Sonic Youth

Despite announcing the dissolution of their marriage last year (and putting the future of Sonic Youth in doubt), Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore are working with Yoko Ono for a new collaborative effort. The six-track album will see a fall 2012 release through Chimera Music.

'Daydream Nation' Sonic Youth's 1988 release 'Daydream Nation' features a solitary candle on the cover. It comes from a photo done by Gerhard Richter titled 'Kerze' (that's candle, for those of you who need a translation).

Another show at the National in Richmond, Va., although this one also has Sonic Youth in addition to the opening act (the Entrance Band) listed, so perhaps it's not quite as confusing as the Wilco poster. Either way, the three-legged, four-eyed and endlessly spotted creature is the highlight of this promo, no matter how large Sonic Youth's name is printed in the top corner...

Yoko Ono, marriage counselor? The widow of late Beatles icon John Lennon has brought Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon back together less than a year after the Sonic Youth principals shocked the indie nation by announcing their impending divorce...

The untimely death of Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch on Friday has left fans and friends reeling, and has prompted some of those who knew and worked with him to share their remembrances of the 47-year-old hip-hop legend. Among the most recent testimonials: thoughts from Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction.

Sonic Youth guitarist-singer Lee Ranaldo issued his first solo album, 'From Here to Infinity' -- extended guitar feedback drones recorded onto tape loops -- back in 1987, and has offered up about a dozen more in the years leading up to last month's release of 'Between the Tides and the Times.' Dubbed his debut solo effort by many publications, 'Tides' marks a transition from his experimental side

Lee Ranaldo, 'Angles'

Three decades after debuting with alternative rock pioneers Sonic Youth, guitarist Lee Ranaldo is releasing his first proper studio album. Rolling Stone has a stream of the record, called 'Between the Times and the Tides,' which hits stores on March 20.