Stereogum — The members of Philadelphia’s Creepoid come from their city’s punk rock scene, but like fellow Philly punk vets Nothing, they do something more expansive now. Cemetery Highrise Slum, Creepoid’s new album, is sprawling fuzzed-out guitar music, a... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Unlike many bands that sprouted out of the DIY ethos set into motion by the release of Black Flag’s Nervous Breakdown 7” in 1978, Sonic Youth were a few years into their long, influential run by the time that their first 7” was released in 1984... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Lee Ranaldo w/ Sonic Youth in 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo has a few live appearances coming up this year. He's got a Grateful Dead tribute in Chicago with Alex Bleeker, members of Yo... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Chances are Jim O’Rourke’s name is somewhere in your record collection. As a musician and producer, he’s worked with some of the most important artists and bands of the last three decades: Sonic Youth, Wilco, Bill Callahan, Stereolab, Joanna Ne... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Dallas hardcore band Modern Pain recently signed to Bridge 9, and will release their debut full length on the label in the near future. Ahead of that though, they've put out the single "Peace Delusions," which will... more info

Stereogum — The experimental composer and singer-songwriter Jim O’Rourke is perhaps best known for his stint as a member of Sonic Youth, or for his mixing and production work on Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and A Ghost Is Born, or for his two-album collabora... more info

Stereogum — Scottish musician Chris Connelly is best known for his time with industrial rock giants Ministry, as well as PigFace, Revolting Cocks, and recently as a part of supergroup the High Confessions with Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley. For the past two year... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Sonic Youth with Bob Bert NYC's EULA put out their new Martin Bisi-produced album, Wool Sucking, this week. We previously posted the single "Noose," which was pretty indebted to Sonic Youth-y noise rock, but the album touches... more info

Stereogum — The young London four-piece Evans The Death make a big, loud, feedbacky form of noise-pop that invites Sonic Youth or Jesus And Mary Chain comparisons. Their sophomore album Expect Delays is coming next month, and we premiered the early track “Don�... more info

Stereogum — In David Browne’s 2008 biography of Sonic Youth, Goodbye 20th Century, he writes on the group’s lasting stability: They’d grown accustomed to each other’s idiosyncrasies and personalities; old grudges and personality clashes had largely subsi... more info