The dream of the ’90s is alive in the record crates of Nick Catchdubs and Mr. Ducker. Check out a complete tracklisting and more details over at Mishka, or explore all things Radio Friendly Unit Shifter at the duo’s time capsule of a Tumblr page.
Tag: Sonic Youth
Via Daedelus’ Soundcloud:
An almost 30 minute mix of a morning live set, really pretty mellow throughout and still a snap shot for me of what I was feeling in 2010. I hope it has weight going into 2012. You’ll notice sounds from Lorn, Floating Points, Tokimonsta, Flying Lotus, and all sorts of non-electronics like Sonic Youth and Beirut, among many many other odds and ends.
Photo by Aaron Richter
As first reported on Spin.com, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon have split up after 30 years of playing in Sonic Youth and a 27-year marriage that many believed was one of rock’s most stable relationships. A statement from their current label, Matador Records, reads as follows:
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Photos by Shawn Brackbill
As some of you may have seen in our new issue, self-titled contributor Shawn Brackbill spent four days shooting candids of Kurt Vile during his Smoke Ring For My Halo sessions and was nice enough to share some of his best shots with us. As an addendum to that story, we asked Shawn to answer a few questions about his ongoing work with Kurt and managed to score a slew of shots from his recent record release shows at Other Music, Academy Annex, and Generation Records. Make sure you don’t miss the Thurston Moore/Ted Leo cameos…
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The Artist/Album: Sonic Youth, Simon Werner a Disparu (SYR, 2011)
A Short Review: Well there you have it: Sonic Youth’s SYR imprint isn’t as strictly experimental as you’d expect. Take this French film soundtrack, for instance. Aside from a few chalkboard-scraping high notes and feedback flareups, Simon Werner a Disparu is driven by welcome departures like subtle piano strands (“Les Anges au piano”) and pockets of peak v. valley material that could pass for Mogwai’s new full-length. Not to mention quite a few songs that are clearly Sonic Youth instrumentals. (“Theme d’Alice” is just begging to be played live—all 13 minutes of it.)
FYI: The digital version is available now, but a limited vinyl pressing isn’t on the way until March 1. You can pre-order that here.
When Pitchfork reported on Beck‘s producer role in Thurston Moore‘s new solo album yesterday, they vaguely added that the alt-rock icons “are old buddies who have teamed up for occasional projects in the past.” Projects like Moore’s 120 Minutes stint, where he invited Beck right on the cusp of his “Loser” breakthrough and invited Mike D over for an impromptu jam?
Priceless doesn’t even begin to describe the following three videos, or what it’s like to “surf through some oil spillage” back when Beck was painfully hip…
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We sift the ‘net for today’s top stories so you don’t have to…
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Check out the setlist and seamless soundboard recording (courtesy of NPR) after the jump…
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Hallogallo (L to R: Michael Rother, Steve Shelley, Aaron Mullan)
While we won’t be covering the upstate edition of All Tomorrow’s Parties this weekend, self-titled recently tracked down Aaron Mullan (one of the two founding guitarists/vocalists in Tall Firs) to talk about his work with two ATP performers: Michael Rother‘s Hallogallo trio—a modern take on the guitarist’s solo material and classic Neu!/Harmonia songs—and his longtime employers Sonic Youth. Mullan was actually at the latter’s Hoboken studio when we called. He’ll be playing bass with Hallogallo on Saturday night at the main ATP stage.
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