By refining the song-oriented breakthroughs of Sister and developing their fascination with noise and alternate tunings, Sonic Youth created a masterpiece of post-punk art rock with the double-album Daydream Nation. Though the self-conscious sprawl of the album might appear self-indulgent on the surface, Daydream Nation is powered by a sustained vision, one that encapsulates all of the group's quirks and strengths. Alternating between tense, hypnotic instrumental passages and furious noise explosions, the music demonstrates a range of emotions and textures, and in many ways, it's hard not to listen to the record as one long piece of shifting dynamics. But the songs themselves are remarkable, from the anti-anthem of "Teen Age Riot" and the punky "Silver Rocket" to the hazy drug dreams of "Providence" and the rolling waves of "Eric's Trip." Daydream Nation demonstrates the extent to which noise and self-conscious avant art can be incorporated into ock, and the results are nothing short of stunning.
I'm supposed to review Prince's Planet Earth today. I will (perhaps in brief). Just not yet. First, let's talk about the good things in life. (Oh snap...) Last night, I had a phenomenal time. Sean and I waltzed into the Berkeley Community Theatre at 9:15 AM and promptly realized we had missed "Teen Age Riot" when we heard the opening of "Silver Rocket" from the front doors. It was a bummer, but...
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Daydream Nation was one of the last albums I bought on vinyl, and I played that sucker into the ground. I probably played "Silver Rocket" a few thousand times, and I'm sure I was air-guitaring for a few hundred of those. A new "deluxe" version of Daydream Nation was released today (at least on iTunes). In addition to the original tracks, this version includes 15 live versions of the tracks, as...
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***Ok. The Scenario. Desert Island. Stranded. Top Five (or so) Sonic Youth (or related) Albums and Top Five tracks.Albums:1) Daydream Nation2) Sonic Nurse3) Dirty4) Goo5) EvolTracks (this is completely unfair of me, btw, because they totally don't match up with with my top five albums) :1) The Diamond Sea (25 minute extended version) from _Destroyed Room_2) Teenage Riot from _Daydream Nation_...
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Sonic Youth will perform their entire 1988 album, Daydream Nation, at the Pitchfork Music Festival's collaboration with All Tomorrow's Parties' Don't Look Back concert in Chicago July 13, 2007. Daydream Nation is considered by some critics to be one of the greatest rock albums; among the amazing songs on it is the classic "Teenage Riot." In the U.S. Sonic Youth will also perform Daydream Nation...
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Okay then, who's coming with us? Because i just bought our tickets. Uh huh.
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My granddaughter came home from school the other day, an' proudly announced that she (an' everyone else) has a "BAD FINGER"! Yep. "when ya hold THIS finger up all by itself, its bad", she told me. I did not ask her to explain. Now i know some folks are gonna find this amusin', but my gawd peeps, what are we doin'? Our children's innocence is bein' sacrificed on the altar of information, an' th...
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So, how many folks can *you* identify by name in this video? (Besides Thurston, Kim, Lee and Steve, of course!)Warning: audio levels on this clip are in the red; adjust speakers accordingly.
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i remember setting my VCR to tape 120 Minutes on MTV back in 1988 to find the cool tunes. the next day was like christmas as i would fast forward thru the shit-songs and commercials to get to the good stuff. i remember Black Flag and Sonic Youth. that was the good ol' days...
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Fast & Bulbous This is just about how I feel This Morning. Jittery...anxious....I got a serious jones goin' for nicotine
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Sonic Youth steamrolls through Neil Young's Computer age shedding sparks and shredding eardrums. And yet, its damn close to Neil's original, just more ferocious & frenzied, just the way I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
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This is not going to end well.....
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Twenty one years ago this week: Sonic Youth released Daydream Nation, which has come to be regarded as one of the best records of the '80s. Click through for more videos from this classic album."Teen Age Riot"
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My granddaughter came home from school the other day, an' proudly announced that she (an' everyone else) has a "BAD FINGER"! Yep. "when ya hold THIS finger up all by itself, its bad", she told me. I did not ask her to explain. Now i know some folks are gonna find this amusin', but my gawd peeps, what are we doin'? Our children's innocence is bein' sacrificed on the altar of information, an' th...
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***Ok. The Scenario. Desert Island. Stranded. Top Five (or so) Sonic Youth (or related) Albums and Top Five tracks.Albums:1) Daydream Nation2) Sonic Nurse3) Dirty4) Goo5) EvolTracks (this is completely unfair of me, btw, because they totally don't match up with with my top five albums) :1) The Diamond Sea (25 minute extended version) from _Destroyed Room_2) Teenage Riot from _Daydream Nation_...
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I couldn't help but to notice that this week, the same week their new 'music label' issued a compilation disc from Sonic Youth, that Starbucks had to close 600 more stores. I have a feeling that in some New York City basement Kim, Thurston, and Lee are rocking out and totally digging the irony of all of this right about now. And with all due respect to Starbucks employees(I have been downsized ...
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This Saturday, Sonic Youth will perform their entire Daydream Nation album live at McCarren Pool!AND, this Sunday's free show features the fabulous fellas of TV on the Radio! The full lineup for Sunday:TV on the RadioCelebrationMiles Benjamin Anthony RobinsonDJ Ryan RasheedThe pool has also featured shows by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Les Savy Fav, Bloc Party, M.I.A., Spank Rock, Beirut and many mor...
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Rolling Stone has the goods today - 2 songs off the upcoming deluxe edition of Daydream Nation from Sonic Youth. You can listen to streaming audio of "Teen Age Riot" and "Silver Rocket" off the RS blog. Of course, most dyed in the wool Sonic Youth fans already have these in their collections (the streams are the older unremastered versions from the first release), but it's a nice taste for th...
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Another quickie … just got back from Giants game, no time for detail post.1. Sonic Youth, "Teen Age Riot." A good starter, and one of my two favorite SY songs. If Sonic Youth hadn't gotten randomly chosen, I would have stuck them on the list myself, since I'm going to see them on Sunday.2. Tracy Chapman, "Fast Car." This song was ubiquitous when it came out.3. Bobby Brown, "My Prerogative." As .
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Having recently added Mike McGonigal's informative volume on MBV's Loveless to the pile of 33 1/3 books I've read and enjoyed, I'm glad to hear that in the coming months new volumes will be published, among others, on Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica, Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime, and PJ Harvey's Rid Of Me. Out now, though, is Matthew Stearns' volume on Sonic Youth's Daydream Na...
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Sonic Youth will perform their entire 1988 album, Daydream Nation, at the Pitchfork Music Festival's collaboration with All Tomorrow's Parties' Don't Look Back concert in Chicago July 13, 2007. Daydream Nation is considered by some critics to be one of the greatest rock albums; among the amazing songs on it is the classic "Teenage Riot." In the U.S. Sonic Youth will also perform Daydream Nation...
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I'm supposed to review Prince's Planet Earth today. I will (perhaps in brief). Just not yet. First, let's talk about the good things in life. (Oh snap...) Last night, I had a phenomenal time. Sean and I waltzed into the Berkeley Community Theatre at 9:15 AM and promptly realized we had missed "Teen Age Riot" when we heard the opening of "Silver Rocket" from the front doors. It was a bummer, but...
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The reissue of Sonic Youth's 1988 masterpiece, Daydream Nation, is a two-CD set that will include what was when it was first released a two album vinyl set on one CD, and another CD, "Live Daydream," of for the most part previously unreleased live recordings. The album will be released June 12.That second disc features 15 live performances from the band's "Daydream Nation" Tour. Culled from per...
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A deluxe double CD version of Sonic Youth's classic and highly influential epic, Daydream Nation, will be released this June. The new version will include bonus tracks and new liner notes. Daydream Nation, Sonic Youth's sixth album, was first released in 1988, when vinyl still ruled the land. It was the group's first two-album set, clocking in at over 70 minutes, and included the amazing "Teena...
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| 1 Teen Age Riot |
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| 2 Silver Rocket |
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| 3 The Sprawl |
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| 4 'Cross the Breeze |
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| 5 Eric's Trip |
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| 6 Total Trash |
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| 7 Hey Joni |
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| 8 Providence |
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| 9 Candle |
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| 10 Rain King |
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| 11 Kissability |
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| 12 Trilogy: The Wonder |
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| 13 Trilogy: Hyperstation |
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| 14 Trilogy: Eliminator Jr. |
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