Sister
(Goofin’) Cassette $10.00
Another notch in the band’s move away from no wave, yet not entirely abandoning their experimental approach. The contexts Gordon, Moore, Ranaldo and Shelley create for their noisier elements are more assured, the incorporating of dissonance into traditional song structures more masterful.
Evol
(Goofin’) Cassette $10.00
“EVOL … mark[s] the true departure point of Sonic Youth’s musical evolution,” notes Pitchfork. “In measured increments, Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo … bring form to the formless, tune to the tuneless, and, with the help of Steve Shelley’s drums…, [impose] melody and composition on their trademark dissonance.”
4 Tunna Brix
(Goofin’) Used LP $30.00
Three Fall covers — “My New House,” “Rowche Rumble,” “Psycho Mafia,” plus the Kinks’ “Victoria.”
Daydream Nation
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The band’s sixth full-length, widely considered to be their watershed moment, which catapulted them into the mainstream and proved that indie bands could enjoy wider commercial success without compromising their artistic vision.
Daydream Nation
(Goofin’) Used 4xLP $75.00
“The interplay between Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo is stronger and more intuitive than before,” marvels All Music Guide. “Bassist Kim Gordon and drummer Steve Shelley are a powerful rhythm section that cut an impressive groove, giving the band a greater freedom to explore the space around them without getting lost. Sonic Youth make better and more satisfying use of their arsenal of alternate tunings and bent but elemental song structures, and the final product fuses their love of creatively applied noise and the sound of the electric guitar with song structures that merge elements of punk, prog, boogie, and psychedelia. A bracing, glorious experience, confirming their status as one of America’s best and most original alternative rock bands.” The complete original album is here, along with Ranaldo’s previously unreleased June 1988 demo of “Eric’s Trip”; a fluid live show constructed from various gigs from June ’88 thru March ’89; and comp tracks — the Beatles’ “Within You Without You,” Mudhoney’s “Touch Me I'm Sick,” Neil Young’s “Computer Age,” and Captain Beefheart’s “Electricity.” With liner notes by Byron Coley and Ray Farrell, lots of band photographs. Sealed
Goo
(Goofin’) Used 4xLP $75.00
The original 11-track album remastered, plus 19 more, including: B-Sides and original eight-track demos (remixed and remastered); the album outtake “Lee #2” (previously unheard with vocals); rehearsal outtakes “Tuff Boyz” and “Isaac”; “Can Song” (a never-before-heard demo of “The Bedroom”); the Beach Boys’ “I Know There's an Answer”; “Dr. Benway’s House” (the band’s contribution to William Burroughs’s Dead City Radio); and the promotion-only “Goo Interview.” Plus texts by Byron Coley and Mark Kates, and never-before-seen photos. Sealed
Dirty
(Goofin’) Used 4xLP $75.00
All 15 tracks from the original album, plus B-Sides, demos, edits, covers of Alice Cooper and the New York Dolls. Liner notes by Byron Coley.