2LP – Black Vinyl.Newly remixed and remastered, Live in Brooklyn 2011 is presented for the first time.Mixed from multitrack by longtime live engineer Aaron Mullan and mastered and cut byCarl Saff. The final U.S. show, a triumphant and blistering bookend to the storied career of one of the most influential bands in rock music, featuring a unique and expansive eighty-five minute set list that spans Sonic Youths nearly three decade catalog. Mixed from multitrack by longtime live engineer Aaron Mullan and mastered and cut by Carl Saff. On August 12, 2011 Sonic Youth played their final US show on an outdoor stage overlooking the East River at the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn. Fitting that their storied career would bookend with a panoramic view of New York City where it all began 30 years before, having left in their wake one of one of the most powerfully influential careers in rock music. Following incredible sets from Kurt Vile and Wild Flag, the band took the stage. As the sun went down over the city, Sonic Youth ripped through a 17 song set that spanned from deep cuts off their first studio album and highlighting many other albums all the way through to their last, like a band with everything to prove. Or as Brooklyn Vegans Andrew Sacher said at the time: While most bands who are thirty years into their career are either fading away or living off of the nostalgia of their older material, Sonic Youth continue to sound and perform as fresh as ever. Steve Shelley explains the uniquely career spanning set list of Live in Brooklyn 2011 and how it came to be, as well as the importance of outdoor NYC summer shows in Sonic Youths legacy: This show was a culmination of a run of really special outdoor summertime shows in New York City for us, starting in 92 with Summerstage in Central Park when we played with Sun Ra. For the Williamsburg Waterfront show I wrote out the set list to present to the band and it was a lot of material we hadnt played in a while, a lot of deep cuts, so I wasnt sure if everybody would feel like doing it. After worrying about which songs the band might say yes or no to, I threw those concerns out the window and I just made a list of songs that I thought would be a great set. We practiced the week of the show at our space in Hoboken and put the set together. First wed try and make sure we had a guitar in the songs tuning, then wed try to remember the arrangement and try and put it together, sometimes re-learning bar by bar. In the end I think the whole song list made it through. Even as early as 86 and 87 we stopped playing Death Valley 69 and Brave Men Run with any regularity. Wed just get excited about new material coming into the set and songs would get retired and wouldnt get played again for years. So on this particular night in Brooklyn a lot of those retired songs and deep cuts got dusted off and played for this show. It turned out to be a pretty special event with a really special song list. The band would go on to fulfill a contracted festival run in South America a few months later but, by then, the groups center was severed beyond repair and the festival appearances didnt hold the same kind of weight. The stage was facing the East River from the Williamsburg, Brooklyn waterfront, and I recall the sun going down in the west during our set. It was a pretty magical, if kinda weird day. Fitting, somehow, that our last show should be in New York City, our home and where it all began Lee Ranaldo The Williamsburg Waterfront show would fondly become referred to as The Last Show by fans and band alike, equally for its triumphant high energy performance, its unique and expansive set list and locale. Newly remixed and remastered, Live in Brooklyn 2011 is presented for the first time on 2xLP, 2Xcd, August 18, 2023. * Vinyl image shown is for mock-up purposes only. Tracklist: 1. Brave Men Run (In My Family)2. Death Valley 693. Kotton Krown4. Kill Yr Idols5. Erics Trip6. Sacred Trickster7. Calming The Snake8. Starfield Rose9. I Love Her All The Time10. Ghost Bitch11. Tom Violence12. What We Know13. Drunken Butterfly14. Flower15. Sugar Kane16. Psychic Hearts17. Inhuman