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New York no-wave pioneers Bush Tetras are back, announcing their first album in 11 years and only their fourth-ever studio LP over the course of more than four decades and a slew of lineup changes. They Live in My Head is due out July 28 via Wharf Cat Records, produced by Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley (now BT’s drummer as well) and featuring bass the group’s newest member: Rocky O’Riordan of The Pogues, The Radiators, and Elvis Costello & The Attractions.

Thurston Moore has released a surprise new album entitled ‘screen time’, which consists of 10 abstract and ambient instrumental pieces.The musician shared the record without fanfare today (February 5), which is available to stream and download exclusively via Bandcamp.

Thurston Moore has just released his rapturously-received new solo album, ‘By The Fire’, which NME’s review hailed as containing some of his “boldest and most invigorating work to date”. Despite being released under his own name, it’s a collaborative effort that continues his creatively fecund partnership with his band that includes his old group Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley and My Bloody Valentine’s Debbie Googe.We caught up with Thurston for a quick chat about his new record, trying to inject positivity and escapism into turbulent world, and how he used quarantine as an opportunity to write a quasi-memoir called ‘Sonic Life’.“Last year, I put out a ‘Spirit Counsel’ triple CD set featuring one extended instrumental composition per disc.

The Stooges‘ track ‘Fun House’ by members of Sonic Youth and Mudhoney has been shared online – you can listen to it below.Back in 1997, director Todd Haynes put together a supergroup called Wylde Ratttz to soundtrack his glam-rock inspired film Velvet Goldmine.The band was comprised of The Stooges’ Ron Asheton, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley, Mudhoney’s Mark Arm, The Stooges and Minutemen’s Mike Watt, Sean Lennon, Don Fleming and Jim Dunbar.Over two decades later, Wylde Ratttz’s take on The Stooges’ ‘Fun House’ – originally released in 1970 – has been uploaded to Bandcamp in celebration of the song’s 50th anniversary.

Thurston Moore has shared a new song called ‘Canteloupe’ – listen to it below.The former-Sonic Youth impresario’s latest single comes ahead of the release of his new album ‘By The Fire’, which is due out September 25 via his own Daydream Library Series label.The album is set to feature contributions from many of Moore’s frequent collaborators, including My Bloody Valentine‘s Deb Googe on bass and backing vocals, along with James Sedwards on guitar.

A tempo and pitch-corrected version of the 1987 recording