what a band..this was one of the bands i loved when i was a teenager saw them first live in 98 when i was 17..on a festival and the next day in berlin
I didnt sleep 3 days- neither on the festival (no tent ) nor in berlin (no money for a hotel)-without any drugs or caffeine to stay awake..i had to skip school for the berlin gig. told my mother i was sleeping ata friends house to report from the festival:D....ahh those were the days...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_youth
thurston still looks quite young.he must be about 50 or so now..and kim.....ohhh.kim....

some vid

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death valley fib 98

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1985 death valley 69
in the mojave desert ..rare

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teenage riot rockpalast 96

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kool thing 91 from the film the year punk broke (FEAt nirvana and others
song begins at ca 1.15

sonic youth(beside sparks, yo la tengo) appeared in A gilmore girls episode jamming

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togetHer with kim and thurstons daughter coco.(who also appeared inn a dinosaur jr video)

MOZ fan chloe sevigny also appeared in two sonic youth videos

I like them, but I still can't listen to an entire album in one go. All the songs start to blur. (I have Daydream Nation[/b], [i]Sister, and Goo.)

there are great life..have you seen them?i dont have a emotional bond to any of the members-compared to moz..but oh well
i saw them again in 2007 after these gigs in 98...things have changed but ..one of the best live bands they remain...

there are grast life..have you seen them?i dont have a emotional bond to any of the members-compared to moz..but oh well
i saw them again in 2007 after these gigs in 98...things have changed but ..one of the best live bands they remain...

I've never seen them, because I missed my chance to go with a friend in 1990.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRiyN_Zn5L8

My faveourite non-morrissey song of all time.

the latest albums are the easiest ones to listen to , murray street is one of my favourites , i find daydream nation hard to listen to all the way through

they are i band i feel get better with age

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My faveourite non-morrissey song of all time.

OH yes their carpenters cover is great
the song tunic from goo is a dedication to karen who died cause of a the result of a eating disorder

the orginal is quite haunting too.

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.the sadness in her voice which contrasted with often much happier lyrics-i think nick cave has commented on that issue too

the latest albums are the easiest ones to listen to , murray street is one of my favourites , i find daydream nation hard to listen to all the way through

they are i band i feel get better with age


goo and dirty are pretty much the pop-esque they could get...

i just got 'Dirty', and I have 'EVOL', 'Sister' and 'Daydream Nation' too. the only one i really like is DN. it seems like it's the most accessible of the ones i've heard, but most people believe 'Dirty' or 'Goo' are. i haven't been able to get into the other ones, but i understand why people like them and think they are talented.

i just got 'Dirty', and I have 'EVOL', 'Sister' and 'Daydream Nation' too. the only one i really like is DN. it seems like it's the most accessible of the ones i've heard, but most people believe 'Dirty' or 'Goo' are. i haven't been able to get into the other ones, but i understand why people like them and think they are talented.
its their critically most praised album....
the "playing the complete album" they did in 2007
with daydream nation....very cool to hear the complete album live

think more bands should be doing that
the sparks did do that too,right?

i like a lot of their songs,but never a complete album

this is my fave song by them
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bull in the heather.:guitar:
and the video has kathleen hanna of le tigre :sweet:

i like a lot of their songs,but never a complete album

this is my fave song by them
its amazing.




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bull in the heather.:guitar:
and the video has kathleen hanna of le tigre :sweet:
hmmm....Im not much of a fan of this song or the album from which it stems from...
but i love le tigre- have you seen them live?-theyre great...their support act did go under the name of "lesbians on ectasy" a canadian band

I love Sonic Youth. I've seen them live a number of times and they were incredible every time. Thurston Moore is a guitar genius. I saw Free Kitten once in a very small venie in Brighton. Thurston was there (to support the wife) and so was Graham Coxon from Blur. There were probably about 50 other people. It was a great gig but not as good as SY.

My favourite band that is still a going concern.

Interesting to hear what their next album will sound like since Thurston was complaining so bitterly about 'major label interference'.

'EVOL' is possibly my all time favourite album.

I think 1991 the year punk broke is up on google video. I remember watching it and being astonished. My first short movie had a humble allusion to it.

I used to worship Sonic Youth in high school. For me, the 1988-1995 period is thier best. I saw them on the 'Washing Machine' tour in Australia and then on the 'A Thousand Leaves' tour. After listening to 'Daydream Nation' and a live bootleg from 1985 I used to thrash, I think SY wore out my patience for long songs. (That along with writing about experimental electronica fro three years!)

I really need to track down some older SY albums and give them a chance. I have Confusion Is Sex (which I like but is a bit spotty at times for my musical sensibilities), Daydream Nation, Dirty, Experimental Jet Set..., and all the main albums since Murray Street. I agree about them getting better with age, at least from what I've heard of the band. Murray Street, Sonic Nurse, and Rather Ripped are all consistently wonderful.

I really need to track down some older SY albums and give them a chance. I have Confusion Is Sex (which I like but is a bit spotty at times for my musical sensibilities), Daydream Nation, Dirty, Experimental Jet Set..., and all the main albums since Murray Street. I agree about them getting better with age, at least from what I've heard of the band. Murray Street, Sonic Nurse, and Rather Ripped are all consistently wonderful.

bad moon rising..death valley 69 is on it with lydia lunch on guest vocals...:guitar::guitar:
*sings* what a song

I think 1991 the year punk broke is up on google video. I remember watching it and being astonished. My first short movie had a humble allusion to it.

yes its on youtube it still only exist on video not dvd but somebody transfered it
one video ^ in my first post: kool thing is from that film

My favourite album is 'Goo'; I saw them live in 1992 during the 'Dirty' tour at the glorious 'Rolling Stone' in Milan, the support act was a 'young' (and very drunk) band called Pavement.

its their critically most praised album....
the "playing the complete album" they did in 2007
with daydream nation....very cool to hear the complete album live

think more bands should be doing that
the sparks did do that too,right?

And Suede.



Kim Gordon is so cool. I haven't heard that much of them yet...but I love "Kool Thing".

news
SONIC YOUTH ETC.: SENSATIONAL FIX

The museum exhibition SONIC YOUTH ETC. : SENSATIONAL FIX focuses on the multidisciplinary activities of Sonic Youth since the band's formation in 1981. It features the band's collaborations with visual artists, filmmakers, designers and musicians, as well as a choice of other works selected by the band. Through the multidisciplinary output of Sonic Youth and related works by other artists in the exhibition, an alternative history of contemporary culture is being uncovered in which the division between 'high art' and 'low art' is being called into question, while issues are explored such as teenage rebellion, adolescent wanderlust, gender, fame, fashion, sexuality, and religion. The exhibition is initiated and curated by freelance curator Roland Groenenboom in collaboration with the band and will be presented in Bolzano, Italy (from 10 October 2008 to 4 January 2009), and Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany (31 January to 26 April 2009). Next up is The Museum of Malmo, Sweden (from May 29 to September 20 2009). Further venues are currently in discussion, in Europe, the US and Asia. A complete description of the show can be found here.

i like a lot of their songs,but never a complete album

this is my fave song by them
its amazing.




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bull in the heather.:guitar:
and the video has kathleen hanna of le tigre :sweet:

I love that video

basically
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/51/Confispk.gif
this is one of the gr8est albums ever...

I love them to death! I finally got to see them play live a year ago, and it was immense. I was a metre from Lee! His hair was feathered like the wings of an angel! He graciously accepted our gift of peppermints! Really, I can't fault even one second of the experience.

I love them to death! I finally got to see them play live a year ago, and it was immense. I was a metre from Lee! His hair was feathered like the wings of an angel! He graciously accepted our gift of peppermints! Really, I can't fault even one second of the experience.

yeah, they are awesome live!

yeah, they are awesome live!

I now desperately want to see them play again some time, somewhere. It was a transforming experience, methinks.

An unbelievably great band, my favourite is Goo but any of theirs are woth picking up. Along with Steve Albini, Thurston Moore is an absolute hero for noise rock fans.

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Sonic Nurse is also criminally underrated

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Love them. One of the greatest.

Oh!!! and I was in that gig in the FIB 98... memories... ;)

http://www.freewebs.com/sonikyouth/

check this place out, a sonic youth goldmine noize frenzy! they've everything and anything 'Yoof you could want!!!!!

sonic youth on tour at the moment:

April 22 Krems, Austria Donau Festival

April 23 Munich, Germany Haus der Kunst
Gerhard Richter exhibition

April 24 Dusseldorf, Germany 3001
In coordination with the Sensational Fix exhibition: www.kunsthalle-duesseldorf.de

April 25 Luxembourg Den Atelier
Tickets via www.atelier.lu

April 27 London, UK Scala
(london already sold out even though it has only been on sale since today)

May 16 Williamsburg, Brooklyn Music Hall

May 27 Malmo, Sweden KB
www.ticnet.se

May 28 Hassleholm, Sweden Siesta Festival
, Hassleholm, Skåne län -
www.siestafestivalen.se

29 Mai 2009, 20:00 08:00 PM - The Museum of Malmo - Sensational Fix Opening
, Malmo, Skåne län -Sensational Fix opens in Malmo, Sweden sonic youth will NOT perform on this day

May 30 Barcelona, Spain Primavera Festival

May 31 Dudingen, Switzerland Kilbi Festival
http://kilbi.badbonn.ch/2009/

August 7,8,9 Japan Summersonic Festival
07 Aug 2009, - Osaka - Summer Sonic 09
09 Aug 2009, - Tokyo - Summer Sonic 09



http://www.sonicyouth.com/main/
and on their myspacesite

along with their current exhebitionwhich is showing in düsseldorf at the moment-see my post from January 18, 2009 06:38 PM...
there is also a book published on them
http://hypebeast.com/2009/01/sonic-youth-sensational-fix-catalog/
the Band covers their work alongside visual artists, filmmakers, designers and musicians including Richard Prince, Paul McCarthy, Harmony Korine, Christian Marclay, Raymond Pettibon, Cindy Sherman, Robert Smithson, and Jeff Wall. The 720 page book which includes two 7″ records, each one recorded by a different member of the band, will be limited to only 600 copies.
http://hypebeast.com/2009/01/sonic-youth-sensational-fix-catalog/
http://70.32.78.35/sonicnews/?p=81

also did come out another biography this year called
Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth..which ive heard that it is very good

I do have the fab" i dreamed of noise" book with great huge live pictures and interviews
then the the little sonic life book published by an italian company and written in italian and english has rare early pics and exclusive interviews
and confusion is next... a biography
i think i will scan few pics ..from these

in the spex issue alongside petshop boys and morrissey there is also an interview with kim

Sonic Youth’s 16th album, ‘The Eternal’, will be released on vinyl, compact disc, and digital album by Matador Records on June 9. Produced by John Agnello and the band, ‘The Eternal’ not only marks Sonic Youth’s return to the independent label sphere (titles on their own SYR label excepted) after a long association with Geffen, but more importantly, ranks as one of their more inspired efforts in a 28 year career.

Recorded through November and December of last year at the band’s Echo Canyon West studio in Hoboken, NJ, ‘The Eternal’ features many firsts for a Sonic Youth album, including a number of shared vocals between Kim, Thurston, and Lee, and the studio debut of former Pavement/Dustdevils bassist Mark Ibold, a member of Sonic Youth’s touring band for the past few years. They will be touring throughout the summer in support of the new album.

Of ‘The Eternal’, Matador’s Gerard Cosloy says, “We’ve not had a record in our recent history that’s been the subject of nearly as much speculation and anticipation. Suffice to say we’re pretty amazed at the way the band delivered something this neoteric while still sounding like, well, themselves. Less of a reinvention and perhaps more to do with a particularly awesome dozen songs.”

The lead track on the forthcoming Sonic Youth album ‘The Eternal' is available Monday 20th April as an MP3 from Matador. ‘Sacred Trickster', which clocks in at 2′10″ is an out-of-the gate hardcore matinee track with Kim singing salutes to French painter Yves Klein and Western Massachusetts noise artist Noise Nomads.
Matador will shortly announce a Buy Early Get Now opportunity for the album with some very interesting bonus material.

Tracklisting:
1. Sacred Trickster 2. Anti-Orgasm 3. Leaky Lifeboat(for Gregory Corso) 4. Antenna 5. What We Know 6. Calming The Snake 7. Poison Arrow 8. Malibu Gas Station 9. Thunderclap For Bobby Pyn 10. No Way 11. Walkin Blue 12. Massage The History
http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/03/03/save-the-date-sonic-youth-the-eternal-buy-early-get-now-launches-april-28/
there is a special: an extra ep and also some extra tracks all explained in the matador blog how to get that ^

another project beck and sonic youth do cover each other
Sonic Youth will take on “Pay No Mind” from Beck’s Mellow Gold, and Beck will try his hand at “Green Light.” Sonic Youth will also contribute a new song titled “No Garage” to the b-side of a split with Jay Reatard.

Just sayin'.

Sonic Youth - What We Know (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVlveLlgBs8)

I may be in the minority of SY fans on this but I think everything they've released since Murray Street has been consistently great.

on tour right now-sadly i had no money to see them in berlin so :tears::mad: -they play tomorrow in london
http://www.myspace.com/sonicyouth
21. Okt. 2009 20:00
Berlin - Columbiahalle -Sold Out Berlin, Berlin
22. Okt. 2009 20:00
Ancienne Belgique - Brussels - Sold Out Brussels, Brussels-capital
23. Okt. 2009 20:00
London The Forum - Sold Out London, London and South East
25. Okt. 2009 20:00
Paris -* Palais des Congrés Paris, Ile-de-France
07. Nov. 2009 20:00
Sao Paulo -Brazil - Planeta Terra Festival Sao Paulo, São Paulo
21. Nov. 2009 20:00
New York, NY - Terminal 5 w/ dinosaur jr. sold out New York, New York
22. Nov. 2009 20:00
Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre w/ the feelies Boston, Massachusetts
23. Nov. 2009 20:00
Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre w/ meat puppets + cold cave Boston, Massachusetts
24. Nov. 2009 20:00
Music Hall of Williamsburg - SOLD OUT Brooklyn, New York
25. Nov. 2009 20:00
Music Hall of Williamsburg - SOLD OUT Brooklyn, New York
05. Dez. 2009 20:00
ATP Butlin’s Holiday Centre Minehead
06. Dez. 2009 20:00
Dublin - Vicar Street - Sold Out Dublin, Dublin
04. Jan. 2010 20:00
Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre Tucson, Arizona
05. Jan. 2010 20:00
Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre Tempe, Arizona
07. Jan. 2010 20:00
San Diego, CA - House of Blues San Diego, California
08. Jan. 2010 20:00
Pomona, CA - Fox Theatre Pomona, California
09. Jan. 2010 20:00
Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles, California


setlist spoiler

















they played death valley 69 and shadow of a doubt-sooo jelaous:tears:

# No Way Play Video
# Sacred Trickster Play Video
# Calming the Snake Play Video
# Stereo Sanctity Play Video
# Walkin Blue Play Video
# Poison Arrow Play Video
# Anti-Orgasm Play Video
# Silver Rocket Play Video
# Malibu Gas Station Play Video
# Tom Violence Play Video
# Antenna Play Video
# Leaky Lifeboat Play Video
# Massage the History Play Video
# Encore:
# What We Know Play Video
# 'Cross the Breeze Play Video
# Encore 2:
# Shadow of a Doubt Play Video
# Death Valley '69