SONIC YOUTH’s "Hits Are For Squares"

Beck, Dave Eggers, Chloe Sevigny, Eddie Vedder, Gus Van Sant and More Choose Their Favorite Sonic Youth Songs For Starbucks Compilation

The limited-edition CD will be available exclusively at select Starbucks locations in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, D.C.

New York, May 27, 2008 – On June 10, 2008, Universal Special Markets and Starbucks Entertainment will co-release Sonic Youth’s Hits Are For Squares. The limited-edition CD features Sonic Youth fans from music, film and literature selecting their favorite recordings from the band’s voluminous body of work that dates to 1981. It also includes a new, exclusive track from Sonic Youth, “Slow Revolution” recorded last year with longtime producer John Agnello.

The album will be available exclusively at select Starbucks locations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. as well as online at www.starbucksentertainment.com.



Tracklist:

1. “Bull in the Heather” selected by Catherine Keener
2. “100%” selected by Mike D
3. “Sugar Kane” selected by Beck
4. “Kool Thing” selected by Radiohead
5. “Disappearer” selected by Portia De Rossi
6. “Superstar” selected by Diablo Cody
7. “Stones” selected by Allison Anders
8. “Tuff Gnarl” selected by Dave Eggers and Mike Watt
9. “Teenage Riot” selected by Eddie Vedder
10. “Shadow of a Doubt” selected by Michelle Williams
11. “Rain on Tin” selected by Flea
12. “Tom Violence” selected by Gus Van Zant
13. “Mary-Christ” selected by David Cross
14. “World Looks Red” selected by Chloe Sevigny
15. “Expressway to Yr Skull” selected by Flaming Lips
16. “Slow Revolution” exclusive new Sonic Youth recording