Madinkbeard (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Sonic Youth’s most recent album, “Rather Ripped,” has a song called “Helen Lunderberg”. Over an almost tribal marching band drum the lyrics begin: Helen Lundeberg illusory landscape five decades of paint A couple of weeks ago (yes, it took awhile for me to post this) I finally looked up the name. Not surprisingly, Helen Lundeberg is a 20th century [...]
Skatterbrain (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Hello Handsome is the one-girl garage pop project of Sarah K. On her MySpace she lists influences from the TVPs to Sonic Youth. What I'm hearing on "Courting Song" are things like Cub, Bunnygrunt, and a little bit of Bratmobile. It's pretty solid grrrl pop and the totally fantastic, almost blues-y, lead-in to the song's finishing coda is surprising and pretty memorable – memorable enough for me to...
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
When bands like Sonic Youth, Pixies, R.E.M., Husker Du -- and, yes, Nirvana -- acknowledge that your sound inspired theirs, you're doing something right. And nearly 30 years after jolting the Boston scene and staking their claim as one of the most intense, original and influential post-punk bands in...
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
From Sonic Youth to Steve Reich.
More Cowbell (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Vaz was a 3 guitar rebel attack of beefy Sonic Youth-esque interlocking riffs and virtuosic rock drum shredding. Vast choppy interlocking riffs with subtle time signatures shifts is the name of Vaz’s game and their show at Saint Paul’s Turf Club was a world series of shred. Numerous amazing drum breaks were the highlight of a completely stunning night [...]
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Filed under: The Chum Bucket Spinner.com : Ladies and gentlemen, the 300 Worst Fake Rapper Names. [Best Week Ever]Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon can now add "clothing designer" to her resume. [Paste]This just in: your ears don't like Metallica. [Idolator]Lil Wayne is hopping on the blogger... Read more
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
I thought Be Your Own Pet were pretty awesome the handful of times I saw them live, tearing through their rabid little tunes like next-gen punks who'd gotten heavily dosed ...
The Smudge of Ashen Fluff (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Thurston Moore took major liberties in Long Tall Sally , delightful liberties. From 9 June 1994: Backbeat Band: Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs) Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum) Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters/Nirvana) Don Fleming (Gumball) Mike Mills (R.E.M.)
Matablog (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Ahem. Last week I pressed the old school Clyde Kane button and went (mildly) apeshit on an unnamed participant from the Sonic Youth message board. I would like to apologize to this individual for the following reasons : 1) He did not, in fact, call this label “a big heap o’ crud”. 2) At no time did [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore was at this past weekend’s All Tomorrow’s Parties festival to play his classic solo album Psychic Hearts in it’s entirety. “It’s kind of annoying,” Moore admits to Rolling Stone’s Kevin O’Donnell. “But exciting at the same time.” Click above for more from Moore, including the mishap the band had at an [...]
Fashionista.com (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Marc Jacobs might be over the moon about this: after being the unofficial music mascot for his label, his favorite rock band's bassist, Kim Gordon, is launching her own clothing line called Mirror/Dash . Moms will be happy to know that Kim's line is aimed at "cool moms," which, I must admit, is a refreshing change from the usual teen hipster market. Kim counts French singer and fashion icon Francoise...
RegnYouth Archives (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Lee Ranaldo is often the forgotten experimentalist within Sonic Youth’s mythical confines. While avants and fans faun over Thurston and Kim, Ranaldo has thrived on his own and out of the spotlight. His most recent triumph may have been transforming the Magik Markers from fiery live entity into tight studio rockers on their last album, [...]
AfterEllen (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
We've acknowledged it before : Rock stars have superb senses of style. That must be why several of them have wanted to see us mimic their styles, while also turning a profit Sonic Youth frontwoman Kim Gordon is the latest rock lady to make a foray into fashion . She recently launched her line, Mirror/Dash , with friends/designers Melinda Wansbrough and Jeffrey Monteiro . What's special about Mirror/Dash...
The Smudge of Ashen Fluff (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
Sonic Youth - Starfield Road (mp3) From Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No Star
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
This Canadian quartet take cues from Sonic Youth and Wilco for a successful debut EP.
