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Sebadoh: Bakesale (Sub Pop); Louis Barlow's Acoustic Sentridoh: Winning Losers: A Collection Of Home Recordings (Smells Like Records)

Mark Kemp, Rolling Stone, 1 December 1994

AS A SONGWRITER, Lou Barlow is the Joni Mitchell of indie rock's low-fi chic. His simple, often acoustic-based pop melodies are packed with twisted, unresolved feelings of romance, loss, obsession and self-doubt.

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