top non "proper" album songs and releases
 

i think there's a lot of people like myself who are only really familiar with the self titled to rather ripped side of sonic youth - and feel confused when it comes to all the side projects/collaborations/15,923rd thurston solo noise jam he recorded in his sleep last wednesday.

so what stuff do you think is worth investigating for those of us who like the poppier side but arent averse to giving the more freeform noise whatever stuff a go?

Psychic Hearts maybe ?

Hmmm, perhaps some of their soundtrack stuff (Made In USA, Demonlover), its still noisy experimental loveliness but shorter, more varied tracks. I think alot of people who aren't used to it get bored/overwhelmed/threatened by a track thats over 8 minutes in length, so perhaps they should steer away from SYR initially. Certainly if I'd heard SYRs when i first heard Goo and Dirty i would have been so like totes wtf?, foresooth?

dim stars!

Free Kitten !!!

any Free Kitten output is good stuff to check out.

thurston;s solo stuff, psychic hearts and trees ....academy are also good, though both vare different types of albums

Sonic Death is pretty fucking awesome, if that counts.

Oh I didn't read the part about poppier stuff. Maybe it's awesome.

Suburbia soundtrack

sonic death is poppy as hell. even more so than rather ripped.

sonic death is pretty boring

not the backwards second side on the acssette!

live sonic always rules

actually i should have made it more clear - ive heard all these releases. i meant stuff a bit more obscure than that- i wouldnt mind giving some of the solo noise stuff a go but theres so much of it

ahhhh! You gots to give us specifics!

The best thing to do with a band like SY is to pick randomly. Taste varies way too much. Not everything they put out is good, but it's all good to someone. Just be spontaneous about it.

hurricane floyd

ok - stuff thats like karen koltrane - stuff that might have more hooks than just random noise - or possibly unrandom noise my ears just cant understand yet -

Thurston Moore - Klangfarbenmelodie
Lee Ranaldo/Birchville Cat Motel - 30th December 2004
Lee Ranaldo - Amarillo Ramp

Also, the Bark Haze CD on Important would be good for testing the waters of improv/sonik skronk

cheers. love amarillo ramp already