Stream Matadors 21st Birthday Bash All Weekend

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1ST
Chavez: 8:30PM – 9:10PM
Fucked Up: 9:35PM – 10:15PM
Sonic Youth: 10:40PM – 11:30PM
Pavement: 12AM -1AM
(The entire night’s stream will repeat the next morning)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2ND
Girls: 4:40PM – 5:20PM
Come: 5:45PM – 6:25PM
Perfume Genius: 7:55PM – 8:15PM
Cat Power: 8:15PM – 8:55PM
Superchunk: 9:20PM – 10PM
Belle & Sebastian: 11:45PM – 1AM
(The entire night’s stream will repeat the next morning)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3RD
Shearwater: 6:30PM – 7:10PM
Ted Leo + The Pharmacists: 7:35PM – 8:15PM
The New Pornographers: 8:40PM – 9:25PM
Liz Phair: 9:50PM – 10:10PM
Guided By Voices: 11:30PM – 1AM

Here is the link to the stream.

The Importance Of SST Records

Founded by Greg Ginn in 1978 SST went on to be the most important record label of the 80's. Originally called Solid State Transmitters Ginn shortened the name to SST when he went from selling electrical equipment to selling records by his band Black Flag. During it's heyday the label released classic albums by Husker Du, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Black Flag, The Descendants, The Minutemen and the Meat Puppets. What made SST's roster so great was the diversity of the records that were coming out. Although all the bands could loosely be placed under "Punk" they sounded very different from each other. Black Flag created a sped up version of punk that would be known as Hardcore. Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. featured two of the most innovative guitarists in music with Thurston Moore and J. Mascis. The Descendents balanced classic pop and punks raw aggression while The Meat Puppets mixed punk with the psychedelic sounds of the 60's. Meanwhile Husker Du and The Minutemen both went on to release classic double albums, a risky move from a genre that started in response to the lengthy prog-rock albums of the 70's. Eventually SST's bands would leave the label or break up causing Ginn to sign and release lesser talent. Still you can put the labels early releases up against any other label before or since.

New Sonic Youth Video "Sacred Trickster"

Just three BFF's breaking up some snooty party with a paint bomb. Check for the punk rock product placement.

Wish List

The axe slingers for Sonic Youth get their own custom Fender Jazzmasters.

Sonic Youth Perform "Sacred Trickster" For Letterman

The man who dared to soil the name of the upstanding Christian's that are the Palin family had Sonic Youth on the show Wednesday. They performed the first track from their new album The Eternal. And Kim looks great.

Sonic Youth On Later With Jools Holland

Sonic Youth may have a new album coming out but they played on of the classics in this performance on Jools Holland.

Sonic Youth Play "What We Know" for Jools Holland

Sonic Youth sound invigorated performing this track from their upcoming Matador release The Eternal.

ACL Lineup Announced

Well it's that time of year when we get to see who we'll be sweating it out to here in the Austin summer. As usual the headliners are a bit weak with the exception of the Beastie Boys who always bring it live. The other two headliners are "Alt Rawk" heavy weights Pearl Jam and "Jam Banders" Dave Mathews. Some good acts include: Sonic Youth, Mos Def, Arctic Monkeys, The Decemberists, Bon Iver, Phoenix, Girl Talk, The Walkmen, Blitzen Trapper, School Of Seven Bells, Robyn Hitchcock and Passion Pit. Maybe it's because I'm old but I really don't mind leaving early!

New Sonic Youth - Calming The Snake

This is a not so great recording of SY debuting the song in Chile. Still when it comes to Sonic Youth I'll take what I can get.

New Sonic Youth Stream

Um, this is brought to you by the Newsweek blog for some reason. At just a little over two minutes this is the first we have heard from Sonic Youth's Matador debut.

New Sonic Youth and Yeah Yeah Yeahs Album Artwork

I believe this is called Yolk Art, wakka wakka wakka.....

Classic Album

Today IRS releases the deluxe edition of REM's debut album. Yesterday Pitchfork gave it the elusive 10.0 rating which puts it in the exclusive club with classics like Daydream Nation. Those first few REM albums really did change music and pave the way for what has been called Alternative, Modern Rock, College Rock and Indy. If REM never made this album who knows if Nirvana or Sonic Youth would have ever been on a major label or cracked the mainstream. Below is a weird TV promo I found for the original release.