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Teen age riot! Sonic Youth to tour China in April

The last time Shanghaiist saw Sonic Youth live was 10 or so years ago on a blistering hot day on Australia’s Gold Coast, as they played the most self-indulgent set of music since Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music. Twenty-five minutes into one noisy (nois... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Tue, Feb 27 2007

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