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Sonic Life: A Memoir Tapa dura – 24 octubre 2023
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"Downtown scientists rejoice! For Thurston Moore has unearthed the missing links, the sacred texts, the forgotten stories, and the secret maps of the lost golden age. This is history—scuffed, slightly bent, plenty noisy, and indispensable." —Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Underground Railroad and Harlem Shuffle
Thurston Moore moved to Manhattan’s East Village in 1978 with a yearning for music. He wanted to be immersed in downtown New York’s sights and sounds—the feral energy of its nightclubs, the angular roar of its bands, the magnetic personalities within its orbit. But more than anything, he wanted to make music—to create indelible sounds that would move, provoke, and inspire.
His dream came to life in 1981 with the formation of Sonic Youth, a band Moore cofounded with Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo. Sonic Youth became a fixture in New York’s burgeoning No Wave scene—an avant-garde collision of art and sound, poetry and punk. The band would evolve from critical darlings to commercial heavyweights, headlining festivals around the globe while helping introduce listeners to such artists as Nirvana, Hole, and Pavement, and playing alongside such icons as Neil Young and Iggy Pop. Through it all, Moore maintained an unwavering love of music: the new, the unheralded, the challenging, the irresistible.
In the spirit of Just Kids, Sonic Life offers a window into the trajectory of a celebrated artist and a tribute to an era of explosive creativity. It presents a firsthand account of New York in a defining cultural moment, a history of alternative rock as it was birthed and came to dominate airwaves, and a love letter to music, whatever the form. This is a story for anyone who has ever felt touched by sound—who knows the way the right song at the right moment can change the course of a life.
- Longitud de impresión496 páginas
- IdiomaInglés
- EditorialDoubleday
- Fecha de publicación24 octubre 2023
- Dimensiones16.38 x 3.99 x 23.88 cm
- ISBN-100385548656
- ISBN-13978-0385548656
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Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Fall by Vogue, The Chicago Tribune, and The Guardian
"Both a herculean work of research and a love letter—to Moore’s youth, to underground rock, and to a band that formed in downtown Manhattan in 1981 and went on to change music forever... an exuberantly detailed account... Sonic Life is a big book and it feels like a whole life is poured into it."
—Vogue
“Electrifying… At its most evocative when describing the downtown music scene of the late 1970s and ’80s New York.”
—Mark Yarm, The New York Times
"An edgy valentine to ’80s punk... Few musicians have more indie rock credibility than Thurston Moore... Moore writes self-assuredly and aware but without conceit."
—The San Francisco Chronicle
"Vivid… This memoir finds its room tone when [Moore] meets Kim Gordon… It’s a terrific love story…. He’s a good observer of other people, always a good sign in a memoirist… [An] excellent memoir.”
—Dwight Garner, The New York Times
"A rich and strange tableau of the music world . . . Sonic Life roars along with the runaway-freight-train passion of a true believer."
--The Wall Street Journal
"Moore’s nightlife testimony becomes a memorial to the lost petri dish of a downtown scene that made Sonic Youth possible."
--The Washington Post
"The tale of a record collector geek made good, a seeker after new sounds who in turn became a key architect of experimental rock in the two decades that followed. . . an engaging memory piece through a golden era of busted toilets and secondhand smoke that now seems as distant as Montparnasse in the 1920s."
--The Los Angeles Times
"In taking readers along his musical trajectory—from idolizing the likes of Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, and Ron Asheton to sharing stages with them—Moore simultaneously charts rock’s decades-long evolution through punk and hardcore, new wave and no wave, indie and grunge."
--Vanity Fair
"Sonic Life is a deeply researched account of the music and culture that formed Moore’s persona as the godfather of the alt-rock movement."
—Shondaland
"[Sonic Life] is perhaps as subversive as Sonic Youth themselves were: the memoir of a well-read, thoughtful music fan, unsaddled by drugs 'n' drink, who came out the other side synapses intact. God bless him (and them) for that."
—Clinton Heylin, Spectator (UK)
"Downtown scientists rejoice! For Thurston Moore has unearthed the missing links, the sacred texts, the forgotten stories, and the secret maps of the lost golden age. This is history—scuffed, slightly bent, plenty noisy, and indispensable."
—Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Underground Railroad and Harlem Shuffle
"I thoroughly enjoyed Thurston Moore's trip down the gauntlet of memory lane, dodging beer bottles and pools of blood as he balances the demands of art and survival. Plus I'm a sucker for anyone who name-checks Saccharine Trust. A raw, rollicking document."
—Nell Zink, author of Avalon and Doxology
“Thurston Moore has always been a great artist, expansive in his knowledge of, and commitment to, new sounds and visions. Now, added to his expert musicianship, are his very real gifts as a memoirist and cultural historian. Filled with wonderful insights about the New York–based cultural landscape that made him, Moore's Sonic Life is essential reading—a moving meditation by a creative force.”
—Hilton Als, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of White Girls
“Sonic Youth was the lodestar of alternative rock, pushing boundaries and providing inspiration to a generation of renegade, free-thinking bands. In this candid memoir, Thurston Moore traverses his journey from ardent fan to revolutionary instigator, sharing his love of transgressive soundscapes and finding ever new guitar tunings for his celebration of song.”
—Lenny Kaye, guitarist, producer, and author Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll
“All rock-n-roll begins in the thrall of fandom. Thurston Moore shares his origin story, a love story like no other, about the ‘mystic deliverance’ of music and art. It is a moving portrait of an artistic life, but it is also an inspiring and astute insider history of New York as the epicenter of so much outsider and subversive culture. Generous, joyful, beautifully written, this book is a heart ripper.”
—Dana Spiotta, author of Wayward and Stone Arabia
“Thurston Moore’s all-embracing memoir Sonic Life works the way Sonic Youth did, with raging appetite for experience, with velocity and nerve, with a total devotion to making art from the resolute stance of starry-eyed fan and unabashed permanent novice. His recall is as amazing as his generosity.”
—Jonathan Lethem, National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author of Motherless Brooklyn
"Were you there? Well this is as close as it gets! Thurston Moore’s compelling and spirited account of the streets, the songs, the clothes, the clubs and the contenders! A sensitive and authentic testimony to Moore’s commitment to life lived through art and music. Beats with the heart of a true artist and mutineer."
—Viv Albertine, author of Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
"[An] exuberant and widescreen memoir...that details Sonic Youth’s New York City origin story in a fascinatingly fine-grained way—and fans will devour every page… A vivid recollection of a lost world."
—Vogue
“The best kind of music memoir, an act of cultural excavation.”
—Chicago Tribune
"Sonic Life is an absolute joy, a memoir populated by misfits and magicians, the dreamers and the demented, full of vivid imagery and fabulous anecdotes, fired by an insatiable appetite for adventure, experiences and new noise. For anyone similarly consumed by music, it offers a fascinating documentation of the genesis and growth of America's alternative rock scene, by one of its key players. It's also an unabashed love letter to New York, in all its messy, chaotic magnificence, and the best book about rock music in the city since Please Kill Me."
—Louder
“Moore is a rock historian and a brilliant writer. His poetic sentences evoke New York’s East Village from 1980 through 2000 perfectly. We experience East Village diners and delis, historical music venues, tenement buildings, and railroad apartments. He also writes mellifluously about the commitment required to be in a band. He places us right there with him in vans, planes, and trains to experience a Sonic Youth tour. In Sonic Life, Moore not only tells the story of a burgeoning music scene and an original band, but he also transports us to a time when artists lived their lives on their own terms, just like Sid Vicious and Joey Ramone did.”
—Alternative Press
"Moore, a founding member of Sonic Youth, is among the more creative guitarists (along with bandmate Lee Ranaldo and Kim Gordon) during a period in rock music filled with folks exploiting sonic possibilities... Moore’s word choice remains measured, thoughtful... a book for the Sonic Youth fan."
—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Moore’s meticulous new memoir uses unvarnished, highly readable prose... Pages whiz by with jolting anecdotes."
—Under the Radar
“Fascinating...Moore conjures the grit and atmosphere of 1980s New York with ease.”
—Town & Country
"Sonic Life largely reads like a post-punk coming-of-age story, tracing its protagonist’s journey from scrawny Connecticut fringe kid to New York alt-rock titan... Reading through Sonic Youth’s as-it-happens process made me want to pick up my guitar and create something weird... Sonic Life succeeds in the places where it conjures this effect: of walking through hell alongside someone who has survived it."
—Pitchfork
“A love letter to to the New York underground music and art scenes of the 1970s and 80s...Moore's prose suggests he could have had an alternative career as one of the few great music journalists to have become a household name.”
—The Wire
“[Moore] writes about music in a breathless gush of hyperbole that proves almost too infectious… Moore’s depiction of pre-gentrification Manhattan’s post-punk bohemia is richly evocative and Sonic Life’s highlight."
—The Guardian (UK)
“Sonic Life will be every alt-rocker's binge-read this winter.”
—Mojo(UK)
"A fascinating chronicle of music, art, life on the road—and a vanished New York City."
—The Millions
"A literate, absorbing account... A self-aware, charmingly rough-and-tumble tale of the rock ’n’ roll life."
—Kirkus Reviews (starred)
"Vivid... Encyclopedic and capacious, Sonic Life is no less than a history of U.S. underground arts and culture... a prismatic view on the musical democracy that was Sonic Youth."
—BookPage (starred)
"Fascinating...Moore conjures the grit and atmosphere of 1980s New York with ease.”
—Publishers Weekly
"An expansive autobiography... [Moore is] a patient and methodical storyteller, providing rich context for the artists who shaped and intersected with his career. Moore’s dual perspective as both music industry insider and obsessive fan and collector results in a vibrant piece of cultural history."
—Booklist
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- Editorial : Doubleday (24 octubre 2023)
- Idioma : Inglés
- Tapa dura : 496 páginas
- ISBN-10 : 0385548656
- ISBN-13 : 978-0385548656
- Peso del producto : 777 g
- Dimensiones : 16.38 x 3.99 x 23.88 cm
- Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº848 en Música rock
- nº1,623 en Biografías de actores y artistas
- nº11,399 en Biografías y autobiografías (Libros)
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In 1981 he was central to the creation of the famous iconoclastic rock group Sonic Youth. By the 1990s and and into the 2000s the band had pulled off the difficult trick of becoming increasingly economically successful without compromising their artistic vision. The band disbanded in 2011 following the separation and subsequent divorce of Moore and the groups bassist, Kim Gordon. The book only spends a few pages on this, Moore saying that it is too personal to write more about that unpleasant part of their lives..
With all the amazing things that he has done and continues to do he could easily be an ego maniac as are many other people in the arts. But in this book he talks about the scene surrounding himself, as well as tastefully telling about his place in the midst of that scene. In 2023 Thurston Moore is still highly active in the art and music scene.
In many ways, this book is stronger as a historical document of how the NYC punk scene transformed into post-punk and no-wave from the late 70s into the early 80s, than it is as a traditional memoir. A few raw moments hit me hard, as the turmoil Thurston felt after losing his father resonated with my own experiences. However, I would have enjoyed more self-reflective/cathartic moments, as opposed to as much history. In fact, I think the ideal thing would have been to parse the initial thousands of pages of prose written by Thurston into two books: one a memoir, and one musicological in nature.
But now that I think about this, maybe that is impossible. The thing I got from reading this book is that music is most of what Thurston is (again, I find this personally relatable.) The experiences Thurston bad being on the fledgling NYC scene are so much at the core of who he is (or seems to be) that the two cannot be easily disentangled.
He only writes a few pages about his split from Kim Gordon, but I kind of understand why. The media already trampled their privacy in the early 2010s on this matter, and Thurston already answered a lot of media criticism back then, so why rehash it now, especially if there isn’t anything new to say?
I personally would have enjoyed even in depth more accounts of studio creation, especially Thurston’s solo records and collaborations (such as the awesome Dim Stars record). I can also see why the publisher would want to keep it under 500 pages.
At the end of the book, I feel like I understand certain parts of Thurston (the musical omnivore, the record collector, the innovator, the mentor, the perennial punk rocker) better, while deeper aspects of the soul remain hidden, which at the end of the day I think is a fair deal.
Revisado en los Estados Unidos el 3 de noviembre de 2023