Stereogum — Toronto shoegaze duo Beliefs formed after meeting at a party and bonding over a mutual love of My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth, so it sounds about right that their newest song is called “1992.” We premiered “Tidal Wave,” the first track f... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Lee Ranaldo in Chicago in 2012 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder) Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo has a few events coming up this year, including some acoustic shows. One of those is a duo with Raul Refree at this weekend's... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Thurston Moore has a new book called Stereo Sanctity, which is "a large and personal selection of Thurston Moore's poems and lyrics, both with Sonic Youth and as a solo artist, written between 1981 and 2014 and appearing in... more info

Stereogum — Perry Farrell’s inaugural Lollapalooza festival-tour launched in the summer of 1991, and it returned every year till 1997, after which it went on hiatus for a while. The last “classic” Lollapalooza lineup, though, came in 1995, when the tour fe... more info

Stereogum — Sun Kil Moon and the Thurston Moore Band played back-to-back at last weekend’s Latitude Festival in the UK. Taking advantage of the occasion, Moore joined Mark Kozelek and his former Sonic Youth bandmate Steve Shelley — who plays in the SKM live ... more info

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