Thurston Moore

Television, J Spaceman, Kid Millions, Thurston Moore & Adrian Belew

by Martin Longley
November 3, 2014

Television/J Spaceman & Kid Millions Skirball Center For The Performing Arts October 25, 2014 New York University's performance theatre has turned into a regular home for these Joshua Light Show mini-seasons. This was the last of three evenings where the veteran old-school psychedelic light outfit was playing host to a pair of acts each night, suitably aligned to its sense of far-out oily-liquid spectacle. Founded by New Yorker Joshua White, the JLS was ...

A Fireside Chat with Thurston Moore

by AAJ Staff
November 29, 2003

In the interest of complete candor, I must admit I was not hip to Thurston Moore's improvising until I received an album, Hurricane Floyd on a then little known Sublingual label. Frankly, I only put it on because I experienced Hurricane Floyd having lived in New York for the better part of a year (and it was Revelations, pigeons dropping from the sky, child killing mosquitoes, and this Floyd, who huffed and puffed and blew everything down). Wally Shoup, I ...

Thurston Moore/Wally Shoup/Toshi Makihara: Hurricane Floyd

by AAJ Staff
December 1, 2000

The title of Hurricane Floyd, as you might imagine, has two meanings. First, it describes the meterological phenomenon ongoing during the performance (yes, hurricanes do actually make it to Boston on occasion). Second, it refers to the intensity of the free improvisation which occurred in the shelter of the church where these three musicians briefly joined forces. Now it must be said up front that not all of this performance falls into the category of 'stormy,' but the most ecstatic ...

Thurston Moore - Wally Shoup - Toshi Makihara: Hurricane Floyd

by Glenn Astarita
September 1, 2000

Hurricane Floyd was recorded live at the Old Cambridge Baptist Church in Cambridge, Ma. during the hurricane that was rearing its ugly head along the New England coast. Here, “Sonic Youth” guitarist Thurston Moore adds another recorded document to his free-jazz legacy along with alto saxophonist Wally Shoup and percussionist Toshi Makihara for sequences of frenzied dialogue and at times gut-wrenching emotional outpourings. Other than Moore’s delightful solo acoustic guitar interlude titled, “Altar Boy, Church Basement” where the guitarist melds ...

Thurston Moore: Lost To The City/Noise To Nowhere

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 2000

Perhaps if Jimi Hendrix had decided to delve into free-rock-jazz or if Albert Ayler was an electric guitarist they respectively may have come up with something similar to this new release featuring - Sonic Youth - guitarist, Thurston Moore. Naturally it is fun to speculate yet we must bestow credit where credit is due as Moore has been an innovator in his own right for many years. Here, along with master drummers William Winant and Tom Surgal, Moore exhibits his ...

Merzbow / Pandi / Gustafsson Join Forces With Guitarist Thurston Moore For Mind-blowing Second Cuts Project On RareNoiseRecords

Source: hubtone PR
March 7, 2015

How did renowned Japanese noisemaker Merzbow (aka Masami Akita), Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and Hungarian drummer Balazs Pandi follow up their majorly intense statement made on their tumultuous debut album, Cuts, which was released in 2013? By adding another ingredient to the volatile mix, in the person of skronking guitar hero and Sonic Youth founder Thurston Moore they’ve taken things up a notch or two on the Richter scale on their RareNoiseRecords follow-up recording. With Gustaffson’s roaring baritone sax blending ...
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Alternative Guitar Summit brings together Nels Cline, Mary Halvorson, Ben Monder, Thurston Moore: Jan. 13-15, plus many more

Source: Fully Altered Media
January 3, 2012

Joel Harrison presents the Alternative Guitar Summit Co-sponsored by the New York Guitar Festival Featuring Nels Cline, Mary Halvorson, Vic Juris, Ben Monder, Thurston Moore and many more! January 13, 14 and 15, 2012 Rockwood Music Hall 196 Allen Street New York, NY 10002 (212) 477-4155 The guitar these days is a kind of magic wand, a poly-theistic blow torch, lovely, raging, gentle, noisy, intimate, voluminous, hallucinogenic, funky, juvenile, ageless. More than ...
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NY Guitar Fest: Keller, Mike Gordon, Kaki King, Thurston Moore

Source: JamBase
December 13, 2011

NEW YORK GUITAR FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ITS 2012 SERIES OF CONCERTS JANUARY 6—JANUARY 29 No instrument has spoken in more voices to more people than the guitar, and no festival has sought out the modulations in those voices and the range of the guitar's cultural expressions than the New York Guitar Festival. Following its many successes since 1999 the New York Guitar Festival announces its 2012 season of concert performances, January 6 though January 29. The festival boasts over 35 exceptional ...
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Sonic Youths Thurston Moore: Solo Album, Summer Live Dates

Source: JamBase
May 11, 2011

NEW SOLO ALBUM DEMOLISHED THOUGHTS OUT MAY 24 Legendary Sonic Youth singer/songwriter/guitarist Thurston Moore will release his new solo album Demolished Thoughts on May 24 via Matador records. He'll be heading out for a solo tour starting May 20 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Kurt Vile will join Thurston Moore for a number of the dates. Check out the itinerary below and click here to download “Benediction" off the new album. Thurston Moore Tour Dates

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Solid Sound Festival: Wilco, Levon, Thurston Moore, Liam Finn

Source: JamBase
March 5, 2011

WILCO REVEALS FULL LINEUP FOR SOLID SOUND FESTIVAL 2011 Wilco has unveiled the lineup for the 2011 Solid Sound Festival, a music & arts festival curated by the band. The three-day event is set for June 24-26, in Mass MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts. Click here for tickets. LINEUP Wilco (Friday + Saturday headlining sets) The Levon Helm Band Thurston Moore Pillow Wand (Nels Cline & Thurston Moore duo) Glenn Kotche ...
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