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While 1996’s Harmacyis a perfectly serviceable slice of melancholic pop, the record that preceded it was Sebadoh’s high water mark. 1994’s Bakesalehas only ripened with age and is richly deserving of this month’s deluxe, 2-disc reissue treatment via Sub Pop. As the spurned former bandmate of Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis, frontman Lou Barlow hit the sour-sweet spot between cynical and romantic viewpoints with shambolic aplomb. Anchored by the wistfully buoyant anthems “License to Confuse” and “Rebound,” Barlow’s 15-track opus is a letter-perfect study in the Gen X hallmarks of self-loathing and narcissism, but with an entirely appealing note of humanity that makes it as important to the Clinton-era indie rock cannon as Pavement’s Slanted and Enchanted. With Quasi, Lovesick Empire. HANNAH LEVIN
Sat., Feb. 12, 8 p.m., 2011