Gigwise — 'Bowie, Prince, and Lou Reed all died while we were making the album and it definitely had a bearing on the time it took,' explains Tim Burgess. The singer first met with Peter Gordon in a Warehouse in London in 2012 and took until now to release th... more info

Gigwise — Yoko Ono, the multimedia artist widely vilified for her modern art antics and perceived role in breaking up The Beatles, is set to finally see the bulk of her music career reissued on vinyl and CD, as well as being available digitally for the first t... more info

NME — Sonic Youth members, William Dafoe, Steve Buscemi and more will appear more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Been spending a lot of time diving into the archives of Sunday Night/Night Music on YouTube, NBC’s short-lived but excellent showcase of eclectic music, which aired in 1989 and 1990. Hosted at first by Jools Holland and later by David Sanborn, the ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus a band of Sonic Youth members fronted by David Johansen, Lenny Kaye, Jon Spencer, and more. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Amanda Palmer's covers album with her father You Got Me Singing and Heliotropes' Over There That Way are the week's new music highlights. Reissues include three Sonic Youth releases on vinyl (Murray Street, Rather Ripped, Sonic Nurse) and remastered.... more info

Stereogum — Boston punks Sneeze are gearing up to follow up 2014’s Wilt LP with a brand new six-song 12″ EP entitled Rot. Recorded in three days with Justin Pizzoferatto (Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, Speedy Ortiz), Rot finds the trio at their heavies... more info

Stereogum — Back at the end of March, Kim Talon released “Passion,” the first single from her debut full-length as Kino Kimino. Bait Is For Sissies is an art-punk album recorded at Sonic Youth’s Echo Canyon West studio alongside Lee Ranaldo on guitar and S... more info

NME — The band are remastering three late period albums more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sonic Youth's DGC/Geffen era records are all getting the remaster treatment this year. Continue reading… more info