Sonic Youth pictures with tag: videos

Breaking: The Entrance Band

Who: Los Angeles-based trio the Entrance Brand craft sprawling, virtuosic psychedelic rock that has earned them big-ups from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, who signed the crew to his Ecstatic Peace label. Sound: Frontman Guy Blakeslee spews wailing, guitar-heavy thunder as bandmates Paz Lenchantin keep the stoner-metal grooves chugging along nicely on epic tracks like “Grim Reaper Blues, Pt. 2,” where Blakeslee shrieks and howls like a young Robert Plant. “We have these psychic resonances between

Published: 2009-09-16 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Breaking, Podcasts, Videos

Video: Wayne Coyne Talks “Christmas on Mars”

The Flaming Lips have spent years landing spaceships at zoos and crafting epic psychedelic suites, but their most audacious project yet is Christmas on Mars, the Wayne Coyne-directed film that just hit DVD. Click above for Coyne’s thoughts on the film, including how the music plays into the film and the difference between making movies and starting a band. Related Stories: • Flaming Lips, Radiohead and Sonic Youth: The Best of Summer 2008 • Christmas on Mars Finally Lands in Theaters • The Flaming Lips: Okies From Outer Space [Video: Eric Helton]

Published: 2008-11-19 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Videos

Thurston Moore at All Tomorrow’s Parties

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore was at this past weekend’s All Tomorrow’s Parties festival to play his classic solo album Psychic Hearts in it’s entirety. “It’s kind of annoying,” Moore admits to Rolling Stone’s Kevin O’Donnell. “But exciting at the same time.” Click above for more from Moore, including the mishap the band had at an earlier All Tomorrow’s Parties and what song they are recording for Gossip Girl. Related Stories: • My Bloody Valentine, Thurston Moore Bring Big Noise to All Tomorrow’s Parties • Photo Gallery: All Tomorrow’s Parties 2008 [Video: Eric Helton] • More All Tomorrow’s Parties Coverage at the Backstage Blog

Published: 2008-09-23 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Festivals, Videos