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Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore to Become Book Publisher in 2010

When Paste last caught up with Thurston Moore, the 51-year-old rocker mused that curating art shows, contributing to film projects and running record label Ecstatic Peace! was not enough for him to do, let alone lead Sonic Youth....  read more

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Iggy Pop and Sonic Youth Featured in Burroughs Doc

Iggy Pop, Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo are just three of the dozens who can testify to the personal insanity and cultural significance of William S. Burroughs. The proof: an upcoming documentary on the beat generation writer himself, titled William S. Burroughs: A Man Within....  read more

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Catching Up With... Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore

Three hours north of New York City in Northampton, Mass., Thurston Moore is fresh out of parent-teacher conferences...  read more

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Thurston Moore, Jemina Pearl do Ramones for Gossip Girl

During a video interview with Rolling Stone, Sonic Youth guitarist/vocalist Thurston Moore announced that he is collaborating with Be Your Own Pet's Jemina Moore for a cover of the Ramones tune "Sheena is a Punk Rocker." And who, pray tell, has commissioned the song for usage on their soap opera? That's a secret I'll never tell. You know you love me. XOXO, Gossip Girl....  read more

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Thurston Moore and Co. write the book on No Wave

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Thurston Moore's work is never done. Co-founding and frontmanning Sonic Youth wasn't enough. Neither was composing for film, curating shows, directing music videos...  read more

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Thurston Moore Solo Album Set for September

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Watching this behind-the-scenes video of Thurston Moore working on his first solo album in 12 years, it’s satisfying to see him continually defining effortless cool. Even as he sits wrapped in a mint-green bath towel getting his hair clipped by Kim Gordon, who herself dons a tasteful black turtleneck, somehow the shot is engrossing and you kind of wonder why your haircuts aren’t family affairs with low-key, weirdly-tuned soundtracks. Moore’s new album, Trees Outside the Academy, will be out on his Ecstatic Peace label in September. For the 12-song disc, Thurston jams on acoustic guitar and bass with fellow Sonic...  read more

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