Tag: Thurston Moore

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore enlists Beck to produce new solo album ‘Benediction’

After collaborating on a full-album cover of Yanni’s ‘Live at the Acropolis’ last summer, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore has now tapped Beck to produce his third solo album, titled ‘Benediction’ and due out sometime in 2011 on Matador Records.

Milestones: Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore is 52 today; here’s a dose of ‘Teen Age Riot’

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore turns 52 today, and to commemorate, we offer this clips of the band tearing through its iconic 1988 single “Teen Age Riot” last year on the U.K. talk show ‘Later… With Jools Holland.’

Video: Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore helps Beck cover Yanni's 'Live at the Acropolis'

Video: Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore helps Beck cover Yanni’s ‘Live at the Acropolis’

Beck’s Record Club — this time featuring Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and post-rock combo Tortoise — tonight unveiled the next album it will cover song-by-song: Yanni’s ‘Live at the Acropolis.’

Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore blogs about new solo album/book, Yoko Ono collaboration

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore blogs about new solo album/book, Yoko Ono collaboration

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore today took to his new blog — Flowers & Cream, which he quietly launched earlier this month — to announce a pair of intriguing musical projects: a new solo album and book, plus a “trio” record with wife/bandmate Kim Gordon and Yoko Ono.

Sonic Youth planning new studio album, 'Daydream Nation' live DVD in 2010

Sonic Youth planning new studio album, ‘Daydream Nation’ live DVD in 2010

Tweet The members of Sonic Youth will be looking forward and backward in 2010, guitarist Lee Ranaldo says, as the band plans to both record […]

Quick Spins: Gary Numan and Trent Reznor, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Mission of Burma

Quick Spins: Gary Numan and Trent Reznor, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Mission of Burma

  Gary Numan’s appearances at Nine Inch Nails’ final live gigs could lead to a studio collaboration with Trent Reznor, the synthpop pioneer told The […]

Quick Spins: Big Audio Dynamite, Bad Lieutenant, The Cult, Sonic Youth

Quick Spins: Big Audio Dynamite, Bad Lieutenant, The Cult, Sonic Youth

The expanded 2CD reissue of This is Big Audio Dynamite — the 1985 debut from Mick Jones’ post-Clash project, Big Audio Dynamite, which featured breakout […]