Sonic Youth

Still, it's hard to remember that when "Sonic Youth" are on stage thrashing out a perfect cover of Youth Against Facism, when "Thurston Moore" looks and ...

 UK He's had, he says, "the odd Coldplay comparison that makes me cry inside" but rather prefers it when people say Sleeping States remind them of Smog and Sonic Youth. He sounds like a postrock American to us, which he'll probably love considering how ...

 UK The solid guitar crunch of opener "Sacred Trickster" gives way, on the ensuing track, to haywire dissonance and Kim Gordon moaning: "Anti-war is anti-orgasm." More measured but best of all is the shimmering, sublime, almost-pop of "Antenna".

Albums such as Daydream Nation and Goo not only spoke to a generation of disaffected teens but their DIY attitude inspired everyone from Nirvana to REM. Twenty-eight years on and they're still going strong, so Rosie Swash caught up with Thurston Moore ...

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 UK When Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon yelp "anti-war is anti-orgasm!" over thrusting guitars and sledgehammer drums, they sound like teenagers plotting revolution while listening to a Stooges album stolen from their parents. Or, for that matter, ...

 UK There's a moment in Sonic Youth's seminal tour documentary, 1991: The Year Punk Broke, when the camera finds Thurston Moore in contemplative mood. "To us," he says, "the future is a dare." Fast forward 19 years and Sonic Youth are as defiant as ever. ...