NME — The riot grrl icon will detail life in new book, released by HarperCollins imprint Dey Street Books more info

Core News — “NYC trio Blonde Redhead have been crafting their brand of ethereal synth pop for 20 years since a chance meeting by Milanese twin brothers Amadeo and Simone Pace and Japanese vocalist Kazu Makino in 1994. Since then they have worked with Sonic You... more info

Jinners — #TBT - Sonic Youth & David Bowie This week I wrote a #TBT post for Sol Republic’s blog on David Bowie in light of the news that his retrospective is coming out this November with new, old, and unreleased tracks. Last week, I took a stroll down me... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Thurston Moore at FFF 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) Last month, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore called black metal "music made by pussies of the lowest order" and now in a new Rolling Stone interview, he's further discussed the comment:Were you... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Lee Ranaldo at Prospect Park in 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo has a bunch of live appearances coming up, including three very different shows in NYC and a solo/acoustic tour in Europe. The first one... more info

NME — Band features former members of Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine more info

Stereogum — The ex-Sonic Youth co-leader Thurston Moore’s got a new album called The Best Day on the way and a new backing band that includes Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelly and My Bloody Valentine’s Debbie Googe. (I’m a little disappointed Moore is still rec... more info

Stereogum — Plants are living things too, right? So why shouldn’t they get music just like the rest of us? That’s the goal of artist Peter Coffin, who began his Music For Plants art series in 2002. Inspired by a quacky 1973 book The Secret Life Of Plants tha... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo by PJ Sykes Just yesterday (8/20), Thurston Moore detailed his new album, The Best Day, which was recorded with his new band -- his Sonic Youth bandmate Steve Shelley, My Bloody Valentine's Deb Googe, and James Sedwards. Now he's... more info

NME — Former Sonic Youth frontman streams title track ahead of October album release more info