RAW impressions with Lou Barlow and Adelle Barlow

Rejoice! Lou and 4-Track Man have done another vintage commercial re-creation. This time a Manhandler '78 Mash-Up! In addition Adelle and Lou chat Flipper (the band), inspired adult film ideas, and p…

Lou and Adelle talk about the recent Barlow Family General Canadian adventure. Lou plays two archival requests he meant to play on the tour but did not: Feel Good (from the Canda-centric Lou Barlow a…

In advance of the Walk To Defeat ALS event (September 6th in Look Park, Northampton MA at 10 a.m.). Adelle and Lou dedicate this episode to Adelle’s mom Valerie, the inspiration for Adelle’s walking …

Lou, Adelle, and Izzy are back from a 12 day whirlwind tour of Canada Michigan, Ohio, and New York state. What happened? Listen and find out! Also, August birthday shout-outs, several of them! 4-Trac…

Lou plays 3 unreleased tune fragments for Adelle and tries to explain them. The phrase "shits and giggles" is discussed.

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Lou's back from tour, he and Adelle are here to catch y'all up. 4-Track Man is fixed and back with another sluggish introduction. Lou talks Dinosaur Jr tour highlights (Built To Spill, Mudhoney, Babe…

Lou is pulled by forces beyond his control nto covering another Billy Joel song. This time

Matter Of Trust from 1986. He realizes he has more in common with B.J. than he’d like to admit. Adelle quizze…

For the much anticipated July Birthday Shout-Out episode Lou is on tour and stoned. This remote episode features 16 shout-outs including one for Lou from Adelle and 2 for their cats, Pumpkin and Psyc…

Lou plays Adelle his long promised (to himself) mash-up of Just The Way You Are by Billy Joel and I’m Not In Love by 10cc, two of his favorite songs songs from 1970s AM radio. Lou explains the logic …

With another Bobby Bare Jr Lou Barlow Song-Swap Tour on the horizon what better time for Adelle and Lou to check in on him? Bobby is a veritable fountain of fun-facts and this episode keeps it a-flow…

Izzy is home from sleep-away camp and collaborates with her dad on a cover of Michael and His Slipper Tree by the Equals (from 1969). Lou has been obsessed with the song since listening to his Equals…

Lou digs deep and plays K-Sensa-My for Adelle, it's one of the first 'real' songs he wrote and the first time he's performed it in decades. Nonsense words and Transcendental Meditation are discussed.

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 Live from the woods, it's the June Birthday-Shout-Out episode. Only one RAW Impressions fan (Duffy) requested a shout-out and Lou and Adelle could only think of one friend (Busy Philipps) with a Jun…

The Barlow family venture into New Hampshire, lead by loons and brushed by butterflies. Izzy is in camp, Adelle and Lou are exhausted. Any RAW Impressions fans from NH? Let us know. 

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A very satisfying visit from Adelle and Lou’s 2 Minnesota nieces yields a very sweet version of Unsatisfied (The Replacements) as sung by Lou and 20 year-old Aleksa. 

 Also: we bought a used mini-van.…

Adelle and Lou are back from a trip to Wisconsin with turtles on their minds. Lou does a cold-wave version of Husker Du's 1982 classic What Do I Want but does -not- do a cold-wave version of The Repl…

On this Mini-Music -Monday Lou fulfills his life-long dream of covering Suicidal Tendencies' hit song Institutionalized on the podcast. Adelle listens to Lou sputter on about hardcore, the episode en…

Hey May babies! Just under the wire here's your birthday shout-outs! 4-Track Man personalizes the RAW Birthday Song for each birthday person! This especially sweet episode is followed by an risque ac…

In London, Lou discovers the music of 'experimental folk artist' Sam Amidon triggering a discussion with Adelle about country music and 'Americana', a term that annoys Lou. He makes several attempts …

On the heels of Lou and Bobby's -song swap-, Adelle quizes the boys about their favorite moments of the tour. Bobby tells us about his mom (also a famous singer), his Greyhound, how to pronounce Tamm…