Lee Ranaldo

Lee Ranaldo co-founded Sonic Youth in 1981. His latest album, with Raül Refree, Names of North End Women, came out February 21 via Mute Records.

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Hockets for Two Voices Is an Audio Illusion

By Lee Ranaldo | April 6, 2020

Hockets for Two Voices Is an Audio Illusion

Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) fell under the spell of Meara O’Reilly’s latest album.

Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) Talks with Ian Williams (Battles) for the Talkhouse Podcast

By Talkhouse Podcast | October 24, 2019

Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) Talks with Ian Williams (Battles) for the Talkhouse Podcast

The experimental guitar legends talk avant-garde recording sessions, NYC music scenes through the years, and Wilco's instrument collection.

Draw the Blinds and Let Wanderer Wash Over You

By Lee Ranaldo | October 26, 2018

Draw the Blinds and Let Wanderer Wash Over You

“I don’t need to pull the album apart and put it back together again to know how it makes me feel.”

Circuit des Yeux’s Magical, Spiritual Progress

By Lee Ranaldo | January 18, 2018

Circuit des Yeux’s Magical, Spiritual Progress

Each song on Reaching for Indigo is its own little self-contained movie.

Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) Talks the Grateful Dead’s Sunshine Daydream

By Lee Ranaldo | September 21, 2013

Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) Talks the Grateful Dead’s Sunshine Daydream

To start with the pertinent facts: the new concert documentary Sunshine Daydream (just out on DVD) is the early-'70s Grateful Dead as I love...