Pop Crunch — If you need an indie music fan this weekend, it won’t be hard to find one — just look for the person curled up and sobbing in the corner. After [...] more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Kim & Thurston in Brooklyn - 8/12/11 (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) SPIN reports the unfortunate news:If the demise of R.E.M. didn't put the final nail in the '90s alternative-rock dream, this news sure will: Sonic Youth super-couple Kim Gordon... more info

E! Online — separation is in the air.  Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, of seminal American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, are separating after being 27 years of mariage, a rep for their... more info

Stereogum — Sad news from Sonic Youth camp. This statement comes via Matador Records: Musicians Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, married in 1984, are announcing they have separated. Sonic Youth, with both Kim and Thurston involved, will proceed with its South Amer... more info

Guardian Music — Elbow, Marina And The Diamonds, Example, Goldfrapp and Sinead O'Connor are on board for Mencap's Little Noise Sessions (22-27 Nov, St John-at-Hackney, E5) …Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers guitarist Walter Lure will show young punks he's still... more info

Mercury News, California — The 11th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival opened in triumphant fashion on Friday.Highlights from Day One included Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant performing with his talented Band of Joy, gifted lyricist John Prine crooning from his A-plus ... more info

NME — Meanwhile the Sonic Youth man plays Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles more info

DrownedInSound — Following on from the near-simultaneous announcement that the Sonic Youth record Hits Are For Squares is going to get a full and proper re-release three years on from its initial release, there are some Thurston Moore shows just announced. They all h... more info

The Quietus — Sonic Youth frontman to call at several UK and Ireland venues in November and December more info

The Music Fix — He'll be at ATP too. more info