But it is rare for a band to even last 20 years, let alone remain relevant that long. Sonic Youth is an intelligent band; cerebral even. You can never count out bands like that. They've already earned their place in rock history, as much as that thought would've made a younger Moore and Gordon puke. But complacency doesn't sit well with these aging New York radicals. Even a semi-failed experiment like NYC Ghosts & Flowers shows a band willing to experiment, long after they need to prove anything to anyone. I'd sooner pick up the next Sonic Youth release than the next one from their fellow contemporaries, and Hall of Fame inductees, U2.
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1 - The Theory
nice write up. Sonic Youth has been one of my favorites for a while... though I tend to drift more toward 90s material... the material SY fans tend to scoff at, like Experimental Jet Set... whereas I cannot really enjoy listening to "Daydream Nation"
2 - beben
i from indonesia. i verylike song from sonic youth. grunge never die
3 - Diamond Sea
Well written, though NYC Ghosts & Flowers and Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No Star are both great albums imo and i don't consider them a failure.
I was a bit sceptical about their new 2006 album, Rather Ripped, but after listening to it lots of times i tend to like it a lot too !