NME — Band future in doubt as couple announce separation after 27 years more info

The Quietus — Future for Sonic Youth "uncertain" more info

411 Mania — Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon call it quits… more info

Pop Crunch — If you need an indie music fan this weekend, it won’t be hard to find one — just look for the person curled up and sobbing in the corner. After [...] more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Kim & Thurston in Brooklyn - 8/12/11 (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) SPIN reports the unfortunate news:If the demise of R.E.M. didn't put the final nail in the '90s alternative-rock dream, this news sure will: Sonic Youth super-couple Kim Gordon... more info

E! Online — separation is in the air.  Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, of seminal American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, are separating after being 27 years of mariage, a rep for their... more info

Culture Bully — To mark what might be the end of an era... maybe. more info

Stereogum — Sad news from Sonic Youth camp. This statement comes via Matador Records: Musicians Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, married in 1984, are announcing they have separated. Sonic Youth, with both Kim and Thurston involved, will proceed with its South Amer... more info

ContactMusic — Sonic Youth star Lee Ranaldo is helping to chronicle the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York by posting snaps and sounds of the anti-big business activists in action on the groups website The guitarist is among a group of celebrities who have vis... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Highlights of the Bridge School Benefit Concerts will be released on October 24th on Reprise celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the event that was founded by Neil Young. Most of the tracks are previously unreleased. The Brian Wilson led all-star r... more info