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Indie rocker Jay Reatard dead at 29

5649 days ago
Live DailyJay Reatard [ tickets ] was found dead in his Memphis home on Jan. 13. The garage rocker died in his sleep, according to local reports. He was 29. Reatard, whose real name is Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., was found in bed by his roommate at about 3:30 a.... more info

Back from the dead: Why I welcome a Swans reunion

5652 days ago
Guardian MusicThe fiercely independent, post-punk eardrum perforators are to reunite. But there's plenty of evidence that they are motivated by more than just a big pay chequeAsked in a 2006 interview if he would ever consider reforming Swans, the band he led from... more info

Yoko Ono Recruits Clapton, Paul Simon for Plastic Ono Band Show

5653 days ago
Rolling StoneYoko Ono has recruited Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, Bette Midler and more artists for the first Plastic Ono Band show in 40 years: a special concert on February 16th at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New ... more info

Live: Sonic Youth at the Wiltern Theatre

5653 days ago
L.A. Times - Entertainment more info

Live: Sonic Youth at the Wiltern Theatre

5653 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissUnruly sonic storms still form the heart of the veteran band's live show, even as it focuses on the present rather than the influential albums of its youth. Sonic Youth has traveled far with the sounds of beauty and noise,... more info

Express | best of 2009

5653 days ago
8/150 Sonic Youth - The Eternal49 Karen O and The Kids - Where the Wild things are48 Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane & Sugarcane47 Florance and the Machine - Lungs46 Ebony Bones - Bones of My Bones45 Prodigy - Invaders Must Die44 Bibio - Ambivalence Av... more info

Fugs' Tuli Kupferberg benefit show w/ Lou Reed, John Zorn, Sonic Youth, more ++ Velvet Underground 'reunion' audio

5657 days ago
Brooklyn VeganDOWNLOAD: Velvet Underground - live from the New York Public Library (MP3) Lou Reed, John Zorn, Sonic Youth and others will play a benefit concert for Tuli Kupferberg, the Beat poet and original member of the Fugs, at St. Ann's... more info

Sonic Youth gets ready for a show at the Fillmore

5658 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaRemarkably, the band, which began in 1981 as avant-noisemakers, is now embarking on a fourth decade together. The musicians' lack of typical rock-band super egos and their ability to stay clear of hard drugs has helped the group survive while so many... more info

The Vandelles: The Vandelles

5659 days ago
Here Comes The Floodphoto: jezebelmusic.com New York is the world capitol for noise. The Vandelles have tried to capture something of the grind of the Big Apple within the space of the five tracks of their self-titled EP. Taking cues from Sonic Youth and The Jesus and ... more info

The Year in Review

5660 days ago
Troubled Souls Unite166. It's the magic number. It's the number of posts from 2008. It's also the number of posts from 2009. Funny how these things work out.It's also been a great year for albums. And a great year for concerts. And a great year for music in general. Her... more info

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