do people like the new Ranaldo more than last years? Haven't heard either
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 09:10 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I prefer the new one, feels looser and more road tested, very Murray Street in some of its long jams
― some dude, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 13:02 (ten years ago) link
I still haven't spent enough time with that Ranaldo record. I just wasn't ready for it when it came out, but enjoyed it well enough when I gave it a listen. How is the live band these days, anyone seen a recent show?
Agree with your thoughts in re Thurston solo stuff some dude. He seems to be understandably in a weird place right now. I thought CLM was pretty good live, the songs that were really throwaway were OK live, and some other stuff cooked a little more than on record (again, "Alighted" was the one that stuck out for me most). Probably the best part of the show though were the jokes and banter. He seemed to be having a lot of fun, which I guess he is welcome to. Still hope for better shit in the future. Best Thurston thing I have seen/heard (not in person mind you) in the last few years was his duo set with Loren Connors from The Stone.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 15:05 (ten years ago) link
'Thurston Moore Band' playing in London tonight, featuring Deb Google, Steve Shelley and James Sedwards. A lot better than CLM, imo. First couple of songs were pretty long and Sonic Nurse-y. Album out in October.
― useless chamber, Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
cool! yeah CLM hasn't really stuck with me that much tbh. saw thurston play some of these songs solo a few weeks back and it all sounded good.
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
lol Deb Google
― boney tassel (sic), Thursday, 14 August 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link
Ah bollocks, I typed that manually and everything. Fucking android phone. They played 2 sets, which were the same 5 songs. I'm not complaining.
― useless chamber, Thursday, 14 August 2014 23:53 (nine years ago) link
album is VERY murray street/sonic nurse, and pretty good
― i was a downy lad, and twee (stevie), Friday, 15 August 2014 07:50 (nine years ago) link
Oh man, that is good news. Murray St. and Sonic Nurse both explored much better territory for Thurston than the Chelsea Light Moving material (imo).
― grandavis, Friday, 15 August 2014 13:14 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, definitely exciting news to hear more of that type of material, though I think I liked CLM more than most here.
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 August 2014 14:13 (nine years ago) link
did he moved to London?
― nostormo, Friday, 15 August 2014 14:26 (nine years ago) link
http://thequietus.com/articles/15445-thurston-moore-stoke-newington-sonic-youth
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 15 August 2014 14:31 (nine years ago) link
can we dream of a collaboration with Kevin Shields?
― nostormo, Friday, 15 August 2014 14:44 (nine years ago) link
Thurston Moore, Lee Renaldo, Steve Shelley and Kim Gordon should form a supergroup.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 August 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link
yeah.
I mean, he has Shelley in his band alreay. bring Renaldo and recreate sonic youth again (fuck Kim)
― nostormo, Friday, 15 August 2014 15:08 (nine years ago) link
no kim = not sonic youth
― i was a downy lad, and twee (stevie), Friday, 15 August 2014 15:08 (nine years ago) link
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― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 August 2014 15:09 (nine years ago) link
so call it another name. whatever
― nostormo, Friday, 15 August 2014 15:12 (nine years ago) link
Sonic Youth, feat. Kim Gordon.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 August 2014 15:20 (nine years ago) link
Kim Gordon's Armada, featuring Thurston Moore
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 15 August 2014 15:21 (nine years ago) link
new band sounds like Sonic Nurse and Murray Street already anyway.so it's not Sonic Youth. but it's Sonic Youth.
Bring Renaldo and stop playing games!
― nostormo, Friday, 15 August 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
fwiw the chrome hoof guy playing lee to thurston's thurston on the best day is excellent.
― i was a downy lad, and twee (stevie), Friday, 15 August 2014 15:28 (nine years ago) link
Not into the "fuck Kim" sentiment at all, and it would be a pretty bummer move for Thurston to do a record/tour with Lee and Steve at any point in the near future. He pulled a dick move. Despite this I am fine with him doing his thing and playing music, but to get 3/4s of the band back together right now would be lame regardless of how good the music would or would not be. Considering Body/Head is the best thing any of them have done since the breakup I am not so convinced that a Lee/Thurston reunion would bear much fruit right now though.
― grandavis, Friday, 15 August 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
Kim and Lee should form like Sonic Youth II or something like that
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Friday, 15 August 2014 16:15 (nine years ago) link
Lee's latest Dust album was great! I like all three of the most recent side project a lot, but I'd probably rank 'em:
body/head > lee & the dust > clm
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 August 2014 16:15 (nine years ago) link
body count vs chelsea light moving
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Friday, 15 August 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
maybe they can just go old school classic rock style and thurston/steve leading one "Sonic Youth" around the country, while kim/lee lead another
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 August 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
Hah, maybe. I like Lee's records fine, and don't dislike anything any of them have done, but would rank them in the same order. In a few more years I am fine with any of them collaborating keep in mind, I just think it would be a bad move for a while.
― grandavis, Friday, 15 August 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
am guessing - apart from the fact he is a great drummer - thurst has hired steve not least to give him a regular wage? as he's the yoof probs not being offered solo album deals?
― i was a downy lad, and twee (stevie), Friday, 15 August 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
That seems a little condescending tbh
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Friday, 15 August 2014 16:36 (nine years ago) link
Those sweet sweet solo Thurston Moore gig paychecks
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Friday, 15 August 2014 16:37 (nine years ago) link
yu cnt hv snc yth wtht sgnr ov my fv sy sng...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7ZXzAtnmfQ
― scott seward, Friday, 15 August 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
OTMFM
― sleeve, Friday, 15 August 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
just spitballing. the rest of the band live in london, but steve is, i guess, still in the US? again, like i said, he's also a great drummer.
― i was a downy lad, and twee (stevie), Friday, 15 August 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
and yes brother james rules
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/10464312_481955435282178_6656355165409461085_n.jpg
― scott seward, Friday, 15 August 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
First time I got to see "Brother James" live my head exploded. I mean shit, the Kim hit list is long and mighty, but fuck yeah "Brother James" is singularly awesome.
― grandavis, Friday, 15 August 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPw1_ULjZLw
― tylerw, Friday, 15 August 2014 16:47 (nine years ago) link
death valley 69 EP i bought in 1985 (with brother james on it) was a BIG deal to me. just fucked me up in all the right ways. the acid helped too.
― scott seward, Friday, 15 August 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link
I still need to get a copy of that... I recently got the 7" of DV 69, did not realize that both sides are earlier versions!
― sleeve, Friday, 15 August 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
this thread seems full of blank spaces, but...
the Body/Head album “The Switch” is eerie and amorphous and is really great imo. I never got around to listening to SYR 6, 7, 8, 9 (although this recording has echoes in what I’ve heard from the earlier SYR stuff), but I was so disappointed by Sonic Youth’s two post-O’Rourke albums that I thought I had lost interest in them, and any future projects related to them, forever. This reminds me of the aspects of their music I always loved, and why for 20 years I thought that they were the best band ever
― Dan S, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 03:40 (five years ago) link
Body/Head is the best post-SY band/proj for me and it isn't even close
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 14:04 (five years ago) link
agreed, and The Switch is my favorite of theirs so far
― sleeve, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
Oh, thanks. I'm loving this so far.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
Although it was released in summer, it felt really right for the cold, grey winter day.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
yeah, this is good, I'd only listened to the first album before this and didn't really like it much
― silverfish, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
i've enjoyed the thurston / lee post-SY solo stuff i've heard, but it usually makes me just want to listen to SY. body/head definitely is more interesting / involving. need to dig in more with the new one.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
Body/Head is like the first Sonic Youth anything I really fucks with after the SST era
― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
I dug the set I play Thurston (and his band) play last month — felt like an hour-long version of “Elegy for All the Dead Rock Stars.”
― spastic heritage, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link
(Should’ve read over that before hitting “post.”)
― spastic heritage, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link