Matador Records
May 24, 2011

“Thurston@13,” the closing track off Thurston Moore’s 2007 solo record “Trees Outside the Academy,” is a tape of the noise rock legend in middle school, recording random sounds made with household objects. “What you are about to hear,” thirteen-year-old Thurston says, “is me spraying Lysol-spraying disinfectant around the room I am in.” (Spraying) “What you are about to hear is the scissors snapping away at random.” (Snapping) “There,” and so on. …Continue reading this entry