Sonic Youth - best news, blogs, videos, photos and more - Boxxet http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/ en-us info@boxxet.com This is the best-of news for Sonic Youth, brought to you by Boxxet. See more at http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/ Boxxet http://www.boxxet.com/template/base2/img/boxxet-rss-logo.gif Sonic Youth - Best News, Blogs, Videos, Bookmarks, Search, Photos of Sonic Youth from Boxxet http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/ 95 94 Time of Rivers returns http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:time-of-rivers-returns/ whom shes toured with on the strength of an album released on Thurston Moores (Sonic Youth) Ecstatic Peace label. CIAN NUGENT (Saturday, 7 pm) is a 19-year-old instrumental guitarist from ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:time-of-rivers-returns/ 11 Oct 2008 12:34:00 PDT Fricke’s Picks: Rebel Yellers http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:fricke-s-picks-rebel-yellers/ Written by David Fricke
I caught only the last quarter-hour of Dead Confederate’s set opening for R.E.M. at SXSW this year. But even that short shot of the Athens, Georgia, quintet’s buckskin-metal racket was enough to confirm (a) Dead Confederate are even better than their name and (b) could give My Morning Jacket...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:fricke-s-picks-rebel-yellers/ 10 Oct 2008 09:18:44 PDT When Critics Won't Let Bands Escape Their Past http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:when-critics-won-t-let-bands-escape-their-past/  United States - But to your last point, it's why you won't see "Sister" or "Daydream Nation" referenced too often in new Sonic Youth reviews. du Lac: For certain artists, ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:when-critics-won-t-let-bands-escape-their-past/ 09 Oct 2008 06:04:15 PDT Collector Scum http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:collector-scum/  Australia - “100 dollars used to be more than enough,” sings Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth . “But 100 times a day and still it’s not enough. The song’s called “Junkie’s ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:collector-scum/ 08 Oct 2008 06:31:37 PDT Music Review: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/opinion:music-review-sonic-youth-daydream-nation/  OH - Sonic Youth Daydream Nation. Moore and his bassist girlfriend and now wife Kim Gordon, along with guitarist Lee Ranaldo, started Sonic Youth in 1981. ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/opinion:music-review-sonic-youth-daydream-nation/ 02 Oct 2008 12:31:36 PDT Music Review: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:music-review-sonic-youth-daydream-nation/ Written by Kyle West
Daydream Nation, Sonic Youth’s sixth studio album and widely agreed upon magnum opus, was released October 1988 during the birth pangs of the rising alternative scene. One of my personal favorite albums, it is repeatedly rated one of ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:music-review-sonic-youth-daydream-nation/ 02 Oct 2008 12:22:51 PDT Sonic Youth news and blogs - October 13, 2008 http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/?date=20081013 Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Sonic Youth news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

  •   Live Guitars From New York: Lou Reed, Marc Ribot, Larry... -- from Music Industry Today: Sonic Youth News
  •   Quick n' Dirty Music News: 10.10.08 -- from Music Industry Today: Sonic Youth News
  •   Shirley Manson Says Butch Vig Producing Green Day Album -- by Daniel Kreps from Rolling Stone
  •   Didn’t He Ramble? Lee Hazlewood in the Sixties -- by Rick Sawyer from JamsBio Magazine
  •   Awesome Color -- by Natalya Krimgold from Flavorpill San Francisco Events
  •   Does gibson make good bass guitars? -- from Gibson Guitars
  •   My 3 Favorite Cat Power Albums -- by William Trinity from TRINITY STARDUST and The Blog From Mars
  •   Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth -- from Express Milwaukee
  •   It's So You -- by Lil' Meggy from LIVING THE DREAM
  •   Iguapop Gallery & Shop on FlakeTV -- by ladylexx from MISS CREW BLOG

See complete Sonic Youth news, blog, video, and photo coverage at Boxxet. ]]> Sonic Youth http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/?date=20081013 13 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT Thurston Moore, Jemina Pearl From Be Your Own Pet Cover the Ramones' "Sheena" for "Gossip Girl" http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:thurston-moore-jemina-pearl-from-be-your-own-pet-cover-the-ramones-sheena-for-gossip-girl/ Written by i had a budgie but it died
When asked by Rolling Stone how he planned to spend his ATP downtime after performing his 1995 solo album Psychic Hearts as part of the Friday night Don't Look Back extravaganza, Moore replied, "Kim [Gordon]'s gonna show up pretty soon, and Jemina, my friend who sings in Be Your Own Pet, is...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:thurston-moore-jemina-pearl-from-be-your-own-pet-cover-the-ramones-sheena-for-gossip-girl/ 24 Sep 2008 13:02:38 PDT Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon To Launch Clothing Line for “Cool Moms” http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:sonic-youth-s-kim-gordon-to-launch-clothing-line-for-cool-moms/ Written by Colleen Nika
“Some people make limited-edition records,” Kim Gordon told the New York Times. “We’re making a limited-edition jacket.” More designs for Mirror/Dash - interestingly named after a Sonic Youth side project - are set to be released throughout the year.


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:sonic-youth-s-kim-gordon-to-launch-clothing-line-for-cool-moms/ 22 Sep 2008 10:40:39 PDT Sonic Youth Sign with Matador Records http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:sonic-youth-sign-with-matador-records/ Written by Matt Kiser
SPIN Interview: Thurston Moore >> Sonic Youth Unveil New Tunes in Philly >> Review: Sonic Youth, Sonic Nurse (Geffen). The Youth will return to the studio this fall to work on a fresh record (their 16th to date), which is expected to ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:sonic-youth-sign-with-matador-records/ 09 Sep 2008 08:56:18 PDT Sonic Youth - River to River Festival (Review) http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/News:Sonic_Youth_River_to_River_Festival_Review_243ue4/ Written by Kirby Fields
Just like the Beatles belong to Liverpool, Nirvana to Seattle, and NWA to Compton, Sonic Youth belongs to New York…


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/News:Sonic_Youth_River_to_River_Festival_Review_243ue4/ 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT Is There Anyone In Music Who Doesn't Wish It Was 1989? http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/Post:Is_There_Anyone_In_Music_Who_Doesn_t_Wish_It_Was_1989_21jvrs/ Written by Anthony Miccio
1. Green Day American Idiot is their biggest album since Dookie, so the boys probably aren't ready to get back in touch with their inner Gillman St. An Operation Ivy reunion, though? With Rancid now stuck with the drummer from the Used, that shit could happen tomorrow.


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/Post:Is_There_Anyone_In_Music_Who_Doesn_t_Wish_It_Was_1989_21jvrs/ 09 Jul 2008 21:00:00 PDT When Rock Stars Attack! RS Intern Pummeled by Thurston Moore http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:when-rock-stars-attack-rs-intern-pummeled-by-thurston-moore/  - However, this past Friday I received a thorough ass-whooping from punk hero/Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore, in what has to be the most memorable ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:when-rock-stars-attack-rs-intern-pummeled-by-thurston-moore/ 07 Jul 2008 15:29:59 PDT Book Review: Psychic Confusion - The Sonic Youth Story by Steve Chick http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/Post:Book_Review_Psychic_Confusion_The_Sonic_Youth_Story_by_Steve_Chick_1oyle2/ Sonic Youth have always been a band shrouded in mystery. Spanning a career that's about to finish off its third decade, the band have carried with them both the avant garde and experimentation of the indie underground, as well as the commercial excess of the 1990s 'Alt-rock' scene. With ove...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/Post:Book_Review_Psychic_Confusion_The_Sonic_Youth_Story_by_Steve_Chick_1oyle2/ 15 Apr 2008 11:03:44 PDT Sonic Youth - Sydney Morning Herald http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/News:Sonic_Youth_Sydney_Morning_Herald_1iweza/ Sonic Youth  Australia - When Thurston Moore was asked to revisit Sonic Youth's 1988 album Daydream Nation, he wasn't keen. When Thurston Moore, singer and guitar strangler with ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/News:Sonic_Youth_Sydney_Morning_Herald_1iweza/ 07 Feb 2008 14:16:18 PST 'Daydream Nation' finds a new Hero http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:daydream-nation-finds-a-new-hero/ Written by Simon Vozick-Levinson
As a major Sonic Youth fan, I can't read that title without hearing the opening chords of their 1988 masterpiece of the same name. Now, I was sorta bummed when I saw Juno's Juno lash out at Sonic Youth on screen, calling one of my ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:daydream-nation-finds-a-new-hero/ 07 Feb 2008 13:34:53 PST The Stream 01/31/08 http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:the-stream-01-31-08/ Written by Barb Abney
My Bloody Valentine will headline this summer's Roskilde Festival. Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore releases a live EP on iTunes. And in more Sonic Youth news.. Jim O'Rourke, former Sonic Youth member to release re-issues. ...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:the-stream-01-31-08/ 31 Jan 2008 06:50:10 PST Sonic Youth http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:sonic-youth/ Sonic Youth*s Daydream Nation Coming In Deluxe Edition Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation Coming In Deluxe Edition Thursday May 24, 2007 @ 06:00 PM By: ChartAttack.com Staff Sonic Youth Here are the songs on the deluxe edition of Daydream Nation:


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/news:sonic-youth/ 23 Aug 2007 06:12:20 PDT Opinion: Sonic Youth at the Greek 7-20-2007 http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/Opinion:Sonic_Youth_at_the_Greek_7_20_2007_139ca2/ Written by Elise Thompson
So it was fascinating to see Sonic Youth playing the entire Daydream Nation album from beginning to end. They really had to adapt their style in order to function within the constraints of an album. There was still a lot of guitar-shaking and bass-to-amp action, but it was somehow very const...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/Opinion:Sonic_Youth_at_the_Greek_7_20_2007_139ca2/ 23 Jul 2007 08:58:00 PDT Redd Kross at The Greek 7/20/2007 http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/Post:Redd_Kross_at_The_Greek_7_20_2007_1371tf/ Written by Elise Thompson
If I had to make a list of my top 100 albums of all time, Redd Kross' Born Innocent would at least make the top 20. I can't even begin to describe how excited I was to learn that this album was going to be performed live as the opening act for Sonic Youth at the Greek. I had to get tickets for the show. Not...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/Post:Redd_Kross_at_The_Greek_7_20_2007_1371tf/ 21 Jul 2007 15:00:42 PDT Sonic Cool http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:sonic-cool/ Written by cb
Thurston Moore & Susie Ibarra: III (19.0 mb) From Live At Tonic : New York City, NY : Nov 13th, 1999 This duo sees Susie Ibarra laying down some incredible drumming atop the drone-like guitar work of Thurston Moore. Pretty cool if you ask me.


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:sonic-cool/ 13 Oct 2006 15:49:55 PDT Daydream Nation http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/Post:Daydream_Nation_jx34m/ Written by david@continuum-books.com (David Barker)
Like any aesthetic experience worth pursuing to its conclusion, listening to Daydream Nation is a perilous, soul-blowout-type affair. For a record with a cover image so stark and serene, Daydream Nation features inordinately bracing turbulences, ghastly imagery, and hair-raising...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/Post:Daydream_Nation_jx34m/ 12 Oct 2006 16:13:00 PDT Sonic Youth @ The Wiltern LG http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:sonic-youth-the-wiltern-lg/ Written by Tommy
Blogged with Flock Last night was my 3rd time seeing SY on tour in support of Rather Ripped this year. Maybe because of that or because I was behind tall people the whole show, I wasn’t entirely blown away. The openers were way out there. The Skaters played one song for 20 minutes. It seemed like gu...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:sonic-youth-the-wiltern-lg/ 29 Sep 2006 16:07:08 PDT Flaming Lips/Weem/Sonic Youth/The Magic Numbers @ The New York State Fair (?!) http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:flaming-lips-weem-sonic-youth-the-magic-numbers-the-new-york-state-fair/ Written by Gette
Sonic Youth up next.� http://www.myspace.com/sonicyouth I love this band.� They changed the face of rock and roll and I am still impressed that they can do the major label thing and still keep their style and integrity.� Kim Gordon is god.� �������


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:flaming-lips-weem-sonic-youth-the-magic-numbers-the-new-york-state-fair/ 02 Sep 2006 08:24:17 PDT SONIC YOUTH PREPARE FOR BUSY WEEK IN LOS ANGELES AS CRITICS PRAISE NEW RELEASE "RATHER RIPPED" | News http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:sonic-youth-prepare-for-busy-week-in-los-angeles-as-critics-praise-new-release-rather-ripped-news/ Written by Geffen
July 8th LA private show for fans location tba July 9th show with Pearl Jam @ The Forum July 10th show with Pearl Jam @ The Forum July 11th Jimmy Kimmel Live - mini concert July 12th Indie 103.1 interview July 12th KROQ show for fans only Pearl Jam & Sonic Youth at The Fonda Theater


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:sonic-youth-prepare-for-busy-week-in-los-angeles-as-critics-praise-new-release-rather-ripped-news/ 06 Jul 2006 19:43:00 PDT SONIC YOUTH TO PERFORM PRIVATE SHOW FOR FANS IN LOS ANGELES JULY 8TH | News http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:sonic-youth-to-perform-private-show-for-fans-in-los-angeles-july-8th-news/ Written by Geffen
Rather Ripped was recorded in the waning hours of 2005 into the dawn sunshine of 2006 at the venerable sear Sound studios in New York City. Partially mixed there and at Hoboken, NJ's Water Music by John Agnello it exhibits Sonic Youth in positive vibration mode. Twelve songs of forward motio...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Sonic_Youth/post:sonic-youth-to-perform-private-show-for-fans-in-los-angeles-july-8th-news/ 08 Jun 2006 14:44:00 PDT