Thurston Moore

Violent Soho Are Back With A New Single

If you have missed Violent Soho’s unashamedly-influenced-by-the-90s guitar pop-rock, don’t fret! They’re back with an exciting new tune.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Australia, Australian, grunge, rock, Thurston Moore, Violent Soho

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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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John Cale And Thurston Moore To Speak At Liverpool Sound City

by Music-News.com

John Cale and Thurston Moore will be two of the keynote speakers for Liverpool Sound City in the UK this year.

Tagged as: John Cale, Liverpool Sound City, Thurston Moore

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

Yoko Ono And Friends Urge New York To Frack Off

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Yoko Ono and son Sean Lennon have been very active in trying to persuade New York governor Andrew Cuomo to not allow fracking in the state of New York.

Tagged as: B-52's, Beastie Boys, Bill Frisell, Bonnie Raitt, David Byrne, David Crosby, David Geffen, Donald Fagan, Flea, Graham Nash, Greg Rolie, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, Julian Lennon, Kim Gordon, Lee Renaldo, Mike Watt, Nancy Shevell, Natalie Merchant, Paul McCartney, Richard Page, Ringo Starr, Roberta Flack, Sean Lennon, Steve Lukather, Steven Tyler, The Flaming Lips, the Patti Smith Group, Thurston Moore, Todd Rundgren, Tom Waits, Warren Haynes, Yo La Tengo, Yoko Ono

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Thurston Moore Of Sonic Youth Announces Australian Sideshows

by Andrew Tijs

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

by Andrew Tijs

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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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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Guns N’ Roses New Drummer Is Isaac Carpenter of AWOLNATION

Guns N’ Roses have announced the new drummer for the band is Isaac Carpenter of AWOLNATION.

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UK Subs Denied Entry Into the USA

UK punk band UK Subs have been denied entry into the United States.

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UK Radio Legend Andy Peebles Dies Aged 76

Former BBC Radio One DJ Andy Peebles has died at the age of 76.

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Hoodoo Gurus To Headline Party At The Point

Hoodoo Gurus will headline Party At The Point, an event to mark the 10th anniversary of Sandstone Point Hotel as an entertainment venue.

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How a 30 Rock Christopher Cross Joke Turned Into A Song

Christopher Cross has been name-checked in The Simpson, Family Guy and Seinfeld but his favourite is when Tina Fey once made a Christopher Cross reference and Christopher turned it into a song and became the topic of a future show story.

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Janet Jackson Pulls Out Of Music Festival “For Personal Reasons”

Janet Jackson has shared her regret over being forced to pull out of a festival appearance this summer.

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U2 To Receive Ivors Award

The Ivors Academy has today announced U2 as the latest songwriters to become Academy Fellows, the highest honour the organisation bestows. With this, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. become the first-ever Irish songwriters that the Academy has inducted into Fellowship during its 81-year history.

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