Sonic Youth News and Photos

Dusty Wright: Tenner: Favorite Spring Music and a Movie, too

Mon, May 06 2013 8:04pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Spring has arrived -- flowers and music in full bloom.

Sonic Youth: Three Decades of Dissonance

Wed, May 01 2013 4:04am - Source: Rolling Stone

This month marks the 30th anniversary of Sonic Youth 's first EP in 1982.

'Sonic Youth' Divorce Details Revealed

Fri, April 26 2013 12:45am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Indie rockers Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon shocked Sonic Youth fans everywhere when they split in October 2011 after 27 years of marriage.

Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon Explains Split From Thurston Moore

Tue, April 23 2013 4:05pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Kim Gordon explained the details of her split from husband and Sonic Youth bandmate Thurston Moore in a new interview with Elle , saying her former partner was carrying on an affair with another woman.

Merzbow/Mats Gustafsson/Balázs Pándi - Cuts

Wed, April 10 2013 5:03pm - Source: The Quietus

On paper, this is a three-way marriage made in noise heaven.

Lee Ranaldo Band touring; Thurston Moore w/ Lou Barlow & others on Joyful Noise 7" series, playing Yoko Ono's Meltdown

Fri, April 05 2013 4:43pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

The Lee Ranaldo Band , which features Lee along with his Sonic Youth bandmate Steve Shelley, Alan Licht, and Tim Luntzel, are about to head to Spain and Portgual for a short tour this month, and upon returning to NYC they'll play a hometown show at Union Pool on April 28.

Chelsea Light Moving - Chelsea Light Moving

Wed, March 27 2013 11:46am - Source: Uncut.co.uk

Sonic Youth may or may not have ended, but Thurston Moore doesn't seem to be pausing too long for bouts of reflection.

Sonic Youth - 930 club 1988

Tue, March 26 2013 2:35am - Source: The Smudge of Ashen Fluff

Graded on a Curve: Chelsea Light Moving

Tue, March 19 2013 12:40pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Chelsea Light Moving is Thurston Moore's new band.

KEXP at SXSW 2013, Day 2: Chelsea Light Moving

Thu, March 14 2013 9:41pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

Thurston Moore has nothing to prove after decades spent as part of one of the most influential bands of all time, Sonic Youth.

Personality Clash- Sonic Youth Vs The Men

Wed, March 13 2013 8:53am - Source: ClashMusic.com

The Men are noisy, streetwise punk-rockers who formed in Brooklyn's thriving underground in 2006 and gained acclaim for their DIY ethic and breakneck live shows.

Album Review: Chelsea Light Moving – Chelsea Light Moving

Mon, March 04 2013 5:30am - Source: Consequence of Sound

For the first time in more than 30 years, Thurston Moore is moving forward in what could be a world without Sonic Youth.

Sonic Youth To Release Live LPs?

Sun, March 03 2013 7:29pm - Source: The Quietus

Later this week, the Quietus will be publishing a feature on the live recording of Sonic Youth's performance at the Smart Bar in Chicago, released by the band last year.

Chelsea Light Moving - Chelsea Light Moving

Fri, March 01 2013 1:14am - Source: The Four Oh Five

The name Chelsea Light Moving , which here applies to the four-piece band put together by Thurston Moore in his latest post-Sonic Youth adventure as well as their eponymous debut album, evokes a certain part of New York City in a poetic way.

The Out Door: The End is the Beginning

Fri, February 01 2013 6:15pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

This edition of the Out Door is all about closure.

Caught in the Net: Sonic Youth main man Thurston Moore moves to Chelsea

Fri, January 18 2013 7:38pm - Source: The Independent - Music

A few weeks back I wrote glowingly about the new Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds single "We No Who U R", taken from their February-released album Push the Sky Away. The gorgeously solemn song is accompanied by a low-key, shadowy video directed by controversial French film-maker Gaspar Noé.

Review Revue: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

Thu, January 17 2013 8:45pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

I apologize for my extended absence, but I was called back to the land of my birth, the land of WHRB and WMBR and In Your Ear Records and all the things that made me the kind of person who delights in poring over dusty old records written on by dusty old record nerds.

Sonic Youth’s bad luck continues as Thurston Moore’s guitar is stolen

Fri, December 14 2012 1:01pm - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Thurston Moore has announced that one of his guitars, a 1960 Fender Jazzmaster, has been stolen.

Introducing: MØ

Wed, November 28 2012 11:15am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

If any one thing could speak to the nature of Denmark's Karen Marie Ørsted's musical output, the press shot above wouldn't be too far off the mark.

Watch Five Sonic Youth Clips from 1985

Fri, November 16 2012 9:26pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

With Found Footage, we dig through the depths of archival video online.

Fugazi, Jeff Mangum, Sonic Youth: Jeff Mangum Joined By Members Of Fugazi, Sonic Youth For Occupy Fundraiser

Wed, October 24 2012 6:23pm - Source: Prefix Magazine

Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff Mangum has been a vocal supporter of the grassroots Occupy Wall Street movement, even going so far as to make several appearances at the Occupy encampment in New York City's Zuccotti Park last fall.

Sonic Youth: “Intro/Brave Men Run (In My Family)” [Live]

Tue, October 16 2012 5:59pm - Source: Stereogum

Smart Bar – Chicago 1985 , recorded on 8/11/1985, during the band's tour behind Bad Moon Rising.

Hear a Track From Sonic Youth's New Live Album

Tue, October 16 2012 4:57pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

Chicago 1985 , their first of apparently many in-the-works archival projects.

Loren Connors playing shows (one w/ Lee Ranaldo's Text of Light); Spectre Folk playing w/ Scott & Charlene's Wedding

Thu, October 04 2012 4:02pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Speaking of Loren Connors , who opens for Jozef Van Wissem tonight, he's releasing a collaborative single with singer Suzanne Langille called I Wish I Didn't Dream on Northern Spy Records.