Pitchfork

Daydream Nation turns 20 next year, but Sonic Youth, as previously reported, couldn't help but start the celebration early.

As you know, Thurston, Kim, Lee, and Steve will share their magnum opus with several festival crowds in the coming months-- including the Pitchfork Music Festival's (in conjunction with ATP/Don't Look Back), of which you will most certainly be a part, yes? The Youth also take on China, Japan, Russia, Europe, and more in 2007.

Before all that wonderful racket rolls across park and pavilion grounds, however, Sonic Youth will give us the opportunity to reacquaint ourselves (or introduce ourselves, as the case may be) with their landmark sixth LP. The deluxe edition of Daydream Nation rides into record stores on a wave of distortion June 12, boasting bonus demos, rare covers, and live versions of every single track on the album, along with new liner notes and photos which have never before graced the eyes of man nor woman.

Disc one collects the original album in total, with an extra home demo of "Eric's Trip" tossed on for kicks. Disc two houses all the live versions-- recorded during the original Daydream Nation tour-- along with four rare SY covers. Marvel at the band's tries at the Beatles' "Within You Without You", Neil Young's "Computer Age", Captain Beefheart's "Electricity", and Mudhoney's "Touch Me, I'm Sick".

Vinyl heads rejoice, for Sonic Youth will drop the deluxe Daydream on four LPs via their own Goofin' Records.

Daydream Nation deluxe edition tracklist:

Disc One:

01 Teen Age Riot
02 Silver Rocket
03 The Sprawl
04 'Cross the Breeze
05 Eric's Trip
06 Total Trash
07 Hey Joni
08 Providence
09 Candle
10 Rain King
11 Kissability
   Trilogy:
12 a) The Wonder
13 b) Hyperstation
14 z) Eliminator Jr.

Bonus Track:

15 Eric's Trip (home demo)

Disc Two:

01 The Sprawl (live)
02 'Cross the Breeze (live)
03 Hey Joni (live)
04 Silver Rocket (live)
05 Kissability (live)
06 Eric's Trip (live)
07 Candle (live)
08 The Wonder (live)
09 Hyperstation (live)
10 Eliminator Jr. (live)
11 Providence (live)
12 Teen Age Riot (live)
13 Rain King (live)
14 Totally Trashed (live)
15 Total Trash (live)
16 Within You, Without You
17 Touch Me, I'm Sick
18 Computer Age
19 Electricity

Sound-oriented young persons:

04-17 Osaka, Japan - Namba Hatch *
04-18 Nagoya, Japan - Diamond Hall *
04-20 Tokyo, Japan - Studio Coast *
04-23 Beijing, China - The Star Live
04-24 Shanghai, China – Shanghai Concert Hall
04-27 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
05-17-20 Brooklyn, NY – No Fun Fest #
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Parc dèl Forum (Primavera Sound) ^
06-15 Interlaken, Switzerland - Greenfield Festival
06-16 Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
06-18 St. Petersburg, Russia - Manezh Kadetskogo Korpusa
06-19 Moscow, Russia - B1 Club
06-21 Munich, Germany - Tollwood Festival ^
06-23 Neuhausen, Germany - Southside Festival
06-24 Scheessel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-26 Cologne, Germany - E Werk
06-27 Berlin, Germany - Columbia Halle ^
06-29 Gdynia, Poland - Open'er Festival
07-01 Cergy-Pontoise, France - Furia Sound Festival
07-03 Istres, France - La Palio
07-05 Turin, Italy - Spaziale ^
07-06 Ferrara, Italy - Piazza Castello ^
07-07 Rome, Italy - Romano di Ostia Antica ^
07-13 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival/ATP Don't Look Back) ^
07-19 Berkeley, CA - Berkeley Community Theater ^
07-20 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre ^
08-30 London, England - Roundhouse (ATP Don't Look Back) ^
08-31 London, England - Roundhouse (ATP Don't Look Back) ^
09-01 London, England - Roundhouse (ATP Don't Look Back) ^
09-02 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic

* with Vooredoms
# Thurston Moore/Jim O'Rourke, Kim Gordon/Yoshimi
^ performing Daydream Nation