Last night, for the Anti-Club, I did a Sonic Youth-themed night. Every other song was a Sonic Youth song from a different record, and these songs were interspersed with songs by No Wave and Post Punk bands that are associated with Sonic Youth. Here's the playlist...
"Teenage Riot" by Sonic Youth (from Daydream Nation)
"Dear Prudence" by Siouxie and the Banshees
"The Burning Spear" by Sonic Youth (from their self-titled debut EP)
"Contort Yourself" by James White and the Blacks
"The World Looks Red" by Sonic Youth (from Confusion is Sex)
"Lady Scarface" by Lydia Lunch
"I Love Her All The Time" by Sonic Youth (from Bad Moon Rising)
"3E" by Mars
"Starpower" by Sonic Youth (from EVOL)
"The Closet" by Teenage Jesus and the Jerks
"Beat on the Brat" by Sonic Youth (from Master-Dik)
"Wawa" by Lizzy Mercier Descloux
"Schizophrenia" by Sonic Youth (from Sister)
"Malu" by Arto/Neto
"Into the Groovey" by Sonic Youth (from The Whitey Album)
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division
"Kool Thing" by Sonic Youth (from Goo)
"Three Girl Rhumba/Ex Lion Tamer" by Wire
"100%" by Sonic Youth (from Dirty)
"Guns Before Butter" by Gang of Four
"Bull in the Heather" by Sonic Youth (from Experimental Jet Set, Trash, and No Star)
"In Between Days" by The Cure
"The Diamond Sea" by Sonic Youth (from Washing Machine)
"The Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen
"Sunday" by Sonic Youth (from A Thousand Leaves)
"Academy Fight Song" by Mission of Burma
"Nevermind (What Was It Anyway)" by Sonic Youth (from NY Ghosts and Flowers)
"Marquee Moon" by Television
"The Empty Page" by Sonic Youth (from Murray Street)
"The Classical by The Fall
"Ummade Bed" by Sonic Youth (from Sonic Nurse)
"Sister Europe" by The Psychedelic Furs
"Incinerate" by Sonic Youth (from Rather Ripped)
"Pipeline" by Depeche Mode
"Antenna" by Sonic Youth
See you next Friday night at The Anti-Club (aka Mulberry St. Ristorante)!
