Sonic Youth

Death To Trad Rock By John Robb - An Extract

source: The Quietus

When the noise rock of Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Fugazi and Big Black began to make it presence felt in the UK the British bands had already been at it for ... and more »

Published Mon, Nov 23

Pop and Rock Listings

source: New York Times

But since its 2002 album, “Murray Street,” partly about life after 9/11, Sonic Youth has hit a wonderful new stride, sounding comfortable, ...

Published Thu, Nov 19

Rock History 101: CBGB's

source: Consequence of Sound

A notable '80s highlight were the Sonic Youth gigs for Daydream Nation, in 1988. Already big names, such as Pearl Jam, Green Day and The White Stripes made ...

Published Tue, Aug 4

Chris Knox & Martin Phillipps To Feature In Penny-Antes THREE

source: Undertheradar

Chris Knox & Martin Phillipps To Feature In Penny-Antes THREE They will rub pages with likes of: Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices), Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Roger Miller (Mission of Burma), Kill Rock Star's riot ...

Published Wed, Jul 22

Metal-head gals scream and shout at Girls Rock! camps

source: vancouversun.com

  Canada “There used to be real rock heroines like The Breeders [Kim Deal], Sonic Youth [Kim Gordon] and Bikini Kill [Kathleen Hanna, Kathi Wilcox],” she said. “Something has changed since then, it's a Britney Spears kind of world now. ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

(Following Advance for Use Tuesday, June 23) | KXNet.com North ...

source: Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck

 ND Rock musician Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) is 47. Actor Paul La Greca is 47. Rhythm-and-blues singer Chico DeBarge is 39. Actress Selma Blair is 37. Rock singer KT Tunstall is 34. Rhythm-and-blues singer Virgo Williams (Ghostowns DJs) is 34. ...

Published Sun, Jun 14

Sonic Youth Rock New York Apple Store With “Eternal” Gems

source: Paste Magazine

 GA When Sonic Youth returned for a one-song encore, they whipped out Lee Ranaldo's Daydream Nation gem “Hey Joni,” a paen to embracing the future and disdaining nostalgia. It was a fitting choice: here were four alt-rock heroes returning to their old ...

Published Wed, Jun 10

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