"My mind is a gelatinous ball of pepper"
Much to my surprise, I caught Sonic Youth on the Letterman show last night. Sonic Youth never disappoints. Like I told a friend the other day, it's my assertion that Sonic Youth is and always will be the closest thing we'll get to an infallible rock band.
So of course Sonic Youth was brilliant on the Letterman show. They played a song off their new album (which, I confess, I don't own yet -- this weekend I'll get it, and I'll post my thoughts soon), with the classic lineup on stage (Steve Shelley, drums; Lee Ranaldo, guitar; Kim Gordon, bass; Thurston Moore, guitar/vocals). The song had the classic (naysayers would say predictable) Sonic song structure -- verse, chorus, verse, chorus, noise-rock breakdown, verse, chorus. Nothing new, really, but still awesome. I'm psyched to get the new record.
There's something reassuring about Sonic Youth having a new record out. Music changes, and lesser bands come and go, but Sonic stands firm. 25 years into their existence, they're still the coolest thing in rock on this side of '66 Dylan.
