Tag: EVOL

Sonic Youth to release 'Smart Bar - Chicago 1985’ archival live album in November

Sonic Youth to release ‘Smart Bar – Chicago 1985’ archival live album in November

Sonic Youth today announced that it finally will release a long-in-the-works archival, 14-track live album that was recorded on 4-track cassette on Aug. 11, 1985, at Chicago’s Smart Bar while the band was touring the U.S. in support of the the release earlier that year of the group’s second studio album, ‘Bad Moon Rising.’

Sonic Youth prepping '85 live album, unseen '86 concert film, possible 'Sister' reissue

Sonic Youth prepping ’85 live album, unseen ’86 concert film, possible ‘Sister’ reissue

The future of Sonic Youth may remain in doubt following last year’s Kim Gordon-Thurston Moore split, but the band is working on a host of archival projects, according to Lee Ranaldo, including a live album recorded in 1985, a previously unseen 1986 concert film and a possible deluxe-edition reissue of 1987’s ‘Sister.’

Sonic Youth preps 'Bad Moon Rising,' 'Sister' vinyl reissues, 1985 live album, SYR9 release

Sonic Youth preps ‘Bad Moon Rising,’ ‘Sister’ vinyl reissues, 1985 live album, SYR9 release

Sonic Youth will reissue two more early albums — 1985’s ‘Bad Moon Rising’ and 1987’s ‘Sister’ — on 180-gram audiophile vinyl in the coming weeks as they prep a French film soundtrack to be released as SYR9 in the Sonic Youth Recordings series and mix a new live album recorded in 1985.

Video: Sonic Youth plays ‘Expressway to Yr. Skull’ in New York’s Prospect Park

Just stumbled across this and had to share: Sonic Youth delivering a glorious, 12-minute version of ‘Expressway to Yr. Skull,’ off 1986’s ‘EVOL,’ that was filmed by Big Ass Lens at the band’s July 31 show in New York City’s Prospect Park.

New releases: Stooges, R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Devo reissues; new Revolting Cocks

New releases: Stooges, R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Devo reissues; new Revolting Cocks

This week’s new releases include Record Store Day-related reissues from R.E.M., Sonic Youth and Devo, plus the expanded edition of Iggy and the Stooges’ classic ‘Raw Power,’ and a new Revolting Cocks album.

Sonic Youth reissuing 'Confusion is Sex,' 'Bad Moon Rising,' 'EVOL,' 'Sister' on vinyl

Sonic Youth reissuing ‘Confusion is Sex,’ ‘Bad Moon Rising,’ ‘EVOL,’ ‘Sister’ on vinyl

Sonic Youth will reissue four of its early classics — Confusion is Sex (1983), Bad Moon Rising (1985), EVOL (1986) and Sister (1987) — on 180-gram audiophile vinyl this winter as part of Original Recordings Group’s new “Official and Definitive Sonic Youth Vinyl Series.”

Video: Sonic Youth performs 'EVOL' classic 'Starpower' on 'Gossip Girl'

Video: Sonic Youth performs ‘EVOL’ classic ‘Starpower’ on ‘Gossip Girl’

As threatened, indie-rock legends Sonic Youth took to the tube last night, making an appearance on teen soap “Gossip Girl” to perform “Starpower” off 1986’s […]

Sonic Youth releasing acoustic 'Gossip Girl' version of 1986's 'Starpower'

Sonic Youth releasing acoustic ‘Gossip Girl’ version of 1986’s ‘Starpower’

Not only will Sonic Youth do a highly improbable guest turn on teen soap “Gossip Girl” next week, but the band also is releasing a […]

Beck covering 'EVOL' on cassette for forthcoming Sonic Youth box set

Beck covering ‘EVOL’ on cassette for forthcoming Sonic Youth box set

Word of a planned Sonic Youth box set emerged this week when Beck let slip that he’ll be  covering the band’s 1986 album EVOL in […]