Brooklyn Vegan — Sonic Youth promised us some "news" at noon today, and that news is...Sonic Youth - Smart Bar - Chicago 1985 2xlp/ CD / digital Release Date : November 14, 2012 In August 1985 Sonic Youth were touring across the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sonic Youth are promising some kind of "news" at noon Monday. Meanwhile we can hope it's related to Steve Shelley leaving Disappears (but we'll keep our expectations low by listening to the Facebook commenter who wrote " Likely announcing... more info

Guardian Music — RR guru-of-the-week Fuel elects his top tracks from last week's White House nominationsThis week's playlist has been selected by Fuel.• This is how I prefer a playlist: I like it to start quiet and clear – it draws me in. Blaze Foley is perfect f... more info

Prefix — Last week, we started off a list of the twenty best albums of 1992. We hit the bottom ten on ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/features/beastie-boys-green-day-pete-rock-pete-rock-cl-smooth-pj-harvey-sebadoh-sonic-youth-the-jayhaw... more info

Guardian Music — Rita Ora, On tourAs anyone aware of that little-known recording artist Rihanna will already know, Jay-Z sets the bar quite high when it comes to choosing a protege. Their backgrounds are very different (Rita Ora comes from the former Yugoslavia and w... more info

Prefix — If you're a music fan with access to Netflix streaming, chances are you've already queued up a few rock documentaries ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/seattle-weekly-lists-10-grittiest-rock-docs-on-net/68318/ more info

Chorus.fm — "Now, here are some of your no-name bands. Sonic Youth? Nine Inch Nails? Hullabalooza?" - Homer Simpson. We love our no-name bands. We pick 100 (http://http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2845672) you should be familiar with every year. Watc... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Chelsea Light Moving - "Groovy & Linda" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Chelsea Light Moving - "Frank O'Hara Hit" (MP3) Chelsea Light Moving at Sled Island 2012 (more by Zach Pollack) Thurston Moore's new band, Chelsea Light Moving, who played a few... more info

Topix — It's difficult to imagine that Redd Kross once boasted a sound so hard-charging that punkers were crestfallen when the band traded it in for the poppier style that made up 1987's Neurotica , an LP time has let slip through cracks filled by Sonic Yout... more info

411 Mania — From Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore joining a black metal band to Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe gaining freedom and Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante getting assaulted plus metal albums for the week and more! more info