Tag: Sonic Youth

Video: Bob Mould plays ‘If I Can’t Change Your Mind’ with The Roots on Jimmy Fallon

Video: Bob Mould plays ‘If I Can’t Change Your Mind’ with The Roots on Jimmy Fallon

Sure, it was no Sugar reunion, but it was nice to see Bob Mould and The Roots jam through ‘Copper Blue’ stand-out ‘If I Can’t Change Your Mind’ on last night’s ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ — even if it was only a minute long.

Video: Thurston Moore plays ‘Circulation,’ ‘Blood Never Lies’ on Jimmy Fallon

Video: Thurston Moore plays ‘Circulation,’ ‘Blood Never Lies’ on Jimmy Fallon

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore dropped by ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ last night to play a couple songs off his new solo album ‘Demolished Thoughts.’ Check out ‘Circulation’ and the web-only ‘Blood Never Lies.’

Help fund ‘Just Gimme Indie Rock! The Story of an Underground Uprising’ documentary

Help fund ‘Just Gimme Indie Rock! The Story of an Underground Uprising’ documentary

Filmmaker Brad Katz is appealing to music fans to help fund his documentary ‘Just Gimme Indie Rock! The Story of an Underground Uprising,’ a film project he describes as ‘an epic trilogy that spans a generation’ — tracing the rise of the independent label scene in the early ’80s through the alternative explosion of the ’90s and into indie resurgence of the 2000s.

New releases: Thurston Moore, Clan of Xymox, Robin Guthrie, Einstürzende Neubauten

New releases: Thurston Moore, Clan of Xymox, Robin Guthrie, Einstürzende Neubauten

This week’s new releases include a new albums from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore (‘Demolished Thoughts’), Clan of Xymox (‘Darkest Hour’) and ex-Cocteau Twin member Robin Guthrie (‘Emeralds’), plus a reissue of Einstürzende Neubauten’s ‘Silence is Sexy.’

Full-album stream: Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, ‘Demolished Thoughts’

Full-album stream: Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, ‘Demolished Thoughts’

There’s still more than a week left before Sonic Youth frontguy Thurston Moore drops his new Beck-assisted solo album ‘Demolished Thoughts’ — yet fans can now listen to the whole thing ,thanks to a full stream provided by NPR Music.

Video: Thurston Moore, ‘Benediction’

Video: Thurston Moore, ‘Benediction’

Two weeks out from the release of Thurston Moore’s new solo album, ‘Demolished Thoughts,’ the Sonic Youth frontman has released a video for first single ‘Benediction.’

Free MP3: Thurston Moore, ‘Circulation’

Free MP3: Thurston Moore, ‘Circulation’

With three week left before Thurston Moore’s new solo album, ‘Demolished Thoughts,’ arrives, the folks at Matador Records are offering a second free MP3 from the Sonic Youth frontman’s record.

Milestones: Kim Gordon turns 58 today; watch Sonic Youth play ‘Cross the Breeze’ in 1988

Milestones: Kim Gordon turns 58 today; watch Sonic Youth play ‘Cross the Breeze’ in 1988

It’s indie-rock icon Kim Gordon’s birthday today — she’s 58 — so we thought we’d mark the occasion by turning the clocks back to 1988 for this clip of Sonic Youth absolutely ripping through ‘Daydream Nation’ highlight ‘Cross the Breeze.’

Sonic Youth’s ‘1991: The Year Punk Broke’ finally to be released on DVD on Sept. 6

Sonic Youth’s ‘1991: The Year Punk Broke’ finally to be released on DVD on Sept. 6

The fabled rock documentary ‘1991: The Year Punk Broke’ — chronicling Sonic Youth’s tour of Europe with opening act Nirvana — finally will be released on DVD this fall in a special 20th anniversary edition featuring 42 minutes of bonus performances and other material.

Record Store Day 2011: R.E.M., The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Kate Bush, New Order

Record Store Day 2011: R.E.M., The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Kate Bush, New Order

There’s less than a week left before that holiest of holy days for vinyl junkies: Record Store Day 2011, which, this year, will see special releases in the U.S. and the U.K. by R.E.M., The Smiths, New Order and Joy Division, Kate Bush, Sonic Youth and many more.

Dinosaur Jr to perform 1988’s ‘Bug’ at five East Coast concerts this summer

Dinosaur Jr to perform 1988’s ‘Bug’ at five East Coast concerts this summer

Dinosaur Jr will embark on a short East Coast tour this June to perform the band’s third album — 1988’s nine-track ‘Bug,’ featuring the trio’s break-out single ‘Freak Scene’ — in its entirety at five concerts.

Free MP3: Thurston Moore, ‘Benediction’

The folks at Matador Records are offering up the first official taste of ‘Demolished Thoughts’ — the forthcoming Beck-produced solo record from Sonic Youth leader Thurston Moore — in the form of a free MP3 of the album’s ‘Benediction.’

David Bowie 50th birthday live CD to feature Robert Smith, Sonic Youth, Frank Black

David Bowie 50th birthday live CD to feature Robert Smith, Sonic Youth, Frank Black

David Bowie next month will release a new live album recorded at his 50th birthday celebration in New York City in 1997, a 25-song set featuring guest appearances by The Cure’s Robert Smith, Lou Reed, Sonic Youth and the Pixies’ Frank Black.