Amarillo Ramp (for Robert Smithson)
(Starlight Furniture Company - *8) CD $14.00
Sonic Youth’s left-minded and soft-spoken lead guitarist wields a big stick with a solo outing of the highest sonic magnitude. The title track is a 34-minute live recording from 1994 with after-the-fact wave-shaping and spectral improvement by Rafael Toral, followed by an instrumental “Anagrama” type frolic with Steve Shelley and Thurston Moore. Plus, a couple of soundtrack excerpts and a John Lennon cover featuring the late Epic Soundtracks.
Broken Circle / Spiral Hill
(Starlight Furniture Company - *2) CD $10.00
Five early ’90s tracks by one of the original lords of howling, including a Sebadoh cover. With cover art by Michael Morley (of The Dead C. and Gate), this is the flailing ultimate in rubberized, flatline wawaaarph.
JEAN-MARC MONTERA / THURSTON MOORE / LEE RANALDO
Les Anges Du Péché
(Dysmusie - DYSLP1) LP $25.00
Side-long electric guitar duets, one by Moore and Montera recorded in New York 1997, one by Ranaldo and Montera recorded in Marseille 2010. Gatefold jacket, insert, 180g vinyl.
MICHAEL MORLEY / MY CAT IS AN ALIEN / RAMONA PONZINI / LEE RANALDO
Live @ Sensational Fix
(Starlight Furniture Company - *25) LP $15.00
As part of the 2008 exhibition Sensational Fix, with a focus on Sonic Youth’s multi-disciplinary activities since 1981, My Cat Is An Alien performed live with long-time collaborator Ramona Ponzini, Michael Morley of Dead C, and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. Side B features solo pieces by each of the five members of this extemporaneous ensemble. Stills from the live footage shot by curator Roland Groenenboom appear on the color insert.