Unlike the book signing I went to a few weeks back with Iggy Pop , Grunge was an era that looking back totally changed my life. I am sure I am not alone. The entire movement itself made me aware that other music was out there that the main stream media wasn't telling me about. It made me dig deeper then what MTV and my alternative radio station were playing. The beauty of it is that it was still a time when MTV was playing videos, and Clear Channel didn't own the air waves. Now, I was young [...]
Der Fotograf Michael Lavine hat einen Bildband mit Fotografien aus der Grunge-Ära veröffentlicht. Für die textliche Einleitung sorgt Sonic Youths Gitarrist Thurston Moore. Der Frontmann der New-Yorker No-Wave-Legende hatte im letzten Jahr schon ein Buch aus der gleichen Reihe für Abrams Books geschrieben, ein reich bebilderter Band zum ihm so eigenen No-Wave-Genre. Bei "Grunge" beschränkt sich [...]
Der Fotograf Michael Lavine hat einen Bildband mit Fotografien aus der Grunge-Ära veröffentlicht. Für die textliche Einleitung sorgt Sonic Youths Gitarrist Thurston Moore. Der Frontmann der New-Yorker No-Wave-Legende hatte im letzten Jahr schon ein Buch aus der gleichen Reihe für Abrams Books geschrieben, ein reich bebilderter Band zum ihm so eigenen No-Wave-Genre. Bei "Grunge" beschränkt sich [...]
Thurston Moore. (Andrew Kesin) Thurston Moore is a musician who, aside from being in the legendary band Sonic Youth, has collaborated with everyone from Glenn Branca to Lydia Lunch to Mike Watt. Moore is also a writer, poet, ardent supporter of bold weirdos and fiery rockers, and owner of Ecstatic Peace Records . It was announced recently that an offshoot of the label -- Ecstatic Peace Library -- will begin publishing art books in 2010. [...]
(click image to enlarge) Last September The Knitting Factory hosted a birthday celebration for the Fender Jazzmaster with performances by Tom Verlaine, Nels Cline, J Mascis and Lee Ranaldo & Thurston Moore. Of the Ranaldo/Moore performance the Fender website says: "When their fingers proved unsuitable for achieving the next level of dissonance, the musicians used tuning forks [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News The talents of Sonic Youth 's Thurston Moore and singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright aren't just limited to music. Moore and Wainwright have contributed to " Cold Water ," an exhibition featuring visual art created by performers from New York's "East Village, downtown, CBGB's" scene. The event, curated by singer-songwriter Justin Bond and New Yorker theater critic Hilton Als, kicks off Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7PM at New York's La MaMa Galleria and runs through Nov. 22. In addition to [...]
As if it wasn't bad enough that the BBC put poor Nick Griffin in a room full of people who disagreed with him, and somehow contrived to make him look like a nasty, racist, self-serving idiot by pointing a camera at him and letting him speak, now even Sonic Youth are having a pop from the stage of the Kentish Town Forum: "Thanks for standing up to the BNF goons," [Thurston Moore] told the crowd, eliciting loud cheers. "Fucking clowns..." The NME helpfully suggests that maybe Moore was deftly conflating the BNP and the [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive In the liner notes for Nirvana 's 1992 'Incesticide' album, Kurt Cobain wrote about his search in London for the debut album by late '70s British female band the Raincoats . He came up empty-handed then, but Cobain later met Raincoats guitarist and singer Ana Da Silva at an antiques place where she worked at, and she later sent him a copy of that record accompanied by a letter. "It made me happier," Cobain wrote, "than playing [...]
Totally feeling the glam Jemina Pearl. Also the surly waitress Jemina Pearl, the lovestruck collagist Jemina Pearl, the backbooth brawler Jemina Pearl, and the kitchen saboteur Jemina Pearl. Tha... Continue reading "Jemina Pearl and Thurston Moore Hate People" >
As you probably know, former Be Your Own Pet frontwoman Jemina Pearl is making good use of her queen bee vocal sass appeal on a solo album, Break It Up , which dropped last Tuesday on Thurston Moore 's Ecstatic Peace label. Still haven't given it a shot? Perhaps this new single will convince you. Featuring razor-sharp and polished production from John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.), Pearl has no problem letting her snarly defiance shine through in the throwdown "Looking For Trouble." Jemina Pearl - "Looking For [...]
I have a confession to make. For years I would loudly proclaim my opinion that Lexington was vastly inferior to Louisville and that nobody in their right mind would ever want to live there. Now, my love for Louisville hasn't waned a bit (I still think it's the greatest town in America), but Lexington is quickly making a case for being one of the most exciting towns in the Midwest. With this year's Boomslang Fest courtesy of WRFL , they are [...]
Reminiscent of the shoegaze bands from the eighties at times, but fresh enough to bring some flair to the table, Tremellow played a strong set with a lot of energy regardless of the small crowd. This was lost however on the neighborhood, and their set was concluded when the Bootleg Theater was closed by two uniformed police officers due to sound—which was a first, according to the bartender Ben, who later asked for a CD.
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks were arguably one of the most feralized bands on the No New York compilation and Lydia Lunch would only penetrate deeper and deeper from there. A one-shot reunion show in New York last year has become a mini-tour that will visit L.A., but after that, says Lunch, it's done and buried. Brutalization follows. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! Sonic Youth 's Thurston Moore has set up a publishing house , Ecstatic Peace Library, which will include tomes by wife Kim Gordon and 'Goo' cover artist Raymond Pettibon. Editors have dubbed Radiohead 's 'In Rainbows' honesty-box strategy as " selfish .'' Frontman Tom Smith told B.B.C. 6 Music: "In giving it away for free, it didn't feel like it had any connection to the bigger problem and it was selfish." [...]
Method Man turned himself in over a tax problem Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore launched a publishing house Thom Yorke 's new band sounded funky during their L.A. debut Shocker: Ghostface Killah listens to Vampire Weekend! Glastonbury 2010 tickets sold-out in one day
--Oops. Not much came of Method Man allegedly shooting a fan in the face with an air gun, or a friend in the leg with a BB, but evading ">those $32,799 in income taxes over three years landed the... Continue reading "News Roundup: Method Man Tax Evasion, Slumberland Anniversary, Thurston Moore, Momus" >
Somewhere along the way the Feelies became obscure. Relegated to the pantheon of rock "influences," bands who are known more for inspiring other, more famous bands than for their own work. It wasn't always that way.
Being at the Brooklyn Book Festival —which I also attended in its year of inception, and which has clearly multiplied its prowess since then—was rejuvenating. Really, it's not a bad place to be at on a Sunday when you've been feeling brain-dead for months. I only wish I'd gotten there soon enough to catch more panels than I did. It was a few minutes past 2pm when I rushed past the steps outside the Historic Brooklyn Borough Hall. Nelson George ( City Kid [...]
yes, that's thurston w/ the dudes from gossip girl
The Entrance Band came together around guitarist Guy Blakeslee and spent two years writing their new album on stages across California. They have just signed to Ecstatic Peace and hope to go to towns no band ever visits. They speak now just before leaving for many months of tour. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
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Friday Five: Surf Songs
