Tag: 1991: The Year Punk Broke

Dinosaur Jr to release 'Bug Live at 9:30 Club: In the Hands of Fans' on DVD, Blu-ray

Dinosaur Jr to release ‘Bug Live at 9:30 Club: In the Hands of Fans’ on DVD, Blu-ray

Dinosaur Jr fans who missed the reunited trio’s limited run of shows featuring a full-album performance of 1988’s ‘Bug’ last year can now relive the experience vicariously through six fans who were selected to document the band’s June 25, 2011, show at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., for a new DVD and Blu-ray out next month.

New releases: Gary Numan, ‘1991: Year Punk Broke,' Art of Noise, Blondie, Human League

New releases: Gary Numan, ‘1991: Year Punk Broke,’ Art of Noise, Blondie, Human League

This week’s new releases include new albums from Gary Numan (‘Dead Son Rising’) and Blondie (‘Panic of Girls’), plus reissue from the Art of Noise (‘Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise’) and The Raincoats (‘Odyshape’), plus the first-ever DVD release of Sonic Youth’s ‘1991: The Year Punk Broke.’

Video: ‘1991: The Year Punk Broke' DVD trailer, featuring Sonic Youth, Nirvana

Video: ‘1991: The Year Punk Broke’ DVD trailer, featuring Sonic Youth, Nirvana

With its release now less than a week away, Sonic Youth has issued a short, two-minute trailer for the long-overdue DVD release of ‘1991: The Year Punk Broke,’ the concert film that chronicled the band’s tour of Europe that year with opening act Nirvana.

Thurston Moore: New 'Circulation' video, tour dates, streaming concert, Sonic Youth reissue

Thurston Moore: New ‘Circulation’ video, tour dates, streaming concert, Sonic Youth reissue

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore has released a new video for ‘Circulation’ off his new album ‘Demolished Thoughts.’ He’s also got a slate of new tour dates, plus a live streaming concert via NPR that you can hear here. And Sonic Youth is headed to South America and is re-issuing ‘Hits Are For Squares.’

Sonic Youth's '1991: The Year Punk Broke' finally to be released on DVD on Sept. 6

Sonic Youth’s ‘1991: The Year Punk Broke’ finally to be released on DVD on Sept. 6

The fabled rock documentary ‘1991: The Year Punk Broke’ — chronicling Sonic Youth’s tour of Europe with opening act Nirvana — finally will be released on DVD this fall in a special 20th anniversary edition featuring 42 minutes of bonus performances and other material.