Lee Ranaldo sang a pretty “Karen Koltrane” and a soulful “Hoarfrost,” the latter of which brought the show to near rapture. Johnny Hardwick, Voice of Conspiracy Nut Dale Gribble on 'King of the Hill,' Dead at 64 It was unusual in that Sonic Youth treated the 2,500-odd Parisians that filled the balconies and throbbed in unison to a stroll down memory lane. ![]() Not for the blend of space-age, psychedelic, art-core that SY fans are accustomed to, since they surely delivered that. Nothing new from the band who branded electric noise music while many in the audience were still suckling the tTtTs of their maman.īut for those who have been following Sonic Youth’s tours of past years, this one was unusual. Drummer Steve Shelley has exited stage left to leave his fellow band members to their introspective experimentation. Kim Gordon, in a multi-layered white dress with a ragged hem, coaxes weird sounds out of her pedals and whispers echoey poetry into her microphone. Thurston Moore, a tower of rangy limbs, plays his guitar with a drumstick, amplified by a My First Sony toy microphone. Lee Ranaldo, drags his guitar across the floor, wrenching strings. ![]() Inside MutualitT, a theater in the fifth arrondissement, Sonic Youth are finishing up the last song of their sold-out show.
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