Sonic Youth leave major label after nearly 20 years
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The New York noiseniks are indie once again after completing their contractual obligations with Geffen. And you can expect a ‘new band-zone-vibe’ for their next album. Sonic Youth have begun working on a new album, Thurston Moore has disclosed, and, for the first time in almost 20 years, the New York noiseniks are once again an "independent rock band".
With the release of 2006′s Rather Ripped, the art-rock quintet completed their contract with major label Geffen, Moore told Rolling Stone this week. "The last four or five records we did were just so compromised by [the major label] situation," he said. "But that’s the way it goes."
Sonic Youth will now be heading to the sort of independent label you would imagine them being on. "There’s one label we are certainly going to go with at this point," he said, "but I don’t think I’m allowed to disclose that right now. I don’t want to risk having a shit storm." However, he does concede that the band are once again going "indie" and "it feels great". [read more @ Guardian ]
