With the apparent dissolution of Sonic Youth, Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley are now our longest-tenured indie power couple, and their band Yo La Tengo might now be our foundational left-of-the-dial romantics. Yo La Tengo have a million albums, and all of them are at least a little bit good (here’s our list), so news [...]

On 11/13, Sonic Youth will release Sonic Youth – Smart Bar – Chicago 1985, recorded on 8/11/1985, during the band’s tour behind Bad Moon Rising. The performance was recorded on 4-track tape, and mixed and mastered by the band for the new two-LP set (which will be released on the band’s own Goofin’ Records). They...

Two guitars stolen from the band's show in South California in 1999 have been recovered by fans

Guitarist's new group played new tracks in Brooklyn, US

It is difficult to imagine indie rock without Sonic Youth. Only the Velvet Underground can reasonably boast a more important alternative history to the grand narrative of rock and roll. Combining the methodology of no-wave, the populism of punk, and the urbanity of the New York City art world, the band excelled at — nay, [...]