Sonic Youth

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The year: 1986

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It was sometime around 1997 or 1998 when author and rock journalist Michael Azerrad was sitting at home watching a…

Even though Sonic Youth has been officially defunct since 2011, Kim Gordon is still writing badass, ethereal…

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History is written by the victors—one of them being, oddly enough, Steve Albini. In 1993, his infamous article “The…

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In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week, we’re picking our favorite…

Kim Gordon is going on tour. Granted, it’s a book tour in support of her memoir, Girl In A Band, but the run of…

Since the dissolution of Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore has kept plenty busy. This week alone, he released The Best Day,…

In I Made You A Mixtape, we ask our favorite musicians, actors, writers, directors, or whatevers to strut their…

Thurston Moore brought an end to some longstanding things in 2011: After being caught in an affair, he separated…

“Homerpalooza” (season seven, episode 24; originally aired 5/19/1996)