Sonic Youth news

In support of his upcoming solo album Between the Times & the Tides , Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo has announced North American tour dates for April and May. The tour includes ten dates supporting M. Ward . It also includes two dates with Disappears , featuring Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley (who also drums on Between the Times & the Tides ).

2011 was a tough year for alt-rock nostalgics: R.E.M.'s break-up, Sonic Youth's expected split, even Pavement's reunion tour turned bittersweet on news that there would be no formal reunion or forthcoming release. If you're the type to draw narratives out of these sorts of things, then news of a new Guided by Voices record — their first in eight years and featuring the classic 1993-96 lineup ...

Famously, Nirvana’s major-label debut in 1991 was only expected by David Geffen Company to sell about 100,000 albums, tops. That’s about how much indie godfathers Sonic Youth sold for DGC with their major-label debut, and surely, for Kurt Cobain’s little band, that figure would ...

Lee Ranaldo - "Off the Wall" While iconic alt rockers Sonic Youth may be no more, guitarist and founding member Lee Ranaldo will be releasing his ninth solo album, Between the Tides & the Times, this March. Here's the straightforward album cut "Off the Wall," a pleasant preview of what's to come.

MP3:   Lee Ranaldo: "Off the Wall" Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo 's solo album Between the Times & the Tides is out March 20 via Matador . Album cut "Off the Wall" is now available to hear above, via the Matablog . The song will also appear on the 2012 Intended Play Sampler , coming from Matador and True Panther on January 17.

While iconic alt rockers Sonic Youth may be no more, guitarist and founding member Lee Ranaldo will be releasing his ninth solo album , Between the Tides & the Times , this March. Here's the straightforward album cut "Off the Wall," a pleasant preview of what's to come.

Ledger file photoThurston Moore will soon play at Maxwell's. Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth will soon perform at Maxwell's in Hoboken. On Feb. 3, Moore will perform with opening act Rhyton at the venue, located at 1039 Washington St. Moore...

Chicago's experimental psych-garage band Disappears have announced the release of their third full-length Pre-Language . The new record will feature drums by their new member Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth. Brian Case and Damon Carruesco joined Jesse Menendez on Vocalo's MusicVox to preview new songs, talk about the band's writing process and what it means to "bliss out" during their live...

Capsula has returned with their sophomore album and sonic masterpiece, In The Land of Silver Souls (Krian Music Group).The trio collectively creates a musical storm, a whirlwind of psychedelic wonder and punk rock fury. Their music roars with a combination of garage rock toughness and modern style that have earned them a wide range of comparisons from The Stooges and The Pixies to Sonic Youth ...

Buzzfeed uncovered this gem from a 1994 episode of MTV's "120 Minutes," where Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth sat down with a seemingly stoned and/or tangibly delusional Beck.

Every year sees new bands forming and unfortunately, bands falling apart and breaking up as well. 2011 has been one of those years.In this short two-minute video montage, Stereogum and video producer Matt Neatock sum up all of those break ups that either made us cry or smile.