These selections have a distinct sheen and lend a signature quality to the record as a whole
a guitar-driven acidic banger
a form of experimentalism that skirts across genre markers and forces you to sit up and pay attention
but he's a poltergeist in the back seat
and Derrick May were key early influences
Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising LP xx2006 These selections have a distinctSonic Youth's second full length LP Bad Moon Rising was originally released on Homestead and Blast First in 1985. The album is a fascinating examination of 'the junction where hippie idealism [meets] the cold hard world,' says guitarist Lee Ranaldo, 'where Woodstock [meets] Altamont, Death Valley, Charles Manson, Brian Wilson, musicians, murderers, heroes and villains.' Its original eight song tapestry of droning guitar feedback, distant clattering