Brooklyn Vegan — Nat Baldwin, David Longstreth and Brian McOmber play Black Flag Delicate Steve plays the Minutemen Ted Leo plays Minor Threat Titus Andronicus plays the Replacements Tune-Yards plays Sonic Youth Dan Deacon plays the Butthole Surfers St. Vincent plays... more info

Guardian Music — (City Slang)The third album from Wye Oak boasts many of the same dream-pop textures deployed by fellow Baltimore boy/girl duo Beach House, but theirs is a more varied sound, with greater use of light and shade. "Holy Holy" is built on a Sister-era So... more info

DrownedInSound — Nothing on Simon Werner a Disparu will surprise you. But we’re not looking to be surprised. We’re looking for Sonic Youth. And we’ve found them, plying their trade in the service of the latest film by French director Fabrice Gobert. Read... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Sonic Youth never had a hit single.  They never had a hit album.  They never had a hit video.  They never tune their guitars.  They have never had their albums produced by Timberland.  They have never played Saturday Night Live.  They have neve... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mister Moods said... ... removed ... * listen mate, I gave you a second chance after you were banned before, you just blew it by once again trying to sneak in a 2010/2011 release. Just how stupid and ignorant do you think I am, to think I wouldn't no... more info

Guardian Music — (Pharmacy/Mercury)Be wary of approaching Yuck expecting novelty: their debut album is derivative enough to keep a whole floor of derivatives traders in work for years. But given that it's 20 years since their sources – the pre-grunge guitar rock o... more info

Guardian Music — Whether deliberately dissonant or simply playing out of tune, there's a thrilling world of uneasy listening out thereCaroleBristol identified three separate topics within this week's theme: "records that deliberately use dissonance", "records that ha... more info

Stereogum — In a Maximumrocknroll GQ interview this past fall Steve Albini called Sonic Youth an embarrassment, saying he considers them friends, but also considers their jump from an indie to DGC in 1990 as a move that fucked things up for other bands then and ... more info

Stereogum — In a Maximumrocknroll GQ interview this past fall Steve Albini called Sonic Youth an embarrassment, saying he considers them friends, but also considers their jump from an indie to DGC in 1990 as a move that fucked things up for other bands then and ... more info

Impose Magazine — The first time I heard about True Womanhood was back in 2008 due to a co-worker of mine having a slight thing for the former bassist of the band. Back then they were known for a dark alternative sound that garnered stereotypical comparisons to Sonic ... more info