Thurston Moore

”Sonic Life tells the story of my childhood and teenage years as I fell in love with music (for the most part unbridled rock ’n’ roll) and how it drove me to New York City, where I would co-found Sonic Youth.”

”Hüsker Dü could play hardcore to death but they were not hardcore through and through – they were something else. And that’s what I fully related to and what I’m hearing in these live recordings,” writes Thurston Moore in the liner notes.

Listen to the hypnotic, seven-and-a-half minute lead single off Thurston Moore's next solo album...

Featuring The White Stripes, The Stranglers, Fountains of Wayne, Cat Power, The Divine Comedy, Everything But the Girl, Elvis Costello and more.

Sergie's picks include The Beths, PLOSIVS, Beach House, and more...

Read tributes to Levene from Jah Wobble, Thurston Moore, Andy Bell, Anton Newcombe, Adrian Sherwood and more.

This week's playlist includes new music by Fever Ray, The Blessed Madonna, Channel Tres, Rauw Alejandro, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage & Asake, Stormzy, and more.

“The album distills my years of musical, political, and artistic life with these genre-breaking songs,” says Birch. “It’s a personal diary using sounds and lyrics, full of fun, rage, and storytelling.”

To celebrate the ‘Pavements 1933-2022: A Pavement Museum‘ in Tribeca, Snail Mail, Speedy Ortiz, Soccer Mommy and Bully all played sets of Pavement covers before joining forces for an all-star jam cover of "Grounded"

Blur finally cracked America with their self-titled fifth album -- and single "Song 2" -- but did so on their own terms.