The Sonic Youth News

Here's a good theme for the season of giving ... toys. You can go in many different directions here: Studio shots of interesting or antique pieces, environmental shots with interesting angles, toys as props in funny scenarios , or images that incorporate a child's joy.

D ragon's Head is guitarist Mary Halvorson 's latest from Firehouse 12 Records. It was written with her bandmates in mind, bassist John Hebert and drummer Ches Smith .

Talk Normal playing shows , played w/ Sonic Youth ++ Lee Ranaldo talks about the decade photos by Lori Baily Here's a second set of pictures from night one of Sonic Youth at Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 24th .

She's Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore's protege ; she collaborated with Iggy Pop on her SPIN-praised solo debut ; and she recently dropped by SPIN HQ to perform acoustic versions of four new songs.

As part of the all-consuming " best of the decade " fever currently afflicting every media outlet going these days, WFNX has been asking some of our favorite bands and artists about their favorites of the decade.

Sonic Youth performs their iconic album Daydream Nation . Soundcheck Smackdown: Full-Album Concerts Full-album concerts were a novelty in the concert industry just a decade ago.

Photo of Theater District tagged "Bostonist" by Antydiluvian . Boston's worst live music venue, the Wilbur Theatre, on the left.

Even before there were festivals like All Tomorrow's Parties to formalize the concept, Sonic Youth have always given off a curatorial air.

Jed Gottlieb writes about music, film and pop culture for local, regional and national publications.

"You're lucky,'' says Sonic Youth guitarist-singer Thurston Moore , "because just a few weeks ago and for a long time, my iPod only consisted of underground black-metal recordings.'' But he's since mixed it up to include everything from early punk to seminal jazz.

What are your favorite alternative albums of the 2000s? 0 You may already be getting sick of reading the obligatory Top Albums of the Decade list that every music editor, blogger, and social networker has been ordered to shove down your throat.

As the majority of Chart magazine and subsequently CHARTattack readers know, we've covered every move by Sloan .

November 13, 2009, 6:46 AM / Pop anomaly Japan's Shonen Knife formed in 1981, and ever since, has been carrying the flag for underground indiepop with a punk aesthetic.

Several years ago Jim O'Rourke left Sonic Youth, moved to Japan and announced he was quitting music.

D.C. art-rockers The Chance get some heavy-duty support from friend Chris Grier at Black Cat's Backstage Monday night.

For the first recorded peep out of Jim Oa Rourke in years, wea re treated to The Visitor , an ornate, 38-minute mini-orchestral piece played entirely by Oa Rourke himself.

Sonic Youth have expanded their upcoming US tour. Starting later this month in New York , the band will play dates on the east coast, before hitting the road in January for the west coast section of their tour.

The term was a joke, tossed off by an indie record label employee who was being cute.

Ca est Halloween! EYE WEEKLY plans your pre-game party with our seasonal playlist, sure to tantalize, terrify and torment.

For a project that initially began as a home recording project, Fell, led by Josh Wambeke , has sure turned a lot of heads, from Camera Obscura label head Tony Daley, who stepped up to release the act's music virtually sight unseen, to the producers of the indie film The Purest Blue , who utilize the band's music in their movie, to his latest ...