Steve Shelley

”This collection spans from the group’s first Peel session – recorded remotely from NYC – to demos and rehearsals for our final record, The Eternal.” – Steve Shelley

This will be the first time the Athens, GA post-punk band’s first two albums will be available on vinyl in over 30 years. The box set includes lost studio sessions, and other unreleased material.

“We also played CBGB’s on this trip – where Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo caught our set,” says Steve.

The Wylde Ratttz, which includes Sonic Youth members, The Stooges’ Ron Asheton, Mudhoney’s Mark Arm and Minutemen’s Mike Watt, have shared this cover, recorded in 1997, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Stooges’ ‘Fun House.’

Nigel Godrich continues to officially released the videos from his late 2000s web series ‘From the Basement’ and here’s another very exciting one.

Sonic Youth have been digging through their extensive archives and posting posting rare releases on Bandcamp, and now they’re getting into their video archives too…

Sonic Youth put out 16 studio albums over the course of 27 years, all of it varying from good to some of the greatest rock music ever recorded. Here’s a deep dive into all 16 of those albums…

Thurston calls the new song ”an ode to the narcotic of love in our shared responsibility to each other during isolation.”

Archival Sonic Youth live recordings, previously unreleased Wylde Ratttz material, a recording of the only live performance by Kim Gordon’s Supreme Indifference, and more SY-related releases are out in time for today’s Bandcamp fundraiser…

The 1987 Master-Dik EP includes a cover of Ramones’ “Beat on the Brat” and more; Live at ATP 2000 featured most of NYC Ghosts & Flowers which had yet to be released.