Guardian Music — It's easy to assume Kacey Underwood and Alice Costelloe are a couple, such is the implied intimacy of their debut albumHometown: London.The lineup: Kacey Underwood (guitar, vocals) and Alice Costelloe (vocals, guitar).The background: Another day, ano... more info

Guardian Music — The music-loving world, temperamentally, seems to divide neatly into two. There are those who spend their idle hours thinking about which songs they would like to have played at their wedding; and those who spend their idle hours thinking about which... more info

Guardian Music — Brudenell Social Club, LeedsLike British bands Yuck, Mazes and Dinosaur Pile-Up, Staten Island's Cymbals Eat Guitars are in thrall to early-90s US alt.rock, hurling together Sonic Youth detuned guitars, Pavement-type lopsided melodies and (from gangl... more info

Stereogum — New York BTW Pop. 1280 will release a new album called The Horror early next year, and below, you can download a track from it. “Bodies In The Dunes” is a squealing, stomping bit of postpunk evilness that gives me vague flashbacks to Sonic Youth�... more info

Guardian Music — Adam Boult: Four fans explain what Sonic Youth mean to them. Plus vote for your favourite album by the NYC indie crewAdam Boult more info

Totally Fuzzy — The Duke Spirit are an English rock band based in London. Their sound has been seen as a melding of many influences ranging from the alternative noise of 1980s/90s guitar bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and Spacemen 3, the tremulous r... more info

ContactMusic — Cult rockers Sonic Youth are considering breaking up following bandmates Kim Gordon and Thurston Moores marriage split The indie rock icons stunned fans in October 11 by announcing the end of their 25-year marriage and now guitarist Lee Ranaldo fears... more info

Guardian Music — As the indie rock veterans go on (possibly indefinite) hiatus, tell us what Sonic Youth mean to youSpeaking to Rolling Stone magazine this week, Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo revealed the band are "ending for a while". This followed recent news that co-f... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The New York Times reviews Higher Gossip, John Updike's book of essays and crticicism. Lee Ranaldo talks to Rolling Stone about the future of Sonic Youth. The List of Online Year-End 2011 Music Lists was updated Sunday with 22 new... more info

Guardian Music — Lee Ranaldo casts further doubt on Sonic Youth's future, suggesting there are no plans to record new materialSonic Youth are "ending for a while", Lee Ranaldo said on Monday, explaining "every band runs its course". The guitarist is working on solo m... more info