"Lo-Fi" is a term loved by many guitarists who grew up in the '90s to the sound of early Ween, Sebadoh, Guided by Voices, and - of course - Pavement and even early Beck. It's a word that's only superficially pejorative: the "low fidelity" of the recordings and slight sloppiness of the performances (that's what the terms refers to) reflected those musicians' slacking attitude, but somehow ended up also becoming a "plus factor," adding a peculiar character to their songs, while also implicitly conveying that truly great songwriting can't be ruined by under par production values.... Click on the title for more