Sonic Youth: Classic or Dud/S&D?

I'm actually a little amazed at how well A Thousand Leaves is holding up for me.

I'm so rad and controversial:

Swirlies did a better job at being Sonic Youth than Sonic Youth did at being Sonic Youth.

way rad

So... Is Simon Werner a Disparu any good?

Yes. If you like the SYR stuff "in general." Sure, they're all different but the vibe is "the non-song stuff." It's solid.

i just streamed it somewhere, but it sounded pretty nice to me. will have to get the real thing at some point.

imo SYR9 is is the best SYR to date and is much closer to "a Sonic Youth album without vocals" than anything else in teh series

http://www.spin.com/articles/kim-gordon-and-thurston-moore-announce-split

If the demise of R.E.M. didn't put the final nail in the '90s indie-rock dream, this news sure will: Sonic Youth super-couple Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore have split up after 27 years of marriage — and the future of the band they've played in together since 1981 is unclear.

The pair confirmed the news in a statement from their Matador Records rep that reads, "Musicians Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, married in 1984, are announcing they have separated. Sonic Youth, with both Kim and Thurston involved, will proceed with its South American tour dates in November. Plans beyond that tour are uncertain. The couple has requested respect for their personal privacy and does not wish to issue further comment."

:( :( :( :( :( :(

http://i.imgur.com/BlYRv.jpg

holy fucking shit, sure didn't see that coming.

i remember one time on april 1st someone posted an announcement like this on alt.music.sonic-youth at the height of my SY fandom and for a brief second i was like NOOO so i'm totally reliving that right now

amy phillips finally got her wish...

http://www.villagevoice.com/2002-07-09/music/sonic-euthanasia/

oh god please can that article never be discussed on ILM again til the end of time

haha sorry

You guys, this is really socking me in the gut. Not so much that SY might never make another record, but I really hate to see these two break up.

yeah there's something really heartbreaking to me about couples who stay together that long, seem so well matched, and then suddenly decide they're not going to stick it out all the way to the end.

ditto

huge bummer

couldn't they have at least waited til we grew up and moved out

We'll find out, I suppose, but this sounds like staying together until the child is ready to go to college...

I guess they were just waiting until baby's first band: http://bignils.bandcamp.com/album/sibling

keep ya head up coco

holy hell she's 17?

the reverse winger

lol

aw, that's a drag :(

this sucks

Man, what chance do the rest of us have?

http://cdn.babble.com/famecrawler/files/2010/06/al-gore-tipper-gore-kiss.jpg

There is no hope, y'all.

holy hell she's 17?

I had that reaction too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADSNoXvw4vY

"I guess they were just waiting until baby's first band: http://bignils.bandcamp.com/album/sibling";

too much arguments about who is responsible for the result? lol

what's next, oprah and gayle?

Man, what chance do the rest of us have?

― EveningStar (Sund4r)

haha this was literally my first reaction. these people had stuck together longer than my parents, 95 percent of my friends' parents, etc etc.

that big nils thing would be totally in place on any of those old kill rock stars comps

NO MORE PANTY LINES

seems like a bummer but you never know with such big personalities they may benefit from splitting

coco's theme is basicly them saying uh-oh

I'm not gonna understand if SY stays together, w/ Kim still listening to T's stupid stage patter.

So...can we talk about this "well matched" thing. I've never understood how they could sit in the same room together for more than like five minutes? Is Thurston just mis-represented by every video image ever created, in all of which he comes off like one of the most annoying humans ever invented...?

it takes one to know one

Thurston comes off like a goober a lot, but I've always found him to be a totally mellow and easy-going dude irl.

cause that's exactly what i thought about Kim
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someone give me kim's #?

haha i'd be all like uh even more than usual

damn dude she old, and a moms.

Don't get me wrong: Kim was pretty irritating too, but jesus, I remember being shocked by how fucking annoying Thurston was on a pretty much permanent basis...

coco's theme is basicly them saying uh-oh

― Das Unbehagen in der Kultur (jdchurchill), Friday, October 14, 2011 10:43 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark

well she was at that age where kids tend to learn how to say "uh oh" and then say it constantly, every time they drop something or fall or whatever. my son did that a lot for a while a few months ago and it made me remember the FK song.

we still have Yo La Tengo and Matmos