By: Spacelab Research Staff

Lou! Lou. Lou...Mr. Barlow is back with a new album this fall titled Goodnight Unknown on Merge Records. He gets some help from Dale Crover (The Melvins’), Imaad Wasif (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, alaska!), Andrew Murdock, and Lisa Germano. It's due for release on October 6th.

The project is actually under the working band name of Lou Barlow + the Missingmen, with the Missingmen consisting of Tom Watson and drummer Raul Morales, who also play with Mike Watt.

It should come as no surprise that Goodnight Unknown sounds a lot like Dinosaur Jr and what Lou callls “a cross between my later work with Folk Implosion and my earlier work with Sebadoh…to my ears, anyway.”

They'll be playig this fall on on the Dinosaur Jr. tour, so Lou will be doing double duty, playing in both the opening band and headlining band. There seems to be a lot of that going on right now...

Lou Barlow + the Missingmen:
09-30 Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
10-01 Montreal, QUE - Pop Montreal Festival
10-02 Cambridge, MA - Middle East
10-03 Cambridge, MA - Middle East
10-04 Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights
10-07 New Haven, CT - Toad’s Place
10-08-09 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10-09 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of the Living Arts
10-10 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
10-11 Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot
10-13 Madison, WI - The Majestic Theatre
10-14 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
10-15 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
10-16 Louisville, KY - Headliner’s Music Hall
10-17 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
10-26 Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont Club
10-27 Omaha, NE - Slowdown
10-29 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
10-30 Fort Collins, CO - Aggie Theatre
11-03 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
11-04 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
11-06 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
11-07 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom