Sonic Youth CD: Sonic Nurse

[Jaimoe]

I bought a few CD's today in pre-celebration of my upcoming birthday on March 26, one being my first ever Sonic Youth album, Sonic Nurse ( an album I first heard at the snobby bookstore Pages near MuchMusic ).

Anyway, I'd never listened to Sonic Youth before that fateful day at Pages a month ago. Let me tell you, this is a great album. I'm giving it a first ever once-over right now and I'm damned impressed - enough to post this disjointed review. I realize some " old-school " Youth fans don't give this album much credit, but I'm loving what I'm hearing right now - I bought the album because of what I heard at Pages afterall. Epic songs anchored by grinding, distorted guitars that do the over-used jam term " epic " justice. I'm buying this album for Booche on his birthday.

Other albums/DVD I got today:

Origins Vol 1 - The Soundtrack Of Our Lives ( review is coming, seeing them live on March 26th in Toronto... I can't fu©king wait! )

Memphis: The Sun Sessions - James Blood Ulmer

Passing Afternoon EP - Iron & Wine

I Am A Bird - Antony and the Johnsons

Under The Blackpool Lights - The White Stripes

[hamilton]

An excellent album for sure!

If you liked Sonic Nurse, you should also check out Murray Street, the one that came before it. Sonic Youth are very good, and Thurston Moore is slowly turning into Neil Young.