Sonic Youth (Lee Ranaldo)

[July 2009] It's been seven years since Sonic Youth released Murray Street, an album that was adored equally by their noise fans, their rock fans, and their noise-rock fans. But their last three studio albums, including their latest The Eternal (TMT Review), have been polarizing to say the least. While some have praised the band for reclaiming the alternative rock sound of their early-90s work, others have accused them of abandoning their experimental tendencies in favor of a more (...)-INTERVIEWS