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Sonic Youth - "What We Know" (live) (video)

PopMatters Staff
30 Apr 2009

Sonic Youth's new record The Eternal drops on 9 June in the US and UK. The band previewed a new song, "What We Know", from the record this week on Later... With Jools Holland. Plus, here's the official free MP3 again.

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