| LEE AND STEVE IN LIVE DYLAN PERFORMANCE Lee and Steve will perform with a reconstituted 'Million Dollar Bashers' band, including Tim Luntzel, J Mascis and Al Kooper, at a Nov 7 concert at the Beacon Theatre in NYC affiliated with the 'I'm Not There' film. The concert is a benefit for the 826 National Foundation Lee will sing a number, and other vocalists joining Lee and Steve will include J Mascis, John Doe (X), and Chris Bailey (The Saints). More info. TEXT OF LIGHT IN TORONTO OCTOBER 27 PLUS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE 28TH Text of Light (Lee Ranaldo/Alan Licht/Ulrich Krieger) perform at Toronto's "SoundPlay" festival, Saturday, Oct 27th @ 8pm. Also Sunday Oct 28th at noon -- a panel discussion w all 3 members, moderated by Art Gallery of Ontario's Ben Portis. Both at: Latvian House - 491 College, Toronto, Canada. Info. THE DESTROYED ROOM: B-SIDES AND RARITIES NOW AVAILABLE
The Destroyed Room: B-sides And Rarities, a band-chosen collection of near-hidden Sonic Youth gems, is now available on Geffen Records. The album brings together songs from throughout the band's career with Geffen, focusing on tracks previously available only on vinyl, limited-release compilations, or as b-sides to international singles. The tracks were hand picked by the band and also include material that has never before been released. Complete tracklist and more info here. A double vinyl LP edition is now available on the band's own Goofin' Records label. The vinyl features two bonus tracks: 'Doctor's Orders (T vox)' and 'Is it my Body?' and now available. DAYDREAM NATION HONORED BY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Sonic Youth's 1988 album Daydream Nation has been added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. Daydream Nation now joins Emile Berliner's 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' and 'I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man' by Muddy Waters (among other recordings) in the collection mandated by Congress 'to maintain and preserve sound recordings and collections of sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.' More information here. YOUNG AT HEART CHOIR PERFORMS 'SCHIZOPHRENIA' Prepare yourself, and then click here. DAYDREAM NATION: AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND FEBRUARY Sonic Youth have just finished a tour of Australia performing the Daydream Nation album in it's entirety. Thanks to the Dead C, the Scientists, and everyone who came to the shows. THURSTON MOORE AND THE NEW WAVE BANDITS WITH ROKY ERICKSON Thurston and the New Wave Bandits aka the Groop will open for Roky Erickson at Webster Hall In NYC Saturday March 1. More info and tickets. KIM PORTRAITS #17-37 IN BARCELONA 'Looking out into the audience light comes from the projector at the back of the hall. It makes the back of peoples' heads look illuminated, like saints. The projector changes and some of the faces disappear into the dark. The ones further back I can't see at all. Towards the front of the hall half cheeks appear dappled with swirling colors from the light show. I'm trying not to look directly at anyone in the front so the spell of concentration won't be broken. Instead they appear as a collective mood. Suddenly something whirrs by my head and smashes onto the stage. It's a cassette. I'm spinning around in a circle trying not to get dizzy but liking the dizziness of the blurry images. It looks like a flicker camera in 360 degrees. I wish I had a camera to record what it looks like.' Kim has an exhibition of portraits at the Iguapop Gallery in Barcelona Nov. 29- Jan 12. Also, an art-themed interview with Kim is here. THURSTON GROOP BACK IN THE USSA While Europe tries to stagger off the massive rockage brought by TM and co. in December, The Groop sets its sights on the USA once more. Tuesday January 8 the band is at the Knitting Factory in NYC with Ecstatic Peace! fellow-travelers MV/EE + The Golden Road, Tall Firs, and Religious Knives. Check the tour dates at the calendar page. SONIC YOUTH ON 'FROM THE BASEMENT' ON SKY ARTS A Sonic Youth performance will be broadcast on Dec. 22 on the 'From the Basement' show on Sky Arts. The premise for the show is simple - there's no audience, no host. Just performance. Info. KIM AND LEE SHOWING WORKS AT ART BASEL/MIAMI, DEC 4-9 Kim and Lee are both showing works at the NADA show in Miami as part of Art Basel/Miami. Kim has a selection of new watercolors on exhibit at the Kerry Schuss/KS Art booth. THURSTON IN EUROPE DECEMBER 2007 Thurston is touring performing songs from his new album with Chris Brokaw (guitar), Matt Heyner (bass) Samara Lubelski(violin) and Steve Shelley (drums). The group crosses the Atlantic for a week of European shows beginning Dec. 4 in Dublin and including an appearance at the UK's Nightmare Before Christmas/ATP and Spain's Primavera Club Festival. Scope the tour dates at the calendar page. The group can also be heard on archives of the World Cafe show from Friday, November 16. More info here.
SONIC YOUTH'S NEW CD/LP "RATHER RIPPED" OUT NOW + STREAMING Cover image, track list, info and streams of every song here. Thurston put together a lyric book for the Rather Ripped album which is only available online.
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