Sonic youth

Thurston Moore speaks about band at solo show in London

'In Silver Rain With A Paper Key' is out in December

Duo will record an entire album in a day

The bands are unhappy at a new immigration bill

He'll teach kids about white noise later this April

New York alternogrunge vets, 16 albums young

I was making some notes on the new Sonic Youth album, “The Eternal”, this morning, when it occurred to me that writing “pop” down again and again was pretty absurd – one of those delusional fallacies that people who don’t listen to too much actual pop have, I guess, when a rock band starts working in a notionally punchy way.

Their 16th album The Eternal is released in June

Led Zeppelin bassist teams up with the New York legends for dance piece

I was just Googling the line-up of All Tomorrow’s Parties in 2001, curated by Mogwai (whose still-exhilarating debut album, in deluxe reissue format, was playing five minutes ago). Looking back, I must have been in hog heaven: Godspeed You Black Emperor, Stereolab, Super Furry Animals, Labradford, Ligament, Shellac, Papa M, The For Carnation, the great and good of post-rock and, notoriously, Sonic Youth.