SONIC YOUTH - Washing Machine 2LP minimal Westerberg isn't quite the songwriter

Westerberg isn't quite the songwriter he would become but his (and the band's) sense of humor is already on full display

Nosebleed Weekend kicks off with “Perfume”

(b) cut songs down to their most “on” moments

Coming after the success of Pavor Nocturnus by Brown's gothtronic trio THE NIGHT TERRORS

Released in 2006

SONIC YOUTH - Washing Machine 2LP minimal Westerberg isn't quite the songwriterAfter defying their status as America's pre eminent alternative band with 1994's stripped down Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star, Sonic Youth returned a year later with the adventurous Washing Machine, a heightened and hookless 2LP set produced by former engineer John Siket. Driven by the ringing electric guitars of Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore and extended multi layered arrangements, Washing Machine straddles the line of art and invention