The Vinyl Villain — Its now the best part of 30 years since Sonic Youth began to make music. They're yet another act who have never appear to have been all that bothered about breaking into the mainstream or even enjoying moderate chart success, even when during the 90... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Sweet Apple - Do You Remember (MP3) Thurston w/ Sonic Youth @ MHOW in November (more by Lori Baily) Society's Ills: In 1994 Society's Ills (Moore, Cadena, Watt, Markey) made their world premier with the now coveted "Skins, Brains,... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore has a new blog, Flowers & Cream. The Observer reviews Patti Smith's memoir, Just Kids. South Africa's Times Live lists its albums of the decade. The New York Post has poet Robert Pinsky list some of... more info

Stereogum — When I was in high school I had a Meat Is Murder t-shirt. The one with the lyrics to the album's title track on the front: "It's not natural, normal or kind / The flesh you so fancifully fry / The meat in your mouth / As you savor the flavor / O... more info

Stereogum — Based on past experience, New York's All Tomorrow's Parties has become the festival you buy tickets for lineup-unseen. But for those who need to know, ATP just expanded the lineup of bands for this year's Weekend At Kutsher's: Saturday will includ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — All Tomorrow's Parties will return to Kutsher's Country Club, Monticello for the third ATP New York festival over Labor Day weekend, running from Friday 3rd September - Sunday 5th September. We are very excited to announce that legendary film-maker J... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — All Tomorrow's Parties will return to Kutsher's Country Club, Monticello for the third ATP New York festival over Labor Day weekend, running from Friday 3rd September - Sunday 5th September. We are very excited to announce that legendary fi... more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: because they careDiscovering a shared a love for Mark ‘E' Everett, Nina Simone, traditional folk music and the way Sonic Youth “marry noise and intensity with occasional pop sensibility” Sunderbans set aggressi... more info

XFM.co.uk — Smart studios, home to records by Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Sonic Youth, closes its doors. more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — This week the nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards were handed out in L.A. in advance of the March 7th award show. With ten nominations for Best Picture this year and all but locked up races for the Best Acting awards it was difficult to be too up... more info