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Sonic Youth were one of the most unlikely success stories of underground American rock in the '80s. Where contemporaries R.E.M. and Hnsker Dn were fairly conventional in terms of song structure and melody, Sonic Youth began their career by abandoning any pretense of traditional rock & roll conventions. Borrowing heavily from the free-form noise experimentalism of the Velvet Underground and the Stooges, and melding it with a performance art aesthetic borrowed from the New York post-punk avant-garde, Sonic Youth redefined what noise meant with...[more]

 

 

Produced by John Agnello and the band, The Eternal not only marks Sonic Youth's return to the independent label sphere (titles on their own SYR label excepted) after a long association with Geffen, but more importantly, ranks as one of their more inspired efforts in a 28 year career. Recorded through November and December of last year at the band's Echo Canyon West studio in Hoboken, NJ, The Eternal features many firsts for a Sonic Youth album, including a number of shared vocals    [ read more ]

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Number two in their series of new instrumental EPs recorded by the band in their New York studio. Features three tracks, 'Slaapkamers Met Slagroom,' 'Stil,' and 'Herinneringen.'

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Celebrating the End! SONIC YOUTH collaborating with folks like JIM O'ROURKE, COCO HALLEY GORDON-MOORE (Kim and Thurston's daughter), CHRISTIAN MARCLAY, WHARTON TIERS, playing music composed by JOHN CAGE, YOKO ONO, CORNELIUS CARDEW, STEVE REICH, PAULINE OLIVEROS, etc! Disc A is enhanced with video, too.

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Sonic Youth's 1997 non-Geffen releases, Part I: four new songs. CD in a gatefold cardboard jacket. Same tracks on both formats. The inaugural 12 inch EP/CD sports a red houndstooth French language theme on the sleeve and contains 4 instrumentals.

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The sixth edition of the SYR series is a live recording of the April 12, 2003 benefit concert held at and for The Anthology Film Archives, the international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of avant-garde and independent cinema. In addition to screening films for the public, AFA houses a film museum, research library and art gallery. The event, which raised money for the Archives and celebrated the life and work of avant-garde film maker Stan Brakhage, featured Sonic Youth providing a 61-m   [ read more ]

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