''Washing Machine'' is the 9th album by the band Sonic Youth. It was released shortly after the group concluded their stint headlining the 1995 Lollapalooza music festival.

The track "Little Trouble Girl" features vocals by Kim Gordon and Breeders/Pixies member Kim Deal. The video for that track was directed by noted music video and feature film director Mark Romanek. It's in a gently-paced artistic sci-fi style, with Gordon and Deal and a strange small alien creature with long fingers.

The actual name of the "Untitled" track is "Becuz Coda" which was originally part of the song "Becuz" but Geffen Records felt they needed to cut the 8 minute long track to make the album’s opening more accessible, and released a radio edit of "The Diamond Sea." This track is not listed on the packaging.

"Washing Machine" peaked at #39 on the UK Album Chart.

"Panty Lies" is perhaps Sonic Youth's most dissonant song. Nearly every chord in the song is diminished. Despite this, it was still an encore choice for much of the Lollapalooza festival in 1995.

It is noted that Kim Gordon played guitar on 8 or 9 of the 11 tracks, leaving the tracks with no bass. - Wikipedia

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