Sonic Youth
Kim Gordon: The Collective review – so close to the edge it sometimes falls off
The former Sonic Youth bassist’s follow-up to her acclaimed solo debut has some great moments, but tips over into a barrage of distortion
Damien Morris
10, Mar, 2024 @3:00 PM
‘I’m journalling, just like Taylor Swift’: Kim Gordon on TikTok, motherhood and her revealing new album
The alt rock pioneer has earned social media adoration for her trap-infused new song Bye Bye. Now she’s following it up with a ‘realistic’ new record , as well as a collection of her late brother’s writing
Sam Wolfson
24, Feb, 2024 @11:55 AM
‘It’s scarily good’: vintage clothing market is flooded with fakes
Counterfeit clothes have become a profitable industry – and it’s much more difficult for bona fide retailers to stem the tide
Tess Reidy
04, Nov, 2023 @4:00 PM
‘The band, the scene… I put it all in there’: Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore on his memoir of a rock’n’roll life
With cameos from William Burroughs and Iggy Pop, Sonic Life – the musician’s new autobiography – chronicles his long relationship with Kim Gordon and life at the vanguard of US indie-rock
Sean O’Hagan
22, Oct, 2023 @10:00 AM
Sonic Life: A Memoir by Thurston Moore review – nerd’s eye view
The Sonic Youth frontman leaves personal confession out of this first-hand account of 80s and 90s alt rock
Alexis Petridis
18, Oct, 2023 @8:00 AM
Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore cancels book tour, revealing ‘debilitating’ health condition
The 65-year-old musician says it was ‘utterly distressing’ to be told he shouldn’t travel after a longstanding but undisclosed illness recently escalated
Guardian staff
11, Oct, 2023 @5:37 AM
The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!
As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions
Guardian music
06, Oct, 2022 @12:12 PM
What links Julia Fox and Kanye West to a notorious collection of 90s clothes?
This rabbit hole leads from Manhattan to Chicago, following Chloë Sevigny, Sonic Youth and the late Virgil Abloh
Larry Ryan
30, Apr, 2022 @12:00 PM
Sinéad Gleeson and Kim Gordon in conversation: ‘The best music books are about grief, politics, family, loss’
The Irish author and the former Sonic Youth bassist have co-edited an eclectic collection of women’s writing about music that includes Anne Enright and Rachel Kushner
Jude Rogers
27, Mar, 2022 @8:00 AM
Sonic Youth: In/Out/In review – tantalising scraps from end of an era
Largely unheard, mostly instrumental rarities from the alt-rock band’s final decade offer flashes of their chemistry
Dave Simpson
18, Mar, 2022 @9:00 AM
Sonic Youth’s greatest songs – ranked!
As they release two live albums to benefit abortion support groups, we rate the best of the New York band who collided alt-rock with the avant garde in a thrilling noise
Alexis Petridis
11, Nov, 2021 @1:07 PM
PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, Madonna: the unseen archives of rock photographer Tony Mott
He’s partied with Queen. Tom Petty had his email. Now one of Australia’s most accomplished rock photographers has been digging through his negatives
Kirsten Krauth, photography by Tony Mott
12, Oct, 2021 @4:30 PM
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