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Dec10

Sonic Youth Plan 17th Studio Album x DVD Release

There’s no such thing as “too much of a good thing,” and I am happy to report that one of the best bands in the history of mankind (whoa) is planning another record on the heels of 2009’s The Eternal. Lee Ranaldo hinted to NME that they will “most probably going back into the studio next year.” However, they are still touring the current record and are enjoying that.

“We’re still deeply ensconced in our new record, so we’re gonna play a lot of The Eternal,” Ranaldo told BBC 6 Music, “that’s what we’re having the most fun with.”

I just caught the band last month in Boston, and the experience reminded me that I was born at the wrong time. Oh well, there’s a solution for that, too. The planned DVD release will …

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Dec07

Live Review – Stellastarr* @ Spaceland (MP3)

So, the story has it that songwriter Shawn Christensen (guitar, vox) became the default lead singer and frontman of Stellastarr* because the band couldn’t fill that role way back when they joined up in 2000. However, it’s a role he seems completely at-home in. At Spaceland on Saturday night, he was poised and emotive, and thrust his whole being into the show. His vibe is unaffected. The band could be playing at an even smaller venue or a huge one, but he would still exude his particular brand of warmth that only a kid raised on post-punk and the likes of Talking Heads and the Pixies.

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