ALBUM:THURSTON MOORE & TOM SURGAL – KLANGFARBENMELODIE..AND THE COLORIST STRIKES PRIMITIV

From sticking screwdrivers in guitars to creating some of the most sublime alternative guitar anthems ever, Thurston Moore has long been credited as a guitar genius. His former band Sonic Youth still remain one of the best bands to emerge from the U.S. creating a dazzling array of noise warped melodies over their thirty years […]

The Vaccines have been announced as the third headline act for this year’s Liverpool Sound City. The indie rockers will join previously announced headliners The Flaming Lips and Belle and Sebastian at the three day event, which will be held on May 22, 23 and 24. The London band recently previewed their new single, Handsome, and […]

THE VACCINES TO HEADLINE LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY

Album Review: Thurston Moore – The Best Day

Thurston Moore’s new album The Best Day sees the US singer back on more familiar territory after 2011’s acoustic album Demolished Thoughts. Performed by a newly formed Thurston Moore Band and running at 8 tracks across 51 minutes (double LP on Vinyl) this is on first listening very much an “album” in the classic sense, […]

Genre-busting pioneers, John Cale and Thurston Moore formed two of the most influential bands of the twentieth century in The Velvet Underground and Sonic Youth, reinventing music and spawning thousands of bands in their wakes. Continuing to influence and impact on the industry, John has since recorded 15 solo studio albums including his best-known, the […]

NEWS: LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY 2014 – FESTIVAL REVEALS LEGENDARY KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

NEWS: CHELSEA LIGHT MOVING – STREAM SINGLE ‘BURROUGHS’ FROM THURSTON MOORES NEW BAND

Chelsea Light Moving are set to release their debut on Matador Records later this year. All words below are by Thurston Moore: FOR IMMEDIATE…mmmmm…RELEASE (newsflash courtesy of Love Sick Times, free periodical for poets and punks) This song is called BURROUGHS. It is by the band CHELSEA LIGHT MOVING. ‘Burroughs’ is the first track from […]

– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – First thing’s thirst. How much? Four-twenty for a bleedin’ pint? The Ritz has come a long way (it thinks) from its sticky floors and pound-a-pint student days. Now that HMV has got its grubby paws on the place. Perhaps the stricken, shrinking giant is making its last desperate grasp for […]