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Sebadoh - Defend Yourself

Sebadoh Defend Yourself For a project that began its life as a lo-fi home recording project for Lou Barlow and his buddy Eric Gaffney, replete with wretched sound quality and interstitial samples and bits of noise, it's strange to consider that Defend Yourself could be the messiest album of Sebadoh's career. It's not just the music […]

Joan Of Arc - Joan Of Arc Presents Joan Of Arc

Joan Of Arc Joan Of Arc Presents Joan Of Arc Chicago music collective Joan Of Arc have already proclaimed their love for foreign/avant garde cinema (the artwork for their album Live In Chicago, 1999 consisted of recreations of scenes from Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 masterpiece Week End). And there can be no denying the artful leanings […]

Of Montreal, Deerhoof, Make Believe, Dead Rider part of flexi singles series

Joyful Noise Recordings has announced plans for its 2012 Flexi Disc Series, a monthly singles series featuring exclusive contributions from Akron/Family, Danielson, Dead Rider (ex US Maple), Deerhoof, Jad Fair (Half Japanese), Lou Barlow (Sebadoh/Dinosaur Jr.), Make Believe (ex Cap'n Jazz/Owls/Joan of Arc), of Montreal [pictured], Racebannon, Rafter, Richard Swift and Tortoise. The series is limited […]