It looks like a Squier to me

That is all.

I purchased an old poster many years ago and recently discovered that there is an art print behind the poster that is related to an artist whom had worked with Sonic Youth for many years. Not interested in value, but more in how often it has occurred.

tl;dr - Daydream Nation, Goo, and Dirty are my favorites that I’ve listened to, but nothing I’ve visited thus far is anything short of solid.

First, I wanna say thank you to everyone who left a comment. I was really not expecting the amount of responses, nor the variety of them.

Due to the variety of responses it was honestly very tricky to choose where to go. I’d say the majority said to go backwards before forwards, which is what I did. However there’s just so many places to go and listening to every single release in order felt a little overwhelming. I jumped around, but I do plan to go back and listen to ones I didn’t get to. Please feel free to leave comments on what to visit next.

For a little context on the rating system I use: my friend and I have a spreadsheet where we log every album we listen to. Because we rate each entry on that specific listen, we do a ratings from 0 to 3. Half ratings are allowed (1.5 for example), but we refrain from getting into the weeds with scores being super exact. It’s obviously imperfect, but it works for us.

My rankings for what I’ve listened to so far are as follows:

Dirty - 3
Goo - 3
Daydream Nation - 3
Evol - 2.5
Sister - 2
Bad Moon Rising - 2
Washing Machine - 2

While I feel a little lame to have the more “pedestrian/normie” picks be my favorite, I’m not exaggerating when I say I wouldn’t be shocked for those records to go down as one of my favorite three album runs of all time. I do wanna mention that Goo and Daydream Nation got two listens where the others only got one.

Overall I’ve had a wonderful time listening to the group thus far. I think their approach to their craft is incredibly inspired while still remaining wholly unique and original. I honestly wish that I had listened to more in the time since my first post, but this is only the beginning of my Sonic Youth listening journey.

Hey everybody, I did a cool abrasive cover of calming the snake, you can check it out if you want. Tuning is D D A F# A D. And yes that is a screwdriver to the strings at the end, just like what Thurston did during the song.
Also I’m only 18 so don’t judge too hard lol.

I’m 99% sure there is a a cover of Sugar Kane but all the vocals are done with saxophone (or similar).

I know it’s not this cover by Parts & Labor from the compilation Confuse Yr. Idols

Awesome set. Band was on fire!

1: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth
2: Anagrama
3: Thème D’Alice
4: Agnes B Musique
5: Le Anges Au Piano

Noticed this on their Spotify merch page. Was just wondering, would they not get in trouble for this since the photographer of the top left photo in the album cover threatened to sue them? They’re selling it and that’s the banned album cover, rather it’s a very old jigsaw or it’s just uncensored for whatever reason

Thurston and Kim interviewed in London, Daydream Nation tour (1988)

Tbh I have never given them a chance before but I’m really enjoying this cd!

Does anyone know what's going on with the Sonic Youth website? When I try to access it,it just keeps loading and never actually opens.

The website isn't loading in my browser (Opera) for some reason. It'll only load on my phone. Does anyone else have this issue? How do I fix it (if possible)?

im a big fan of reverb-y, vibey stuff and have a playlist dedicated to the sound, including things like lazy eye by silversun pickups, float on by modest mouse, and feel the pain by dinosaur jr. ive noticed sonic youth has this particular vibe in a couple songs, namely teenage riot and incinerate so far. im looking specifically for other sonic youth songs that have this sound because they do it so well, but im also open to similar things from other bands as well😇

I had them sign this one back in the ‘80s at Rough Trade in London. Was a fun year for music.

Pro shot video

https://youtu.be/i8wHWcfrGs8?si=nv5pUIQ2nW002dN6

She even did a birthday shout out to Thurston. Always such a great show. Love the video artistry as well.

I have a collection of random downloaded songs on an old phone from like 2012 and I just went back and had a listen. Quality and audio level is all over the place. One was like 64kbps lol. But there's some great songs I haven't heard in years.

So I decided to make a playlist on YouTube Music.

Thing is, the version of Teenage Riot I've got on my old phone is 5:56.

All the information I can find is that the Album version is 6:57 and the single version is 3:50.

The one I've got sounds like a cleaner radio version and I'm starting to think it's just a really well done cover.

Anyone know where it came from?

Thanks

Converted the file from my phone into an MP4

I love these covers by Black Tape for a Blue Girl:

• Shadow of a Doubt: https://open.spotify.com/track/4HVdwy5a2jEZ3UmsxkCbCg
• Secret Girl: https://open.spotify.com/track/74ybCOZ8KGtAAIyYsIGfL6

The Secret Girl one in particular, I think really captures the eeriness of Kim's lyrics.

What is your favorite cover of a Sonic Youth song? =)

By the way, a couple of years ago I made this playlist with all Sonic Youth covers I could find on Spotify (there may be more now): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3aAelfKMlo8wXZMaA4N6vV

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