Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Lori Baily "Is there any better big venue live band these days than Sonic Youth? Okay, maybe Radiohead, maybe Phish, and maybe--depending on how their Madison Square Garden debut goes this week--even Arcade Fire. (Yes, we just used... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Tardy said... An Interview with my Grandfather A conventional enough interview which has had all of the silences (and near-silences) removed. This is not an unusual practice in editing interviews, but here it makes for intense, perhaps uncomfortable ... more info

All About Jazz — By Pico Before there was Sonic Youth, before there was Radiohead, Material, The Flaming Lips or the Animal Collective, there was Curlew. Founded by saxophonist/composer George Cartwright in 1979, Curlew soon became an incubator for just about every ... more info

Guardian Music — (Cryptogramophone)Don't be deceived by the name – this is really a scorched-earth metal-electronica improvising guitar band that threatens to blow you out of your window. This suitably other-worldly double-CD package (the cover images, fittingly, a... more info

Stereogum — Michael Rother’s partner in Neu!, Klau Dinger, passed away in 2008, before the pair could complete another record (their third and last was in 1975). Since then Rother worked on putting together a box set of unreleased and live material. It inspire... more info

Altsounds — The legendary German group NEU! released only 3 albums between 1972 and 1975, but these albums had an influence wildly disproportionate to their modest commercial success; praised by and influential to David Bowie, Hawkwind, Iggy Pop, DEVO, Sonic ... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — .Michael Rother, guitarist and co-founder of seminal 70s Kraut-rock combo Neu!, will join Brian Turner on Tuesday. Together with Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Aaron Mullan of Tall Firs, Rother has been touring as Hallogallo 2010, reinventing his p... more info

Altsounds — David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, Nobuhiko Obayashi, Roxy Music, Sonic Youth, 60s harmony psyche-pop, thrash metal and Miami Freestyle are just some of the influences that swirl around *Jorge Elbrecht*'s mind; the resulting effect they have on him is *Vi... more info

Totally Fuzzy — jeffen said... Fastbacks/Gas Huffer split 7 (1991) http://musicruinedmylife.blogspot.com Radio Free Wohlman said... Transmission 3610 There was a time that hitchhiking was a safe and accepted means of transportation. Let's go back to that care-free ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hallogallo 2010 will feature the same lineup they did at Primavera. That is, Michael Rother will be joined by Steve Shelley from Sonic Youth and Aaron Mullan of Tall Firs. Together they will play music by NEU! as well... more info