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Moshe · 06.13.2006, 11:49 PM

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Artist / Band: Sonic Youth
Record Label: Geffen
Release Date: June 13, 2006

Our Review:
There's a story, possibly apocryphal, that archeologists unearthed cave paintings depicting Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon astride a brontosaurus with the words "New music drops this Ice Age!" scrawled nearby. That's probably not true, but it does seem these Youth have been around forever, or at least from when their band name wasn't ironic. That may be why the New York group's latest album feels more overly familiar and Velvet Underground-y than usual, which isn't a good thing for a band with such forward-thinking ideals. That said, Rather Ripped is a tuneful improvement over more recent space-jamming experiments, although the sluggish tempos and abstract melodies of songs like "Turquoise Boy" and "Lights Out" hardly make the case for rediscovering the graying quartet. "Rats," however, encapsulates everything we like about the band, as well as hints that it may be even harder to get rid of.

06.13.2006, 11:49 PM	#43
Moshe Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,862	http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts...7,3730,00.html B- Artist / Band: Sonic Youth Record Label: Geffen Release Date: June 13, 2006 Our Review: There's a story, possibly apocryphal, that archeologists unearthed cave paintings depicting Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon astride a brontosaurus with the words "New music drops this Ice Age!" scrawled nearby. That's probably not true, but it does seem these Youth have been around forever, or at least from when their band name wasn't ironic. That may be why the New York group's latest album feels more overly familiar and Velvet Underground-y than usual, which isn't a good thing for a band with such forward-thinking ideals. That said, Rather Ripped is a tuneful improvement over more recent space-jamming experiments, although the sluggish tempos and abstract melodies of songs like "Turquoise Boy" and "Lights Out" hardly make the case for rediscovering the graying quartet. "Rats," however, encapsulates everything we like about the band, as well as hints that it may be even harder to get rid of.
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