Lo-fi indie rock pioneers Sebadoh are ready to tour their home continent for the first time since 1999. Main Sebadites Lou Barlow and Jason Loewenstein will take to stages across North America this spring with pre-recorded percussion on a cassette four-track machine.
The tour kicks off April 19 in St. Louis, Mo., at the Duck Room, and will run for about two and a half weeks, winding up in Nashville May 8.
Sebadoh was formed in 1988 by Barlow with Eric Gaffney while the former was still playing bass for Dinosaur Jr. Loewenstein joined shortly thereafter, quickly becoming Barlow’s main co-contributor as Gaffney faded from the picture.
After eight albums, the last being 1999’s The Sebadoh, Barlow and Loewenstein let the project rest, preferring to concentrate separately on solo ventures and assorted projects. They regrouped last fall for a performance at Domino Records’ 10th anniversary party, and followed up with some shows in Europe.
Although no new album is in the works for Sebadoh, the two are not discounting the possibility. For now, Barlow is halfway through his first “hi-fi solo record,” according to a February 21 post on his Web site. Loewenstein has been lending his drum talents to the recording, as well as working on his own follow-up to 2002’s solo debut, At Sixes And Sevens.
Source pollstar.com.
