From watching them in muddy festival fields in 90s, seeing them across the UK with a network of like minded zine writers and fans on the Dirty tour in 92, to seeing their last UK tour in 2010, it’s fair to say that Sonic Youth have been the musical accompaniment for a vast part of […]
Having sustained my first ever moshpit injury at a Sonic Youth gig in the early 90’s at The Reading Festival, involving someone else’s Doc Marten boot, squelchy mud and my head, to seeing their last ever gig in Manchester, it’s fair to say Kim Gordon’s former band, Sonic Youth, have occupied a large portion of […]
From sticking screwdrivers in guitars to creating some of the most sublime alternative guitar anthems ever, Thurston Moore has long been credited as a guitar genius. His former band Sonic Youth still remain one of the best bands to emerge from the U.S. creating a dazzling array of noise warped melodies over their thirty years […]
The Vaccines have been announced as the third headline act for this year’s Liverpool Sound City. The indie rockers will join previously announced headliners The Flaming Lips and Belle and Sebastian at the three day event, which will be held on May 22, 23 and 24. The London band recently previewed their new single, Handsome, and […]
In an era where bands like Green Day sounded Punk, Nirvana were Punk. Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon on guitar showed thousands of girls they didn’t just have to follow the band, they could BE the band…They came, they pissed about, they made great music… Sonic Youth and Nirvana shaped a generation. Twisted Reel, the new […]