Thurston Moore joins metal band
Wherever former (?) Sonic Youth member Thurston Moore goes, headlines are sure to follow — headlines like, “Moore announces Chelsea Light Moving project” and “Moore performs string of solo shows.” Now it seems Moore will fetch his darkest, most controversial headlines yet, with his affiliation to black metal outfit Twilight having been confirmed by the...
Yoko Ono, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore record album
The old news is that Yoko Ono, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore have collaborated on stage in the past and have even very recently released a 14-minute benefit single Early in the Morning for orphans of the 2011 tsunami. The new news from this quirky threesome however is that they’ve confirmed a forthcoming, six-song album:...
Thurston Moore gets his acoustic avant-folk on
As his contribution to avant-folk mainstay Michael Chapman’s tribute LP Look What You’ve Done: Friends Play Michael Chapman, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore has covered the 1969 Chapman-penned song, It Didn’t Work Out. The collection is available now on on Tompkins Square and puts Moore in the company of Lucinda Williams, William Tyler, Meg Baird and...
Between the Times and the Tides by Lee Ranaldo
Here’s a confession: while I appreciate Sonic Youth, I’ve never quite understood the reverence people have for them. To me, they were always a consistently interesting band who seemed to latch on to whatever was more interesting in the music scene around them. Now that the band is apparently ending with Kim Gordon and Thurston...
Heartless Bastards: Rising up and moving on
As a teenaged disciple of indie rock, roots rock, soul and blues, Ohio-native Erika Wennerstrom folded away her Catholic school uniform to set about the serious business of making music. Forming a basic but brawny trio with Mike Lamping and Kevin Vaughn, the new front woman of Heartless Bastards pricked up the ears of gig-goer...
