JamBase — SEATTLE SHINDIG EXPANDS LINEUP Built To Spill The Capitol Hill Block Party happens July 24-25 in Seattle's Capitol Hill Neighborhood. The already hefty lineup has just added Built To Spill, Pela, The Lonely Forest, Fences, Awesome Color, Wild Or... more info

Totally Fuzzy — S.F.P. said...New update at "BAISTOPHE":ABO #221RENAISSANCELOVE GOES ON (1969-2005)Sometimes life is unfair. At the end of the Yardbirds (ABO#074) life, Jimmy page had in the idea to pursue the adventure. Then the Yardbirds became the New Yardbirds a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Lori Baily If you hung out in New York's Soho neighborhood in the early 1980s, chances are you could've caught an early Sonic Youth performing in an avant-garde loft space. A lot has changed in the last three... more info

Totally Fuzzy — strahinja said...TOP SINGLES 1955 – 2000: Top Twenty Hits of 1992THE CLASH – London CallingTINDERSTICKS – Simple PleasureBIG MAMA THORTON – JailJETHRO TULL – Living In The PastTHE ALLMAN BORTHERS BAND – The A... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this week, Matador released The Sonik Youth's 16th album The Eternal. You've probably heard it, and if you enjoyed it you should know that the band (now with 100% Mark Ibold) will take it cross-country this summer (tour dates after the jump).... more info

Culture Bully — Sonic Youth perform "Sacred Trickster" on the June 10 episode of the Late Show. more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Rounding out their third decade as a band, with sixteen full-length records under their belt, Sonic Youth once again find themselves back on an independent label, Matador Records, after nearly two decades under the wing of  Geffen/Universal.  T... more info

Rolling Stone — If you hung out in New York’s Soho neighborhood in the early 1980s, chances are you could’ve caught an early Sonic Youth performing in an avant-garde loft space. A lot has changed in the last three decades. Last night, to celebrate the release of... more info

Guardian Music — The Gossip return with Beth Ditto's signature shriek, the Lemonheads move to the country and Jarvis Cocker goes glamGossip – Heavy CrossRemember the first time you heard Standing In the Way of Control? Back when it was simply a great song, rat... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Los Angeles Times reviews the new Sonic Youth album, The Eternal. The music remains ageless and weird, fueled on chaos and clarity, but these are songs, not sound experiments for their own sake. Indie or not, Sonic Youth knows... more info