Lee Ranaldo

The Futureheads have issued some hints over what their new album will sound like. Read More

By the time the second track of the xx's debut reaches its chorus, it's clear that xx is something special. Read More

Here were decidedly modernist works, created by someone who obviously lived through the upheavals and innovations—musically and otherwise—of the 1960s; work which drew on a diverse range of elements, from the mid-century modernist traditions of Cage, et al., through to rock music and on out to more far-flung world musics, as well as the visual arts—the same influences hovering over the rock avant-garde of the day. Read More

Alternative rock band Sonic Youth have revealed they plan to record the 17th album in 2010. Read More

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