[E. Noisefield]

Originally Posted by deathvalley96

Okay, I'm new here, and I have a few that have been mentioned, a few that haven't:

Throbbing Gristle
Coil
Velvet Underground (esp. "Sister Ray")
No Wave artists that are a given, such as Mars and DNA
Butthole Surfers
and, occasionally, as insane as:
Nurse with Wound

my point in replying is to ask, as a newbie, not for bands that influenced them (such as bands that they cover, like the Ramones (gods when they played live in the 70s--after that, forget it), or for bands that were similar in philosophy and used some noise in their music but sounded very different, such as Big Black and Dinosaur Jr., but rather to request something different.

You see, I'm looking for other bands, most likely from the 90s or the last decade, who sound as close to Sonic Youth as possible. I know little of recent music. Help out?

You want bands that are influenced by them?

Pretty much every indie band. But you'll see more specific influences in these fine and totally obvious choices:
Deerhunter
Liars
Blonde Redhead
Deerhoof
Be your own Pet
Black Dice
...trail of dead
Polvo
Tortoise
Surfer Blood