Subject: Sonic Youth

• Snob Talk: Nobody Really Likes Sonic Youth

  February 12, 2008

• Last Night...Wolf Eyes and Aenka @ hi-dive

  June 25, 2008

• The Fluid and Overcasters featured on Brooklyn Vegan

  While we'll be posting some pictures and a write up of our own shortly from Tom Murphy, who accompanied the Fluid and the Overcasters to the East Coast for a pair of dates this past weekend, Brooklyn Vegan posted a bunch of a great pics from the show. Unsurprisingly, both bands evidently kicked ass and Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth were both in attendance.

  January 19, 2009

• Sonic Youth

  August 15, 2002

• Best Band That Sounds Like a Vacuum Cleaner

  March 27, 2003

• Q&A with Dan Whitford of Cut Copy

  The Cut Copy profile in this week's issue contains only excerpts of our recent chat with Dan Whitford and merely scratches the surface of our exchange. Needless to say, Whitford had much much more to say about the act's sound, he and his bandmates' progression as musicians, recording the album, the inspiration for the artwork and much more. Read the entire conversation after the jump.

  March 11, 2009

• Critic's Choice

  August 25, 2005

• Last Night: The Prids at Larimer Lounge

  Tom MurphyThe Prids, Overcasters, Gangcharger Monday, March 30, 2009Larimer Lounge, DenverBetter Than: A show featuring genre-specific, nostalgia acts.Gangcharger (Tom Murphy)Gangcharger set the pace for the show opening with a grittily atmospheric instrumental piece shot through with pulses of pure energy, followed by what sounded like a Confusion is Sex-era Sonic Youth song. At this point it dawned on me how Ethan, the guitarist, was able to make his Fender Jaguar sound both ghostly and abrasi

  March 31, 2009

• Awesome Color

  October 2, 2008

• The Band Show

  Denver bands make love, not war, at Stand By Your Band II.

  January 24, 2008

• Fissure Mystic

  Larimer Lounge

  July 24, 2008

• Kingdom of Doom Crumbles

  Denver Police bust up a cornerstone of the underground scene.

  May 1, 2008

• Welcome

  Sirs
  Fat Cat

  May 10, 2007

• Vitamins

  Emerald City

  March 8, 2007

• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

  Who will be inducted next? Gaze into our crystal ball.

  January 25, 2007

• Various Artists

  Plant Music
  Plant Music Records

  November 23, 2006

• Faceless Werewolves

  Medium Freaky (Super Secret Records)

  September 28, 2006

• Slayer

  Christ Illusion (American)

  August 17, 2006

• Fissure Mystic

  Life Story/Pink Mist EP (Self-released)

  July 20, 2006

• Sonic Youth

  Tuesday, June 27, Gothic Theatre, 1-866-468-7621.

  June 22, 2006

• Deerhoof

  Tuesday, November 8, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

  November 3, 2005

• Barbez

  Wednesday, September 28, Bender's Tavern, 303-861-7070.

  September 22, 2005

• Kinski

  Friday, August 12, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

  August 11, 2005

• Landlordland

  Dragging Through the Weather (Shrat)

  June 16, 2005

• Kite Operations

  Dandelion Day (KOA Records)

  April 21, 2005

• ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

  Worlds Apart (Interscope)

  February 10, 2005

• Critic's Choice

  Colonial Excess

  December 9, 2004

• Le Tigre

  This Island (Strummer/Universal)

  November 11, 2004

• Critic's Choice

  Nightshark

  July 22, 2004

• Sonic Youth

  Sonic Nurse (Geffen)

  June 24, 2004

• Gogol Bordello

  Wednesday, May 5, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

  April 29, 2004

• The Lot Six

  Major Fables (Tarantulas)

  April 22, 2004

• Hit Pick

  Dang Head

  April 10, 2003

• Critic's Choice

  And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

  December 2, 1999

• The Aging of Sonic Youth

  The ultimate indie band embraces the past, the present and the future.

  May 14, 1998

• Designing Men

  With Shapes, Polvo vaults into the forefront of experimental rock acts.

  January 15, 1998

• A SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE

  DENVER-BASED HARRIET THE SPY LOOKS FOR PUNK IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES.

  July 5, 1995

• Mogwai

  Tuesday, May 12, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

  May 7, 2009

• Q&A with Barney Greenway from Napalm Death

  Photo: Brooke BullardIn this week's Rough Mixes entry focusing on Napalm Death, we only printed highlights of Tom Murphy's recent conversation with Barney Greenway. The two of them actually had a fairly extensive conversation in which Greenway discussed the influence of My Bloody Valentine and other unexpected acts on Napalm Death, how the act has managed to maintain the ferocious level of intensity over the years that the outfit has become known for and more. Before heading to the show tonight

  May 8, 2009

• Beyond Playlist: Black Eyed Peas and more

  The Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) (Interscope) For the most part, the critical intelligentsia has looked askance at the Peas' latest due to its backburnering of the hip-hop style on which the act was founded, as well as the presence of more party-hearty exhortations than conscious comments. Frankly, though, I felt relief, not disappointment, over the approach. Frontman will.i.am's hip-hop productions have grown stale over the years -- the use of Dick Dale's "Miserlou" in "Pum

  June 12, 2009

• Sonic Youth top seller at Twist and Shout

  After two decades on Geffen Records, Eternal, Sonic Youth's Matador Records debut released last week, was the top seller at Twist & Shout for the week ending June 14. Mos Def's The Ecstatic,  Dirty Projectors' Bitte Orca, both released last week, came in at the second and fourth slots while Phoenix and Grizzly Bear round out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  June 15, 2009

• Grizzly Bear top seller at Wax Trax

  Grizzly Bear's latest disc, Veckatimest, nabbed the top slot at Wax Trax for the week ending June 21. The late-'70s Colorado punk compilation Rocky Mountain Low continues to stay in the top ten while new albums from Mos Def and Sonic Youth also grabbed spots in the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  June 22, 2009

• Sonic Youth top seller at Twist and Shout again

  Sonic Youth's new album, The Eternal, grabbed the top slot for the second week in a row while George Harrison's new greatest hits collection, Let It Roll, came in second for the week ending June 21. Steve Earle's Townes, Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown and Mos Def's Ecstatic rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  June 22, 2009

• Gangcharger at the hi-dive

  June 25, 2009

• Sonic Youth signature Fender Jazzmaster guitars on sale today

  Sonic Youth guitarists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo have a strong affinity for their Fender Jazzmasters. which they say have defined the Sonic Youth sound for more than two decades. According to Fender's press release, the guitarists have always modified their Jazzmasters by removing any extraneous controls and just leaving a three-way switch and volume knob. Starting today, Moore's signature Jazzmaster and Renaldo's "Jazzblaster" hit the streets.

  July 1, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Sonic Youth at the Ogden Theatre

  Jon Solomon​Sonic Youth Friday, July 31, 2009Ogden TheatreThree songs into Sonic Youth's muscular set, Kim Gordon sang, "I want you to levitate me/Don't you love me yet?" during "Sacred Trixter." Although her feet might have still been on the ground, those first three songs, which also included the opener "Stereo Sanctity" and "No Way," had enough juice to start levitating some people musically during the sold out show. As far as people loving Gordon yet, well, it's hard not to love one of the

  August 3, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Is the name "Sonic Youth" still working for you guys?

  Photo by Jon SolomonThurston Moore of Sonic Youth.​ The weekend is over, but the memories linger. Check out our reviews of the still-loud-but-no-longer-so-youthful Sonic Youth at the Ogden Theatre, as well as Akron/Family at the Bluebird -- and read a Q&A with A/F's Dana Janssen here. There's a slew of slide shows on our site, too, including snaps from the first night of Phish's recent Red Rocks run. True, that didn't technically take place over the weekend. But time's a relative thing, e

  August 3, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of August 3, 2009

  As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  August 4, 2009

• MP3 Freeloader: Gangcharger at the Meadowlark on Saturday

  ​Formed from the remnants of Mansfield, Gangcharger has steadily made its mark on the scene, offering a jagged, distorted counterpoint to kindred textured acts such as Overcasters and Sonnenblume, armed with an intimidating arsenal of careening guitar lines, thick penetrating rhythms and insistent, incisive vocals. "Recalling Sonic Youth at its heady peak, the group's sound is wrapped in dynamic layers of razory melodies and thick rhythms swimming amid textured streams of distortion and white

  August 28, 2009

• Fell gets props from Thurston Moore and Byron Coley

  ​For a project that initially began as a home recording project, Fell, led by Josh Wambeke, has sure turned a lot of heads, from Camera Obscura label head Tony Daley, who stepped up to release the act's music virtually sight unseen, to the producers of the indie film The Purest Blue, who utilize the band's music in their movie, to his latest admirers, Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth and noted music journo Byron Coley. The last two had some nice things to say about Incoherent Lullabies, Fell's

  October 30, 2009