Lou Reed once asked, “What becomes a legend most?” No doubt the unfailingly modest Lou Barlow would blanch at being called a “legend.” And yet when you take the long-view, few artists have been as prolific, productive, and influential over the last 20 years. Barlow burst onto the scene as the bass-player in the seminal [...]

Former Dinosaur Jr. member Lou Barlow began the recording process of his new solo album Goodnight Unknown with the goal of making this album more aggressive and denser in the style of his earlier Sebadoh recordings. Barlow turned to Dale Crover of The Melvins to play the drums on six songs, and producer Andrew “Mudrock” [...]