer almost always on guitar. Plus they were really loose in the way only a very close band can be. They seemed to enjoy playing with each other so much the audience couldn't help but feed off it too.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
If I want to hear someone sing about their feelings I'll take "I'm scared of dying, don't let me die" over everything Barlow ever wrote any day. xpost
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
iirc it was a toy love
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
Jason Lo is my favorite of the three, so as long as he's present for the process, I'm on board.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
just found out about this, happy. going to play it in a few.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 02:42 (eleven years ago) link
Man, ilx, looking gifthorses in the mouth since the turn of the century.
I'm stoked for this, maybe not my ideal line-up, but I'll take these new tunes.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 03:23 (eleven years ago) link
JayLoew forever, love the new songs
― Call Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. Poo-poo-pa-doop. (stevie), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
given how things went down with Dino Jr. back in the day and how Lou felt about it i always thought it was odd for him to carry on w/ both Sebadoh and Folk Implosion without the people who started those bands with him
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
Haven't heard these guys in a long time but was in a normally bustling cafe that was strangely empty due to the holidays and Bob Weston's production on "Brand New Love" (the Smash Your Head version) is pretty wild... That's some pretty nice tight mic-ing.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 21 December 2014 03:46 (nine years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/pLNSgO4.jpg
― mookieproof, Sunday, 6 March 2016 04:40 (eight years ago) link
nice
― Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, 6 March 2016 04:51 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoUv_ntXV-4
10/25/91Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJERIC, JASON, AND LOU
(00:00) Slinstrumental (03:47) Brand New Love(08:12) It's So Hard To Fall In Love(10:21) Sexual Confusion (12:55) Cheapshot (14:20) Toledo
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 6 March 2016 05:28 (eight years ago) link
i'm listening to the new archival Deluxx Folk Implosion record with Bob! It's sooooo awesome! a whole album of great stuff that never came out from the sessions that the 7-inch came from. every sebadoh fan needs this for real.
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14641936_10155184014092137_23910008043006990_n.jpg?oh=1cddb836f5880ea319eb34d09d9769e4&oe=58626B03
― scott seward, Thursday, 13 October 2016 15:27 (seven years ago) link
that's very cool
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 13 October 2016 15:35 (seven years ago) link
1990 pre-iii eric jason lou show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UazDjWnS1yE
― city worker, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
"Buffalo Tom and Nirvana... that's cool..."
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
ERICJASONLOU
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 22:14 (five years ago) link
featuring that guy who used to play bass in Soul Asylum
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 22:20 (five years ago) link
Great ending to that Middle East show... it was really a whole 'nother energy with Eric on 2nd gtr.
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 22:56 (five years ago) link
(or, rather, the only gtr -- and Lou on bass)
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 22:58 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaAP3DJRADU
― PaulTMA, Friday, 1 March 2019 10:04 (five years ago) link
The Sebadoh is 20 years old this week, so birthday cakes are appropriate.
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 1 March 2019 13:42 (five years ago) link
hm https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/blogs/news/our-disheartening-sebadoh-story
― Frozen CD, Friday, 1 March 2019 23:21 (five years ago) link
Geez that record is 20? I saw them when it came out opening for the Flaming Lips, and even back then Lou was lamenting that everybody hated the record.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 2 March 2019 00:58 (five years ago) link
I never saw sebadoh perform. Was at a show but lou jumped off the stage and walked out before performing. I remember walking home from that show and just smiling. Lol
― nathom, Saturday, 2 March 2019 12:51 (five years ago) link
I saw them a few times, but the best (by far) was in the mid-2000s — just Lou & Jason, plus a tape recorder with drum tracks for some songs. They were excellent, the crowd was way into it... it was just “one of those shows.” (I remember a tough-looking guy with a ponytail standing next to me, looking up at the stage and shouting along to every word of one of the songs from “Oven Is My Friend.”)
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Saturday, 2 March 2019 19:34 (five years ago) link
Btw — that new song isn’t bad (just watched the video). I found some of the my-side-of-the-story divorced-dad content of Defend Yourself to be a little cringeworthy (think I actually preferred Jason’s songs on that one); but I’m always up for a new Sebadoh LP, no matter how corny Lou’s soul-bearing may become with age.
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Saturday, 2 March 2019 22:18 (five years ago) link
I loved Bob D'Amico's song on Defend Yourself:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHRlfSxe6q4
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 2 March 2019 22:43 (five years ago) link
...so much so I posted the wrong song completely. It's this one:https://sebadoh.bandcamp.com/track/once
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 2 March 2019 22:44 (five years ago) link
I forgot about the “Secret EP” from 2013; that was a good one:https://sebadoh.bandcamp.com/album/secret-ep
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Saturday, 2 March 2019 23:00 (five years ago) link
Too Pure is brilliant.
― that's not my post, Sunday, 3 March 2019 07:11 (five years ago) link
Another new single from the upcoming album (a Jason tune):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8CU1T7Y-vg
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Friday, 29 March 2019 17:06 (five years ago) link
So what do y'all think of Act Surprised? I think it's good, though the sound's a little muddy, and Lou's lyrics are somewhat cringe-y (as they tend to be lately).
― stan by me (morrisp), Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
Saw Lou on his recent solo tour and it was a dream come true for a mega-fan like me. Nearly 3 hours of requests in a yoga studio to a knowledgeable crowd of 25. Have only heard the 2 singles from Act Surprised and it's not for me. I wish them boundless success though. Would love to hear others' thoughts on the album.
― Yelploaf, Friday, 12 July 2019 01:40 (four years ago) link
on first listen, new Lou solo is really nice
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 13:53 (two years ago) link
I was relistening to some old sh*t (per the other thread)... check out this performance of "Downmind," it slays on every level. I forgot just how great this bootleg is (7th Street Entry).
― aging goth couple™ (morrisp), Thursday, 15 July 2021 21:20 (two years ago) link
Absolutely classic for the run from III to Harmacy, but I kind of quit keeping up beyond that.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 July 2021 21:27 (two years ago) link
the first album of those silly cassette recordings is very quotable, i always wished i had a friend i could riff of it with, like inside jokes... some quite touching songs in there, too.
― maelin, Thursday, 15 July 2021 22:49 (two years ago) link
Just came across this (from 2019) - https://www.vice.com/en/article/evea3a/sebadohs-the-sebadoh-20-years-later
― aging goth couple™ (morrisp), Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:36 (two years ago) link
morris I thought your comment on the other thread about how the "whole" early Sebadoh-as-band picture was scattered across a bunch of different releases was very accurate, speaking as someone who was a big fan at the time they were putting that stuff out. and all those Vertical 7"s were such limited collector scum nonsense that you could only get those as tape trades. and yeah, I treasure my Magic Ribbons box, especially for the great Unrest song "Headringer" that (I think) is still not reissued in any form.
― sleeve, Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:39 (two years ago) link
so many times back then, you'd see an indie single in the new bins and if you didn't get it then you never saw it again
(looking at you, "Oven Is My Friend" 7")
― sleeve, Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:40 (two years ago) link
I still have not heard the last LP, I don't think. I did see the reunion tour which I was psyched about at the time but cannot remember a single thing about now.
― sleeve, Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:42 (two years ago) link
xxp “Headringer” is on Twister! I don’t know offhand if it’s the same version, though… Knowing Unrest, it may not be!
― aging goth couple™ (morrisp), Friday, 16 July 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
ha I was wondering about that! I have the CDR reissue of that, will check
― sleeve, Friday, 16 July 2021 00:08 (two years ago) link