Sonic Youth, The Gossip, Black Lips and Deerhunter are among the bands that will headline Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party this summer.

As festival-lineup announcement season (yes, it's its own season now) continues, the most entertaining game to play with respect to headliners is "What year is this, 1991?" I thought Lolla had it wrapped with their zeitgeist grabbing spread of Tool, Jane's Addiction, Beastie Boys, and Depeche Mode, and congrats Lolla the award is still yours. Bu...

Sonic Youth played a rare intimate gig at London's Scala last night (April 27) to showcase material from forthcoming album 'The Eternal', their first for independent label Matador.

Sonic Youth have announced a tour of the US to support the released of their new album 'The Eternal'.

Yesterday we heard Sonic Youth cover an old Beck song and vice versa. Today we've got Islands' Nick Thorburn covering an even older Beck song. "Cyanide Breath Mint" can be found on the newly reissued One Foot In The Grave. Islands' take adds drums and synths and is streaming on MySpace.