Sonic Youth have joined the Matador Records ranks. The band had been saying they were returning to their independent roots for their 16th full-length so the move isn’t entirely shocking. Read the press release after the jump.
Check out this video clip of Sonic Youth’s July 4th performance at NYC’s Battery Park. Watch till the end and you’ll see our very own Jason Bergman getting chased and shredded by Thurston Moore.
With some crafty sleuthing and web browsing, LNW is bringing you the exclusive news of who is headlining the first night of the premiere of the All Tomorrow’s Parties “Don’t Look Back” series at the Pitchfork Festival. Are you ready? Sonic Youth will be performing Daydream Nation in its entirety on the first night, July 13th. Psyched? You should be. It gets better though, since the band will performing the classic album in Spain, along with two extra dates out in California. Here’s the official update from the All Tomorrow’s Parties site:
It would be unfair to keep this fabulous show exclusive to those of us in the UK. Therefore we are very excited to inform you of the opportunity to see Sonic Youth peforming Daydream Nation, as part of the Don’t Look Back series, outside of London. The shows scheduled so far are:
June 2nd - Primavera Festival, Barcelona, Spain
July 13th - Pitchfork Music Festival (ATP/ Don’t Look Back Stage), Union Park, Chicago
July 19th - Berkley Community Theatre
July 20th - Los Angeles Greek Theatre
The Pitchfork Music Festival will be held on July 13-15th in Chicago’s Union Park and I highly recommend you attend. Tickets on sale now.
edit: Well Pitchfork put the update up no more than five minutes after we did, but hey, it was here first!
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