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Release Date: Jul 02, 2002; Lead Performance: Sonic Youth; Genre: Rock
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Named for the Ground Zero block where these art-punk vets still keep their NYC studio, LP No. 16 is a near-perfect, guitar-shaped phoenix. With multitasking new member Jim O'Rourke adding electronics and even more guitar, Sonic Youth find a balance -- between formlessness and structure, melody and cacophony -- that's eluded them for a while. The result is a reverie of rock geologies from jam to glam and beyond. Nostalgic, but also soul-kissing the future.
Posted Jun 28, 2002
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