The Sonic Youth News

One of the most anticipated shows of the last few months has definitely been Thurston Moore at the Texas Theatre tonight.

Yes, Sonic Youth is gone, but all is not lost. Even after the distortion pedal heard 'round the world died an unceremonious death and all perceptions of true love were squashed forever, co-founder and guitarist Lee Ranaldo is continuing on and doing just fine, thank you very much.

A handy list of every Mercedes Benz Fashion Week show that's providing live streaming coverage.

Golden Boys at the Beauty Bar. "Dirty Fingernails," the soon-to-be-released fifth album from Austin-based band the Golden Boys, is a howling chunk of rock 'n' roll gems.

Thurston Moore, frontman for New York City's legendary indie rock pioneers Sonic Youth, played the Goat Farm Wednesday night, in the GloATL practice space.

While Sonic Youth try and figure out what their future consists of, guitarist/vocalist Lee Ranaldo is releasing his first song-based solo album via Matador on March 20th.

Poster of the Week has been on hiatus for a bit, but we had to bring it back when we saw this poster for Thurston Moore's show on Friday.

Kim Gordon, a woman who spent the last 30 years crisscrossing the country in a tour bus as the bassist for Sonic Youth, wanted the capsule collection that she designed with the French brand Surface to Air to do two very specific things - mix and match, and fit in the overhead compartment of a bus.

Thurston Moore needs a name for his new band. At Maxwell's in Hoboken on Friday night, he rhapsodized about his crush on actress Eliza Dushku - she played the evil slayer Faith on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" - and announced he was henceforth calling the group Dush Krew.

"Why can't we play facing this way?" Thurston Moore asked during his February 2nd acoustic, solo concert at New York's Allen Room, turning from the audience and gazing through the floor-to-ceiling glass behind his band.

Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon usually get the most visual time due to a weird flux of romance, musical chemistry, and pale-faced-ness It has always been the more astute individuals who've commented that the actual reasons, the true deal reasons as to why Sonic Youth chugged along for three decades gaining momentum, fans, and accolades, was because ... (more)

This week, the art world was rocked by tragic news : the influential Los Angeles artist Mike Kelley died on Tuesday, an apparent suicide.

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Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore takes things down a notch tonight, and playing an acoustic set featuring tunes from his recently-released, Beck-produced folk album Demolished Thoughts.

Mike Kelley, the daring and influential contemporary installation artist who counted the band Sonic Youth and artist Paul McCarthy among his collaborators, has died, police said Wednesday.

Yes, maybe Sonic Youth is finally dead. The reasons they were special to begin with, though, have fortunately refused to recognize any such expiration date.

There's a list of "imagine that!" artists who've played Club Helsinki since it opened at its original Great Barrington location in 1995: among others, Levon Helm, Norah Jones, John Scofield, Jonathan Richman, Ralph Stanley, Shawn Colvin.

Kurt Vile and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore at the Somerville Theatre Tuesday, Jan.

Reunited Swedish punks Refused are among the new additions to this summer's Primavera Sound festival line-up. The seminal punk band announced that they had reunited earlier this month and are set to appear at a number of festivals during the summer, including Coachella.

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