Happy 70th Birthday Lee Ranaldo!

Celebrating 70th birthday of Sonic Youth co-founder Lee Ranaldo with a few old faves performed with his pals in Yo La Tengo. 

Project Nowhere feat. Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer @ St. Anne's Parish, Friday

Sonic Youth guitar slinger Lee Ranaldo is joined by Leah Singer headlining this year's Project Nowhere on Friday night.

Project Nowhere (October 3-5)

Wavelength is excited to be a part of the second year of Project Nowhere, a community-led event featuring underground legends, modern vanguards and exciting up-and-coming talent from Toronto and beyond. Different venues in Toronto’s west end will be taking part in this multi-dimensional music experience, hosting artist showcases over the 3-day festival. 

This year, Wavelength will be co-presenting two nights of exciting programming at St. Anne’s Parish and Lower Hall. Night 1 will feature an immersive sound and visual performance by Leah Singer + Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) presenting Contre Jour, Hamilton shoegazers Zoon, and experimental trio Yoo Doo Right. Night 2 will feature Slim Twig mastermind Max Turnbull’s side project Badge Époque Ensemble, along with fuzzed-out guitar rocker Sam Jr. and baroque psychedelic outfit The Royal Family. Visuals both nights by The Oscillitarium. Read an interview with Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer right here and check out a Contre Jour performance in Spain from 2022 along with Lee's guided tour of  his gear below. 

Project Nowhere & Wavelength: Night 1 

Friday (October 4) @ St. Anne’s Parish Hall (651 Dufferin St)

10:30 – Leah Singer + Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) presenting Contre Jour

9:30 – Zoon

8:30 – Yoo Doo Right

Doors 8pm 

Tickets: $38.13 advance (including taxes and fees) available from DICE.FM right here.  

Project Nowhere & Wavelength: Night 2 

Saturday (October 5) @ St. Anne’s Parish Hall (651 Dufferin St)

10:30 – Badge Époque Ensemble

9:30 – Sam Jr.

8:30 – The Royal Family

Doors 8pm 

Tickets: $26.49 advance (including taxes and fees) available from DICE.FM right here.  

Thurston Moore and Sonic Youth pals host a Walls Have Ears listening party, Thursday

Members of Sonic Youth are having a free online listening party for their 1986 live recording Walls Have Ears. RSVP below. 

Here's the scoop...

Join hosts Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley for a free listening party on Thursday, February 8th at 2:30pm Eastern to celebrate Walls Have Ears. Including an advance listen to the full album and chat with the artists about Sonic Youth and this legendary live release. RSVP right here. 

• WALLS HAVE EARS •

Sonic Youth presents Walls Have Ears – the legendary 2xLP bootleg compilation of their ripping 1985 UK performances, held up passionately as a fan favorite since its original unsanctioned release in 1986, ‘Walls Have Ears’ is finally reclaimed, remastered and officially released by the band for the first time in 38 years. 

Considered by the band at the time as a transgression of trust and control and an ensuing thorn in their side that continued to forge a life of its own decade after decade on the bootleg market, ‘Walls Have Ears’ has finally been embraced and presented by the band as the fascinating and exhilarating document that it is: Sonic Youth in a state of incendiary mania, violently yet artfully shedding the skins of their first incarnation and developing vision and solidifying the band lineup and sound that would be central to the rest of their 3 decade career. 

Raw, jagged and going for it full out; experience ‘Walls Have Ears’ on 2xLP, including a deluxe edition and colored vinyl, CD, Cassette and Digital February 9th on Goofin.’ 

Pre-order a copy of Sonic Youth's Walls Have Ears via Bandcamp right here. Have a listen below. 

Happy Birthday J Mascis!

Celebrating the birthday of J Mascis with a guided tour of his guitar collection and jamming with some pals in Brooklyn.   

Lee Ranaldo joins Greek art rockers The Callas for "Trouble and Desire"

The Callas' new album Trouble and Desire is out October 26 via Dirty Water Records – pre-order it right here.

Here's the scoop...
Sez Lee Ranaldo: "It’s been a pleasure for me to know and collaborate with The Callas on their new album Trouble and Desire. We met a few years ago and I’ve been drawn into their artistic world in Athens. I’m a fan of their visual art tapestries and their art studio/venue and I’ve been having a great time making music with these like-minded travelers. Our collaboration took off quickly and was such a natural fit – we speak the same language and the performances we’ve done together have been a total blast! I love the community of artists that they have gathered around them, and I hope we will do more collaborations in the future." Watch the clip for the album's title track below.

Steve Gunn & Meg Baird w/ Lee Ranaldo @ The Great Hall, January 14

Watch a couple of clips of Steve Gunn and Meg Baird performing live – you already know all about Lee.