Sebadoh

One of the key bands of the '90s lo-fi movement, Sebadoh embraced intentionally raw and unsophisticated home recording as the element that tied together their self-conscious sentimental pop with their noisy experimentalism. The project began in 1986 as an outlet for singer/songwriter Lou Barlow while he was playing bass in Dinosaur Jr. and feeling limited in what he was allowed to contribute to the band. Barlow had already taken Sebadoh from a solo project to an informal band with drummer/songwriter Eric Gaffney when he was kicked out of Dinosaur Jr. in 1989, and with the incl...