Nels Cline sets aside guitar improvisations on his debut release with Consentrik Quartet
The group’s debut arrives seven years after they teamed up for a John Zorn show. Their inaugural tour launches March 30 ...
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An Event to Impact Body and Mind: Intuition Festival features music, cinema
Over the course of two nights, Friday, March 21, and Saturday, March 22, at the East West Bank Plaza and Oculus Hall at the ...
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The most scandalous rock band break-ups including lead singer ‘throwing a coffee table’
Formed in New York City in 1981, the iconic rock band was originally comprised of Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar), Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals). Kim Gordon ...
Da Googie and Cara Tivey – ‘The Golden Thread’ album review: harrowing, noisy, and glorious
My Bloody Valentine bassist Deb Googe (Da Googie) and Billy Bragg and Everything But The Girl collaborator Cara Tivey dish out fear on their collaboration.
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The making of the album that virtually invented a new genre, sold 30 million copies, and changed rock forever
“It [songwriting] is usually done on an acoustic guitar, sitting around in my ... Gersh had been brought to the show by Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. This set in motion a chain ...
‘This Is War’: Bob Mould on Aging Indie, His Music’s Legacy, and Where the U.S. Goes From Here
Bob Mould looks back at a storied punk career with Husker Du and reflects on the indie scene that defined a generation.
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Mats Gustafsson
By adding another ingredient to the volatile mix, in the person of skronking guitar hero and Sonic Youth founder Thurston Moore they’ve taken things up a notch or two on the Richter scale on their ...
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Every Singer Who Has Performed With Nirvana Since Kurt Cobain's Death
From her years as a teenage guitar hero for The Runaways to her ... Sonic Youth band members Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon even helped the band get signed to Geffen Records for 1991's Nevermind.
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From basements to grand stages, Mission Creek Festival has nourished Iowa City culture for two decades. This year marks the end of an era.
Mission Creek Festival’s namesake is a ghost river in San Francisco. It once connected the center of the city to Mission Bay, though during the past two centuries it has […] ...