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Live In Kyiv, Ukraine 1989

by Sonic Youth

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Achtung, Adjektiv!
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Achtung, Adjektiv! This energy is a blast! #DaydreamWorld Favorite track: The Wonder (live).
Len Appleman
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Len Appleman This is a great performance. Buy this album to support a great cause!
cheddahz
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cheddahz best band to ever do it. love the care and attention steve has been putting into the archival releases. Favorite track: Hyperstation (live).
Adam Bashaw
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Adam Bashaw Great show, and a great cause. Buy a copy for both reasons. ❤️ Sonic Youth forever ❤️
leytonrocks
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leytonrocks I was 18 years old when this tour happened... Daydream Nation had blown my mind. To get a live album from that period is perfect.
slenderpup
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slenderpup I heard the story a million years ago about Eugene Hutz being at this show as a teenager & I've always wished I could hear the set they did. I can't believe they taped it and now I have been able to buy it!! What an awesome show. And I'm SO glad they put this out to fund-raise for the Ukrainians.
It's heartwarming to see all the things us "little people" are doing for the cause while our useless western governments all sit on their hands and do little to nothing.
Glory to Ukraine! Favorite track: Candle (live).
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Sonic Youth release live recording from Kyiv, Ukraine April 14, 1989 to benefit World Central Kitchen and relief to Ukraine.

Riding on the wave of the critical success of Daydream Nation, Sonic Youth's first foray into the former USSR came in April of 1989 with shows in Vilnius, Leningrad, Moscow and Kyiv, the first opportunity for Lithuanians, Russians, and Ukrainians respectively to get a realtime gander at the fabled NYC underground in the flesh (with Bon Jovi lagging four months behind to rep NJ for the hordes). Anarchic, locked, and loaded with fresh jams from Daydream and vintage chestnut "Brother James", SY blister here into a rabid pack of ready-for-action Ukrainians only blessed previously with the likes of Nick Cave and Neubauten drifting into their territory. Though the post-Iron Curtain sojourn was cut short prematurely (like this recording!) after this gig, the Sonics left an indelible impression of the true sounds of freedom with attendees that included Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hutz who was forever changed in its wake. This revisiting of the April 14 set honors that nation's spirit and proceeds will benefit World Central Kitchen wck.org , and timestamps a moment where new ears got transported for a first time.


"That SY Kyiv show was life changing for all musicians that were there… we were already attuned to Nick Cave, Einsturzende Neubauten, S Pistols and Discharge but these were the new vitamins we needed. I made a decision to experience NY right there. Plus my friends VV were opening so i got in free 🤟🏼. The fact that it wasn't shut down half way through like all other punk gigs was the doing of a Ukrainian man named Mikhailo Gorbachev, who set up the atmosphere of political “springtime” and a promise of change.” - Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello


"In general, few people said how much the Sonics, with their arrival, promoted the entire soviets, and not just Kyiv. After all, in fact, perhaps, with that tour they hammered the final nail in the coffin of the soviets, and it was as if they let us in Kyiv breathe a mixture that was finally suitable for life." - Sergey Popovich (Siggy Pop)

Founded in 2010 by Chef José Andrés, World Central Kitchen (WCK) is first to the frontlines, providing meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises while working to build resilient food systems with locally led solutions. WCK has served more than 70 million fresh meals to people impacted by natural disasters and other crises around the world. WCK’s Resilience Programs strengthen food and nutrition security by training chefs and school cooks; advancing clean cooking practices; and awarding grants to farms, fisheries, and small food businesses while also providing educational and networking opportunities. Learn more at wck.org.

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released April 14, 2022

EQ/Mastering - Aaron Mullan
original FOH sound - Terry Pearson
cover photos - Alexej Zaika

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