I think a "montage" of an album would have to be the worst possible way to exposed to it for the first time and I will never ever listen to one.
― Freak Man (some dude), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 20:22 (fifteen years ago) link
esp sonic youth
― just sayin, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 20:23 (fifteen years ago) link
wow, that sonic youth montage sure sounded like a sonic youth montage. i can't imagine anything sounding more like a sonic youth montage than that. nary a surprising, unexpected or atypical sound, pure sonic youth montage through and through. recognizable from a mile away. glad geffen can't force them to make a bunch of experimental bullshit anymore. they can do Daydream Nation VI: The Voyage Home without interference from douchebag label types who demand albums have "novelty" or some such distinguishing factor.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 20:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha, if anything, I almost think you're being generous, croup.
― Sundar, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I hear next time they're just going to release the contract to the public and put the album in a filing cabinet in Northampton.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
haha
― Sundar, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
da croupier u mad
― eman, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link
the montage sounds awesome - like rather ripped, but with dirtier,fuller,and even poppier sound that goes back to the early 90's Dirty days.smells like fun.
― Zeno, Friday, 6 March 2009 01:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Fuck, they couldn't wait to get off of Geffen so they went to ... Matador?
― swedes put dill on fields of salmon (fields of salmon), Friday, 6 March 2009 01:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Unbelievable.
I put down the cash for the pre-order... $40 for the LP !! (With an MSRP of $50!!) Last record ran for $15, this better be some deluxe shit.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 26 March 2009 05:04 (fifteen years ago) link
PROMO IS HERE...ALREADY!
― Beatrix Kiddo, Friday, 27 March 2009 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
where'd you preorder? through matador?
― tylerw, Friday, 27 March 2009 01:00 (fifteen years ago) link
matador pre-order not open til april 28 if i understand correct
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 27 March 2009 02:24 (fifteen years ago) link
leak? leak? leak????
― akm, Friday, 27 March 2009 03:33 (fifteen years ago) link
buyearlygetnow.com has a list of local stores where you can order. I got it at 1234GO in Oakland. Anyway so far all they're giving out is the mini-mix preview of the album, which I couldn't properly download anyhow. April 28 is the date they're letting BEGN listen to a stream of the full record. So far, dud.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 27 March 2009 06:02 (fifteen years ago) link
You also get an exclusive Live LP recorded at Battery Park on July 4th 2008 (and a free poster) with the Buy Early Get Now pre-order remember, as well as the access to the early stream of the full album, hence the highish price.
£21 for the CD, £28 for the LP versions in the UK.
― krakow, Friday, 27 March 2009 08:33 (fifteen years ago) link
first listen: most self-indulgent disc in a good while, not sure if that's a good thing or not yet
― Beatrix Kiddo, Friday, 27 March 2009 12:16 (fifteen years ago) link
leaked.sounds pretty great.like Rather Ripped, but with thicker sound - which is better!
― Zeno, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 11:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Concerned by "thicker sound"description; Rather Ripped sounds wicked?
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 11:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Ripped was good, but here it seems that they took the same ideas, and developed a bit further.
― Zeno, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 11:08 (fifteen years ago) link
ok, i tried...happy april fools day...
― Zeno, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 11:41 (fifteen years ago) link
i wuz fool't. plz leak!
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Thursday, 2 April 2009 04:37 (fifteen years ago) link
getting better the more i listen
― Beatrix Kiddo, Friday, 3 April 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
and sorry, not leaking, this shit's watermarked with my name
saw this sonic youth doc/concert movie last night, it's awesome and it made me excited for a new album.
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 3 April 2009 16:17 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw that a few months ago at a sneak preview in Austin, was pretty "meh" for me and I'm a huge fan.
― ilxor, Friday, 3 April 2009 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
so what is it? a doc about the band by teenagers, or just a concert movie? both?
― tylerw, Friday, 3 April 2009 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
mostly concert movie, with some brief interview snippets between songs and about 10 minutes of bullshitting with the band after the show.
what did you like about it? i'm only a casual fan, so it's not like i've even seen them live before.
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 3 April 2009 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Today i saw a leak around
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 3 April 2009 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
a doc about the band by teenagers
OTM.
― ilxor, Saturday, 4 April 2009 05:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Granted it was mostly concert footage, but was pretty poorly organized and not very engaging.
― ilxor, Saturday, 4 April 2009 06:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Strange. There's a leak that is unmistakeably Sonic Youth (it's certainly Kim Gordon singing on a couple of tracks, though the rest could be them just improvising stuff), but it's not the album that's sampled here: .
― StanM, Sunday, 5 April 2009 11:56 (fifteen years ago) link
― Zeno, Monday, 6 April 2009 06:13 (fifteen years ago) link
interesting article from Simon Reynolds on the artist as consumer re: The Eternal.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/apr/07/sonic-youth-underground-influences
― Dan S, Sunday, 12 April 2009 03:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah the idea of Sonic Youth simply putting out generic SY album 1,2,3....no one needs that,surely. Where's the next Goo-esque cool t shirt design going to come from? Massive black marks for '5th member' influence - O'Rourke, Ibold.
Once upon a time Sonic Youth were funny people from New York who had the key to castle irony and sang about people much more famous than themselves. They should put Lung Leg on their next album cover.
― Edward Figaro, Sunday, 12 April 2009 03:45 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/04/20/sonic-youth-first-mp3-secret-show-in-london/
― just sayin, Monday, 20 April 2009 18:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Good song. I can't get over how short it is.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 20 April 2009 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link
i just keep staring at that Edward Figaro post wondering what to make fun of first
― some dude, Monday, 20 April 2009 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
haha, me too
― tylerw, Monday, 20 April 2009 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
don't know, it is strange to me the incredibly high standard some people hold this band to, as though at this stage in their close to 30-year career, they should be releasing some kind of game-changing record. For me, a new Sonic Youth record is like a new Neil Young record. Is The Eternal going to be as incredible as their masterpieces? Probably not. Am I going to enjoy the hell out of it? Totally. Because I like Sonic Youth.
― tylerw, Monday, 20 April 2009 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
tylerw crazy OTM. In fact, the Neil Young comparison is great for me, in that Sonic Youth has earned a spot like Neil's in my mind - in that I'll buy any new able unheard because I've loved so much of their previous material.
― suggest banh mi (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 20 April 2009 19:21 (fifteen years ago) link
the quietus crews opinion is now online : here
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 08:03 (fifteen years ago) link
i clicked on that link, read the first paragraph, then remembered why i shldnt click on any quietus links
― just sayin, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 08:29 (fifteen years ago) link
The song descriptions and lyrics quoted in that article sound astoundingly like Kim Fowley in the 70's. I know they covered him, but sometimes I wonder just how many KF albums they actually have.
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 09:22 (fifteen years ago) link
John says: They built a monorail linking Idlewild to Manhattan in 2002. An expressway to getting out of your skull. It towered over Gotham but a fatal accident meant it ran pretty much empty for the first few months of 2003. Ride the snake, said fat Jim. No pain, no gain, said Revolting Cocks. What does AirTrain sound like? I don't know. I was always too afraid to get on it. Ride the Claus Dinger highway baby. Kim Gordon sounds deranged. Nights out in Manhattan. A Piet Mondrian grid, seen from the air. Sleek lines. Brake light red. Street light yellow. White Light. White Heat.
Ugh quietus, wtf?
― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Thank you. i'd say Murray Street was a game-changing record. what do people want them to go electronic or something?
― Michael B, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link
what do people want them to go electronic or something?^that would be awesome, i'd love to hear SY's version of trans
― 6335, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
well, they did cover "Computer Age" ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I got about one paragraph into that Quietus article and had to stop. Horrifically overwritten.
― Chris in Belfast, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 23:19 (fifteen years ago) link