In 1986, Sonic Youth unleashed EVOL, an album that signaled a shift in their sound from their noisy no-wave beginnings to something more melodic that bridged their early years with the genius of Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, and Lee Ranaldo to come (Sister and Daydream Nation). EVOL was a big […]
Andy from the FensePost Indie Music & Vinyl Blog takes a look at one of his gold star crate digging finds: an original numbered pressing of the semi-official Sonic Youth album Walls Have Ears from 1986 with catalog number Not 1 (But 2). In this video, Andy dissects the history […]
Have you seen that trend on TikTok dubbed “How Much I Paid for Vinyl But it Progressively Gets Worse?” People are sharing how much they dropped on records with escalating prices paired with a cheesy jingle. In this video, I’m sharing what I paid for various records in my collection, […]
Conflict and creativity. Connection and chaos. Love and hate. These all defined Blonde Redhead in their early days, and the themes continue to drive them after more than three decades. This is the story of how the band came together — three foreigners on the streets of New York City […]
Before they became the patron saints of noise rock, before the major labels and festival headlining slots, Sonic Youth were a band lurking in the dark corners of the New York underground. And in 1985, they released Bad Moon Rising, an album that captured both the decay of America and […]
It’s an anthem in a vacuum on a hyperstation, daydreaming days in a daydream nation. Welcome to Double Album December YEAR 2! This is my annual miniseries where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about iconic double albums. My thoughts on Sonic Youth’s double album Daydream Nation (released […]
Post-Punk was the moment where punk got weird. No longer was it just three chords and the truth, but in came attempts at genre fusion, minimalism and experiments in electronica. However not every band got the sales or respect they deserved at the time, whether it was a case of […]
“Siamese Dream” by The Smashing Pumpkins was one of the definitive alt-rock classics of the 1990s. For me, as a newly minted teenager upon its release in 1993, “Siamese Dream” was one of two to three bands that really got me excited about discovering new music and sharing that discovery […]
For a limited time, use the link in my description to get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/trashtheory09201 Emerging in the late 80s, Shoegaze would go on to be one of most essential genres of the last thirty years. It was the moment where punk’s cacophonous noise gave […]
The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/trashtheory02211 Between 1993 and 1997, music in Britain was dominated by the reign of Britpop. Copying the Small Faces and Kinks was back in vogue, everyone had a vested interest in championing either […]
