Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo brings his solo project to Toad's Place in New Haven Monday night, May 7, as the opening act for M. Ward.
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The Brooklyn pigfuck pals enter the voidNew York skingrater crew White Suns have unleashed a noise-punk masterpiece with their new 40-minute voidscape Sinews. After he...
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The drums, as Sonic Youth might say, pound an expressway through your skull. The bass forcefully walks the divide between rhythm and melody. Guitars throw a curtain of di...
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Johnny Marr may have left the Cribs, but he didn't take the joyous pop hooks with him For a band that often get unfairly dismissed as lo-fi racket makers, the Cribs have ...
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If Sonic Youth really is over, we’re still going to be okay. We have the old records, and the material each member will produce independently is going to be of a hi...
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The runt of Blur's litter turns out to be a sturdy beast when you look more closely – Shed Seven could never have done itYou can see why Country House winds people ...
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Somehow I found myself reading poems with some of my avant garde heroes. But was the Sonic Youth man really praising my back catalogue onstage? Does growing older reduce ...
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Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo is prepping a solo LP called Between the Tides and the Times, and last month we talked about that release’s lead single, “Of...
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Disappears at Cake Shop in 2011 (more by BBG) Disappears are releasing their third album (and first recorded with Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelly), Pre Language on March...
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New York BTW Pop. 1280 will release a new album called The Horror early next year, and below, you can download a track from it. “Bodies In The Dunes” is a squ...
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Adam Boult: Four fans explain what Sonic Youth mean to them. Plus vote for your favourite album by the NYC indie crewAdam Boult
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Cult rockers Sonic Youth are considering breaking up following bandmates Kim Gordon and Thurston Moores marriage split The indie rock icons stunned fans in October 11 by ...
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As the indie rock veterans go on (possibly indefinite) hiatus, tell us what Sonic Youth mean to youSpeaking to Rolling Stone magazine this week, Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo...
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The New York Times reviews Higher Gossip, John Updike's book of essays and crticicism. Lee Ranaldo talks to Rolling Stone about the future of Sonic Youth. The List of Onl...
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