Sonic Youth

The Entrance Band set to release self-titled debut LP

source: Consequence of Sound

With tour mates the likes of Sonic Youth and a release on Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace! Records, The Entrance Band has ...

Published Tue, Jul 21

Jim O'Rourke Escapes From The Studio with New LP

source: American Songwriter

O'Rourke, a member of Sonic Youth from 2000-2005, is best known for his work with Wilco, helping to orchestrate the sonic makeover they underwent on Yankee ...

Published Thu, Jul 16

Sounds like old times

source: Washington Times

Sonic-Youth The Eternal Matador Records Dean Wareham, late of Luna and the pioneering late 1980s indie band Galaxie 500, is regaling audiences on his current tour with an anonymous e-mail from a fan who argued that the mantle of the Grateful Dead was Luna's for the asking.

Published Fri, Jun 12

[CD Review] Sonic Youth, 'The Eternal' (Matador)

source: OC Weekly

 CA “Sacred Trickster” finds Kim Gordon yelling about being “music on a tree” while the secretly specialized guitars pogo along, cutting and grinding. “Anti-Orgasm” has her finishing husband Thurston Moore's sexual-political verses over a vast, ...

Published Thu, Jun 11

Sonic Youth: Radiohead's “In Rainbows” Made Other Artists Look Bad

source: Zeropaid

 CA It recently left Geffen Records for Indie Rock label Matador Records because “[Geffen] weren't doing much for us besides putting the records out,” says guitarist Thurston Moore.” The band contemplated going the Radiohead's “In Rainbows” route where ...

Published Wed, Jun 10

CD Review: Sonic Youth, "The Eternal"

source: topix.net

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.

Published Wed, Jun 10

Black Eyed Peas' 'The E.N.D.'

source: Baltimore Sun

 United States Sonic Youth roll out some of their wildest experiments in years on "The Eternal" (Matador), throwing sharp-elbowed guitar solos, a tribute to Beat Generation poet Gregory Corso, and playful Kim Gordon vocals into their usual mix of layered Lee Ranaldo ...

Published Tue, Jun 9

Dave, Dirty, Ray & more

source: Philadelphia Daily News

Dave, Dirty, Ray & more  PA SONIC BOOM: After a slew of major label albums, Sonic Youth has switched to the indie Matador label and in some ways seems bent on recapturing the grittiness of their youth. Some fans have suggested "The Eternal" (Matador, B) sounds like their albums ...

Published Tue, Jun 9