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

Stereogum — Jim O’Rourke’s Burt Bacharach tribute album is only out in Japan. But this cover of “(There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me” made it to YouTube, where it can join the hundreds of other covers of this classic track (from Dionne Warwic... more info

Totally Fuzzy — eye of sound said... Never Trust Your Mother-In-Law: - Piotr Kamler & Bernard Parmegiani - Une Mission Ephémère (1993) http://thesoundofeye.blogspot.com Debbie D said... Rudy Ray Moore - Ring A Ling Dong Jimmy Lynch - Notions Of Mr. Motion ht... more info

NME — The event will take place in New York on April 11 more info

DrownedInSound — Avant Garde Preschool may sound like an utterly and ludicrously pretentious 'thing' and that's partly because it most likely is one. Nevertheless, the New York-based programme (if you can call it that) is to feature one Thurston Moore, of Sonic Youth... more info

Undercover, Australia — Sonic Youth front man Thurston Moore will be giving a lecture on noise to kids aged eight to twelve. more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Kathryn Yu What are your kids doing this weekend? Climbing trees? Playing Wii Tennis? Still shaking their Easter candy hangovers? Tell them to knock it off! It's time for the Thurston Moore noise lecture! As Paper reports (via Moore's own Ec... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Tim Kiernan; Above: The xx Last year, at the first Big Ears music festival in Knoxville, Tenn., Jon Hassell headlined the opening Friday night at the Bijou Theatre, then the event's largest venue. Despite two balconies and the twin overhead... more info

Pitchfork — Artist: Awesome ColorAlbum: Massa HypnosRelease Date: April 6Label: Ecstatic Peace Tracklist: 01 Transparent02 Flying03 Oaxaca04 White Cloud05 Vision06 Zombie07 Slaughterhouse08 IOU Notes: Third album from this Brooklyn-via-Detroit garage-psych band,... more info