Lee Ranaldo: Between the Times and the Tides – review

(Matador)Last October, the future of Sonic Youth was put in question when the band's central couple ended their marriage. Good thing guitarist Lee Ranaldo had his first "song-based solo record" in the works. He has made it with excellent musicians, including John Medeski and Jim O'Rourke, and the diversions into country music on "Fire Island (Phases)" and "Shouts" are agreeable, but the album is more interesting sonically in the tension between questing guitars and straightforward song structure...

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