Sonic Youth

blog) My 30 Favorite Albums of 2009 blog) The fact that—after nearly three decades together—Sonic Youth still brings such freshness and urgency to its music is inspiring; when Kim Gordon sings, ...

Lime Wire (blog) On Top Of The Pile: The Best of 2009 Lime Wire (blog) Farm has had me wondering what Sonic Youth would sound like today if they'd have taken ten years off. Nothing against SY, but while they have, for better or ...

New York Times (blog) Living With Music: A Playlist by Jason Bitner New York Times (blog) I do know, however, that Sonic Youth delivers. I also know that Thurston Moore shares my love of mixtapes — he put a book out a few years back celebrating ...

Top 10 albums of 2009 blog) Sonic Youth, "The Eternal" (Matador) -- Quite possibly their best album since "Daydream Nation" in 1988, "The Eternal" follows the path of Sonic Youth's ...

has worked with an impressive list of high-minded musicians, including Jim O'Rourke, Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth, who will be playing at this show), ...

Posted by Ian Wright on 12.15.2009 ATP review, Courtney Love loses her kid, the new Titus Andronicus, what's up with Sonic Youth, Jandek and Thurston Moore to play together, A free Deerhunter album, Jay Reatard in trouble again, and more.

The Foreign Resort is a kind of musical escape that sounds as if The Cure and Sonic Youth caught up with one another over a couple of cocktails in ...

Sonic Youth's current lineup consists of Thurston Moore (vocals and guitar), Kim Gordon (vocals, bass, guitar), Lee Ranaldo (vocals and guitar), Mark Ibold ...

Whereas SY may not have us raising our skinny fists with the conviction of early '80s newly-minted pubescents, we can appreciate why critics and fans before ... and more »

Bardo Pond & White Out - recent releases & an upcoming show Thurston w/ Sonic Youth @ MHOW in November Thurston Moore will join White Out for what, according to their website, is the only the group's third show this year.

Sixteen albums and twenty-seven years after the release of their first, self-titled studio album in 1982, Sonic Youth has made a career of wowing crowds all over the world in the promotion of their newest work.

Brooklyn Vegan (blog) Talk Normal playing shows (dates), played w/ Sonic Youth (pics) ++ Lee Ranaldo ... Brooklyn Vegan (blog) Sonic Nurse we made with Jim O'Rourke, and then we made another record, Rather Ripped, on our own, and then we hooked up with Mark, Mark Ibold on bass, ...

Sonic Youth is an experimental rock group formed in New York City in 1981. The band consists of Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals, bass), Kim Gordon. ...

Over on stage right, the impossibly talented Lee Ranaldo continued to mesmerize throughout the night, and bassist Mark Ibold proved himself fully integrated ...

Kim Gordon, left, and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. They sometimes traded vocal duties. The latest on the arts, ... and more »

Sonic Youth performs their iconic album Daydream Nation . Soundcheck Smackdown: Full-Album Concerts Full-album concerts were a novelty in the concert industry just a decade ago.

Kim Gordon (left) and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth in New York City earlier this year. (Mark Von Holden/Getty Images/File) By Michael Saunders For one ... Eternal' flame burns for Sonic YouthBoston Herald Sonic Youth Bring Punk Vibe to BostonSpinner

Even before there were festivals like All Tomorrow's Parties to formalize the concept, Sonic Youth have always given off a curatorial air.

“Walkin' Blue” is a burning guitar jam that finds vocalist and guitarist Lee Ranaldo sporting smidgeons of Beatles-esque pop. Regardless of what label is ... and more »

Maybe Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon really haven't aged, as they appear. Gordon addressed the crowd at the start, saying, “It's nice to see all these girls ... CD review: The Eternal - Sonic YouthStuff.co.nz Concert Review: Sonic Youth at the UptownPitch Weekly

Freed from the major-label machine that took them to a Starbucks counter near you , Sonic Youth are kicking harder than they have since coffee was cheap.

Sonic Youth 'The Eternal' Grade: A- First, the past: With nearly 20 years on a major label behind them, Sonic Youth has headed over to indie titan Matador Records.

Drummer Steve Shelley sends anxious, tumbling beats through "Driving the Snake," and singer-guitarist Lee Ranaldo builds great waves of abrasive sound and melody to signify warmth and feeling on "Walkin' Blue" with a brief, but recurring vocal harmony ...

 United States By ERIC R. DANTON | The Hartford Courant Sonic Youth (from left, Lee Ranaldo, Mark Ibold, Kim Gordon, Steve Shelley and Thurston Moore) releases its 16th studio album, "The Eternal." (MICHAEL SCHMELLING) After nearly 20 years, America's foremost ...

In a recent interview, veteran musician Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth had some comments for the donation-based model popularized (but not invented) by Radiohead for the release of their album, In Rainbows in 2007. In a Guardian interview, Gordon offered ...

 United States Lee Ranaldo's guitar crackles with restless energy as it gallops across opening song "Sacred Trickster," and he and guitarist Thurston Moore undermine the mellow chiming notes that open "Antenna" with controlled bursts of noise. ...

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The tried and tested SY techniques are also on display. Set opener She Is Not Alone sees Steve Shelley pounding away at the drums with beaters while the only drumstick on show is rammed into Thurston's fret board, and Lee Renaldo gives the ol' playing ... SET LIST: SONIC YOUTH Daily Star

The third track, “Thurston County,” is an obvious tip of the hat to Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, a colleague of Cline’s. The song begins with a humorously sinister arpeggio supplanted with sirens that sound like a misbehaving theremin. ... Music Review: Nels Cline - Coward Blogcritics.org

Merce Cunningham At 90 will be the international premiere of a new evening-long dance work and a musical team-up between Sonic Youth, John Paul Jones and Takehisa Kosugi. This is not the first time Cunningham has inspired musical collaboration – his company performed with Radiohead and...

By Kyle West I have something to admit. The only real reason I bought Goo was because I heard "Kool Thing" on Guitar Hero III.But it got me to buy an amazing album, even if it was a little expensive. The record store didn't have any used, which should tell you something. This album is so amazing that no one ever r...

Before Sonic Youth, Lee Ranaldo was a print maker who just happened to play guitar. Then the heavily amplified atonal band took off in the mid-1980s, releasing a slew of recordings and hitting the road for more than nine months a year for a decade.With such a busy schedule, visual art became s...

By Administrator What I may have been most impressed with was how, with Geffen Records, Sonic Youth almost served as more of a magnet band for others than a money making machine. Even the best selling SY records were still not considered a huge success ...

By Kirby Fields Just like the Beatles belong to Liverpool, Nirvana to Seattle, and NWA to Compton, Sonic Youth belongs to New York…

Sonic Youth have always been a band shrouded in mystery. Spanning a career that's about to finish off its third decade, the band have carried with them both the avant garde and experimentation of the indie underground, as well as the commercial excess of the 1990s 'Alt-rock' scene. With ove...

Upon first listen if I wasn't keenly aware that this was a seminal album by a seminal artist I wouldn't have liked it too much. Conversely, if I had heard this live instead of on CD, I'd have loved it immensely. ...

Sonic Youth  Australia - When Thurston Moore was asked to revisit Sonic Youth's 1988 album Daydream Nation, he wasn't keen. When Thurston Moore, singer and guitar strangler with ...

By Simon Vozick-Levinson As a major Sonic Youth fan, I can't read that title without hearing the opening chords of their 1988 masterpiece of the same name. Now, I was sorta bummed when I saw Juno's Juno lash out at Sonic Youth on screen, calling one of my ...

Sonic Youth, a long-running indie rock group from New York City, recently reissued its 1988 album, "Daydream Nation." Numerous critics consider it an indie rock classic and one of the best albums of the '80s. Sonic Youth occupies a ...

Sonic Youth*s Daydream Nation Coming In Deluxe Edition Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation Coming In Deluxe Edition Thursday May 24, 2007 @ 06:00 PM By: ChartAttack.com Staff Sonic Youth Here are the songs on the deluxe edition of Daydream Nation:

By Elise Thompson So it was fascinating to see Sonic Youth playing the entire Daydream Nation album from beginning to end. They really had to adapt their style in order to function within the constraints of an album. There was still a lot of guitar-shaking and bass-to-amp action, but it was somehow very const...

By Elise Thompson If I had to make a list of my top 100 albums of all time, Redd Kross' Born Innocent would at least make the top 20. I can't even begin to describe how excited I was to learn that this album was going to be performed live as the opening act for Sonic Youth at the Greek. I had to get tickets for the show. Not...

Loosed on the world in 1988, Daydream Nation made alt-rock a life force. Over two vinyl discs containing just fourteen titles, it fused Sonic Youth's displaced guitar tunings with tunes as hummable as the Beatles' or the Ramones' ? a standard they've matched ever since, but never again wi...

Whether intended or not, Ruby Isle (comprising vet Mark Mallman and Dan Geller) is the first band to capitalize on the awesome news that Sonic Youth will be performing Daydream Nation in its entirety during a select few, very special...

By William Goodman Kicking off with a searing rendition of “Candle,” from 1988’s landmark album Daydream Nation, the band led a carefully-selected tour of their impressive catalog, delivering a set that leaned heavily on their latest record, Rather Ripped. “Incinerate,” “Rena” and a noteworthy rendit...

By david@continuum-books.com (David Barker) Like any aesthetic experience worth pursuing to its conclusion, listening to Daydream Nation is a perilous, soul-blowout-type affair. For a record with a cover image so stark and serene, Daydream Nation features inordinately bracing turbulences, ghastly imagery, and hair-raising...

By Tommy Blogged with Flock Last night was my 3rd time seeing SY on tour in support of Rather Ripped this year. Maybe because of that or because I was behind tall people the whole show, I wasn’t entirely blown away. The openers were way out there. The Skaters played one song for 20 minutes. It seemed like gu...

By Gette Sonic Youth up next.� http://www.myspace.com/sonicyouth I love this band.� They changed the face of rock and roll and I am still impressed that they can do the major label thing and still keep their style and integrity.� Kim Gordon is god.� �������

By Geffen July 8th LA private show for fans location tba July 9th show with Pearl Jam @ The Forum July 10th show with Pearl Jam @ The Forum July 11th Jimmy Kimmel Live - mini concert July 12th Indie 103.1 interview July 12th KROQ show for fans only Pearl Jam & Sonic Youth at The Fonda Theater

By Geffen Rather Ripped was recorded in the waning hours of 2005 into the dawn sunshine of 2006 at the venerable sear Sound studios in New York City. Partially mixed there and at Hoboken, NJ's Water Music by John Agnello it exhibits Sonic Youth in positive vibration mode. Twelve songs of forward motio...