Rather Ripped Lyrics

(by Sonic Youth)

1. Do You Believe in Rapture?
2. Incinerate
3. Jams Run Free
4. Lights Out
5. Neutral
6. Or
7. Pink Steam
8. Rats
9. Reena
10. Sleepin' Around
11. Turquoise Boy
12. What a Waste

Sonic Youth News

• Music Issue Nothing You Can Know That Isn’t Known - New York Times
  He knows how to get inside a song and shine a light on its inner workings, the sonic architecture that’s as mysterious as gravity or guts to us non-adepts.
  nytimes.com
• Fina-music Adds Labels - Cmj.com
  ... site Fina-Music.com has added several new  labels to their repertoire, including the catalogs of Arts  And Crafts, Ecstatic Peace, Locust and Sonic Youth.
  cmj.com
• It's Nirvana To Be A Punk Again - St. Louis Post-dispatch
  Post-punk — The do-it-yourself approach to recording and touring created outlets for youth music that  went beyond the punk formula.
  stltoday.com
• Go! Team Shows Great Effort - New York Daily News
  Growing up I was into noise music, Sonic Youth, Jesus Lizard. But I would also hunt out 'Sesame Street' and 'Peanuts' soundtracks.
  nydailynews.com
• Seafood: The New Album, The Music Press And... Naked Wrestling? - Drowned In Sound
  However, it received a lukewarm  reception from some fans, as the Sonic Youth-esque sound that defined the band was ditched in favour of folk-tinged acoustic
  drownedinsound.com
• Placing The 20th Century's Sounds With Its Actions - Los Angeles Times
  By Scott Timberg, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer FEW writers can write stirringly about both Johannes Brahms and Sonic Youth. But New Yorker music critic
  calendarlive.com
• The Most Hated Album In Jazz - Guardian Unlimited
  On the Corner's influence can be heard in the music of such varied artists as Underworld, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, David Byrne and
  arts.guardian.co.uk
• Music Review — Free Yr Radio Compilation Cd - Blogcritics.org
  From the Klaxons to Sonic Youth, the collection is both diverse as well as rare; most of the bands provided songs not found anywhere else, and most of the
  blogcritics.org
• Alt. Something - North Coast Journal
  It may surprise Sonic Youth fans in that it’s not loud, dissonant or shot through with electric guitar feedback. Recorded at the home of J. Mascis of
  northcoastjournal.com
• » Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore Digs Flying Solo « - Examiner.com
  No, the guitar guru behind the seminal experimental noise outfit Sonic Youth isn’t calling it quits, he just wants to get off the Internet.
  examiner.com