sonic youth - hold that tiger

just recieved this CD through the post from amazon today. It is a recording of a live gig by the young youth in chicago in 1987 and it rocks. the band are on fire.

sonic youth have at times been described as an overly intellectual band but at this CD they just rocked out (more so than when I saw them in glasgow on the washing machine tour). The set list is composed of tracks from sister, EVOL and bad moon rising. And 4 ramones covers (loudmouth is dedicated to big blacks steve albini in an 'i'm gonna whup your ass' hip-hop stylee). Thurston does a Henry Rollins impression as he sings white cross.

The sound is a bit mucky but fuck it, it makes it warmer.

A good one for sonic youth obsessives (like me)

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