Sebadoh

Bakesale: Deluxe Edition (Sub Pop)

Phantasmagoric extras time out at an hour’s worth of EPs, singles, and demos: Germanic techno (“Cementville”) to acoustic rebounds (“On Fire”) and all manner of sonic madness (“Hank Williams”). Real bonus: remastered reminder that fifth Sebadoh LP Bakesale (1994) corralled such kitchen-sink clatter beginning with the can-opener riff to first salvo “License To Confuse.” Mom Barlow’s LP cover snapshot entertains an alternate metaphor, but the Dinosaur Jr. Jr. of “Got It” acquits. ****

This article appears in July 29 • 2011.

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San Francisco native Raoul Hernandez crossed the border into Texas on July 2, 1992, and began writing about music for the Chronicle that fall, debuting with an album review of Keith Richards’ Main Offender. By virtue of local show previews – first “Recommendeds,” now calendar picks – his writing’s appeared in almost every issue since 1993.