NME — The film features Iggy Pop, Patti Smith and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Ryan Muir MP3: Crystal Castles: "Celestica (Thurston Moore Remix)" Forbidding, clanging noise-pop: It brings generations together! On the surface, Sonic Youth member and noise-scene godfather Thurston Moore and Canadian new-jack elec... more info

Altsounds — VIOLENT SOHO Thursday 13 Time: 1500hrs Location: The Doughnut (outside stage - near Queens Hotel) Time: 2130hrs Location: Hectors House Signed to Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore label Ecstatic Peace! and produced by ThePixies/Foo Fighters/Distillers ... more info

Altsounds — Brisbane-reared, Brooklyn-based noise merchants Violent Soho have announced long awaited homecoming dates to celebrate the release of their self titled new album. Violent Soho's self titled album is being released worldwide in 2010 via Thurs... more info

NME — Turner Prize winning artists will also play live more info

Altsounds — Violent Soho have gone from self-releasing their debut in their native Australia to signing to Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace! label, home to Be Your Own Pet, Free Kitten, Awesome Color and other freak-rockers. Ecstatic Peace! step ... more info

Guardian Music — China's underground scene is making noise music so feral that it will have you running for your chillwave collectionAway from China's mainstream rock scene – where shoe brands spend their budgets building tour buses to take the country's equiv... more info

Guardian Music — The excavation of late 70s and early 80s New York music has shone light on yet another neglected disco genius – Peter GordonLate 70s and early 80s New York has been the most thoroughly excavated section of pop music history in recent years ââ... more info

DrownedInSound — Ever since the news was announced that Thurston Moore was to 'lecture' some very young people about the wonder of white noise and related music we hoped that someone who was present would record something. Now our wish has been granted (via TwentyFou... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Kathryn Yu Velvet-smooth vintage hitmaker Burt Bacharach has all sorts of admirers: Elvis Costello, Dr. Dre, Austin Powers. Add Jim O'Rourke to the list. TwentyFourBit points out that postrock pioneer and current Japan resident O'Rourke pr... more info