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Lee Ranaldo has reworked “The System”, his score for Joris Postema’s documentary on three climate activists, resequencing it to fifteen tracks and adding two pieces held back from the 2025 release. Out today on Bandcamp via Silver Current Records, with vinyl in October, and featuring Leila Bordreuil, Jim Jarmusch and Brian Chase.

Featuring Lee Ranaldo, watch the video for Awal, the first single from Middle Eastern psych-rock collective Al-Qasar’s debut album ‘Who Are We?’ – an explosive mix of heavy Arabian grooves, global psychedelia and North African trance music.

Lee Ranaldo embarks on a European tour this week with the Electric Trim Trio (Ranaldo, Raül Refree and Booker Stardrum) and has also announced a Q&A and screening of Hello Hello Hello.

Watch the new video for ‘New Thing’ which sees Lee Ranaldo travelling through New York City and holds a mirror to our current all-consuming obsession with smart phones and small screens. From his new album Electric Trim.

Mute announce the signing of Sonic Youth founding member Lee Ranaldo. Lee’s new solo album, Electric Trim, will be released later this year which is also the subject of a new documentary by Fred Riedel and Jerry Fried.

‘Acoustic Dust’ is a body of work, bristling with the gracefulness, rawness is replaced with warmth which includes a mellow cover of Sandy Denny’s ‘Bushes and Briars’.

Lee Ranaldo, the guitarist and founder of Sonic Youth releases new semi-acoustic single on Primavera Sound covering songs by Neil Young and Sandy Denny.