On Saturday night, Dinosaur Jr. played a big show at New York's Terminal 5 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their album You're Living All Over Me. They started out the show by playing the album…   Read Story »

Telethons, as grand as their causes often are, have a justly earned reputation as endlessly boring televised sadness-holes. But an upcoming web-based telethon from Strike Debt, an Occupy…   Read Story »

The latest track to emerge from the star-studded Fleetwood Mac tribute Just Tell Me That You Want Me is Lee Ranaldo Band and J Mascis's take on the instrumental "Albatross," a cover that recasts the…   Read Story »

Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo released his solo album Between The Times And The Tides last week, and we've already posted his video for "Off The Wall." Ranaldo's wife Leah Singer directed his new video…   Read Story »

For the time being, Lee Ranaldo is still a member of Sonic Youth, though god knows how long that'll last. Rumor has it that they'll play their last-ever show at this summer's Lollapalooza. We'll see.…   Read Story »

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, "Off The Wall." The track now has a video…   Read Story »

A word on naming your songs: Generally speaking, a song title like "Off The Wall" (or "Thriller," for that matter) should be way off-limits for those releasing their first proper "singer-songwriter"…   Read Story »

It's ten years since Michael Azerrad first published his defining DIY '80s scene portrait Our Band Could Be Your Life, which covered an independent music culture that changed irrevocably a decade…   Read Story »

All in Brooklyn. This past Thursday, Lee Ranaldo joined UK buzzers the Cribs onstage at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, recreating his King Missile contribution to "Be Safe." He'd tried to…   Read Story »