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[photo from Yo La Tengo Twitter ] In one of the most unlikely reunions in recent memory, Pussy Galore opened the 4th night of Hanukkah at Maxwell's . This was the classic lineup, with Julie Cafritz joining Jon Spencer out front on guitar and vocals. Indeed, even Bob Bert's classic gas-tank snare drum made a return appearance. The set was relatively brief at twenty-nine minutes, but contained a full menu of fourteen of the band's vintage material, of which we are streaming "Sweet Little HiFi". But really, we could have streamed any [...]

Evol by Sonic Youth Evol was one of the first sonic youth records i ever bought i think. Might have been sister or confusion is sex. not really sure because I picked them all up as soon as figured out i really liked them. I don't think i had listend to my vinyl copy in 10 years and totally forgot about the lock-n-groove at the end of side one. Most of you kids are like what the hell is he talking about? Basically it's literally record groove that keep flipping the last rotation over and [...]

• Boss Hog - Trigger, Man
• Pussy Galore - SM 57
• Sonic Youth - Expressway to Yr Skull

DOWNLOAD: Alexa Wilding - "Black Diamond Day" (from new self-titled EP) Alexa Wilding just finished a very successful tour with Au Revoir Simone and she is playing a homecoming show at Rockwood Music Hall on Tuesday (set time at 8PM). Alexa will be playing in support of her self-titled debut EP, which was mixed by Fred Smith of Television and features Tim Foljahn (Cat Power, Townes Van Zandt) on additional guitars and lap steel. The recent tour with Au Revior Simone got great reviews and I [...]

• Black Diamond Day

Few songstresses cut their teeth on more surprising stuff. After all, not every brunette with an acoustic guitar has the good fortune of being best known for her work alongside former Sonic Youth drummer Bob Bert in International Shades , now do they? But there’s an expiration date on Brooklynite Alexa Wilding ’s “best known” distinction, as the siren singer is set to release her debut EP, a capstone paean to Laura Nyro, Sandy Denny, and the fleet of strong, gilded female songwriters they inspired. Conceived [...]