Sebadoh

A key indie rock album of the 1990s, Sebadoh's third release finds its scrappy, rough rocking charm complemented by Lou Barlow's melancholy songwriting. More experimental than the Replacements, yet less emotionally removed than Pavement, dividing line here is Lou Barlow's open-hearted songs and the bands constant flirtation with failure. With Sebadoh, nothing is ever perfect, but you get the feeling it could be if they really, really tried.

In the indie-rock world of the nineties, Sebadoh were far less consistent than bands like
Pavement or Yo La Tengo, but at their best they were almost as great. This reissue of the
Northampton, Massachusetts, trio's first good record comes with a bonus disc of
hit-and-miss songs recorded around the same time as Sebadoh III, including the entire
Gimme Indie Rock! EP (dig the great title track). The 1991 album itself is a freewh... More >