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

411 Mania — But he's not worried... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The Brooklyn pigfuck pals enter the void New York skingrater crew White Suns have unleashed a noise-punk masterpiece with their new 40-minute voidscape Sinews. After helping lead the charge of new NYC pigfuck (see also the Men, Pop. 1280, Pygmy Shr... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher "So, um, yeah that was Kim Gordon who just walked by me and then got on stage to play one Kraftwerk song. This not happen again." - Joel Mellin Sonic Youth at Williamsburg Waterfront in 2011 (more... more info