Photos: Chelsea Light Moving, Fossils @ Lee’s Palace

Photos by: Stephen McGill –

Chelsea Light Moving, the new band fronted by Sonic Youth founder Thurston Moore, performed at Toronto’s Lee’s Palace last night with support from Fossils.

The band, who consists of bassist Samara Lubelski, who played violin with Moore on his last two solo LPs (2007’s Trees Outside The Academy and 2011’s Demolished Thoughts), guitarist Keith Wood and drummer John Moloney, named themselves after the Chelsea Light Moving Company, a moving company run by cash-strapped composers Philip Glass and Steve Reich and they released their self-titled debut album on March 5th via Matador Records.

Thurston Moore of Chelsea Light Moving in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

John Moloney of Chelsea Light Moving in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Keith Wood of Chelsea Light Moving in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Samara Lubelski of Chelsea Light Moving in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Thurston Moore of Chelsea Light Moving in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Thurston Moore of Chelsea Light Moving in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Samara Lubelski of Chelsea Light Moving in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Samara Lubelski (left) and Thurston Moore (right) of Chelsea Light Moving in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Thurston Moore of Chelsea Light Moving in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Thurston Moore of Chelsea Light Moving in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Thurston Moore of Chelsea Light Moving in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Keith Wood of Chelsea Light Moving in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Thurston Moore of Chelsea Light Moving in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Thurston Moore of Chelsea Light Moving in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Fossils in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Fossils in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Fossils in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)