Robert Christgau from Village Voice:
"Forget "edge," or whatever the edgy are calling it these days. I wish we could forget their non-youth in the bargain, but that wheeze will remain with us—they create from what they know. So let me put it this way: Sonic Youth are the best band in the universe, and if you can't get behind that, that's your problem."
I totally agree.
And Rather Ripped is very very good; they have never (as Sonic Youth, forget some solo or minor releases) made a bad album ("a thousand leaves" is as good as "daydream nation" or "evol"; "nyc ghost and stories" the worst album ever made? you wish! it would be a masterpiece!! instead is a very compelling brief collection of understated ghastly low-fi low-bottom rumbled songs). They are the Fantastic 4. They are family. And i'm old and boring too.
Francisco.
"Forget "edge," or whatever the edgy are calling it these days. I wish we could forget their non-youth in the bargain, but that wheeze will remain with us—they create from what they know. So let me put it this way: Sonic Youth are the best band in the universe, and if you can't get behind that, that's your problem."
I totally agree.
And Rather Ripped is very very good; they have never (as Sonic Youth, forget some solo or minor releases) made a bad album ("a thousand leaves" is as good as "daydream nation" or "evol"; "nyc ghost and stories" the worst album ever made? you wish! it would be a masterpiece!! instead is a very compelling brief collection of understated ghastly low-fi low-bottom rumbled songs). They are the Fantastic 4. They are family. And i'm old and boring too.
Francisco.