2009 Q Award Winners

Muse won "Best Act In The World Today" at last night's Q Awards, so you may not want to pay attention to what else went down in London, but Lilly Allen, Lady Gaga, and Sonic Youth also took home prizes.... CONTINUE READING 2009 Q AWARD WINNERS»

Posted on October 27, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Amy Winehouse | Lady Gaga | Lily Allen | Muse | Sonic Youth

Kim Gordon Art For Sale

If you're a fan of Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Noise Nomads, Failing Lights, Dude War or drippy acrylic paint, these canvasses might be up your alley. Each is €4000 + shipping at Colette, and you can preview here. Or save... CONTINUE READING KIM GORDON ART FOR SALE»

Posted on October 21, 2009 (8 comments)
Tags: Kim Gordon | Sonic Youth | The Flaming Lips

Sonic Youth On Gossip Girl

Remember when Rufus' band opened for Sonic Youth? Well, SY returned the favor last night by playing an acoustic "Star Power" at his wedding to Lily ("Antenna" was heard earlier in the episode). Kim Gordon officiated the ceremony! Nate hates... CONTINUE READING SONIC YOUTH ON GOSSIP GIRL»

Posted on October 13, 2009 in Video (0 comments)
Tags: Gossip Girl | Kim Gordon | Sonic Youth | Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore Talks Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl returns 9/14, but you knew that because you love Gossip Girl and reading about Gossip Girl on blogs. (Season 3 spoilers here.) Thurston Moore also loves Gossip Girl. Last month we reported that an upcoming episode features Sonic... CONTINUE READING THURSTON MOORE TALKS GOSSIP GIRL»

Sonic Youth Performing On Gossip Girl

On Episode 5, GG vet Thurston Moore will bring in the rest of Sonic Youth to play "Starpower" during a party for Rufus and Lily. Spoiler: Things will get dramatic. More at EW. ... CONTINUE READING SONIC YOUTH PERFORMING ON GOSSIP GIRL»

Posted on August 14, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Gossip Girl | Sonic Youth | The Soft Pack | Thurston Moore

Capitol Hill Block Party 2009 In Photos

This past weekend, Seattle roped off a couple of blocks on Pike Street to host the Capitol Hill Block Party, inviting everyone from Sonic Youth to Micachu to the Jesus Lizard to help fill out a strong roster of artists.... CONTINUE READING CAPITOL HILL BLOCK PARTY 2009 IN PHOTOS»

Sonic Youth Tell Jimmy Fallon "No Way"

A week and change after doing "Sacred Trickster" on Letterman, Sonic Youth skipped over the chance to repeat The Eternal's Yves Klein/Noise Nomads/hipster girl anthem and instead offered Fallon the Thurston-fronted, Lee harmonized "No Way." A game-faced Moore wore shades... CONTINUE READING SONIC YOUTH TELL JIMMY FALLON "NO WAY"»

Posted on June 23, 2009 in Video (16 comments)
Tags: Sonic Youth

New Sonic Youth Video - "Sacred Trickster"

Sonic Youth's 16th (quite satisfying) album The Eternal opens with the Yves Klein/Noise Nomads-referencing "Sacred Trickster," a track you may have seen performed live to Letterman. It's the briefest song on the album, a mix of art-rock elegance and feedback... CONTINUE READING NEW SONIC YOUTH VIDEO - "SACRED TRICKSTER"»

Posted on June 16, 2009 in Video (14 comments)
Tags: Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth Take Manhattan, Dis Radiohead

Earlier this week, Matador released The Sonik Youth's 16th album The Eternal. You've probably heard it, and if you enjoyed it you should know that the band (now with 100% Mark Ibold) will take it cross-country this summer (tour dates... CONTINUE READING SONIC YOUTH TAKE MANHATTAN, DIS RADIOHEAD»

Posted on June 11, 2009 in MP3, Photo, Tour Dates, Video, Where's The Beef? (63 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Radiohead | Sonic Youth

Stream Sonic Youth's The Eternal

Sonic Youth's latest is out in one week. If you haven't made your way to giving it a premature evaluation, have a listen at iLike. ... CONTINUE READING STREAM SONIC YOUTH'S THE ETERNAL»

Premature Evaluation: Sonic Youth - The Eternal

When we caught up with Thurston Moore recently, he told us, "I think the Matador record shows us in an excited and newly liberated state of play." The John Fahey bedecked Matador album in question, The Eternal, the band's followup... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: SONIC YOUTH - THE ETERNAL»

Posted on April 30, 2009 in Premature Evaluation (47 comments)
Tags: Girl Talk | Small Black | Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth Show Jools Holland "What We Know"

The Eternal, complete with its "heavy ass weirdo hooks," is Sonic Youth's 16th album, but the band (now with Mark Ibold) come off as energized as ever in this clip of them performing the Lee Ranaldo track "What We Know"... CONTINUE READING SONIC YOUTH SHOW JOOLS HOLLAND "WHAT WE KNOW"»

Posted on April 30, 2009 in MP3, Video (14 comments)
Tags: Jools Holland | Sonic Youth

Beck Covers Sonic Youth, Sonic Youth Covers Beck

On a Record Store Day exclusive split 7" that was nowhere to be found by the time I got to Other Music, Beck covered EVOL cut "Green Light" and The Sonik Youth returned the favor with a take on Mellow... CONTINUE READING BECK COVERS SONIC YOUTH, SONIC YOUTH COVERS BECK»

Posted on April 20, 2009 (13 comments)
Tags: Beck | Record Store Day | Sonic Youth

New Sonic Youth - "Sacred Trickster"

Sonic Youth recently road tested some of The Eternal in South America and since then have been working on a bunch of projects that actually have nothing to do with their much-anticipated Matador debut. Thurston Moore curated one of Spencer... CONTINUE READING NEW SONIC YOUTH - "SACRED TRICKSTER"»

Posted on April 20, 2009 in MP3, Video (8 comments)
Tags: Cymbals Eat Guitars | Jemina Pearl | John Paul Jones | Merce Cunningham | Sonic Youth

Stereogum Q&A: Thurston Moore

Tomorrow night (4/7) at 11PM, we offer a new installment of our ongoing Tuesday series Sessions at Santa's with Spencer Sweeney. This one's curated by Thurston Moore, who'll hop on the stage with cellist Okkyung Lee and downtown legend/DNA drummer... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM Q&A: THURSTON MOORE»

Posted on April 6, 2009 in Interview (6 comments)
Tags: Lollapalooza | Neko Case | Sonic Youth | The Decemberists | Thurston Moore

New Sonic Youth - "Calming The Snake" (Live In Chile)

Can't promise this clip to offer a clear line on the lyrical schemes at play on The Eternal (try the album excerpt collage or Thurston's admission of black metal inspiration), because it is fan-made and far, but those seeking sonic... CONTINUE READING NEW SONIC YOUTH - "CALMING THE SNAKE" (LIVE IN CHILE)»

Posted on April 2, 2009 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: MGMT | of Montreal | Sonic Youth

We Got The Tweet: The Week's 50 Best Rock Star Twitters

Microblogging service Twitter has signed up countless celebrities in recent months, and among them are some of our favorite musical artists: Trent Reznor! Colin Meloy! Ed Droste! Diddy! Stereogum Tweets too! But who can keep up with all that lunch... CONTINUE READING WE GOT THE TWEET: THE WEEK'S 50 BEST ROCK STAR TWITTERS»

Preview Sonic Youth's The Eternal

This is your chance to hear The Eternal's black metal-influenced lyrics and heavy ass weirdo hooks, albeit in supremely truncated form. At first the teaser's a frustrating listen: Each time something lands and sounds promising, it's onto the next snippet.... CONTINUE READING PREVIEW SONIC YOUTH'S THE ETERNAL»

Posted on March 3, 2009 (28 comments)
Tags: Low | Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth's The Eternal Album Art & Tracklist

We were told the new Sonic Youth album, their 16th, was going to include black metal-inspired lyrics and "heavy ass weirdo hooks" but nobody let us know about the John Fahey album art: The brilliant finger-picking guitarist and writer's (check... CONTINUE READING SONIC YOUTH'S THE ETERNAL ALBUM ART & TRACKLIST»

Posted on February 12, 2009 in Album Art (41 comments)
Tags: Future Of The Left | Melvins | Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth, Beck Cover Each Other For Record Store Day

As the outlook for record stores gets increasingly dire, the festivities associated with Record Store get proportionately more awesome. Matador's contribution will be to corral Sonic Youth and Beck onto a single 7" and have them engage in mutual and... CONTINUE READING SONIC YOUTH, BECK COVER EACH OTHER FOR RECORD STORE DAY»

Sonic Youth Go Black Metal On New Album

Not really, but Thurston Moore did tell Billboard that some of the lyrics on Sonic Youth's next album were inspired by the dark stuff -- name names, sir -- "although he promises he's not mimicking their delivery." Too bad. This... CONTINUE READING SONIC YOUTH GO BLACK METAL ON NEW ALBUM»

Posted on January 16, 2009 (12 comments)
Tags: Conor Oberst | Explosions In The Sky | Sonic Youth | Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore And Jemina Pearl Cover The Ramones On Gossip Girl

On this week's Gossip Girl, Jenny Humphrey threw a guerrilla fashion show at a charity event honoring Lilly and Bart Bass. The soundtrack: Thurston Moore and Jemina Pearl (of now defunct Be Your Own Pet) covering "Sheena Is a Punk... CONTINUE READING THURSTON MOORE AND JEMINA PEARL COVER THE RAMONES ON GOSSIP GIRL»

Thurston Moore To Cover The Ramones With Jemina Pearl For Gossip Girl

Kevin Shields wasn't the only one doing interviews at ATP. After his Don't Look Back set, looking back on Psychic Hearts, Thurston Moore sat with a Rolling Stone film crew to offer his thoughts on the ATP Festival past and... CONTINUE READING THURSTON MOORE TO COVER THE RAMONES WITH JEMINA PEARL FOR GOSSIP GIRL »

Posted on September 24, 2008 (6 comments)
Tags: Be Your Own Pet | Jemina Pearl | Sonic Youth | Thurston Moore

Sonic Youth Sign To Matador

Since they've fulfilled their contractual obligations to Universal, Sonic Youth announced that they'd decided to return to their more independent roots without specifying which label (Sub Pop? Domino? Matador?). This morning Matador's Gerard Cosloy wrote a post confirming that SY... CONTINUE READING SONIC YOUTH SIGN TO MATADOR»

Posted on September 9, 2008 (13 comments)
Tags: Handsome Furs | Röyksopp | Robyn | Sonic Youth | SXSW

OldStand: Kerrang!, July 4, 1998

Take our ink-stained hands and join us at the OldStand, where Jon McMillan goes to remind everyone what an honest-to-goodness music magazine is supposed to look like. Okay, I'll admit it: I fell for the cover trick. It's Kerrang!, right?... CONTINUE READING OLDSTAND: KERRANG!, JULY 4, 1998»