Guardian Music — Brudenell Social Club, LeedsThe apparent end of Sonic Youth has produced the unlikely emergence of the band's co-founder as a sweetly tuneful rocker. After 30 years crafting walls of detuned guitar noise with the New York punk provocateurs, Lee Ranal... more info

Guardian Music — While all the other ageing rockers are reforming and creaking around on stage, Morrissey has decided to bow out with dignityIn 1987, shortly before his powers left him, Morrissey wrote a song called Little Man, What Now? Inspired, apparently, by watc... more info

ContactMusic — Yoko Ono has teamed up with former members of Sonic Youth to record a new charity record Her Early in the Morning track with Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon will be released as a limited edition 10-inch vinyl record on 19 June 12 The release which... more info

DrownedInSound — Lee Ranaldo, legendary axeman and noisemaker for Sonic Youth - among countless other collaborators - dropped a new solo album, Between the Times and the Tides earlier in the year. Starting off as a slightly more straight-forward but no less exciting ... more info

XLR8R — Although the tracklist of Daedelus' brand-new FACT mix looks like a jumbled sonic hodgepodge, the producer has once again found a way to weave together disparate sounds from the likes of Bone Thugs N Harmony, Sonic Youth, Jacques Greene, and Mr.... more info

Guardian Music — Twice a week we invite independent music writers and bloggers to tell us about what they do. Today: a site in the business of slaying sacred cows and praising musical geniusWho are you and what's your blog called?I am Charlotte Corday and my website ... more info

Guardian Music — Pop and indie collide in this straightforward but wonderful single from the Australian alt-rock fixturesAustralian rock music: it's not got the best of reputations, has it? Quite right too, you might conclude, with more famous recent exports such as ... more info

411 Mania — Kim Gordon speaks on MCA's passing… more info

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Topix — Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo brings his solo project to Toad's Place in New Haven Monday night, May 7, as the opening act for M. Ward. more info