Sonic Youth

From Madonna to Mogwai, Swervedriver's Resurgent Sonics Achieve Escape Velocity

Scott Thill | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Psychedelia, Madonna, Mogwai, Nirvana, The Stooges, Coldplay, Alternative, Shoegaze, Rock, Jimmy Fallon, My Bloody Valentine, Britpop, Sonic Youth, Swervedriver, Culture News

With a sonic heat signature that converged somewhere between the raw power of The Stooges and the cerebral trips of Sonic Youth, Swerdriver's four full-lengths and underestimated rarities have grown in relevance with the flight of time's arrow.

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An Extremely Awkward 1994 Interview Between Beck And Thurston Moore

The Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Video, Rock Shows, Mtv, Loser, Beck Thurston Moore, Beck, Music Videos, Beck Thurston Moore Interview, Thurston Moore, Rock Tv, Sonic Youth, 120 Minutes, Culture News

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 ta...

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Art Basel Week: a Quick Killing in Miami

Noah Becker | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Mr. Brainwash, Reggie Watts, Art Basel Miami Beach, Noah Becker, Art Basel Miami, Art Basel Miami Parties, Whitehot-Magazine, Art Basel Miami 2011, Sonic Youth, Arts News

Basel gives armchair social media art lovers a chance to get some sun and some exercise and actually see the art they are talking about in person.

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Watch Sonic Youth's Last Concert Ever

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Kim Gordon Thurston Moore Split, Sonic Youth Breakup, Kim Gordon, Video, Sonic Youth Last Concert, Music, Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth, Culture News

This is the way Sonic Youth ends: With a concert in Brazil. After Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore's separation was announced in October, the band's f...

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Dog Ears Music: Ghostlike II

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Laura Nyro, Jelly Roll Morton, Old Time Relijun, The Bar-Kays, Dead Kennedys, Travis, The Cave Singers, The Temper Trap, Mark Ronson, James Blackshaw, Sammy Davis Jr. (With Mike Curb Congregation), Danielle Evin, Leyland Kirby, Skeleton Key, Music, Big Maybelle, Sonic Youth, Ra Ra Riot, Spike Jones, mp3s, The Heavy, The Black Angels, Phil Ramone, David Condos, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Air, DM Stith, Dog Ears, Drive-by Truckers, Yoko Ono & the Brother Brothers, Thomas Dolby, Entertainment News

This week we review albums by The Heavy, Leyland Kirby, Big Maybelle, Yoko Ono & The Brother Brothers, and other artists.

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5 Married Bandmates Who Called It Quits...On Their Marriage

Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Jack White, Meg White, Ike and Tina Turner, Sonny Bono, Abba, Sonny and Cher, Tina Turner, Cher, Fleetwood Mac, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Ike Turner, Sonic Youth, The White Stripes, Divorce News

Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, who recently split after 27 years of marriage, shocked the indie rock world, leaving many fans wondering ...

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Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon Separate After 27 Years

Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Sonic Youth Split, Celebrity Splits, Video, Slideadbigshot, Kim Gordon, Music, Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon Split, Celebrity News

It's a dark day for Sonic Youth fans. Bandmates Thurston Moore, 53, and Kim Gordon, 58, have decided to separate about 27 years of marriage, their ...

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WATCH: Live Music For Every Day Of The Week

Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Eagle Rock Music Festival, Los Angeles Concerts, Los Angeles Live Performances, Jane's Addiction, Sonic Youth, Los Angeles Live Music, Los Angeles News

It’s a solid lineup of classics this week with a back in action Jane’s Addiction, rock progeny Justin Townes Earle and a member of the very semina...

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WATCH: When Great Artists Collaborate

Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Kanye West, Salvador Dali, Lady GaGa, Louis Vuitton, William Burroughs, Music Videos, Artist Duos, Tim Burton, Pt Anderson, Sonic Youth, Alfred Hitchcock, Jeremy Blake, Video, Takashi Murakami, Artist Collaborations, Video Art, Danny Elfman, Arts News

You know the saying: they go together like peanut butter and jelly... spaghetti and meatballs... Christian Louboutin and David Lynch. When two big bra...

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Indie Label Surface to Air's Women's Designer on Collaborating with Leigh Lezark

Meredith Barnett | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Kim Gordon, Surface to Air, Leigh Lezark, Sonic Youth, Style News

Dorothée Loermann's interest in style dates back to childhood, when she started out by designing clothes for her puppets and later for herself.

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What's It All About: Chatting with Pat Metheny, Jonathan Elias, and Viva Voce

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Masters Apprentices, A View to a Kill, Sting, Nusrat Fateh, Global Zero, Gary Burton, Sinead O'Connor, Doug Martsch, Geoff Emmerick, Alan Parsons, Queen Noor, Nike, Chick Corea, Yes, Jonathan Elias, Simon Le Bon, Chaplin, Keith Jarrett, Alan Freed, Desmund Tutu, Steve Swallow, Daniel Lanois, Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, 9 1/2 Weeks, Bach, Mahler, Sonic Youth, Pat Metheny, The Police, Andy Warhol, Michael Jordan, Robert Downey Jr., Herbie Hancock, Keith Haring, Duke Ellington, Alien, Jimmy Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Joni Mitchell, John Taylor, Stravinsky, Linda Manzer, Children of the Corn, Paul Simon, David GIlmour, Lady GaGa, Bud Powell, Nels Cline, Grace Jones, Miles Davis, The Beatles, John Barry, Yahoo, Lyle Mays, Charlie Chaplin, Carly Simon, Yo La Tengo, Ralph Bakshi, Duran Duran, Debussey, Salif Keita, Mtv, Mick Ronson, Prayer Cycle, Jon Anderson, Brian Blade, The Doors, Randy Newman, Alanis Morrisette, Ali Khan, Stephen Malkmus, Wes Montgomery, Gorbachov, Entertainment News

Pat Metheny's new album is titled What's It All About, which is based off a line from the song "Alfie." Since this is an unusual approach for Pat Metheny, he tracked him down to talk about it.

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BLOGWATCH> Beck's Record Club Writes and Records Albums In 24 Hours

Beck's Record Club | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creative Process, Pop Music, Os Mutantes, Feist, Beck, Wilco, Los Angeles Music, Thurston Moore, Music, Music News, Record Club, Sonic Youth, Arts News

Beck and a cast of musicians gather and record an album in a day, and the videos are rough, and unrehearsed, and sometimes incredible....

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Artlog's Top Art and Culture Picks

Artlog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Photography, Artlog.com, Werner Herzog, Park Avenue Armory, Mickey Smith, Photojournalist, NY Book Fair, Moma, Sonic Youth, Jame Hamilton, Vogue, Chelsea, Art, Dia, Lecture, Guggenheim Museum, Invisible Exports, Herb Ritts, Kim Gordon, Documentary, Artist, Thurston Moore, Clic Gallery, Dan Graham, Ifc, Ifpda, Docnyu, New York News

Two essential museum events to attend on the circuit are the Guggenheim's International Gala and the MoMA Film Benefit.

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Making the Nature Scene: Why Sonic Youth in an Austin Park Was the Best Thing All Weekend

Phil West | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: M.I.A., Austin City Limits, ACL Festival, The Eagles, LCD Soundsystem, Sonic Youth, Muse, Entertainment News

It'd be hard to put Sonic Youth's set at Austin City Limits into a category of best ever. Yet, for indie music fans, Friday night was a joyful reminder that there's a third option available in the burn out or fade away rock equation.

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HuffPost Exclusive: Elizabeth & The Catapult's "You And Me," Plus Conversations with T-Bone Burnett, Next BIG Nashville's Jason Wilkins, and Author Jay Frank

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Keltner, Jimmy Reed, Mike Disfarmer, Son Volt, Jay Frank, An Inconvenient Truth, Arcade Fire, Jeff Bridges, Howlin' Wolf, Haley Williams, The Punch Brothers, Uncle Skeleton, Elvis Costello, Solar Power, Be Your Own Pet, Cmt, The Apache Relay, Trisha Yearwood, T-Bone Burnett, Ralph Stanley, Paramore, Waiting for Superman, New Kids on the Block, Elvis Presley, Sonic Youth, Sam Phillips, Jeff Lynne, Leonard Cohen, Taylor Swift, Gillian Welch, U2, Elizabeth & the Catapult, Duke Ellington, Madi Diaz, Charlie Wilson's War, Jim James, Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Black Keys, Brad Paisley, Ann Wilson, Britney Spears, Grant Lee Buffalo, John Mellencamp, The Informant, Crazy Heart, Miles Davis, John Hiatt, Mariah Carey, Heart, Elton John, Leon Russell, The Cove, Scott Borchetta, The Big Lebowski, E.L.O., Nancy Wilson, Bob Dylan, Backstreet Boys, Jim Wilkins, The Jayhawks, Gregg Allman, John Lee Hooker, Steve Wariner, Rob Stanley, Kings of Leon, Lady GaGa, O' Brother Where Art Thou?, Itunes, Bruce Springsteen, Nysync, Kruu, Kindercastle, Entertainment News

Basically, The Other Side Of Zero -- the new album by Elizabeth & The Catapult -- is a commentary on the parallels of Elizabeth Ziman's New York City life and Leonard Cohen's inability to achieve Buddhist ideals.

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HuffPost Premiere: Dead Confederate's "Run From The Gun," Plus Conversations With Tegan & Sara and Hayley Taylor, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted Gowens, Brantley Senn, Broken Social Scene, Privileged, The OC, Ryan Adams, Caribou, Ben Wigler, Angela Kendall, Owen Pallet, Afi, J Mascis, John Agnello, Neil Young, Hunter Burgan, Noah & Dylan Chenfeld, The Whigs, Royal Pains, Weezer, Chris Wallace, Nuts, Dar Williams, The Twilight Zone, Polaris Music Prize, The Oasis, The Hold Steady, Kaki King, Hardy Morris, Brittany Murphy, Aimee Mann, Ingrid Michaelson, Paramore, Hayley Taylor, Bob Dylan, DW Griffith, Radiohead, Tegan & Sara, How I Met Your Mother, The White Stripes, Sonic Youth, Haley Taylor, Jason McClure, 7th Heaven, Death Cab for Cutie, Margaret Cho, An Horse, Dan Romer, Felicity, Ben Folds, Rufus Wainwright, Scott Carney, New Found Glory, Dead Confederate, Kadawatha, Entertainment News

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Artlog's Top Art & Culture Picks

Artlog | Posted 05.25.2011

It seems like the art world has gone crazy this week!

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Bear Hands And The Darlings Bring Edge To The Whitney

Amy Grimm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Whitney Live, Nycbeat, The Darlings, Bear Hands, Sonic Youth, Franz Ferdinand, New York News

On a very hot and humid Friday night, there were some sounds of feedback and guitars amongst all of the modern American art at the Whitney Museum on...

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Sign Up To Cover Concerts This Week: Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, Chromeo, The Black Keys, The National

Zara Golden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Swell Season, Beach House, Nycbeat, Basia Bulat, Golden Girls, Chromeo, St. Vincent, Julian Lynch, Celebrate Brooklyn, Sonic Youth, Mother India, The National, Central Park, AVI Buffalo, The Flaming Lips, Summerstage, Tune-Yards, Gogol Bordello, Yim Yames, Dan Sartain, My Morning Jacket, Truman Peyote, Appalachian Voices, Talk Normal, Prospect Park, Ducktails, New York News

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help of our Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and receive advance assi...

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For The Benefit Of Tuli Kupferberg

Michael Simmons | Posted 05.25.2011

For those who trot out the tired cliché of hippies morphing into stockbrokers, check out the Fugs. No sell-out here.

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HuffPost Exclusive: The 40th Anniversary of Carpenters / Interview with Richard Carpenter

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Bettis, Handel, The Cranberries, Dionne Warwick, William Morris Agency, A&M Records, k.d. Lang, Universal U.S., Superstar, Shonen Knife, Matthew Sweet, Eddie Sulzer, Richard Carpenter, SHM CD, The Beatles, Universal Japan, Joe Osborn, Bob Messenger, Universal Music Group, Leon Russell, Now and Then, Reiss-Davis Clinic, Jerry Moss, Karen Carpenter, Burt Bacharach, Ticket to Ride, Close to You, Jim McCrary, Paul Williams, Hal David, Madonna, The Carpenters, Cracker, Red Kross, Tim Hardin, Johnny Pearson, A&M, Herb Alpert, 40/40 the Best Selection, Sonic Youth, Sheryl Crow, We've Only Just Begun, The Century Plaza, Entertainment News, Wurlitzer 140B Electric Piano, Universal Music Enterprises, Billboard, Carpenters Gold, Roger Nichols, Hal Blaine, Billboard Magazine, Carpeneters, Dishwalla, Kmpc, Cma, Entertainment News

Richard Carpenter: "So many people have said to us, 'We can understand every word to your songs,' which, with all the pop and rock records at the time, was difficult to do."

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How Did Marc Jacobs Do This Time?

The New York Times | Horacio Silva | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sonic Youth Marc Jacobs, Marc Jacobs Fall 2008, Sonic Youth, Marc Jacobs, New York Fashion Week Fall 2008, Healthy Living News

Air-kiss, air-kiss. We're in a car on our way to the Marc Jacobs show, which closes New York fashion week. I know, I know, they're always ridiculously...

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