Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Sonic Youth is the easy, hip entry point to introduce this progressive art-pop band from Copenhagen, Denmark, but that misses the mark. more info

Guardian Music — The city's most vibrant sounds are being made by a ragged breed of pan-generational improvisers producing free-jazz fire musicEven now, New York remains one of the spiritual homes of jazz. It's a reputation based on black and white images of cigarett... more info

All About Jazz — This Wednesday night Text of Light in Los Angeles! This is a truly rare and incredible west coast performance:Join Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo, collaborating live with saxophonist Ulrich Krieger and guitarist Alan Licht, as he goes to the blasp... more info

Guardian Music — Brudenell Social Club, LeedsOne of pop's most curious phenomenons sees formerly squeaky pop stars rebelling against what made them famous. Just as the manufactured Monkees ended up singing psychedelic songs about porpoises, the once-melodic Mariann... more info

Pitchfork — Kim Gordon has been a member of Sonic Youth for nearly 30 years now, but that's not all that she does. Gordon also runs Mirror/Dash, her own clothing line, and we know she's an ordained minister because she presided over Rufus and Lily's wedding on "... more info

Rolling Stone — After making his only major U.S. live appearance at Halloween’s Voodoo Festival in New Orleans, Eminem is now booked to rock a big crowd overseas. The BBC reports the MC will headline T in the Park, along with Muse and Kasabian. Jay-Z is also set t... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Its now the best part of 30 years since Sonic Youth began to make music. They're yet another act who have never appear to have been all that bothered about breaking into the mainstream or even enjoying moderate chart success, even when during the 90... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Sweet Apple - Do You Remember (MP3) Thurston w/ Sonic Youth @ MHOW in November (more by Lori Baily) Society's Ills: In 1994 Society's Ills (Moore, Cadena, Watt, Markey) made their world premier with the now coveted "Skins, Brains,... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore has a new blog, Flowers & Cream. The Observer reviews Patti Smith's memoir, Just Kids. South Africa's Times Live lists its albums of the decade. The New York Post has poet Robert Pinsky list some of... more info

Stereogum — When I was in high school I had a Meat Is Murder t-shirt. The one with the lyrics to the album's title track on the front: "It's not natural, normal or kind / The flesh you so fancifully fry / The meat in your mouth / As you savor the flavor / O... more info