Sonic Youth Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

The Dream Songs of Tim Foljahn

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Chris Brokaw, I Dreamed A Dream, Male Slut, Smokey Hormel, Sonic Youth, Spastic Rhythm Tarts, The Crucifucks, Thurston Moore, Tim Foljahn, Two Dollar Guitar

From his hardcore days, Two Dollar Guitar, Male Slut and Psychic Hearts with Thurston Moore to I Dreamed A Dream, the Hoboken lifer trudges onward

Indie Rock

Half Japanese: The Band That Is King

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Brad Cohan 1 Comment Beat Happening, Daniel Johnston, Gumball, Half Japanese, Jad Fair, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Teenage Fanclub, Velvet Monkeys, Yo La Tengo

With Crazy Hearts, Jad Fair’s longtime outfit continues to reign supreme as one of America’s most distinctive rock groups

Alternative Rock Noise Pop Post-Punk

‘The Guitar Guy Played Real Good Feedback’: Sonic Youth’s ‘Washing Machine’ At 25

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Goo, Kim Deal, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, NYC Ghosts & Flowers, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, The Diamond Sea, Thurston Moore, Washing Machine

Looking back at an overlooked but fiercely loved classic from the NYC noise rock giants

Alternative Rock Hard Rock

Neil Young’s Return to Glory

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 Ryan Bray 0 Comments 1990, Billy Talbot, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills & Nash, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Frank Sampedro, Geffen, Neil Young, Neil Young + Crazy Horse, Pearl Jam, Ragged Glory, Reprise, Sonic Youth

More than a comeback record, 1990’s Ragged Glory set the table for a rock music revolution

Alternative Rock Experimental Noise Pop Post-Punk Rock

Put Me In The Equation, It’s Alright: Sonic Youth’s Goo At 30

July 7, 2020July 11, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Chuck D, DGC, Geffen, Goo, Karen Carpenter, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore

Their beloved DGC debut has a sense of a band courting the mainstream on their own terms

Alternative Rock Experimental Noise

Death Poems for the Living Gods of America: Sonic Youth’s NYC Ghosts and Flowers Turns 20

May 21, 2020May 22, 2020 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 2000, Geffen, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, NYC Ghosts & Flowers, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore

Where Pitchfork went wrong about SY’s most underrated LP

Dance Electronic Experimental Hip Hop Industrial New Wave Pop Psychedelics Remembrance

Florian Schneider April 7, 1947 – April 30, 2020: Year Zero Not Only Can Be Beautiful, It Must Be Beautiful

May 8, 2020May 10, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Arcade Fire, Bruce Springsteen, Florian Schneider, Jimmy Fallon, Klaus Dinger, Kraftwerk, Michael Rother, Ralf Hütter, Sonic Youth, Suicide, Sun Ra, Sunn O))), Terry Riley, The Eagles, The Rascals, The Strokes, Tom Hanks

Tim Sommer bids Auf Wiedersehen to Herr Schneider, a man responsible for a half-century of innovation in pop musik

Experimental Indie Rock Noise Post-Punk Records

Satan Is Boring: Bad Moon Rising Turns 35

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1985, Bob Bert, Homestead Records, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Martin Bisi, Sonic Youth, Susstones, Thurston Moore

The Rock & Roll Globe talks exclusively with Lee Ranaldo, Bob Bert and producer Martin Bisi about Sonic Youth’s early masterpiece

Music Journalism Rock

Expect Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Process to Stay Broken

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Jeff Tamarkin 3 Comments Bad Company, Billy Preston, Carly Simon, Dionne Warwick, Emerson, George Michael, Gram Parsons, Grand Funk Railroad, Harry Nilsson, Jethro Tull, Joe Cocker, Johnny Winter, Judas Priest, King Crimson, Lake & Palmer, Link Wray, Lionel Richie, Little Feat, Mary Wells, Motörhead, Mott the Hoople, Mountain, Neil Sedaka, Patti LaBelle, peter Frampton, Ry Cooder, Sonic Youth, Suzi Quatro, T.Rex, Television, the Doobie Brothers, The Go-Gos, the MC5, the Meters, The Monkees, the New York Dolls, the Shangri-Las, The Turtles, Thin Lizzy, Todd Rundgren, Tom Jones, Warren Zevon

Former nominating committee member cautions rockers that Wenner exit won’t cure much

Punk

Bert and Earnest: A Punk Pioneer Tells All

July 3, 2019August 5, 2019 Eric Davidson 3 Comments Bob Bert, HoZac Books, HoZac Records, Jon Spencer, Pussy Galore, Sonic Youth

Never has anyone smashed garbage cans and powered NYC post-punk quite like Bob Bert, who tells the whole tale in his new book, I’m Just the Drummer.

Punk Rock

What Goes On In His Mind

October 24, 2018January 22, 2019 Brad Cohan 2 Comments Bar-None Records, Maxwell's, North Jersey, Sonic Youth, The Feelies, The Velvet Underground

Glenn Mercer of The Feelies on Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground

Punk

Does ‘Fuck You!’ Sound Simple Enough?

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1988, 30th Anniversary, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore

Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation Turns 30

Punk Rock

Everybody Says It’s Another Phase

September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1998, Jim O'Rourke, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore

Sonic Youth in 1998