Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon to speak at Melbourne Writers Festival

by Paul Cashmere

Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth will attend the Melbourne Writers Festival in August to speak at the literary breakfast.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Electronic, grunge, Kim Gordon, metal, noise, rock, Sonic Youth, USA

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Thurston Moore - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore Is Recording John Cage Music

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Composer John Cage (1912-1992) is one of the classical world’s best known experimental composers and theorists. Electronic Music for Piano is one of Cage’s least known pieces because the score is among his most enigmatic and, consequently, there are few commercial recordings of it. Written in Stockholm in 1964 on hotel letterhead, the notes ask

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, experimental, John Cage, rock, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore, USA

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George Harrison, photo by Paul Cashmere

George Harrison and Sonic Youth Twitter Accounts Hacked

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Over the past week, a number of artists, both dead and alive, have had their Twitter accounts hacked.

Tagged as: George Harrison, George Harrison and Sonic Youth Twitter Accounts Hacked, Sonic Youth, Tenacious D, twitter

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Sonic Youth Catalogue Given A Make-Over

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

All nine of the albums that Sonic Youth recorded for DGC/Geffen will be reissued starting on February 26 with three of their landmark albums and a 12″ single.

Tagged as: Dirty Boots, Goo, music news, Sonic Youth, Sonic Youth Catalogue Given A Make-Over, Washing Machine

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Nirvana And Guests Play Secret Gig In New York

by Paul Cashmere

Nirvana’s surviving members Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear and Dave Grohl played a small, intimate show with special guests in Brooklyn in the early hours of Friday morning.

Tagged as: Dave Grohl, J Mascis, Joan Jett, Kim Gordon, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, St. Vincent

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Lee Ranaldo at Pure Pop photo by Marty Williams

Lee Ranaldo Questioned By Tim Rogers At Pure Pop

by Paul Cashmere

Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo did something special this week in Melbourne. He performed at iconic Pure Pop Records in St Kilda and was then quizzed by You Am I’s Tim Rogers.

Tagged as: Lee Ranaldo, Pure Pop, Sonic Youth, Tim Rogers, You Am I

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Sonic Youth To Release 1985 Live Album

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

It’s been a long time coming but Sonic Youth will finally put out their vintage live album Smart Bar: Chicago 1985 on November 14 via Goofin’ Records.

Tagged as: Chicago's Smart Bar, Goofin' Records, Sonic Youth

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Thurston Moore - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Thurston Moore Of Sonic Youth Announces Australian Sideshows

Frontman for legendary art-rock band Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore, has booked more Australian shows.

Tagged as: art, indie, rock, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore

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Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo Announces Sideshows

Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo will be in Australia for the Melbourne Festival and books two sideshows.

Tagged as: indie, Lee Ranaldo, Melbourne Festival, rock, Sonic Youth

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Thurston Moore - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Billy Bragg, Shellac and Members of Sonic Youth for Melbourne Festival 2012

by Tim Cashmere

Shellac’s first Australian shows in nearly two decades, Billy Bragg paying tribute to Woody Guthrie and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo are just some of the musical artists playing at the Melbourne Festival in 2012.

Tagged as: Antony and the Johnsons, Big Freedia, Billy Bragg, Lee Ronaldo, Melbourne Festival, Paul Kelly, Shellac, Sonic Youth, Thuston Moore

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Yoko Ono. Photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Yoko Ono, Thurston Moore And Kim Gordon To Collaborate On Album

Yoko Ono and Sonic Youth spearheads Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon announce a collaborative album.

Tagged as: album, art-rock, grunge, Kim Gordon, noise, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore, Yoko Ono

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M. Ward Prepares His Sixth Album A Wasteland Companion

Oregon singer-songwriter M. Ward returns after She & Him for his guest-heavy sixth solo album.

Tagged as: album, alt-country, Americana, Bright Eyes, folk, Giant Sands, M. Ward, Oregon, Portland, She & Him, sixth, solo, Sonic Youth

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Thurston Moore - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Sonic Youth Founders Thurston Moore And Kim Gordon Split

by Paul Cashmere

Husband and wife rock couple Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth have split after 27 years of marriage.

Tagged as: 80s, Kim Gordon, rock, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore, USA

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Taylor Swift. image by Ros O'Gorman

TwitBits: Sonic Youth, Taylor Swift, TI, The Ravonettes And More

Sonic Youth re-learn their songs, Taylor Swift is being screamed at, T.I. drops a new single, The Ravonettes’ deal with illness and heaps more.

Tagged as: An Horse, B.o.B., Brooke Fraser, Cee-Lo Green, Diddy, Sonic Youth, T.I., Taylor Swift, The Ravonettes, The Roots, TwitBits, twitter, Waka Flocka Flame

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