THE LOW BARLOW EXPERIENCE

There have been many notable bands to have been formed in the great state of Massachusetts, e.g. Boston (The Band), The Cars, Aerosmith (although vastly overrated), as well as some new acts that have achieved some success recently like Four Year Strong and Passion Pit. And, of course, The Pixies, my personal favorite. There have also been Massachusetts music that makes me want to dropkick infants when I hear it, like Boys Like Girls, Powerman 5000, Dropkick Murphy's, Staind, Godsmack, And The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

However, a lot of local music just flies under the radar, and some of it stays there. Although completely relevant on the indie scene, any music that the eccentric Low Barlow made barely saw the light of pop-culture day. He formed Dinosaur Jr. in Amherst in the mid 80's, which helped influence lo-fi, garage rock bands like The Flaming Lips and Sonic Youth to greater success. Barlow eventually graduated to a more introspective sound, and formed Sebadoh in the early 90's. The band put out a few recordings until 1994, when Barlow was contacted to do the soundtrack for Larry Clark's Independent film, KIDS.

The soundtrack eventually peaked on #29 on the billboard 100, due to the word-of-mouth success of the film. The album is mostly made up of tracks from Barlow's side project band, Folk Implosion. Considered to be his most accessible work, it's still not for everyone, trust me. By the way, I'm not trying to come across as some pretentious writer for Pitchfork, I just figured this was the best way to give out this info. Download link below.

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