Smash Your Head On The Punk Rock

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Total Tracks: 12   Total Length: 38:43

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Noisy greatness

martyyu

Easily the best Nick Drake cover.

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The Making of Sebadoh's Bakesale
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The Making of Sebadoh’s Bakesale

By Michelangelo Matos, eMusic Contributor

Sebadoh's Bakesale couldn't have arrived at a more opportune moment. The Boston trio — singer-songwriters Lou Barlow (bass) and Jason Loewenstein (guitar) and drummer Eric Gaffney, replaced after the initial album session by Bob Fay — had begun with releases (many of them simply Barlow working alone on his four-track) on tiny labels like Homestead. They'd built up a word-of-mouth fanbase and a decent packet of press clips by the time Sub Pop signed them… more »

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Sebadoh made its Sub Pop debut with Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock, which collects the highlights of the import compilations Rockin’ the Forest and Sebadoh vs. Helmet. Lou Barlow’s contributions are the gems here, especially the transcendent “Brand New Love,” which first appeared in acoustic form on Weed Forestin’ (and was later punked up by Superchunk); almost as good are “Vampire” and “Good Things,” while an apt and poignant cover of David Crosby’s “Everybody’s Been Burned” underscores the emotional frailty which binds all of Barlow’s work. – Jason Ankeny

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  • 05.27.12 Sebadoh recording update: Song #15 (lou) 100%, song #16 " I dont mind" (jake) 97%... quitting time.
  • 05.27.12 Me and Bob are about to rock with mike watt & missingmen! Thanks @GaryROAR
  • 05.26.12 Sebadoh recording: song #13 "sweet" (lou) basics done! http://t.co/abriU7bg
  • 05.26.12 Sebadoh recording: "don't go in there." http://t.co/Y9bqmeKR
  • 05.26.12 Sebadoh song #12 (jake) basics done ! Learned the riffs to another lou tune... http://t.co/Uf0tQIGW
  • 05.25.12 Bob at the drum junkyard http://t.co/AbBPBBff
  • 05.25.12 Ironically the drummer is out of the frame on the way to the drum shop. Nothing cooler than a drum shop employee ... http://t.co/WMZTUs7s
  • 05.25.12 sebadoh... breaking news: snare drum problem causes band trip to drum shop, album recording delayed http://t.co/SovSS9uD
  • 05.25.12 Ha! Just mistakenly deleted all of my demos and notes for the sebadoh session that starts tomorrow. This is about to get interesting!
  • 05.23.12 Turn off all electronic devices - jakejake http://t.co/lgT8rqaF
  • 05.23.12 Great job TSA, I have not shown ID to anyone and I am now boarding my flight. Why do we bear this indignity?