Lee Ranaldo
Lee Ranaldo and Leah Singer performing "Sight Unseen" art piece at ISSUE Project Room
Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo is staying busy as always with projects of all shapes and sizes. Right now he’s getting ready to put on a special performance art piece called “Sight Unseen,” a collaboration with visual artist Leah Singer which happens June 30 at ISSUE Project Room in Brooklyn. The venue has provided a description for […]
Outer Spaces made a video for "Born Enemy," streaming LP, on tour, playing NYC with Kino Kimino
Outer Spaces, the current band of Cara Beth Satalino (ex-Witches), release their debut album A Shedding Snake today on Don Giovanni. Like early EPs and singles hinted, it’s poppy/punky/folky indie rock that fans of the Hop Along/Waxahatchee crowd or You Are Free-era Cat Power should probably give a spin. We’ve got the premiere of the […]
Five Notable Hours of the Week (aka the new Grateful Dead tribute album)
This is a slower release week, and there’s one highly-anticipated release that’s five and a half hours long. In lieu of that, today “Five Notable Releases” becomes “Five Notable Hours.”
Thurston Moore Group & Lee Ranaldo playing NYC on Sunday
The Thurston Moore Group are currently in the US, having played Rough Trade NYC on Thursday (4/28). They would have played Austin festival Levitation this weekend, which was cancelled, but instead they’ll play another NYC show on Sunday (5/1) at Baby’s All Right. Thurston’s former Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo (who also would have played Levitation) will open…
Sonic Youth releasing 1986's 'Spinhead Sessions' (stream "Theme with Noise")
Back in 1986, after recording EVOL, Sonic Youth recorded the score for Ken Friedman’s 1987 film Made in U.S.A., which they eventually released as a soundtrack album in 1995. Before that soundtrack was completed though, the band tracked a rehearsal session of music for the film that’s actually pretty different from the finished version. That rehearsal, recorded at the studio Spinhead, will see the light of day on June 17 as the Spinhead Sessions. We’re premiering a track off that release, “Theme with Noise”…
Ira Kaplan, Jim Sclavunos & Lydia Lunch added to 2nd Ivan Julian benefit; tickets on sale now
Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan and Bad Seeds/Grinderman’s Jim Sclavunos, and no wave legend Lydia Lunch were added to the second benefit show for former Voidoids guitarist Ivan Julian (who’s battling cancer). They join Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo, Matthew Sweet, Arto Lindsay, The Dictators and Vernon Reid & Burnt Sugar Arkestra.
second Ivan Julian benefit added with Matthew Sweet, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Arto Lindsay & more
Former Voidoids guitarist Ivan Julian was sadly diagnosed with cancer, and now a second benefit show has been added with yet another fantastic lineup. The first is sold out.
Lee Ranaldo readies new LP (watch video of new songs live), playing solo acoustic show at Trans-Pecos
Watch Lee Renaldo play songs from his new album in a live video shot in Vienna earlier this winter. Catch him live with Chuck Johnson and Ancient Ocean at Trans-Pecos next week.
The National's long-awaited Grateful Dead tribute comp features 59 songs and will be out in May (tracklist)
ANOHNI, Kurt Vile, Fucked Up, The Walkmen, The War on Drugs, Phosphorescent, Sharon Van Etten, Jenny Lewis, The National, Courtney Barnett, Real Estate, Lucinda Williams, The Flaming Lips and more contribute to this long-in-the-works project.
Lee Renaldo, Dither & Brian Chase played the Ecstatic Music Festival (pics, setlist)
Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Brian Chase and electric guitar quartet Dither teamed up for this unique collaborative performance.
