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Sonic Youth : The Eternal

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 allowed them to carry on well past the expiration date of their peers. On top of that, Thurston Moore is music geek yokozuna (BTW, no coffee table should be without this book), and when I had the opportunity to meet him last summer in New York, I managed to project the composure of an infatuated adolescent. Consequently, when anyone u...

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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

Sonic Youth

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