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 “Donâ... 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

Stereogum — Kim Gordon’s memoir, Girl In A Band, is out next month, and while I haven’t personally read the thing, what little I’ve read about it suggest it’s going to be totally fascinating. The new issue of Vogue includes an excerpt, in which Gordon of... more info

Core News — “Mary Anne has the chance for a rare interview with Kim Gordon. Guitar hero Gordon talks about her turbulent, triumphant 30 year career with Sonic Youth and her forthcoming memoir. Kim’s revealing, upsetting book Girl In A Band is published in Fe... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher NYC's EULA make the kind of noise rock that came out of this city 30 years ago, so it's appropriate that they teamed up (again) with Martin Bisi, who's worked on Sonic Youth and Swans records, to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, no stranger to authoring books, is releasing a new memoir on February 24 via Dey Street Books called Girl In A Band, presumably named for the ill-advised question female musicians are often asked in interviews... more info