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

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo by Phil Sharp We recently mentioned that Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore formed a new band with SY drummer Steve Shelley, My Bloody Valentine's Deb Googe, and James Sedwards, and will be releasing an album with them,... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this month, we learned that Thurston Moore had formed a new band with his former Sonic Youth bandmate Steve Shelly and with My Bloody Valentine bassist Deb Googe, as well as Nought guitarist James Sewards, and we posted video of them playing ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Thurston Moore at Ornette Coleman tribute in June (more by Greg Cristman) After releasing an album with his post-Sonic Youth band Chelsea Light Moving, Thurston Moore revealed plans for a new solo album coming out on Matador. Sonic Youth's site... more info

Stereogum — Thurston Moore has created something resembling a supergroup for his next project. It’s called the Thurston Moore Band and he’s reunited with Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley and recruited My Bloody Valentine bassist Debbie Googe and British gui... more info