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	Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (DGC)
		Sonic Nurse continues the trajectory first taken by the band on A Thousand Leaves in 1998, embracing melody and fragile beauty, though some of the album's more aggressive music hearkens back to the group's early days on DGC more than any of their recent work.
		Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Sonic Nurse is not one that can be easily quantified with a simple rating out of twelve, and is something that, in fact, has no real bearing on the quality of the album, more, instead, on the development of their sound.
		Sonic Nurse, however, seems to be a continued sign of the band disconnecting themselves from that cycle, as their current output has become almost a signature Sonic Youth sound as identifiable as some of the more singular classic Sonic Youth releases.
	www.fakejazz.com /reviews/2004/sonicyouth7.shtml (552 words)

	Rough Edge: Sonic Youth CD Reviews
		Sonic Youth is Kim Gordon on bass and vocals, Thurston Moore on guitars, Lee Renaldo on guitars, and Steve Shelley on bass.
		But my recognition of Sonic Youth as long-standing critic favorites at least had me prepared for a band that was as strong today as it was back in the late '80s and early '90s.
		I guess my memory is telling me that a lot of Sonic Youth's earlier efforts where almost for the sake of new techniques (playing and recording), but that doesn't seem to be the case on "Sonic Nurse" (at least it doesn't sound so obvious anyway).
	www.roughedge.com /cdreviews/s/sonicyouth.htm (1035 words)

	Sonic Youth: Sonic Nurse (2004): Reviews
		Sonic Nurse finds them embracing and sifting through the finer moments of their past over the course of 10 outstanding tracks.
		What emerges is Sonic Youth at complete ease with themselves and their music, operating simultaneously at the peak of their powers and with a powerful, audacious restraint.
		Sonic Nurse is better than 90 percent of new rock, but with younger combos like Lightning Bolt and Liars stealing their thunder, these well-meaning vets come off as old and in the way.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/sonicyouth/sonicnurse (968 words)

	Ink 19 :: Sonic Youth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sonic Youth is one of the most important bands of the last twenty-five years.
		They took the elements of their bizarre early career of awkwardly tuned guitars, dissonance and strangeness and combined them with elements of more straight-forward punk rock, making one of the most incredible and inspiring sounds ever to be put to tape.
		Sonic Nurse is not the kind of album that one would expect from a bunch of forty-somethings.
	www.ink19.com /issues/june2004/musicReviews/musicS/sonicYouth.html (589 words)

	BBC Manchester - Music - Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
		Sonic Youth are one of those bands that you all should know, but in truth, not many do.
		The fact is that Sonic Youth have spent 23 years surfing the edges of the music world, poking in numerous shards of punk blues and new wave rock to agitate but never infiltrate the mainstream.
		Sonic Nurse is their nineteenth full length offering and it is a joy, weighing in with both a solid return for the established fan and an ideal place to start for those discovering the American alt-legends on the back of name checks and Pixies reformations.
	www.bbc.co.uk /manchester/music/2004/06/21/nurse.shtml (257 words)

	Sonic Nurse - Sonic Youth - Music Reviews
		'Sonic Nurse' is definitely a high point in Sonic Youth's twenty three year career, their songs still sound like Sonic Youth (a trap so many twenty plus year old bands fall into), but they're not so obscure and arty farty as they can be.
		The new Sonic Nurse is a salve for anyone aching for some good noise; a far cry from 2002s Murray Street, their sad and quiet response to September 11, this record bares rage and sass as an emotional direction.
		The atmosphere of Sonic Nurse consists primarily of cinematic isolation, with furtive necessity a consistent theme.
	www.mp3.com /albums/631015/reviews.html (1160 words)

	SOUNDTHESIRENS.COM - Review :: Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
		Sonic Youth have produced a few less than twenty albums in twenty years; and with their latest effort, have drawn distinction cast in immortality.
		Sonic Youth does not create records in order to be conventionally “successful” because they do not need to be.
		Sonic Nurse is a form of artistic expression that radiates beyond the music itself into a world of its own.
	www.soundthesirens.com /reviews/sonicyouth-sonicnurse.php (480 words)

	erasing clouds
		Sonic Youth's career to date has been a shining example of re-investing rock conventions with non-conformist artistic energy and unconventional methods; they're always exploring the intersections between "art" and popular music, while forging their own stylistic path.
		Sonic Youth has always been a band closely tied to other parts of the art world; besides being involved in various literary and visual art projects of their own, they've used visual art by an assortment of unique contemporary artists as album covers (their latest uses paintings by Richard Prince).
		Between Sonic Nurse, Corporate Ghost, the used cassette copy of Sonic Death that I picked up the other day, and the streaming "mix tape" of rare Sonic Youth songs that they've got up on their web site (not to mention their extensive, brilliant back catalogue), I'm all set for the summer.
	www.erasingclouds.com /0623sy.html (1068 words)

	Sonic Youth: Sonic Nurse - The Boston Globe
		On the new "Sonic Nurse," the group remains masters of making dissonance lovely, with an album that is poised yet relaxed, as the band teases many of the songs into six-plus minute opuses.
		Again pushing the tension between sonic mayhem and coolly nuanced rock 'n' roll, they coax a pleasantly swinging, mid-tempo rocker over a hovering wash of feedback on "Dripping Dream," while Moore's strutting voice achieves the jaded supremacy of Lou Reed.
		Sonic Youth plays the first day of Lollapalooza at the Tweeter Center on Aug. 14.
	www.boston.com /ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2004/06/18/sonic_youth_sonic_nurse (282 words)

	Mediajonez.com: MUSIC: Reviews: Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
		The latest set from Sonic Youth, Sonic Nurse, is by far the most evocative, inspired and cohesive album the band has released, easily placing it among the best Sonics albums like Goo, Daydream Nation and Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star.
		Sonic Youth's very name defies the fact that this quintet is now in middle-age, a time when many rockers start the inevitable slide into self-indulgent venerability.
		Most of the songs on Sonic Nurse clock in around six or seven minutes, but the band seems unusually tight and the songwriting concise.
	www.mediajonez.com /music/reviews-sonic_youth0804.html (895 words)

	Rolling Stone : Sonic Youth Play "Nurse"
		The album is just one part of a Sonic onslaught, as the group begins to empty out its vast trove of recordings this year.
		Sonic Youth is also hoping to issue their 2001 improvised collaboration with Parisian chanteuse Brigitte Fontaine on the label in a CD and DVD format.
		Sonic Youth are planning to tour with Lollapalooza later this year, but for the time being, they have only four shows scheduled: a trio of Texas dates this month and an April 30th show in Northampton, Massachusetts, to benefit the Community Resources for People With Autism.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5937181/sonic_youth_play_nurse (515 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Sonic Nurse [ECD] - Sonic Youth at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sonic Youth's latest album, Sonic Nurse, is the perfect example of why Sonic Youth is one of the bands that can make long music entertaining.
		Sonic Nurse is quite an epic album, featuring only ten songs, but clocking in just over an hour.
		Sonic Nurse is an outstanding album, and probably one of the best albums of 2004.
	www.epinions.com /content_160466636420 (1240 words)

	Sonic Youth: Sonic Nurse: Pitchfork Record Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It might have dawned on some fans only after hearing Murray Street that Sonic Youth's mean age was then roughly 45, and that the group arguably hadn't produced a record of such caliber since they were in their late 20s.
		Like the best jazz musicians, Sonic Youth have turned their love for experimental rock into a habit; perhaps more so than any other band, they've transcended the temporality of quality output in rock music.
		That said, while Sonic Nurse isn't quite as strong as its predecessor, it's equally as imbued with instrumental dexterity and impressively coherent ideas.
	pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/21895/Sonic_Youth_Sonic_Nurse (1144 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Sonic Nurse: Music: Sonic Youth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 17th album from the ever inventive quartet, Sonic Nurse finds the band refining their three-pronged guitar attack in favour of subtlety, mixing upbeat rhythms with guitar lines that seduce before threatening to scramble from the fret board.
		'Sonic Nurse' is the nineteenth studio album from the New York grandfathers of noise Sonic Youth.
		Sonic youth have come a long way from 'confusion is sex' and have created their own unique sound and have proven themselves to be true Avant-garde rockers.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Sonic-Nurse-Youth/dp/B00027EFIY (1290 words)

	Nude as the News: Sonic Youth: Sonic Nurse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sonic Nurse is a subdued outing, one that could get lost in Sonic Youth's voluminous catalog if not given a chance.
		Sonic Nurse is not a revolutionary record, but it is a worthy chapter in a constantly growing legend.
		Sonic Youth made its name by changing sounds rapidly; in light of that fact, isn't braver still of the band to stay in one place, set up camp for a while, and see what else is around?
	www.nudeasthenews.com /reviews/1152 (747 words)

	Sonic Youth : Sonic Nurse - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Picking up where Murray Street's languid experimentalism left off, Sonic Youth's somewhat awkwardly named Sonic Nurse shows that the band still sounds revitalized, and may have even tapped into a more fruitful creative streak than they did on their previous album.
		Anyone who has stuck with Sonic Youth this long knows more or less what to expect from them, but the group still has the potential to surprise; one of Sonic Nurse's biggest surprises is the return of Kim Gordon.
		She had a relatively limited presence on NYC Ghosts & Flowers and Murray Street, but she's back in a big way on this album, contributing four tracks; not coincidentally, Gordon's songs are among the strongest on the album.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,2890707,00.html (419 words)

	Sonic Nurse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sonic Nurse is an album by Sonic Youth, released on June 7, 2004.
		The cover art was made by renowned artist Richard Prince from his notorious Nurse Paintings series.
		by Sonic Youth, from the album Sonic Nurse
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sonic_Nurse (167 words)

	* Dusted Reviews - Sonic Youth *
		Sonic Youth is a remarkably difficult band to cover.
		Sonic Youth is finally content to be Sonic Youth, and this album proves that they've once again figured out their formula.
		Whatever the realm of their inspiration, they are still indelibly Sonic Youth, and deserving of the significance that comes with it.
	www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/1452 (619 words)

	SONIC YOUTH Sonic Nurse
		This may just be prime Sonic Youth imagery – both cornily traditional and with the potential to be go off beam.
		Sonic Nurse doesn’t appear to be a radical departure from its predecessors.
		Sonic Nurse is brimful of fine riffs and melodies, no worries in that regard and the sharing of vocal duties varies things attractively.
	www.themilkfactory.co.uk /reviews/sonicyouth_nurse.htm (651 words)

	Splendid Magazine reviews Sonic Youth: Sonic Nurse
		It turns out that Sonic Youth's 19th studio album is a fairly average jaunt into familiar indie rock territory, a place where male/female vocals duel one another over (insert post, neo, nü, etcetera) punk riffs and jangly guitars.
		The fact that Sonic Youth helped pave that road twenty years ago does not aid Sonic Nurse's cause; indeed, a history of trailblazing makes this type of musical complacency even more disappointing.
		Sonic Nurse's lone bright spots are the handful of tunes crooned by the smoky-voiced Kim Gordon.
	www.splendidmagazine.com /review.html?reviewid=1089369924547268 (310 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! Music: SONIC NURSE
		You don't have to be a brain surgeon -- or even a Sonic Nurse, whatever that is -- to know Sonic Youth are of two musical minds.
		What's equally clear is that unlike Mariah, Sonic Youth's mind and body are working in concert here -- and that these legends have found a way to balance both halves of their musical character.
		Sonic Nurse, you could say, is just what the doctor ordered.
	jam.canoe.ca /Music/Artists/S/Sonic_Youth/AlbumReviews/2004/06/10/771899.html (494 words)

	Sonic Youth 'Sonic Nurse'
		The second aspect of this mighty return to form is Sonic Youth’s ability to draw inspiration from themselves for, if anything, ‘Sonic Nurse’ harks back to the ‘Goo’ and ‘Dirty’ albums of the early 90s with a healthy side order of 1988’s ‘Daydream Nation’.
		If this sounds as if Sonic Youth are mellowing out in their old age, then fear not.
		Sonic Youth 'Sonic Nurse' (Geffen) Released June 7 2004.
	www.xfm.co.uk /Article.asp?id=27410 (409 words)

	Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse \| Machine Has No Agenda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sonic Nurse does not suffer the same symptoms, and is easily Sonic Youth's best album in a decade.
		Sonic Youth are instantly identifiable, and I think this is an expectation that a lot of fans hope will be shattered - perhaps using proto-techno obscurities such as Macbeth (Ciccone Youth) and She Is Not Alone (the fractured tape-fuck version included on Sonic Death) as starting points.
		If a new Sonic Youth sound is emerging, it probably involves progressions such as this, and it particularly helps tunes such as Stones and New Hampshire, two Thurston fronted numbers that feature some psychotic guitar duels and the most condensed, tightly targeted rock riffing from the Youth in ages.
	www.machinehasnoagenda.com /node/141 (1302 words)

	SPIN.com: Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
		Sonic Youth are no strangers to the predicament, of course; their 1992 gem Dirty remains one of post-punk’s great commercial experiments, a noisy art record produced by Butch Vig to sound pretty much like a Candlebox CD.
		Like its precursor, Sonic Nurse flaunts a firm belief in six (or so)–string beauty for its own sake: “Unmade Bed” switches between stretches of chiming arpeggios (gently propelled by drummer Steve Shelley’s rolling toms) and eruptions of perfect-storm distortion; the eight-minute “Dripping Dream” goes for maximum headphone impact by deploying both at once.
		But Nurse is a strangely enervated Sonic Youth record, one that exchanges Murray Street’s golden-years vigor for a sad sense of duty.
	www.spin.com /reviews/magazine/2004/07/sonic_youth_sonic_nurse (319 words)

	Sonic Youth Sonic Nurse
		Sonic Youth have found a happy medium between post-modern art rock and freeform guitar jazz that would make both Velvet Underground and Nico proud to have existed.
		Sonic Youth continues in the same spirit, which doesn’t opt for anything entirely jaw-dropping, but the loyal fans will have nothing to complain about.
		Sonic Nurse may not be the groundbreaking, life-altering opus that is Daydream Nation, but why curse a band for not being as ground-breaking as they once were.
	reviews.modernrock.com /2658 (580 words)

	Amazon.de: Sonic Nurse: Musik: Sonic Youth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sonic Youth verändern sich stetig, entwickeln sich weiter ohne die Wurzeln zu leugnen.
		Sonic Youth waren ja schon immer mehr Kunst als wirklich Musik.
		Könnte auch daran liegen, dass eigentlich niemand wusste, was Sonic Youth da eigentlich genau machen.
	www.amazon.de /Sonic-Nurse-Youth/dp/B000255LAM (1350 words)

	Sonic Youth: Sonic Nurse \| OMM \| The Observer
		Sonic Youth's 19th album doesn't break any new ground, but it does serve as a reminder that the band invented this style of music - garage rock with avant-garde scope and ambition.
		Sonic Youth are at their best when they fashion art out of chaos, reining in anarchy and throwing a cloak of urbane elegance over it.
		It's hard to see Sonic Nurse having the impact of Evol or Daydream Nation, but Sonic Youth have paid their dues and more than served their time.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /omm/reviews/story/0,13875,1219527,00.html (547 words)

	Cokemachineglow.com - Sonic Youth: Sonic Nurse
		Meanwhile, most of the young guard still struggle for their place in the spotlight by copping riffs and keyboards from the ‘80s, wondering why a simple disco beat and an occasionally clever bass line doesn’t win them instant fame.
		Gordon produces one of the album’s most precariously beautiful gems on the unexpectedly melodic and intricate “I Love You Golden Blue,” the guitar-work of which, as in every single track on the album, is at once restrained and subtly complex.
		What’s so striking about Sonic Nurse, however, is just how perfectly it balances between immediate accessibility and a complexity that increasingly rewards repeated listening.
	www.cokemachineglow.com /reviews/sonicyouth_nurse2004.html (915 words)

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