Sonic Youth

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Moore’s social media posts suggest his backing band might be a bit different this time around.

The gig was at a benefit for Forced Exposure.

I Don’t Know Who I Am is taken from the upcoming record Night Network

The 62-year-old noise pioneer talks weird tunings, writing “straight up pop songs” and why he can’t separate his songs from the guitars he recorded them with.

Recorded in 2007, now available online for the first time

The record is due for release 25 September under Moore’s own Daydream Library Series.

The semi-official bootleg, Hold That Tiger, gets an authentic, speed-corrected release.

The track was originally from Ranaldo’s 1998 LP, Amarillo Ramp (For Robert Smithson)

Just 1,300 copies of the original were made.