Sonic Youth

Being Sterling Roswell – getting to know what makes the former Spacemen 3 drummer tick

Tristán White + Sharon CrawfordOctober 27, 2019

Sterling Roswell. Rosco. Mary Stuart (to his friends).Earlier this month we spent a few hours in the company of one of the most talented and fascina... Read More...

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Thurston Moore, punk legend, Jordan and BBC’s Steve Lamacq talk books at Louder Than Words 2019

Raymond O'ConnorSeptember 26, 2019

The Louder Than Words Festival of music and writing grows louder each year. Now in its seventh edition, the UK's festival interrogating that enduring love affair between music and the written word has announced it will return to Manchester between Fri 8 - Sun 10 November 2019 with a line-up of punk, pop, goth and new wave legends. ... Read More...

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BOOM! : MOSES ‘Cause You Got Me’

Richard DunnSeptember 3, 2018

Moses first came to GIGsoup's notice two years ago when they were an unknown new band championed by Chris McCormack, The Professionals guitarist and organiser o... Read More...

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Thurston Moore ‘Rock N Roll Consciousness’

Ian RushburyMay 29, 2017

Well, who’d have thought it? It seems that when we thought all those NYC Art Noise Radicals were listening to Husker Du, The Velvet Underground and gobbling up ... Read More...

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The Cribs – First Direct Arena, Leeds (20th May 2017)

Laura DeanMay 22, 2017

Back in February The Cribs announced that they'd be embarking on an anniversary tour for their 'Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever' album, which would come to... Read More...

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Thurston Moore announces new album

Martin LeitchMarch 24, 2017

Following on from the recent reveal of Thurston Moore's new single, 'Cease Fire', details of yet more new music have been unveiled. Due to be released on the 2... Read More...

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Thurston Moore unveils new single and announces tour

Martin LeitchMarch 2, 2017

Ever since the 2011 split of Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore has been going in a more experimental direction, and while that's resulted in some great work, there's ... Read More...

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Merzbow/Moore/Gustafsson/Pándi: Quartet – St John-at-Hackney Church, London (28th September 2016) – LIVE REVIEW

Merzbow/Moore/Gustafsson/Pándi – St John-at-Hackney Church (28th Sept 2016) – LIVE REVIEW

Fabian BaskerOctober 5, 2016

It's been three years since Japanese noise artist Masami Akita (AKA Merzbow) released collaborative noise/free improvisation album Cuts with saxophonist Mats Gu... Read More...

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Swans ‘The Glowing Man’ – ALBUM REVIEW

Daniel KirbyJune 23, 2016

One of the most challenging bands of the past 35 years, Swans emerged out of New York's no wave scene in the early 1980's alongside the likes of Sonic Youth. Re... Read More...

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BOOM! : Joseph Coward ‘Weight’

Sarah EbockayukMarch 21, 2016

Joseph Coward returns with a frenzy of melodic and bellowing guitars for todays GIGsoup Track of the Day ‘Weight.’ The single features Sonic Youth legend Thurst... Read More...

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