Lou Barlow personified home recording’s rise in the late ’80s and was arguably one of the few key players that changed the trajectory of songwriting as the ’90s charted its cultural course. For the 30th anniversary of his Really Insane 7-inch and Winning Losers EP, Emil Amos and Steve Shelley have compiled an overview of Barlow’s best solo work under the name Sentridoh. Based around an even mix of legendary tracks and extra deep cuts, this compilation focuses on Barlow’s arrangement innovations, signature textural explorations, and radical ability to turn psychological upheaval into classic songs.
LP $22.00
11/22/2024
MP3 $9.90
11/22/2024
FLAC $11.99
11/22/2024
In the early ‘90s Lou Barlow released a handful of solo, stripped down albums under the Sentridoh moniker that may have single-handedly sparked the home-grown, lo-fi four-track explosion that still smolders on college radio today. Others eventually rode the trend to fame and estimable fortunes but the former Dinosaur Jr. bassist and Sebadoh frontman was most likely just interested in finding an outlet for his subdued, heart-felt songwriting and acoustic folk-pop experiments. This expanded resissue of Winning Losers features three bonus tracks from the Losercore 7- inch, incidentally, the debut release on Steve Shelley’s (Sonic Youth) Smells Like Records label.
CD $9.50
12/13/2005
***Over the course of the first four years of the '90s, Shrimper released three cassette-only releases by LOU BARLOW & HIS SENTRIDOH. Losing Losers was reissued on double-LP and CD some eight or so years back, while Wasted Pieces and Some of the Best/Most of the Worst... have been out of print for years, moping around eBay of late asking for $ 35 here, $ 52 there. After dubbing thousands of copies of the cassette from second-generation UR60 tapes, the Shrimper brain trust fished out the original sequenced masters, shipped them back to Lou B to resequence and add out-of-print Sentridoh recordings to, and assembled the motherlode onto a single disc. The tracks mine the ennui and melancholy one might expect from Mr. Barlow, but there are also orchestrated instrumentals (one of which made it into the Kids film, but not on the soundtrack), Moondog beats, and a cappella treachery. Lou was on the road this spring and early summer, touring behind the New Folk Implosion record, sprinkling some solo dates here and there, and performing songs from his self-released Lou B's Free Sentridoh CD from last year as well as material from the days of yore.
CD $12.00
08/12/2003
MP3 $0.00
08/12/2003
