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

411 Mania — Sixteen albums into their career, the Youth half of their name no longer applies, but what about the Sonic half? Can Sonic Youth still make sweet noise or has their sound soured with time? more info

Rolling Stone — Leading the charge of new releases hitting shelves this week is the Black Eyed Peas’ The E.N.D., which stand for The Energy Never Dies. By now you’ve already heard the Hot 100-dominating “Boom Boom Pow,” and for good reason: As Jody Rosen wri... more info

Guardian Music — He's taken jazz where it has never gone before - playing with pipers, punks and divas. As Ornette Coleman arrives in Britain, Patti Smith, Moby and others salute a great. By John LewisBorn in Texas 79 years ago, saxophonist Ornette Coleman came to t... more info

Totally Fuzzy — treblekickr said...Pixies - In Concert (Glastonbury Festival 1989)The Field - From Here We Go SublimeOf Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the DestroyerMassive Attack - No ProtectionSonic Youth - SisterSonic Youth - Rather RippedSonic Youth - NYC Ghos... more info