Sonic Youth

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

Sonic Youth at the Bijou!

source: Knoxville News Sentinel

Their tremendous outpouring culminated with the massive end of the decade double LP 'Daydream Nation,' which has been added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. 'Rather Ripped,' their final statement on Geffen, ranked third in ...

Published Mon, Apr 27

[Book Review] Sonic Youth - Goodbye 20th Century

source: Each Note Secure

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 ...

Published Thu, Aug 7

The Tuesday Morning Purchase: June 12, 2007: Traveling Wilburys, Sonic Youth, Buckethead, Tuatara

source: Blogcritics

Not a big week in terms of numbers (the smoking credit card says "Yay!") but oh, the wide range of sounds. With everything from roots rock to avant garde noise, there's a lot to widen the 'ole ear canals. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation [Deluxe Edition] - (Geffen)/Rock

Published Tue, Jun 12

Sonic Youth, The Destroyed Room (Geffen)

source: mapsadaisical

Ok, so Sonic Youth could release an album of them just dicking about, ... After the disappointingly insubstantial Rather Ripped, I can’t tell you how much ... all that much from the original version of Washing Machine (trivia: released ...

Published Sat, Feb 10

Gotta love those lyrics

source: Toronto Star

 Canada - Sonic Youth, Rather Ripped (Geffen): The New York rock avant-gardists have always tempered their experimentation with hooks, but seldom as unabashedly as ...

Published Thu, Dec 28

Sonic Youth: Concert Review

source: smileysmile.net

The band played all but one of the dozen songs on its three-month-old album Rather Ripped (Geffen). And while those who only came to hear nuggets from Sonic Youth's 25-year career might have been mildly miffed, anyone who actually ...

Published Mon, Oct 2

Rather Ripped: Sonic Youth (Geffen)

source: outofrange.net

John Mulvey gives the album four stars in his review for The Times writing if you’ve always wanted to investigate this thrilling band, Rather Ripped might finally be a safe place to begin the adventure - buy it at Amazon.

Published Sun, Oct 1