RAW impressions with Lou Barlow and Adelle Barlow

Lou's playing solo shows and Adelle and Izzy are with! From a Holiday Inn couch in Wilmington, Delaware, they discuss the tour so far and all the feels.

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 In preparation for tour Lou is finally learning his most requested song, High School (from 1993!). To do so he finds the original recording, attempts to decipher it and, along the way, makes an expa…

The Barlow Family General Tour is fast approaching. Adelle and Lou are in pre-tour anxiety mode. Lou is re-learning an old and profane, oft requested song. Adelle dreams of a stern packing consultant…

It’s getting hot in Lou’s studio, he greets Adelle shirtless and overly excited about his Sheryl Crow/Alanis Morrisette mash-up. Adelle busts him for being on edibles. 

Lou and Adelle (and Izzy) are h…

Lou and Adelle are feeling overwhelmed. A solo tour looms, the school year is ending, and will there be enough time to do it all? Lou presents his recreation of a 1980s Folgers coffee commercial with…

 Adelle and Lou chat about the 80s and Tina’s comeback LP Private Dancer. Lou then stretches his vocal range with a cover of What’s Love Got To Do With It.

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Lou and Adelle recap a beautiful whale watch/memorial service for a friend's mother. They share the ups and downs of sea life and a surprising octogenarian encounter.

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mini-music-TUESDAY! Lou plays Adelle a super-duper-lost Deep Wound song: Hey Bud, Let’s Party

recorded on a Panasonic Slim Line portable cassette player in Lou’s parent’s attic in 1983 (or 4). This le…

Did you know Lou was in a real Hollywood movie? Did you know Adelle was a professional audience clapper?

Hear Lou say "Frances McDormand" at least 20 times and tell one of Adelle's favorite fart stor…

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Lou and Adelle are celebrating their 8-year wedding anniversary. Lou plays Adelle his version of their wedding song Melt With You! Also, Adelle is a victim of identity theft.

Lou posted his entire Bi…

Spring is in the air and Lou and Adelle forget to talk about the continuing anniversary of Sebadoh’s Bubble & Scrape. No worries, Lou plays his 2 most requested songs, Soul And Fire and Think (let to…

Adelle and Lou reflect on the 25th episode of RAW impressions. How'd they get this far? Why'd they decide to do a podcast in the first place? What does the future hold? All these questions are consid…

 Lou reckons with the fact that Sebadoh’s Bubble & Scrape LP was released 30 years ago this week and plays 2 songs from it, 2 Years 2 Days and Cliche. Adelle experiments with sitting upright (instead…

 Lou responds to Instagram comments and takes on recreating a trio of Wrigley’s finest gum commercials. The medley (Big Red >Doublemint> Juicy Fruit) is littered with double entendres sending Lou and…

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Lou pursues recreating a Burger King commercial from the 70s like a mad scientist and almost loses his mind. Adelle travels to Wisconsin for a funeral and stays in a hotel room, by herself, for the f…

Matt the listener wants Lou to play Back To Your Heart from Dinosaur Jr's (first) reunion album Beyond. Lou happily obliges and talks about the song's origins. Adelle finds out that Paul McCartney pl…

 The cardinals are singing in the yard and Lou and Adelle discuss their favorite bird I.D. app. Lou’s been feeling low and attempts to cheer himself up with a new Commercial Recreation, his first of …

 After Lou somehow forgot to mention that Charlie was -not- the original vocalist of Deep Wound, Adelle insists that a third part of the band’s saga be recorded. Find out about 'the other Jay' and he…