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Lee Ranaldo and the Dust: Electric Trim

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On “Moroccan Mountains,” the sprawling opener of Lee Ranaldo’s Electric Trim, the Sonic Youth founder intones, “For 20 years or more, we had our screwdrivers out/trying to disassemble the panels.” Likely not a literal invocation—SY spent approximately three decades taking apart the rock music with avant-garde glee and inventive destruction—the song finds Ranaldo looking back…