Some of these long jams on Murray St. kinda sound like Television, huh? Television, mixed with a little late VU...
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Saturday, 13 October 2018 00:35 (five years ago) link
I heard a Chelsea Light Moving song the other day and it was way sicker than I expected. Real sludge/punk/metal riffage thrown in with the pretty noodling.The bits I’ve heard of Body/Head also really good. Latter day SY is kind of a snooze imo, unfortunately delayed my interest in checking out their other projects.
― circa1916, Saturday, 13 October 2018 01:43 (five years ago) link
the new Body/Head is superb if a bit on the harrowing/intense side, smoldering ruins of sound
― sleeve, Saturday, 13 October 2018 03:32 (five years ago) link
way more digestible & immediate than the debut 2LP, they really got it dialed in on The Switch (new LP)
― sleeve, Saturday, 13 October 2018 03:33 (five years ago) link
i hated that CLM album when I listened to it. maybe i'll give it another shot.
― akm, Saturday, 13 October 2018 06:46 (five years ago) link
Yeah, can’t speak for the album, but Alighted was what I caught and it pleasantly surprised me.
― circa1916, Saturday, 13 October 2018 06:58 (five years ago) link
Calling out tylerw's Beautiful Plateaus playlist linked above. Great selection. Thanks.
― Pyschocandles, Saturday, 13 October 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
https://www.elektronauts.com/talk/128
Lee Ranaldo's working with Elektron samplers, and a drum machine. Maybe he'll put out some interesting, more avant garde sort of material.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 13 October 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
they're selling off a ton of gear: https://reverb.com/shop/official-sonic-youthbut the coolest thing is that they've started posting live shows over yonder: http://nugs.net/search/sonic%20youthjust getting into the williamburg 2011 show (their last NYC show), which i'd heard an audience tape of, but the multitrack recording is amazing. the sweetest guitar sound.
― tylerw, Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
ooh thx for the tip
― sleeve, Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
oh wow so much cool stuff in that reverb sale!
― la bébé du nom-nom (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
Omg I cannot afford any of it.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
haha yeah
― tylerw, Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link
8000 quid for a Telecaster. No thanks, guys. Are they short of money or what?
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 November 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
not just ANY telecaster but the Sonic Youth one (to be fair art pricing does work like this)
― Evan, Thursday, 1 November 2018 17:26 (five years ago) link
Tbf, I think their guitars were modded?
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Thursday, 1 November 2018 17:28 (five years ago) link
SY didn’t sell much in the way of records and I don’t hear their tunes get licensed all that much so I’d imagine they need the $$$$
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 1 November 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
all that stuff is just collecting dust, I assume, they may as well get a little cash. that said, I don't know who buys this kinda thing. rich tech bros who also love noise?
― tylerw, Thursday, 1 November 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
haha what the heck is this bag of garbage?
https://reverb.com/item/16087880-sonic-youth-live-used-skrim-owned-by-sonic-youth
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Thursday, 1 November 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
they should sell it to primal skrim
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Thursday, 1 November 2018 17:50 (five years ago) link
Like the £200 fuzzbox that doesn't work.
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 November 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
I noticed they're also selling a hand-made guitar that was given to them by a fan (the aluminum one). Kind of a prickish thing to do, imo.
― nickn, Thursday, 1 November 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
happy to blame thurston for that tbh
― la bébé du nom-nom (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 1 November 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
Well there is only one bass on sale - I bet you that's Thurston's too.
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 November 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
^^I think you're right. I first saw them live in 2001 and swear I got pictures (since lost in a move) of him playing that blue P-Bass.
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 1 November 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 1 November 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
Maybe the CEO of Alcaliber
― Evan, Thursday, 1 November 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
Haha. All the guitars' condition is graded between "fair" and "not functioning"
― Duke, Thursday, 1 November 2018 22:56 (five years ago) link
Lee takes you on a tour of the Sonic Youth warehouse in Hoboken
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVMo4F2H0dY
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 16 November 2018 04:00 (five years ago) link
My favorite Kim songs. I don't see "Sweet Shine" mentioned enough.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 January 2019 03:29 (five years ago) link
otm re: sweet shine
i'd have brother james (at #1!) and making the nature scene on my list (if those qualify as kim songs)
― rip van wanko, Friday, 4 January 2019 04:43 (five years ago) link
Kool Thing, Tunic and Shadow of a Doubt are all amazing, hard to choose between them
― Dan S, Friday, 4 January 2019 04:52 (five years ago) link
Putting in a good word for "Sympathy for the Strawberry"
― cwkiii, Friday, 4 January 2019 05:38 (five years ago) link
++
― Karl Malone, Friday, 4 January 2019 05:41 (five years ago) link
Washing Machine should be on there, i love love love that song.
I'd also say Bull in the Heather is too low cuz I'm a basic bitch.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 4 January 2019 13:41 (five years ago) link
TEN TWENTY THIRTYFORTY
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 January 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
My first encounter with Sonic Youth was seeing the video for "Shadow of a Doubt" on Snub TV, which came on *after* Night Flight (so, maybe 2 AM?)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWpbFoEUV24
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 4 January 2019 13:59 (five years ago) link
Realizing lately that 'Sweet Shine' is maybe my favorite SY song full stop. And I love a lot of the skronky noisy shit a whole lot.
― The Mandal Brah Set (Old Lunch), Friday, 4 January 2019 15:54 (five years ago) link
I like a lot of Kim G songs but the screaming on the "wooh! I'm coming home" bit in that song really doesn't work for me, especially with the soft musical track. I like "Bull in the Heather" and "Skink" a lot, though.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Friday, 4 January 2019 16:15 (five years ago) link
I just drove past a busy strip of shops in Arusha Tanzania and there was a woman wearing, among other things, a Sonic Youth shirt.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 January 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
it would be more punk rock if it was just the shirt
― rip van wanko, Friday, 4 January 2019 16:40 (five years ago) link
Sweet Shine is such a brilliant, brilliant song
― Bênoit Balls (stevie), Friday, 4 January 2019 18:36 (five years ago) link
Yeah it's def one of my favorites
― slack thompson (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 4 January 2019 19:04 (five years ago) link
My CD of EJT&NS had a skip right in the middle of Sweet Shine. Was so annoying. My vinyl copy is fine, though.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Friday, 4 January 2019 20:31 (five years ago) link
"Tunic" (okay, maybe "Disappearer" too) was what inspired me to buy a SY record as a wee bairn, so...w00t!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 4 January 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link
speaking of Sonic Youth shirts, one made an appearance in Apple's recent holiday ad (there's also a Dirty Projectors poster on the wall)
https://i.imgur.com/e5kRWhe.jpg
― jaymc, Friday, 4 January 2019 22:48 (five years ago) link
(and a DFA sticker on the laptop, though it's hard to see in that screengrab)
Here are sixteen awesome Moore songs.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 01:59 (five years ago) link
Expressway To Yr Skull, Teenage Riot, yes
― Dan S, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 02:03 (five years ago) link
(also the first time I heard Kim's intro to Teenage Riot was a moment I will never forget)
― Dan S, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 02:08 (five years ago) link