{"id":2444527,"date":"2019-05-23T08:14:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T14:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=837553"},"modified":"2019-05-23T08:14:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T14:14:07","slug":"sonic-youth-to-give-rare-live-album-a-wide-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/sonic-youth-to-give-rare-live-album-a-wide-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Youth to Give Rare Live Album a Wide Release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s been close to a decade since Sonic Youth<\/a> played their last concert in Brazil in the fall of 2011, and the group has been slowly releasing live recordings and outtakes from their archives ever since. The latest is a re-release of a concert they played just ahead of their final album, The Eternal<\/em>. But even though Battery Park, NYC: July 4, 2008<\/em> previously came out on vinyl in 2009 as a perk to get people to preorder The Eternal<\/em>, this version marks the first time it will be available on streaming services or available for purchase as its own release. It will now be available on June 7th.<\/p>\n

The track list features songs from throughout the group\u2019s career, including Experimental, Jet Set, Trash and No Star\u2019s<\/em> \u201cBull in the Heather\u201d (The latter available to hear below). Guitarists Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore make their guitars chime out as bassist-vocalist Kim Gordon whisper-sings about wanting to be loved and drummer Steve Shelley alternates between rock rhythms and trip-hop beats.<\/p>\n

Other highlights include a rare rendition of \u201cShe Is Not Alone,\u201d off their self-titled, debut EP, a searing rendition of Dirty\u2019s<\/em> \u201c100%\u201d and a noisy take on Confusion Is Sex\u2019s<\/em> \u201cThe World Looks Red.\u201d Although the band played more songs at the concert, it trimmed a handful of numbers from the selection to fit on a 45-minute LP. The release is available for pre-order<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since Sonic Youth\u2019s breakup, each of the band members have kept busy putting out solo albums and other projects, such as Gordon\u2019s Body\/Head. \u201cThe last record we did was called The Eternal<\/em>,\u201d Moore said in a 2017 interview with Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em>. \u201cWhen that record came out \u2013 without thinking it would be the last Sonic Youth record \u2013 I thought it worked as the last Sonic Youth record, especially with that title. It\u2019s almost like a lazy-eight sign of infinity. Like, \u2018Here you go. This is going to last forever.\u2019 I mean, I\u2019ve had \u2018Sonic life\u2019 tattooed on my arm since 1985, so I feel it\u2019s there until the grave for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Battery Park, NYC: July 4, 2008<\/em> Track List<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u201cShe Is Not Alone\u201d
2. \u201cThe Sprawl\u201d
3. \u201cWorld Looks Red\u201d
4. \u201cJams Run Free\u201d
5. \u201cHey Joni\u201d
6. \u201cSilver Rocket\u201d
7. \u201cThe Wonder\u201d
8. \u201cHyperstation\u201d
9. \u201cBull in the Heather\u201d
10. \u201c100%\u201d
11. \u201cMaking the Nature Scene\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been close to a decade since Sonic Youth played their last concert in Brazil in the fall of 2011, and the group has been slowly releasing live recordings and outtakes from their archives ever since. The latest is a re-release of a concert they played just ahead of their final album, The Eternal. But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 15:37:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}