Tag Archives: Sonic Youth

Music Tuesday Newsday: New Releases by The Dears, P.J. Harvey, Sonic Youth, Cowboy Junkies, and Nelson

by Shop Keeper
February 15, 2011 - 5:14 pm

Nelson Twins

Another week, another slew of releases…some good, some bad, some kinda surprising: that last one goes to Nelson… and a (great) new one by P.J. Harvey, Let England Shake… seminal proto-punkers Sonic Youth are back; old school alt/country rock The Cowboy Junkies, and feel the Lord’s love with the Bible-throwing antics of Stryper. Til next time…

The Dears - Degeneration Street

Brown Recluse - Evening Tapestry

Beans -  End It All

Cowboy Junkies – Demons

P.J. Harvey - Let England Shake

Bright Eyes - The People’s Key

Nelson - Lightning Strikes Twice

Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots

Yuck - Yuck

Sonic Youth – Simon Werner a Disparu

Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps

La Sera - La Sera

Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

Ten - Stormwarning

Saigon - Greatest Story Never Told

Stryper - The Covering

Daily Dots Daily Dots: Sonic Youth, Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Gorillaz, M.I.A., Black Eyed Peas

by admin
April 13, 2010 - 5:54 pm

gorillaz

Today’s bloggin best…

- How much money can a musician make on web sales? Information is Beautiful

- Experimentalist jazz drummer Steve Reed dies at 66. LA Times

- Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore covers Burt Bacharach “(There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me.” Twenty Four Bit

- Wall Street Journal confirms that the Black Eyed Peas sold out—duh! WSJ

- Long lost M.I.A. verse found on Cornershop remix. Spin

- Will Dr. Dre make an appearance with Jay-Z at Coachella? Is he still buff? HipHopDX

- The La’s release 84-song boxset. Bet you can’t name two. NME

- Gorillaz performing “dress rehersal” show Friday in LA. NO PHONES ALOWED. Los Anjelous

Daily Dots Daily Dots: Liquid Liquid, Peepface, Jalbrak iPad, Sonic Youth, Dylan Denied

by Joshua Glazer
April 5, 2010 - 6:22 pm

big-boi-shutterbug

Today’s bloggin best…

- Dance-punk/hip-hop inventors Liquid Liquid made their first ever TV appearance in 30 year career. The Daily Swarm

- Introducing Peepface, the post-Easter drinking game for the kids. Holy Taco

- Sonic youth’s Thurston Moore To Lecture kids (not “the kids”) about avant-noise. Pitchfork

- MGMT coyly announce a coy cover of coy David Bowies’ “TVC15.” LA Weekly

- The jailbreak iPad is coming soon. iHackintosh

- Bob Dylan denied permission to play in China. Guardian UK

- New Big Boi track, “Shutterbugg” is a serious jam. The Fader

- This weeks Beck cover of INXS is much better than last week’s Beck cover of INXS. Rawk Blog

Daily Dots Daily Dots: Jay-Z, Dakota Fanning, Animal Collective, DJ Granny

by Joshua Glazer
March 5, 2010 - 2:49 pm

DJ Ruth Flowers

Today’s bloggin best…

- RJD2 invented a wireless MPC sampler. The Daily Swarm

- Jay-Z’s new concert film for vodka fans only. Nah Right

- Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth has a new art book. The Tripwire

- Animal Collective show at Guggenheim was “creepy” and “awkward.” Self-Titled

- Dakota Fanning sings “Cherry Bomb” with Kristen Stewart for new Runaways biopic. Music Is The Heart Of Our Soul

- 69-year-old grandma is my new favorite DJ. Mixmag