Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth

  • Juno [SOUNDTRACK]
    Juno [SOUNDTRACK]
    Available at: Amazon
  • Rather Ripped
    Rather Ripped
    It's been almost a quarter century since a youthful, avant-garde band with cut-rate guitars and an impetus for experimental noise burst into the New York underground, and it's very possible that as its 21st record to date, Rather Ripped is also Sonic Youth's most accessible. Familiar are Kim Gordon's distinctive oral tonality and the tangled sheen of guitar dissonance that plays out between Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo. But a majority of the dozen songs are as pop-smart as they come, including a pair from Gordon: "Reena," which ranks among her finest, and a pensive pair ("Lights Out" and "Turquoise Boy") that have the 50-plus singer's ethereal voice recalling a street-worn Francoise Hardy. Ever the whiz kid, Moore ponders religious hostility in the meditative "Do You Believe in Rapture" and skewers promiscuity on the Lou Reed-ish "Sleepin' Around," while Ranaldo's requisite number "Rats"--all futuristic and feedback-heavy--is among his best compositions.
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  • Live From Bonnaroo 2003
    Live From Bonnaroo 2003
    In what will surely become a yearly tradition, more live nuggets from the Bonnaroo Music Festival! The 2003 set includes tracks from Medeski Martin and Wood, The Flaming Lips, The Dead, Allman Brothers Band, Bela Fleck, The Roots, Galactic, Widespread Panic, Keller Williams, and many more!
    Available at: Homegrown
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