In Sonic Life, the Sonic Youth band member and co-founder shares a coming-of-age story, love letter to downtown New York, and a music-obsessed retrospective by an artist whose name stands for art, defiance, experimentalism, and undeniable cool and whose songs have challenged the basic ideas of what rock music can be. In conversation with Alec MacKaye, a musician and writer who has played in punk rock bands since 1979, including The Untouchables, The Faith, Ignition, The Warmers, and currently, Hammered Hulls.
This program was held on December 9, 2024.
