It took 10 years for their debut album to make platinum status. They became darlings of the Indie scene in the 90s. And they have fallen off the face of the Earth. I’m gonna go back and give the Femmes a more than cursory listen. Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes Continue Reading
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Sonic Youth
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Listening Post: Sonic Youth – Dirty
I’ve got to be missing something……. Sonic Youth – Dirty – 1992 (Amazon – iTunes) I do admit, from the opening strains of 100 Percent, it really feels like Sonic Youth has traveled well afar from their noise-only early days. Then the most amazing thing happened. I woke up. And Continue Reading
Listening Post: Cheap Trick – Cheap Trick
I saw them in concert in 1979. My mom took us. Radio City Music Hall. To this day I have no idea why. I know the hits, of course, and that includes The Flame. I really don’t know much else except that for a while they were known as the Continue Reading
Listening Post: Sonic Youth – Goo
After Daydream Nation, Sonic Youth finds itself with a big time record deal. What do they do with it? Sonic Youth – Goo – 1990 Buy it(iTunes Amazon) After almost a decade of headscratchingly embraced ear scraping followed by brilliance, SY was courted to DGC and came up with their Continue Reading
Listening Post: Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
Daydream Nation is considered an underground 80s classic. A true masterpiece. Is it? Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation – 1988 (iTunes – Amazon) About three minutes into Teen Age Riot I had a thought: Did Thurston Moore, et al, take a good hard look at the vomitorium of dischord they Continue Reading
Listening Post: Sonic Youth – Sister
The critics say that this is the first masterpiece by SY. Are they right? Okay. I didn’t get the memo. Because Sister made my ears hurt. I don’t think it really helped that I was listening to it in the car. I don’t think Sonic Youth is meant to be Continue Reading
Listening Post: Sonic Youth – EVOL
Sonic Youth delivers an album with, let’s call them songs. Why not? Sonic Youth – EVOL – 1986 (iTunes – Amazon) I’m not sure if someone had a little sit-down with Thurston and the gang but the first thing you notice from the opening strains of “Tom Violence” is that Continue Reading
listening Post: Sonic Youth – Bad Moon Rising
When I was in college I had a short lived, Spinal Tap inspired punk band: Yeast Infection. We consisted of an ambient noise inducing guitarist (who is now an esteemed newspaper editor), a pair of dating male and female vocalists; the woman (an investigator of hate organizations now) would wail Continue Reading
Listening Post: Sonic Youth – Confusion is Sex
When I was in college I had a short lived, Spinal Tap inspired punk band: Yeast Infection. We consisted of an ambient noise inducing guitarist (who is now an esteemed newspaper editor), a pair of dating male and female vocalists; the woman (an investigator of hate organizations now) would wail Continue Reading