DOWNLOAD: Sonic Youth - Sacred Trickster (MP3)

photos by Lori Baily, words by Andrew Frisicano

Thurston Moore played at Santos Party House on Tuesday, April 7th as part of a trio with Okkyung Lee and Ikue Mori. The Moore-curated line-up also included Fat Worm of Error and Noise Nomads.

Thurston Moore came out with Okkyung Lee, and Ikue More. I was optimistic. Thurston with a circuit bent guitar on his lap with all sorts of homemade attachments. Then a lap top and a Cello. It seemed harmless and intriguing. It wasn't. Explosions of beats, randomized harmonics and bends from the cello mixed with the constant screaming of the guitar played with knives. I took my pictures and then left. I was loosing it. This music was definitely for someone else. I had to catch my breath outside and let my mind calm back down. I was truly affected by what I had seen. So in a since I guess it did it's job. Truly Experiential Sound had been made. I really wouldn't even call it music. Do I have the jurisdiction to say that? [Quiet Color]

Matador has released a new MP3 (above) of song "Sacred Trickster" from Sonic Youth's forthcoming record, The Eternal, due June 9th. Preorders for that disc through Matador's Buy Early Get Now program get a bunch of extras (including an LP of Sonic Youth at Battery Park last July 4th). Matador also reports that SY is confirmed for the "My Bloody Valentine-curated ATP Nightmare Before Christmas...in Minehead [UK] from December 4th - 6th, 2009."

Last week, Sonic Youth performed four unique shows at BAM.

More details on The Eternal preorder plus info on a "secret" Sonic Youth London show, with all photos, below...

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