Sonic Youth

Scala, LondonThere's a moment in Sonic Youth's seminal tour documentary, 1991: The Year Punk Broke, when the camera finds Thurston Moore in contemplative mood. "To us," he says, "the future is a dare."Fast forward 19 years and Sonic Youth are as defiant as ever. They've evolved from No Wave-immersed New Yorkers through to pioneering noise-makers and now alt-rock elders. Their 16th album, the upcoming The Eternal, sees them back on an indie label and skilfully pulling together the strands of thei...

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