KOKO UK

It's week two in the series we are calling 'Turns You Can Trust'. So who better to hit you with dear reader than the mighty Sonic Youth? Formed in New York Rock City back in 1981, they have been making the right moves ever since.

Bought to the attention of us Brits by Paul Smith who decided he had to form a record label (Blast First) to put out their records over here, after getting snubbed by indie wimps Rough Trade. So why should you trust them? Well, if you were to play Bad Moon Rising from 1986, and then their album from just last year The Eternal, what you will hear is a band that is still relevant, still Interesting and still able to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. Trying to describe their sound really is as pointless as dancing to architecture, even intelligent writers end up saying stuff like “a melancholic, meowing slide line playing off a delicate stack of crystalline arpeggios”.

So when Sonic Youth next roll into your town, do the right thing and trust your instincts.

Ted holding a candle to Sonic Youth.