Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher "So, um, yeah that was Kim Gordon who just walked by me and then got on stage to play one Kraftwerk song. This not happen again." - Joel Mellin Sonic Youth at Williamsburg Waterfront in 2011 (more... more info

Stereogum — Over the weekend, the Jeff Mangum-curated ATP festival went down in Butlins, Minehead, UK, and as a result there’s some footage out there from the likes of Joanna Newsom, Low, and the Fall. Check that out down below, and if other stuff pops (perhap... more info

Guardian Music — Somehow I found myself reading poems with some of my avant garde heroes. But was the Sonic Youth man really praising my back catalogue onstage? Does growing older reduce your relevance as an artist? And would I ever get my tax return done?I'm being a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Thurston Moore & Samara Lubelski in Austin (more by Tim Griffin) As you may have seen on BV Austin (and above), Thurston Moore brought his current tour to Austin last week and played sold out show at St. David's Church,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dominick Mastrangelo Bill Callahan @ the Allen Room - 2/8/2012 Following performances by a diversity of musicians including Keren Ann and Thurston Moore, Bill Callahan continued Lincoln Center's 2012 American Songbook Series last night (2/8... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — today in NYC * Optimo @ Public Assembly * Thurston Moore @ Maxwell's * Soul Rebels Brass Band @ Brooklyn Bowl * The Yardbirds, Vanilla Fudge @ Irving Plaza * Luke Moldof + Reuben Son, Hell Hoarse @ The... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Thurston Moore (more by Bao Nguyen) today in NYC * stuff @ Barbes * Q-Tip (DJ Set) @ Brooklyn Bowl * Jenny Owen Youngs @ Maxwell's * John and Scott @ UCB * Totally J/K @ UCB East * Break... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Rhyton, featuring Dave Shuford (No Neck Blues Band, D. Charles Speer), Jimy SeiTang (Psychic Ills), and Spencer Herbst (Messages, Matta Llama), specialize in space-y psychedelia that tips its hat to greats of the genre including Krautrock tita... more info

Guardian Music — As the indie rock veterans go on (possibly indefinite) hiatus, tell us what Sonic Youth mean to youSpeaking to Rolling Stone magazine this week, Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo revealed the band are "ending for a while". This followed recent news that co-f... more info

Guardian Music — Lee Ranaldo casts further doubt on Sonic Youth's future, suggesting there are no plans to record new materialSonic Youth are "ending for a while", Lee Ranaldo said on Monday, explaining "every band runs its course". The guitarist is working on solo m... more info