The Latest Breaking News from Kim Gordon

‘He’s a man with a fork in a world of soup’: the bitterest music-duo spats

With Hall & Oates now saying ‘no can do’ to their partnership, we look at the other pop pairs who fell out of harmony

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2023

Sonic Life: A Memoir by Thurston Moore review – nerd’s eye view

The Sonic Youth frontman leaves personal confession out of this first-hand account of 80s and 90s alt rock

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2023

Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore cancels book tour, revealing ‘debilitating’ health condition

The 65-year-old musician says it was ‘utterly distressing’ to be told he shouldn’t travel after a longstanding but undisclosed illness recently escalated

The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2023

Listen to a cover of X-Ray Spex classic Oh Bondage, Up Yours! by Kim Gordon's long-lost indie supergroup

Kim Gordon's indie supergroup Free Kitten – comprising members of Pussy Galore, Boredoms and Pavement – recorded this version of the X-Ray Spex classic in 1993 and the rare audio is now online

Louder · Jun 10, 2023

Tina Weymouth: “I know Bono used me to taunt Adam Clayton when U2 were starting out”

One of the bass world’s most influential female figures talks gender stereotypes and why her small stature was “almost like a dare to boys”

Guitar World · May 26, 2023

Foo Fighters, The Cure, Queens Of The Stone Age, Turnstile and more announced for Riot Fest 2023

Foo Fighters, The Cure, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie and Queens of the Stone Age are set to headline Riot Fest in Chicago in September

Metal Hammer · May 16, 2023

‘Kurt was not in a good way’: backstage on Nirvana’s first – and only - Australian tour

Promoter Stephen ‘Pav’ Pavlovic spent weeks on tour with bands like Nirvana and Hole in the 1990s. ‘I hoarded everything,’ he says – and a new exhibition reveals all

The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2022

Tired of hearing men talk to men about music? This Woman's Work changes the narrative brilliantly

I wanted to start this piece with the Laurie Anderson quote, “Talking about music is like dancing about architecture”, but it turns out that Laurie never said it. And the adage has been through so many versions and origin stories that the harder I think on it, the more my…

The Conversation · Jun 1, 2022

Kim Gordon review – swaggering thrills from musician who refuses to compromise

Gordon’s post-Sonic Youth career has been restlessly creative, yet her debut solo album No Home Record sounds properly lived-in here

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2022

Friday essay: writing poems across oceans, cultures and emails – John Kinsella on creative collaboration

My maternal grandfather was an artist who was a sign-writer. On commission, and under the eye of the public, he painted the giant Queen Elizabeth for the 1954 ‘Royal Visit’ and the giant Captain Cook (with map of ‘New Holland’) for the 200th ‘celebrations’. These lines, read on their own,…

The Conversation · May 5, 2022