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7.09.2008 - randoms

Sonic Youth - 1988-11-07 - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Sonic Youth - 1990-09-25 - Big Club, Torino, Italy
Sonic Youth - 1981-07-xx - Just Above Midtown/Downtown Gallery, New York City, New York, USA
Sonic Youth - 1990-10-20 - Vic Theater, Chicago, IL
Sonic Youth - 1986-11-22 - Irving Plaza, New York, NY
Sonic Youth - 1988-06-10 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
Sonic Youth - 1987-07-19 - Polder Rock Festival, Oudenburg, Belgium
Sonic Youth - 1992-09-24 - Warfield, San Francisco

thanks rappard

5.09.2008 - randoms

Sonic Youth - 2002-08-24 - Silver Lake Sunset Junction
Sonic Youth - 1993-07-04 - Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium
Sonic Youth - 1985-03-26 - 100 Club, London
Sonic Youth - 1986-05-12 - Riverside, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Sonic Youth - 1987-04-24 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
Sonic Youth - 1987-04-25 - Hales Gym Highschool, Oberlin, OH
Sonic Youth - 2008-08-09 - festival les escales, parc des expositions, Saint-Nazaire, France (second source)
Sonic Youth - 1993-01-24 - Big Day Out, Melbourne Australia SBD
Sonic Youth - 1986-05-29 - Wartburg, Wiesbaden, Germany
Sonic Youth - 1992-12-01 - Brielpoort, Deinze, Belgium
Sonic Youth - 1990-10-13 - Foufounes Electriques, Montreal, QC, Canada
Sonic Youth - 1988-11-26 - SXSW, Austin, TX SBD
Sonic Youth - 1986-11-09 - Knights Of Columbus, Baton Rouge, LA SBD
Sonic Youth - 1990-03-11 - Paradise Club, Boston, MA

thanks rappard and Robert

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1.09.2008 - randoms

Sonic Youth - 2000-06-09 - Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis
Sonic Youth - 1989-04-02 - Markthalle, Hamburg, GER
Sonic Youth - 1990-09-24 - Rolling Stone, Milano, Italy
Sonic Youth - 1993-06-22 - Academy, New-York City, NY
Sonic Youth - 1995-11-09 - Soma, San Diego CA

thanks rappard and Robert

26.08.2008 - some uploads

Sonic Youth - 2000-10-20 - Free Jazz Festival, Jуquei Clube, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sonic Youth - 1995-11-04 - sam carver gymnasium, western washington university, bellingham, wa
Sonic Youth - 1995-11-05 - roseland theatre, portland, or
Sonic Youth - 1996-06-16 - golden gate park-polo fields, san francisco, ca
Sonic Youth - 1999-07-02 - Greek Theatre, Berkeley (This Is Not a Festival)
Sonic Youth - 2006-06-15 - 9-30 club, washington, dc (early show)
Sonic Youth - 2006-06-15 - 9-30 club, washington, dc (late show)
Sonic Youth - 2006-07-01 - roseland theatre, portland, or
Sonic Youth - 2007-04-27 - Empire Polo Field, Indio, CA (Coachella Festival)
Sonic Youth - 2007-06-21 - Tollwood Festival, Munich, Germany
Sonic Youth - 2007-07-01 - Furia Sound Festival, Cergy Pontoise, France
Sonic Youth - 2007-07-06 - Piazza Castello, Ferrara, Italy
Sonic Youth - 2007-08-26 - Arena Wien, Vienna, Austria

21.08.2008 - some uploads

Sonic Youth - 1998-05-23 - Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA
Sonic Youth - 1998-06-26 - Roskilde Festival, Roskilde
Sonic Youth - 2006-07-14 - Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, US

20.08.2008 - some uploads

Sonic Youth - 2007-06-02 - Barcelona (Spain), Forum - Primavera Sound 2007 (CSB source)
Sonic Youth - 2007-06-16 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, Germany
Sonic Youth, 2007-07-07, Teatro Romano, Ostia Antica, Rome, Italy
r09 source
ecm929 source

19.08.2008 - some uploads

Sonic Youth - 2001-04-21 - Trocadero Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA RARE
Sonic Youth - 2004-08-04 - Metropolis, Montreal, QC
Sonic Youth - 2004-08-06 - Capital Music Hall, Ottawa, ON
Sonic Youth - 2005-06-03 - Place Poulain Corbion, Saint-Brieuc, France (Art Rock Festival)
Sonic Youth - 2002-06-15 - Frequency Festival, Salzburg, Austria RARE FM BROADCAST

18.08.2008 - some uploads

SONIC YOUTH - 2006-12-11 - Les Halles de Schaerbeek
SONIC YOUTH - 2006-12-15 - Het Paard, The Hague, NL
SONIC YOUTH - 2006-12-16 - Postbahnhof, Berlin, Germany

17.08.2008 - some uploads

SONIC YOUTH - 1991-08-23 - reading festival, reading, berkshire, england, uk
SONIC YOUTH - 2004 08 27 - Saint Cloud, France - Rock En Seine Festival
ecm719 source
at831 source
tv source
SONIC YOUTH - 2007-06-19 - Russia, Moscow, B1 club (AMT#2 audio)

15.08.2008 - another dvd

SONIC YOUTH - 2007-06-19 - Russia, Moscow, B1 club (AMT#1 NV-GS 75 source)

14.08.2008 - random uploads

Sonic Youth - 1995-07-04 - Lollapalooza, Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA
Sonic Youth - 1995-08-02 - Lollapalooza, Charles Town Races, Charles Town
Sonic Youth - 1995-10-20 - The Academy, New York
Sonic Youth - 1998-05-29 - Veterans Wadsworth Theater, Los Angeles, California
Sonic Youth - 2008-08-09 - festival les escales, parc des expositions, Saint-Nazaire, France

13.08.2008 - random uploads

sonic youth - 2006-07-06 - mgm grand arena, las vegas, nv
sonic youth - 2006-07-07 - cox arena, san diego, ca
sonic youth - 2006-07-09 - forum, inglewood, ca
sonic youth - 2006-07-10 - great western forum, inglewood, ca
ORIGINAL SILENCE (Thurston Moore / Mats Gustafsson / Massimo Pupillo / Terrie Ex / Paal Nilssen-Love) - 2008-08-07 - Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway
Sonic Youth - 2005-10-27 - Cite de la Musique, Paris, FR

Sonic Youth - 2005-03-17 - Shibuya O-East, Tokyo, Japan
(thanks Roland for uploading last one)

12.08.2008 - random uploads

sonic youth - 1991-04-04 - whisky a go go, los angeles, ca
sonic youth - 1991-04-07 - arco arena, sacramento, ca
sonic youth - 2003-06-13 - bonnaroo, manchester, tn
sonic youth - 2003-06-28 - penn's landing, philadelphia, pa (sbd)
sonic youth - 2003-08-25 - dte music theater, clarkston, mi
sonic youth - 2006-06-18 - manchester, tennessee, usa (bonnaroo festival)

11.08.2008 - webcasts

Sonic Youth - 2002-06-27 - Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sonic Youth - 2006-04-21 - Instants Chevires, Paris, France

10.08.2008 - random uploads

Sonic Youth - 2003-11-08 - All Tomorrow's Parties, Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA (matrix)

Sonic Youth - 2005-10-26 - La Cite de la Musique, Paris, France
Sonic Youth - 2006-04-19 - Maison de la Radio - Studio 104, Paris, France (aud)
(thanks Roland for uploading this)

9.08.2008 - side live

Yoshihide Otomo, Jim O'Rourke, Yuji Katsui - 2008-07-09 - Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

8.08.2008 - random uploads

sonic youth - 2003-07-12 - ilosaarirock festival, joensuu, finland
sonic youth - 2004-04-03 - camber sands holiday centre, east sussex, uk (atp festival)
sonic youth - 2004-07-14 - showbox, seattle, wa
sonic youth - 2004-08-30 - paradiso, amsterdam, the netherlands
sonic youth - 2004-09-01 - barrowland, glasgow, scotland
sonic youth - 2004-09-02 - the brixton academy, london, england
sonic youth - 2004-10-27 - uptown theater kansas city, missouri

6.08.2008 - 2 yeasrs ago

sonic youth - 2006-08-06 - pabst theatre, milwaukee, wi (24 bit)

lossy recordings:
sonic youth - 2007.04.23 - beijing, china @ star live
sonic youth - 2007.10.07 - dallas, tx @ house of blues

5.08.2008 - 2 years ago

Sonic Youth - 2006-08-05 - Lollapalooza, Grant Park, Chicago, IL
Sonic Youth - 2006-08-05 - Double Door, Chicago, IL (source 1)
Sonic Youth - 2006-08-05 - Double Door, Chicago, IL (source 1)

4.08.2008 - random uploads

Sonic Youth - 1985-08-27 - Continental Club, Austin, TX
Sonic Youth - 1986-07-27 - Maxwell's, Hoboken
Sonic Youth - 2000-06-11 - Phoenix Plaza Amphitheatre, Pontiac
Sonic Youth - 2000-06-20 - 9:30 Club, Washington
Sonic Youth - 2000-06-23 - Tabernacle, Atlanta
Sonic Youth - 2000-09-05 - Post Gazette Pavillion, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Sonic Youth - 2002-06-29 - L’Olympia, Paris, France
Sonic Youth - 2006-04-19 - Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris, France (fm)

3.08.2008 - noisy weekend

Free Kitten - 1993-04-30 - Palladium, Hollywood,CA
Thurston Moore / Rashied Ali - 1997-12-20 - The Cooler, NYC (1 source)
Thurston Moore / Rashied Ali - 1997-12-20 - The Cooler, NYC (2 source)
Thurston Moore - 2007-10-25 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR *a thir13en blend*
Thurston Moore - 2007-12-04 - Tripod, Dublin, Ireland

2.08.2008 - noisy weekend

Derek Bailey - Cyro Baptista - Ikue Mori - Jim O'Rourke - John Zorn - 2002-05-18 - Tonic, NYC, NY
Northampton Wools (Thurston Moore + Bill Nace) - 2007-10-12 - Hampshire College (remaster)
Thurston Moore / Lawrence Cook / John Voigt, 1997-05-29, Second Annual Vision Festival, Orensanz Arts Center, New York
Nels Cline, Thurston Moore, Tom Surgal, William Winnant - 1996-12-23 - Alligator Lounge, Santa Monica, CA
Thurston Moore, Tom Surgal, William Winnant - 1997-11-09 - Alter Schlachthof, Wels, Austria
Male Slut (Sonic Youth) Thurston Moore/Rashied Ali Duo - 1997-03-01 - Cooler, NYC
Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo, 2001-01-27, The Cooler, New York
Thurston Moore, 2001-04-07, The Cooler, New York, NY, USA
Dream / Aktion Unit, 2004-04-03, All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, Pontin's, Camber Sands, England
Some cool solo shows will be uploaded tomorrow.

1.08.2008 - sonic youth 2008-07-04 battery park, nyc

16 bit version
24 bit version

31.07.2008 - crackingamps day

Sonic Youth - 1989-01-27 - Sydney Cove Tavern, Sydney, Australia
Sonic Youth - 1989-01-28 - Sydney Cove Tavern, Sydney, Australia
Sonic Youth - 1992-07-01 - Washington Room, Trinity College, Hartford CT, USA
Sonic Youth - 1992-07-04 - Summerstage, Central Park, New York City NY, USA
Sonic Youth - 1993-02-05 - Selinas, Coogee Bay Hotel, Sydney, Australia
Sonic Youth - 1993-02-06 - Selinas, Coogee Bay Hotel, Sydney, Australia
Sonic Youth - 2006-07-22 - Supertop, Splendour In The Grass festival, Byron Bay, Australia
Sonic Youth - 2006-07-24 - The Palace, Melbourne, Australia
Sonic Youth - 2006-07-26 - Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia
thanks crackingamps for recording and uploading this.

30.07.2008 - side live

Thurston Moore and Gate (Michael Morely and Lee Renaldo) - 1994-04-22 - Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC

29.07.2008 - random uploads

Sonic Youth - 1986-07-26 - CBGB, New York, NY
Sonic Youth - 1986-08-02 - The Rat, Boston, MA
Sonic Youth - 1987-09-14 - Rockitz, Richmond, Virginia
Sonic Youth - 1987-09-25 - Spirit Nightclub, San Diego
Sonic Youth - 2004-08-21 - Earthlink Live, Atlanta, GA
Sonic Youth - 2007-06-02 - Estrella Damn Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Sonic Youth - 2007-06-26 - E-Werk, Cologne, Germany
thanks everyone who helped us by uploading these recordings to our site.

28.07.2008 - tv appearances

Unmade Bed ("The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno" 06/09/04)
Pattern Recognition ("Late Late Show w/ Craig Kilborn" 07/19/04)
Incinerate (Rove Live 07/25/06) - thanks crackingamps for recording and uploading this file
Reena (Conan O'Brien Show NBC Television 08/09/06)

all these files are in dvd quality but aren't in dvd format

27.07.2008 - precious

Kim Gordon, Ikue Mori, DJ Olive, Jim O'Rourke - 2001-05-21 - Cinema Laurier, Victoriaville, Quebec
(thank you anonimous uploader)

26.07.2008 - andrei's uploads

1987 04 27 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Electric Banana (SBD#1)
1989 03 30 - Munich, Germany - Theaterfabrik Unterfцhring (FM#1)
1998 06 08 - New York City, New York, USA - Irving Plaza (AUD#1B)

25.07.2008 - video in dvd quality

Sonic Youth - 1985-01-05 - Mojave Desert, California, USA (Gila Monster Jamboree)

23.07.2008 - random uploads

sonic youth - 1987-10-17 - lost horizon, syracuse, ny
sonic youth - 1988-11-14 - one step beyond, santa clara, ca
sonic youth - 1988-12-10 - traxx, charlottesville, vi
sonic youth - 1988-12-13 - cbgb's, new york, ny
sonic youth - 2000-08-05 - the cat's cradle, carrboro, nc (csb)
sonic youth - 2008-02-18 - enmore theatre, sydney, australia
sonic youth - 2008-02-19 - enmore theatre, sydney, australia
sonic youth - 2008-02-20 - metro, melbourne, australia
sonic youth - 2008-02-21 - metro, melbourne, australia
sonic youth - 2008-02-22 - fowler's live, adelaide, australia
sonic youth - 2008-02-23 - beck's music box, perth, australia

Sonic Youth - 2004-09-04 - Arena Parco Nord, Bologna, Italy
(thanks reginald for uploading this)

Sonic Youth - 1995-11-11 - Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, CA
(thanks Bertrand for uploading this)

Sonic Youth - 2003-06-27 - Summerstage, Central Park, NYC
(thanks Roland for uploading this)

Sonic Youth - 2004-08-26 - Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland (fm broadcast)
Sonic Youth - 2006-09-02 - Osheaga Festival, Montreal, Quebec (matrix)
(thanks Unitmonster for uploading this)

21.07.2008 - another dvd:

Sonic Youth - 1990-09-21 - Arena Wien, Vienna, Austria

20.07.2008 - uploader's day

Sonic Youth - 1985-01-14 - The I-Beam Club, San Fransisco, CA
Sonic Youth - 1991-08-24 - Tanzbrunnen (Monsters Of Spex), Cologne, Germany
thanks Bertrand for uploading this

Sonic Youth 1993-03-04 - The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA
thank you anonymous uploader

sonic youth - 1989-03-23 - kilburn national london
sonic youth - 1993-02-23 - nakano sun plaza, tokyo, japan
sonic youth - 2006-09-02 - parc jean-drapeau, montreal, quebec, canada (osheaga festival)
sonic youth - 2006-12-13 - zenith, paris, france (source 1)
sonic youth - 2006-12-13 - zenith, paris, france (source 2)
sonic youth - 2007-07-05 - spazio 211, torino, italy
sonic youth - 2007-07-28 - mccarren pool, brooklyn, ny
sonic youth - 2007-08-21 - abc1, glasgow, scotland
sonic youth - 2007-08-22 - abc1, glasgow, scotland
thank me

19.07.2008 - Another dvd:

Sonic Youth - 2005-06-03 - Art Rock Festival (Place Poulain Corbian), St Brieuc, France

18.07.2008 - uploader's day

6 shows which were taped and uploaded by Alien Rendel (thank him!):

Sonic Youth - 2000-06-10 - The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL
Sonic Youth - 2001-05-04 - Deep Ellum Live, Dallas, TX
Sonic Youth - 2002-08-17 - Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL
Sonic Youth - 2003-08-25 - Pink Knob / DTE Center, Clarkston, MI
Sonic Youth - 2004-07-29 - The Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
Thurston Moore & Mats Gustafson - 1999-05-15 - The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL - original files (without digital generations)

2 shows from Rolland Blattner (thank him again!!):

Sonic Youth - 2003-06-26 - Summerstage, Central Park, NYC
Sonic Youth feat. Jim O'Rourke, William Winant, Takehisa Kosugi & Wharton Tiers - 1999-04-01 - Bowery Ballroom, New York City, NY - SYR4 LIVE!!! o.O

14.07.2008 - New shows
1997-06-05 - Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, USA (thanks reginald for uploading this)
2007-08-25 - Archa Divadlo, Praha
2007-08-27 - Zagreb, Croatia - vip in music festival

Solo shows:
Christian Marclay / Thurston Moore / Lee Ranaldo - 1999-05-24 - FIMAV, Colisee, Victoriaville (alternative source, not "Fuck Shit Up")
Keiji Haino / Jim O'Rourke - 2007-10-29 - Shinjyuku, Tokyo, Japan
Text Of Light - 2008-03-04 - Fleda, Brno, Czech Republic
Toshinori Kondo / Thurston Moore / Jaap Blonk - 1999-05-14 - Chicago, Illinois, USA
Thurston Moore / Nels Cline / Carla Bozulich / Tom Surgal / Devin Sarno / Lin Culbertson - 1999-06-09 - Tonic, New York
Thurston Moore - 2002-09-20 - Mu, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Thurston Moore - 2002-09-21 - Bazar Curieux, Nighttown, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

13.07.2008 - First dvd on our site:
LIVE AT STACHE'S
read more about this video here

New show:
Sonic Youth - 1998-05-06 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
Thanks cdipietro for taping and Rolland Blattner for uploading this.

10.07.2008 - Hits of Paris:
2006-04-20 - Le Nouveau Casino, Paris, France (AUD #2; taper: LeFreak)
2006-04-20 - Le Nouveau Casino, Paris, France (AUD #3; taper: kissamos)
2006-04-20 - Le Nouveau Casino, Paris, France (AUD #4; taper: alphi) *UNCIRCULATED*

Thurston Moore - 2007-12-11, Le Trabendo, Paris, France (AUD #1; taper: greenlight)
Thurston Moore - 2007-12-11, Le Trabendo, Paris, France (AUD #2; taper: unknown)
Thurston Moore - 2007-12-11, Le Trabendo, Paris, France (AUD #3; taper: alphi) *UNCIRCULATED*

thanks alphi for uploading his recordings

Sonic Youth - 2005-08-12 - Oyafestivalen, Oslo, Norway

thank you anonymous uploader

9.07.2008 - New shows:
2006-06-15 (Early Show) - 930 Club, Washington DC (flac24)
2006-06-15 (Late Show) - 930 Club, Washington DC (flac24)
Thanks to taper Peter W. King, who kindly uploaded this cool recordings on our ftp.

6.07.2008 - New shows:
1992-10-24 - Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
1992-11-21 - E-Werk, Cologne, Germany
1992-11-23 - Rolling Stone, Milan, IT
1992-11-26 - Teatro Tenda Strisce, Roma, IT
1992-12-04 - Salle Omnisports, Rennes, France (Les Transmusicales Festival)

Solo perfomances:

Text of light - 2008-03-04 - Fleda, Brno, Czech Republic
Thurston Moore & Phil X - 1996-12-03 - Iron Horse, Northampton, Massachusetts
Northampton Wools (Thurston Moore + Bill Nace) - 2007-10-12 - Hampshire College
Thurston Moore - 2007-10-31 - KCRW Radio FM Broadcast, Santa Monica, California
Thurston Moore - 2008-04-20 - Calvin Theatre, Northampton, MA

3.07.2008 - Solo perfomance:

ORIGINAL SILENCE - September 28, 2005, Brancaleone (Roma Europa Festival), Roma, Italy

27.06.2008 - New shows:
1986-07-18 - traxx, detroit, mi (flac 24)
2007-07-13 - Pitchfork Festival, Chicago (flac 24)
2008-04-25 - City Hall, Nashville, TN
1986-11-13 - Miami, FL @ Theatre by the Beach
1992-10-05, Riviera Theatre, Chicago

Solo perfomances:

Thurston moore w/ Steve Shelley on drums and Sumara Lubelski on violin
03-16-07 Mohawk patio Sxsw Austin tx
03-17-06 End of an ear Sxsw Austin tx

Thurston Moore Knitting Factory, NYC 30th June 1989
Thurston Moore 2006-03-09 Boulder Theate

Lossy recordings (recordings that circulate or were recorded only in lossy formats):

2000.05.25 - Paris, France @ Pompidou Center
2006-07-08 - Little Radio

25.06.2008 - we're back with new site and new320 gb hard drive for maximum pleasure.
New shows:
1988-06-24 - CBGB's, New York, NY
1995-07-30 - Blockbuster Sony Pavilion, Camden, NJ
1996-03-18 - Noorderligt, Tilburg, Netherlands
1996-03-21 - Le Zenith, Paris, France
2006-06-27 - Gothic Theater, Englewood, CO (reginald request)

Solo perfomances:
Lee Ranaldo / Christian Marclay - 2001-03-25, club Metro, Kyoto
VMC trio (John Voight / Thurston Moore / Lawrence Cook) - 1998-03-07, the Space, Worcester

"Be my sister in death" silver bootleg (thanks rappard!):
1987-09-15 - Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill, NC
1990-11-03 - Crawford Hall, Irvine, CA