Hey Goo, What’s New? Growing Old With the Sonic Youths
It doesn’t get much more fabulously New York shitty than Sonic fuckin’ Youth. From ’80s noise-niks to ’90s alterna-bland to ’00s institutional chic, the downtown Manhattan heroes of the underground have been rocking like it’s going out of style since, well, before it was even in style. This year they’re back with The Eternal, their 16th album and first with local indie Matador Records. They also now have their own line of customized Fender guitars and a new show on Sirius XMU satellite radio (aptly titled The Sonic Youth Show) — but those are different notes for another jam. Let’s keep focused on The Eternal and the totally kick-ass video for its first single, “Sacred Trickster.” Everybody’s talking about the stormy weather: