
From Loudersound.
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore is to have his autobiography published by Faber & Faber in 2023.
A synopsis of the book, titled Sonic Life, reads: “From his infatuation and engagement with the 1970s punk and ‘no wave’ scenes in New York City, to the 1981 formation of his legendary rock group, to 30 years of relentless recording, touring, and musical experimentation, birthing the Nirvana-era of alternative rock, and beyond, it is all told via the personal prism of the author’s intensive archives and research.”
Faber published Girl in A Band, a well-received memoir by Kim Gordon, Moore’s ex-wife and co-founder of Sonic Youth, in 2015.
Now resident in London, Moore flagged up his own memoir in an interview with Vulture last year.
“I’ve always wanted to get involved with a writing project I had in mind for many, many years,” he revealed. “It’s] essaying about music and talking about my own personal experience of being a teenager coming to New York in the ’70s, what the city was at that time, the underground music scene downtown, and the records coming out of this 1976, ’77 and ’78 cavalcade of punk rock, No Wave, New Wave, and post-punk. This downtime period allowed me to do this, so I have this manuscript called Sonic Life that I probably will publish at some point in 2021.”
Forthcoming music books from Faber & Faber in 2021 include You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone, a biography of Nico by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike (due on July 15), Nina Simone’s Gum, by Bad Seeds/Grinderman multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis (due on September 2) , and Eruption: The Eddie Van Halen Story by Classic Rock/Metal Hammer contributor Paul Brannigan (due on September 23).
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- Sonic Youth - Bull In The Heather - Silver Vinyl - EX - UK - 10" vinyl - £25.00, $31.50, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 19-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 22, 2025 at 3:33 am
SONIC YOUTH Bull In The Heather (1994 UK limited edition 3-track 10" single pressed on Silver Vinyl, including the previously unreleased Razor Blade & T-Vox version of Doctor's Orders, individually numbered die-cut picture sleeve. The sleeve shows light creasing, whilst the vinyl displays just light signs of playGFSV72)
- Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £75.00, $94.50, €90.75 (New Item) (arrived 05-Feb-2025 11:16)on February 22, 2025 at 3:33 am
SONIC YOUTH Rather Ripped (2006 UK issue 12-track vinyl LP, all these years down the line and the classic Youth line-up of Moore, Gordon, Ranaldo & Shelley still bristle and burn with an intensity that other bands would happily sacrifice a drummer for! Recorded at the tail-end of 2005 and the early days of 2006 in the band's home studio, J Mascis's house and New York's Sear Sound & Hoboken's Water Music Studios, this features alternate unique cover artwork by artist Christopher Wool -the sleeve shows light shelfwear and the vinyl is excellent with only minor signs of play GOOFIN11LP)
- Sonic Youth - Master-Dik EP - EX - UK - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $18.90, €18.15 (Back In Stock) (arrived 03-Jan-2025 18:00)on February 22, 2025 at 3:33 am
SONIC YOUTH Master-Dik EP (1987 UK 8-track 12" vinyl EP, including covers of The Ramones' 'Beat On The Brat', The Beatles' 'Drive My Car' plus six 'Youth originals - superb value EP with over 40 minutes of music/noise for your money, picture sleeve with picture/credits inner. The sleeve has some edgewear and splitting to the spine and the vinyl is Excellent with few signs of play and the odd cosmetic mark BFFP26T)
- Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising - US - vinyl LP - £34.99, $44.09, €42.34 (New Item) (arrived 13-Jan-2025 11:58)on February 22, 2025 at 3:33 am
SONIC YOUTH Bad Moon Rising (2015 US issue of the 1989 8-track vinyl LP with picture labels, housed in a glossy picture sleeve with lyric insert. The sleeve retains its open shrink with the original circular hype sticker attached and displays minimal wear while the vinyl shows very little signs of play)
- Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising - US - vinyl LP - £34.99, $44.09, €42.34 (Back In Stock) (arrived 14-Jan-2025 18:00)on February 22, 2025 at 3:33 am
SONIC YOUTH Bad Moon Rising (2015 US issue of the 1989 8-track vinyl LP with picture labels, housed in a glossy picture sleeve with lyric insert. The sleeve retains its open shrink with the original circular hype sticker attached and displays minimal wear while the vinyl shows very little signs of play)
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