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David Browne
Sonic Youth's distinctive, uncompromising sounds have provided a map for innumerable musicians who followed, from '90s groundbreakers like Nirvana and Pavement to current faves like the Strokes and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. More than perhaps any other act, Sonic Youth has brought "fringe” art to the mainstream, helping spawn an alternative arts scene that prospers to this day: a world of punk rock, underground films and comics, experimental music, conceptual art, contemporary classical compositions, and even fashion.
In Goodbye 20th Century, David Browne tells the full glorious story of "the Velvet Underground of their generation,” an account based on extensive research, fresh interviews with the band and those who have worked with them (from Glenn Branca and Lydia Lunch to Sofia Coppola and Spike Jonze), and unprecedented access to unreleased recordings and documents. This is a richly detailed portrait of an iconic band and the times they helped create.
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Best $35 I've spent in a while. Not a particularly hard puzzle (completed in under 2 hours) but what it lacks in challenge it makes up for in cute. Loved that it wasn't a traditional jigsaw shape.
Love it!
I bought this for my husband for Father’s Day . He loves it! It was carefully packaged and wrapped . 5+ stars
The service from these guys is exemplary, and I was happy to score a bundle of albums on sale. I shouldn't be surprised to find that these reissues and remasters and anniversary editions sound absolutely woeful, however. The Wall - lifeless and underwhelming. Rumours - flat, muffled, lacking in dynamics and sparkle. Air - Safari, Nirvana - In Utero... and plenty more. All sonically disappointing, even streaming beats these versions. The only highlight was Cigarettes After Sex - one of the best things I've had the pleasure to wrap my earholes around in half a century. The takeaway? Don't blow your wedge on easy to buy represses, take the time to hunt out the real deal on Discogs or wherever.
best album i have listened to in a long time. absolutely LOVE the pink record too.