Background
He grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he attended Northampton High School, and now resides in Brooklyn, New New York
He grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he attended Northampton High School, and now resides in Brooklyn, New New York
In 1989, Loewenstein was recruited by Eric Gaffney to play drums and bass for His first songwriting contributions came on III and continued on Bubble and Scrape, adding "dark. Following Gaffney"s departure from in 1993, Loewenstein assumed a higher songwriting profile, contributing five songs to 1994"s Bakesale. This continued on the last two releases Harmacy and The, after which the group went on hiatus until 2003/2004 when he and Lou Barlow toured as a duo on a tour they called "Turbo Acoustic", with Loewenstein and Barlow playing along to drum tracks that were pre-recorded by Loewenstein.
In 2007, he, Barlow and Gaffney reformed the "Classic" trio and toured throughout the United States and Europe.
From August 2005 to the present, Jason has performed and recorded with the Brooklyn-based band The, playing bass and guitar. He acted as engineer on their 2008 release Remember and 2009"s I"m Going Away.