Wednesday, September 1, 2010 10:16AM - By Travis Woods
Because a fan paying $15,000 dollars for his 40-year-old toilet isn’t enough, Yoko Ono is throwing a two-day, all-star bash for her late husband, John Lennon, this October in Los Angeles. Set to be held at the Orpheum Theatre on October 1-2, the We Are Plastic Ono Band concerts will feature the pant-suited and blank-eyed stare of Ono’s caterwauling performing Plastic Ono Band tunes backed by a band featuring her son Sean Lennon, as well as numerous high-profile guest performances.
GBV! GBV! Yes, you read that headline correct. Guided By Voices are reuniting and they’re playing Matador‘s 21st birthday bash in Las Vegas on October 1- 3. One of the most charismatic indie rock bands from the 90s who knew how to throw down on stage when it came to performing (and drinking) is back after their abrupt end to their endless (but great) stream of releases. Now, the only question is: Does this mean they’ll be releasing a new album?
If you thought this reunion was the greatest news you could have read all day, just wait until you put it in its entire context. Yes, GBV is reuniting and they will actually be playing a live show again (with the original ’93 – ’96 lineup) but this show of theirs also includes Pavement, Sonic Youth, Belle & Sebastian, Spoon, Yo La Tengo, and PLENTY MORE. Check the entire line up out after the jump!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:59AM - By Travis Woods
Pitchfork reports today that noisemakers Sonic Youth have recorded the soundtrack to a new film, French director Fabrice Gobert’s Simon Werner a Disparu. The film, set in 1992, concerns the disappearance of several high school students, is set to screen at the Cannes Film Festival next month, and will bow with the English title Lights Out.
In a move sure to make every U.S. citizen say—nay, the world—recoil in horror, “singer” and “actress” Miley Cyrus announced her next film/ soundtrack project today. The 17-year-old’s father, country singer and mullet enthusiast Billy Ray Cyrus, has penned a script reportedly being shopped to (an apparently very interested) Fox Searchlight. The film will take on familiar territory and cause Cyrus to take on Sonic Youth!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 1:28PM - By Seraphina L.
Sonic Youth has just announced that several of their Southwest tour dates will have to be postponed because guitarist, Lee Renaldo, has fractured his left wrist. Renaldo injured his left wrist while he was playing tennis.
Most of the dates will be rescheduled, however, Santa Barbara’s September 26th show and the Austin City Limits Festival appearance on October 4th will not be rescheduled. If you bought tickets to either show, read how you can get refunded after the jump and check out the new dates.
With their new album, The Eternal, hitting stores today, indie-rockers Sonic Youth are set to play a free show tonight in New York City. The band will play at the Apple store in Soho at 9pm, with doors opening at 7.30pm.
Across the country in Los Angeles, the Origami Vinyl record store in Echo Park is heralding the band’s 16th album release today with a concert, party and renaming the store, for today only, ‘Sonic Youth’s House of Shifting Plates and Ridiculous Juice,’ a name dubbed by the band itself.
The store’s wall of featured albums will display selections hand-picked by the band, plus all sorts of Sonic Youth music. The band has also asked their friends Pocahaunted and Shiloe to play sets at the store. The whole, Sonic Youth shebang kicks-off at 5.30pm.
Black Eyed Peasfans can rest easy! The band’s new album titled “The E.N.D” does not signify the END of the group, it actually stands for “The Energy Never Dies”. Of all the artists, and yes there are a lot, coming out with an album this week, the most exciting is Mos Def’s new one. One of the most under-rated hip hop artists of our time, Mos Defis a true lyricist that has not succumbed to mainstream pressure and has stayed authentic even after all these years.
Here is the list of albums coming out the week of June 9th:
Here’s BeatCrave’s video coverage of the last day at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, May 30. Make sure you also watch the video coverage forday one, andday two.
The ninth edition of the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona closes its doors today with a record of assistance of over 80,000 spectators, and a total of 171 performances. Check out our video coverage of day three.
