April 27, 2009 - Indie-rockers once more, Sonic Youth will charge across the US this summer to support the band's forthcoming new studio effort, its first record on the Matador label.
February 13, 2009 - Sonic Youth will release a new album, "The Eternal," June 9, according to a statement on the Matador Records website. The recording, produced by John Agnello and the band, will be SY's 16th album.
May 29, 2008 - Eddie Vedder, Beck and Mike Watt are among the Sonic Youth fans who were tapped to select songs for a new, limited edition Sonic Youth CD to be sold exclusively at select Starbucks locations.
September 11, 2007 - Alt-rock veterans Sonic Youth have lined up a few Texas shows early in October, but not before frontman Thurston Moore kicks off his own solo tour later this month.
July 16, 2007 - Thousands of indie rock fanatics--a good mix of fresh, young folks and music-loving grown-ups--visit the Pitchfork website for news and reviews, and at least 17,000 of them are now turning up every year to see the bands they've been reading about online.
April 26, 2007 - Yoko Ono will headline the second day of this year's Pitchfork Music Festival, according to the event's organizers, who also announced several other additions to the three-day festival.
April 12, 2007 - Alt-rock icons Sonic Youth will mount a tour this summer, during which they plan to perform their groundbreaking 1998 album, "Daydream Nation," in its entirety.
July 4, 2006 - Sonic Youth long ago learned to tame dissonance and feedback and turn it into an unparalleled brand of pop music, and by now the New York noise purveyors have perfected it to the extent that it feels effortless.
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