and Lee Ranaldo’s first-ever electric guitar. The Hagström II is not much to look at it. Ranaldo was a teenager when he got it and painted it black when he was in high-school (when he was ...

Lee Ranaldo spent three decades playing guitar in Sonic Youth, as well as playing something of a George Harrison role in the band: the third most prominent singer/songwriter in the group who ...

But in spite of some personal problems, it was still business as normal: 'We're going out to do a summer show in our hometown,' " admits co-founder Lee Ranaldo from his New York apartment.

Mariano Regidor/Redferns/Getty Images Experimental rock juggernauts Sonic Youth are partnering with Reverb for the third time to sell a collection of studio-used gear – including Lee Ranaldo's ...

Lee Ranaldo and Rosalía collaborator Raül Refree are extremely talented guitarists, but for their new song “Light Years Out,” they turned to an old cassette of Ranaldo throwing chairs ...

After Superstorm Sandy hit lower Manhattan a year ago and the electricity went out and the streets were spooky-dark, Lee Ranaldo had little to do at night except strum one of his many guitars.

Lee Ranaldo had an epiphany about his new album while wandering through a neighborhood in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Each street on his journey was named after a woman — just their first names — and ...

On Saturday, Sept. 7, the musician closed out his two-night stand at New York’s Rooftop at Pier 17 by flexing this muscle again, this time welcoming Lee Ranaldo for an extended sit-in.

Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo is the latest artist interviewed for The Quietus‘ Baker’s Dozen series where artists talk about their 13 favorite albums of all time. Lee discusses each one in ...

Speaking of, earlier today we posted about a bunch of upcoming Kim Gordon shows. Lee Ranaldo & the Dust's new album, Last Night on Earth, comes out on October 8 via Matador. Stream the single ...

Lee Ranaldo’s latest collection is a full-band companion piece to last year's solo record, Between the Times and the Tides. He's joined on it by a Grateful Dead-inspired backing band featuring ...

Lee Ranaldo recently returned from the most remote place he says he’s ever been: the tribal lands of “more India” (extending east of Bangladesh and south of Bhutan), and likens it to ...