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anyway, discography! well, you can pretty much summarize sonic youth's output since the last update in one of two ways: vinyl reissue or live archive download. yes, after finishing off the fantastic DGC-era vinyl reissue campaign in 2016, the band shifted their focus to releasing full concerts from their vast archive. in late 2018 it was announced that they would be using nugs.net to share previously unreleased live material via streaming or download. i've added a page for these releases here. as of right now, the band seems to have moved from nugs to bandcamp as a forum for their digital releases, but it's also been a while since a new concert was offered...
a small russian label took it upon themselves to fill the gap by issuing recordings from sonic youth's 1989 performance in moscow as a double-vinyl "bootleg", which the band has also been offering for digital purchase on bandcamp.
lance bangs' daydream nation concert film has yet to see an official physical release, but has been shown many times around the world, often partnered with contemporary daydream material and a Q&A with lance and SY crew.
thank you for visiting! stay tuned...
certain items may appear in multiple sections now. please let me know if you have any updates. thank you to everyone who contributed, as always this thread and its participants are awesome (not me, though - i took so long that many of the image links are dead now - sorry kris, stu, etc!!). i think this is a pretty solid update - i know i'm a little lax w/ certain details now (hey, if you want the track list and regional release variations for every compilation with "Kool Thing" on it, check out DISCOGS!) but i do still like to get things right, so let me know if there's anything i can fix/add. thanks!! and stay tuned for a brand new SCREAMING FIELDS OF SONIC LOVE hyperstation information communication soon!
SPINHEAD SESSIONS out JUNE 16th!!! (check out the march 2009 update below where I first mention the MADE IN USA deluxe reissue that eventually morphed into this release)
well, okay, one more list. major thanks to: JAMES/radarmaker, paul skinner, steven boulby, brian macdonald, vladimir machan, derek, saul david delgadillo, tiago mesquita, andreas, cindy finch, jani lustrek, hiland hall, colin chantler, marc wilkes, breathmint !, britta heuschen, marcin, moshe levy, abraham@discourage, andy galkin, michael goodall, bastiaan van zwieten, gabriela fuenzalida mardones, john bacus, troy, sven claus, martti jousimo, maarten lammers, john-erik bye johansen, monty rubera, martin van rappard, richard lesses, and krischan adolphi, who let me fill in some imagery gaps from his very cool online SY collection (click his name and explore!). also, anyone who contributed to this thread -- please keep it up!!
anyway, happy new year, hope y'all appreciate this update, there's about 150 new images if you dig for em, and while i often make some subtle changes to the text on pre-existing pages, i do plan to comb thru all of the album write-ups at some point to adjust any facts that i may have more knowledge on 7 years after they were written (for the most part)...stay tuned!
xx chris
FIRST: "new" section! i say 'new' because this was actually supposed to be in the discography when it was launched in 2002, but it was probably driving me crazy organizing/co-ordinating it at the time, so i just shelved it. but i've finally found a solution that's allowed me to add it: just don't organize it! ..the new section is, of course, at long last, a rough 'merchandise' catalog detailing t-shirts, posters, and assorted promotional oddities. now, compiling and categorizing all of this back then caused me so much frustration that i quit seeking new merch out for years, so that's where you folks come in! i know i'm missing an embarassing amount of t-shirts, posters, etc, so please send me what you've got and i'll just keep adding, and perhaps eventually sort it all out. i really love this shit and am pretty happy to incorporate it into the site 7 lazy years later!
SECOND: site should be up-to-date for 2008! a fine year indeed, two long-awaited (and fucking phenomenal) SYRs, a bizarre non-hits coffeeshop compilation w/ a moody new tune, and the long-awaited reissue of..master=dik? and now, 2009. free from geffen and in the arms of matador, SY are currently finishing their 17th studio album 'the eternal' which will be in stores in june, accompanied by some cool 7" releases and a unique live LP for those who buy early. plus there's a personally long-awaited (and never truly expected!) release forthcoming, the 'made in usa' 2xCD reissue, the first in their 'soundtrack' series! pardon me while i ponder this dreamlike revelation, before i sincerely thank a huge group of people who contributed to this update in ways big and small: thomas scott, zac horn, florent devaux, anders leirvik iv, steve boulby, colin pierce, sven/fotografisch, franco ferrari, trent a reynolds, petter flaten eilertsen, nick goode, roberto torres-torres, magnus andersson, tom agin, peter blamey, steve/baytree, laurent le moënner, steve daffern, giordano schillaci, matt/&sarah, zacharias tienhaara, daniel talbot, mike ziegler, ace blaze, philippe/alphi, martin stein, JAMES/radarmaker, and last but not least, meow-said-the-pirate. YOU ALL ROCK, INDEED. i apologize if i missed anybody's name or contribution, please contact me again. keep it coming, everybody! it will get added. i apologize for making y'all wait a year for an update but hey, at least it wasn't five years this time...
new items are in this colour this time around.
There were a fair amount of minor updates all over the site, from adding catalog numbers to removing question marks, etc. I think most of the cool stuff can be found on pages listed above (any of those 'Russian Flexi' bootlegs have a mini-guide explaining their origin, that "Godhead" comp has the mysterious 'Sonik Death' track, and there are some very cool cassette releases of almost every album, single, or compilation still to be discovered in some far corner of the world). Please look around, enjoy, and if you have any information you'd like to add, please e-mail me!
Thanks!
Chris
howdy! good to see you again. it's january 18th, 2008. please see below for a list of 60+ new items, and 400+ new images. other than that, just look around. if you know something i don't, please drop me a line. thanks, come back soon!
As you navigate the site, entries on the above list will be featured in this colour. In addition, a new section dedicated to SY's exclusive web-only downloads is now available in the header at the top of the screen.
november 30 2023 - hi everybody! this is a minor update catching up on a couple of recent releases. i figure everyone uses discogs now - it truly is what i envisioned this site to be, only for all bands. i've added IN/OUT/IN and the LIVE IN BROOKLYN 2011 releases, as well as a couple of other things. i also added a column to the bootleg page so you can see at a glance what the content is. more importantly, i've been working on some other heavy sonic youth features - please check out the home page for some details. i've just launched the second half of the timeline today, so there should be a whole lot to dig though. enjoy!
october 31 2020 - hello and happy halloween! another bandcamp round-up for ya: WORLD TRADE CENTER BENEFIT 2001, LIVE IN DENVER 1986, LIVE IN TORINO 1987, RARITIES 1, RARITIES 2, and RARITIES 3.
july 6th 2020 - hi again! just a quick update to keep up to date w/ their bandcamp offerings...new since the last update are: Live At All Tomorrows Parties 2000, Hold That Tiger (Live At Cabaret Metro 1987), Live In Bremen 1991, Live At Brixton Academy 1992, Live in Yugoslavia 1985/1987, and Perspectives Musicales - Live At Cat's Cradle 2000. In addition to these live releases, the SYR series (including Silver Session) is also available, some with a physical release option.
may 6th 2020 - hello and hi! every wednesday this may, i will be updating one of my SY sites. they will mostly be "soft" updates, not too intense, but a reasonable offering after a few years of inactivity. in addition, i will be launching a new SY project "soon"...more details as the month progresses and i see how much or little work i get done...
may 30th 2016 - good to see you! in addition to the standard new items, the site has undergone minor reorganization:
march 5th 2011 - hi everyone, i've added a few new items, mix tape #8, and a handful of scans people have submitted. i've probably missed a few things but i'll catch em in the next update. big thanks to: hiland hall, justin wood, krischan adolphi, martin van rappard, stu, james/radarmaker, dasx, rick swan, frank van den elzen, steve, andrea innocenti, igor mihovilovic, francis elliot, and shannon.
howdy! it's january 4th, 2010. this site should be up-to-date thru the end of 2009. new items are in this colour. in addition to those, there's plenty of updated info to be found if you seek it out... things like the onsoku seinen japanese bootleg, scans of 'dirty boots' and 'sonic nurse' cassettes, that weird self-titled/whores moaning split 12", and more and more and more and more... you'll have to find it yourself, though, as my new years resolution was to stop making lists.
howdy! it's march 4th, 2009. i have to apologize, not for taking a year to update, which is customary, but for not getting this update posted in january like i'd anticipated. please note that any updates sent to my e-mail or posted in this thread since roughly mid-january will not be incorporated yet, but will appear in the post-eternal update circa june or july. and now, some comments!NEW ITEMS
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