Den nionde juni släpper Sonic Youth nya plattan The Eternal. Albumet spelades in i slutet på förra året i bandets studio i Hoboken, New Jersey och är producerat av bandet själva tillsammans med John Agnello. Gamle Pavement-basisten Mark Ibold som länge turnerat med Sonic Youth har nu varit me...

Thurston Moore has dropped a fairly massive hint that Sonic Youth would be available for Glastonbury, should they be asked. Not entirely sure Michael Eavis will be pleased by his reasons, though: "I wanna play Glastonbury because it's such a disaster camp and I really enjoy that. The general consens...

Voici un documentaire de Don Letts sur l’histoire du punk, de Chuck Berry à Kurt Cobain avec la participation de Roberta Bayley, Jello Biafra, Bob Gruen, Mary Harron, John Holmstrom, Chrissie Hynde, Jim Jarmusch, David Johansen, Mick Jones, Wayne Kramer, Glen Matlock, Legs McNeil, Thurs...

Coming up at New York’s RUCMA: Start: 12/29/2008 - 9:00pm End: 12/29/2008 - 10:30pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-4 Richardson / Carter / Jordan / Moss / Gruner Monday, December 29 @ 9 PM Yippie Café: 9 Bleecker Street, near Bowery General Admission: $10 Demian Richardson (trumpet) Daniel Carter (reeds) ...

While many people are going away, including me (I’m hitting up the Jazz Festival in Montreal!), there is tons going on in NYC for your listening pleasure: July 4 1:00: Ponytail, The Apes, Indian Jewelry, Marnie Stern, Double Dagger, Power Douglas at The Yard, part of a Todd P Party. $8 in adva...

Anyone who longs for the days when New York seemed like a post-apocalyptic, crime-ridden industrial wasteland is in for a treat tonight. At the Knitting Factory, the obscure yet seminal Manhattan post-punk band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks will reunite for two back-to-back performances. The shows wil...

The New York Times has a bit about a new book on the No Wave scene. Here's the gist: Of all the strange and short-lived periods in the history of experimental music in New York, no wave is perhaps the strangest and shortest-lived. Centered on a handful of late-1970s downtown groups like Teenage Jesu...

  “OTHER MUSIC IN-STORE EVENTS MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND: MONDAY, JUNE 9 @ 8:30PM Shara Worden and Co. stop by the shop to perform an in-store in support of their forthcoming new album, A Thousand Shark’s Teeth, out June 17, on Asthmatic Kitty. THURSTON MOORE & BYRON COLEY: SATURDAY,...

All Tomorrow’s Parties, which has curated amazing festivals for the past eight years, is finally bringing a lineup to New York–and it’s amazing. It’s curated by My Bloody Valentine (who have just announced a full-blown tour) and ATP and takes place Sept. 19-21. The weird thin...

In case you haven’t heard, a lineup has been announced for this year’s New York installment of the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival, and it’s the kind of lineup that makes the Pitchfork set scream. The legendary My Bloody Valentine is headlining, marking the band’s first U.S. performance in...