Stereogum — As Pitchfork reports, a number of musicians have joined the luminaries who signed a public statement that calls for public support of online whistleblowers like Edward Snowden, Daniel Ellsberg, Chelsea Manning, and Jeremy Hammond. The Courage Foundat... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher PCPC at Saint Vitus last week (more by PSquared) As discussed, members of Parquet Courts and PC Worship have joined forces as PCPC. They made their live debut opening for Thurston Moore at Saint Vitus last week... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Thurston Moore’s solo records have always been an interesting barometer to his state of mind outside of Sonic Youth. Psychic Hearts, his solo debut, was the most Sonic Youth of any of his solo albums, but that was also 1995, a time when his main gi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Thurston Moore Band @ Saint Vitus earlier this week (more by @PSquared) White Fence @ Glasslands, 2013 (more by PSquared) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... King Gizzard... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by PSquared Photography, words by Andrew Sacher The Thurston Moore Band -- aka Thurston Moore, his former Sonic Youth bandmate Steve Shelley, My Bloody Valentine bassist Deb Googe, and guitarist James Sedwards -- brought their tour in support ... more info

Stereogum — Thurston Moore’s latest interview to promote his new solo album The Best Day comes via The Wall Street Journal. It’s a fascinating conversation that touches on Moore’s mom (whose photo adorns The Best Day’s cover), the lingering insight behin... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Elliott Brood's Work And Love, Mark Lanegan Band's Phantom Radio, Scott Walker and Sunn O)))'s collaboration Soused, and Thurston Moore's The Best Day are all new albums I can recommend this week. Six Sleater-Kinney albums are reissued on vinyl... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Thurston Moore w/ Sonic Youth in 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Because of CMJ, we're doing 'What's Going On' slightly different this week. Each day there's a handful of day shows which are listed first, followed by the night... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Thurston Moore Band (photo by Bebe Labree Besch) Thurston Moore releases his Sonic Youth-y new solo album, The Best Day, this week via Matador (stream it), and he's now made a video for the 8+ minute opening track, "Speak to... more info

Stereogum — Thurston Moore’s new solo LP, The Best Day, is due out tomorrow (although you can already stream it here). Today, we get a video for “Speak To The Wild,” the sprawling 8-minute tempest that opens the album. In the cryptic clip, a mother gets se... more info