Is there any band as old as Sonic Youth (nearly three decades!) still radiating such adventurousness and vitality? Read More
Sonic Youth has dismantled and reassembled so many rock-band strategies over the years that it can begin to feel unnerving when a simple, durable idea takes hold. Read More
Is there a shittier live music venue in Boston than the Wilbur Theatre? Read More
The Dischord scene was already moving out of the long shadow of Fugazi, but the debut from this coed D.C. duo is still a surprise. Read More
Later this week I'll be celebrating my 29th birthday, it's not a milestone year or something I'm particularly looking forward to turning (though I'm seeing the Pixies to celebrate it), it's just the natural order of things me aging and whatnot. Read More
By Tobi Vail, musician, influential DIY punk zinester, activist and feminist theorist from Olympia, Wash. Read More
The Dischord scene was already moving out of the long shadow of Fugazi, but the debut from this coed D.C. duo is still a surprise. Read More
In the ten years since Barry Hogan founded All Tomorrow's Parties (ATP), the music festival has grown in scope, esteem, and international reach. Read More
In recent years, 1970s New York has attained the cultural status of an enshrined era: an almost mythological time during which creativity soared in the wake of economic collapse. Read More
Sonic Youth are turning into The Ramones of experimental rock. Read More
While some of the basic facts about Kim Gordon's life are a little fuzzy, there's nothing fuzzy about her influence on the ... Read the full Kim Gordon bio.