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Newsweek: Sonic Youth embraces the fringe

Sonic Youth's latest slab of distortion-laced beauty, "The Eternal," is unusually notable because it is the band's first record for an independent label in two decades. What the move to Matador Records signifies is a renunciation of the corporate-music model, of going after the gold sales ring.

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18:50 on June 15 2009

Sonic Youth : The Eternal

My Old Kentucky — I have a difficult time writing about Sonic Youth. This is a band responsible for some of the greatest music of the past 25+ years, and whose unwavering vision has allowe... more info
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14:11 on June 16 2009

New Sonic Youth Video - "Sacred Trickster"

Stereogum — Sonic Youth's 16th (quite satisfying) album The Eternal opens with the Yves Klein/Noise Nomads-referencing "Sacred Trickster," a track you may have seen performed live to... more info
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17:16 on June 16 2009

Newsweek: Sonic Youth embraces the fringe

Sonic Youth's latest slab of distortion-laced beauty, "The Eternal," is unusually notable because it is the band's first record for an independent label in two decades. W... more info
Sonic Youth
18:00 on June 16 2009

Sonic Youth “Sacred Trickster” Video

Culture Bully — Music video for "Sacred Trickster" by Sonic Youth from the album "The Eternal." more info
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