Sonic Youth News

Seasoned rockers SONIC YOUTH are refusing to change their band name - despite the fact they are not as 'youthful' as they were at the height of their....

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Rock supergroup FREE KITTEN will release its first album in 11 years, INHERIT, on 20 May (08). The band includes SONIC YOUTH'S KIM GORDON and PUSSY....

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The painting that rockers SONIC YOUTH used for the cover of their landmark 1988 album DAYDREAM NATION will be auctioned in London later this month....

Read news story: PAINTING USED FOR SONIC YOUTH ALBUM TO BE AUCTIONED

Bristolian dance legends Massive Attack have been confirmed as curators of this year's Meltdown festival, to be held at London's Southbank....

Read news story: MASSIVE ATTACK CONFIRMED AS CURATORS OF MELTDOWN FESTIVAL

The soundtrack to Oscar-nominated movie Juno has soared to the top of the US Billboard album chart. Featuring the likes of Belle &....

Read news story: JUNO SOUNDTRACK TOPS BILLBOARD HOT 100

SONIC YOUTH star THURSTON MOORE has added movie composer to his resume - after scoring the soundtrack to an adult film. The musician has teamed up....

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LOU REED will follow THE WHO's PETE TOWNSHEND and serve as the keynote speaker at the 2008 South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas in....

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SONIC YOUTH rocker THURSTON MOORE regrets not disbanding his cult group 20 years ago - because they could have made a fortune if they'd reformed for....

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SONIC YOUTH frontman THURSTON MOORE has hit out at AVRIL LAVIGNE and JOHN MAYER, insisting 70 year olds rock harder than they do. The rocker....

Read news story: THURSTON MOORE LAVIGNE AND MAYER ARE LAME

EDDIE VEDDER, SONIC YOUTH, JACK JOHNSON and WILLIE NELSON are among the stars who have contributed covers of BOB DYLAN songs for a new movie centred....

Read news story: MUSICIANS FLOCK TO RECORD DYLAN COVERS FOR SOUNDTRACK

Cult acts SONIC YOUTH, GRIZZLY BEAR and EL-P are the latest musicians to play concerts in support of independent radio stations in America. Sonic....

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SONIC YOUTH are following in the footsteps of SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY by releasing a compilation album on coffee shop chain Starbucks' new Hear Music....

Read news story: SONIC YOUTH TO RELEASE STARBUCKS COMPILATION ALBUM

Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys have been added to the bill at the Osheaga festival in Montreal. The Monkeys will be bringing their new album....

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Arctic Monkeys have been confirmed as one of the headliners at the Splendour in the Grass festival in Australia. The New South Wales....

Read news story: ARCTIC MONKEYS CONFIRMED FOR AUSSIE FESTIVAL

Hollywood star MATT DILLON has directed the comeback video for US rockers DINOSAUR JR. The SOMETHING ABOUT MARY star landed the job of shooting BEEN....

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WEEZER frontman RIVERS CUOMO is mourning the loss of Sunset Boulevard's Tower Records store in Hollywood because he once worked there for 18 months. ....

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SONIC YOUTH rocker THURSTON MOORE has defended actor MICHAEL PITT's ambition to become a music star - insisting it's not a vanity project. Pitt....

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Volatile Scottish cult band THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN are reuniting for the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California. The band, who called it....

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BOB DYLAN's MODERN TIMES has been hailed the year's best album by rock bible Rolling Stone. The folk-rock icon's acclaimed album beat the RED HOT....

Read news story: DYLAN TOPS ROLLING STONE ALBUMS LIST

NICOLAS CAGE persuaded RICHARD CARPENTER to embrace his CARPENTERS-loving comic book superhero GHOST RIDER by personally calling the pianist and....

Read news story: CAGE CONVINCES CARPENTER THAT MUSICAL LOVE IS OR REAL

SONIC YOUTH's THURSTON MOORE is backing a campaign to save a website used by millions of aspiring rockers to learn how to play the guitar. The SUGAR....

Read news story: MOORE BACKS CAMPAIGN TO SAVE GUITAR WEBSITE

JACK WHITE's new band THE RACONTEURS stole the show at this weekend's (04-06AUG06) Lollapalooza festival in Illinois by performing a string of other....

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New York's revered CBGB club will close its doors for the last time at the end of September (06). The venue, famous for nurturing the US punk scene....

Read news story: CBGBS CLUB TO CLOSE IN SEPTEMBER