Kim Gordon’s candid, revelatory “Girl in a Band,” published just a few years after the dissolution of Sonic Youth, has been hailed as one of the greatest rock memoirs ever. Since the book’s release in 2015, Gordon has gone on to relaunch her career in music with a pair of …
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Kim Gordon has re-recorded her single, “Bye Bye” — off her 2024 solo album, The Collective — especially for Donald Trump. On “Bye Bye 25!” she replaces her original lyrics with a list of all of the president’s favorite words: “intersex,” “Gulf of Mexico,” “climate change,” and “women,” among them. …
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Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week,Drake teams up with Canadian rap newcomer Smiley, Kim Gordon has a potent pro-freedom message for Donald Trump, and Colombian hitmaker Feid surprise releases his seventh studio …
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Kim Gordon and Kim Deal joined forces on the latest episode of Netflix talk show Everybody’s Live for their debut joint live performance. Gordon took the stage first, performing her song “Bye Bye,” while Deal followed with her own track “Nobody Loves You More.” The pair then collaborated on “Little …
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Kim Gordon has released a new song, “Banging on the Freeway,” alongside a music video for the track. The clip was directed by her daughter and frequent collaborator Coco Gordon Moore. The track is a clattering, mesmerizing blast of propulsive noise rock crossed with some far-flung hip-hop influences as Gordon …
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Kim Gordon has released a new song, “ECRP,” along with its video. The non-album single follows the release of her second solo album, The Collective. Like the songs on The Collective, Justin Raisen also produced “ECRP,” which dovetails with the avant-garde, hip-hop, and industrial mélange found on the album despite …
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Kim Gordon stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform her recent single, “Bye Bye.” Appearing with a live band, Gordon tore through the fuzzed out, synth-laden track with moody fervor. “Bye Bye” comes off the former Sonic Youth musician’s second solo LP,The Collective, which dropped in March. The album was …
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Listen closely: On “Principles,” the jarring penultimate track of Kim Gordon‘s new solo album, The Collective, are the words she’s wailing “an actress of life”? Or is that last word “light” or “lies” or “live” or something else? The line transmits differently if you listen to it on a big …
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During her three decades in Sonic Youth, Kim Gordon helped redefine the possibilities of rock & roll, from her unsettling voice and subway-rumble bass playing to the way she integrated her feminism and art-school background into the band’s lyrics and philosophy. Today, Gordon is pondering another road ahead as she …
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Kim Gordon is prepping her second solo album. On Tuesday, the former Sonic Youth vocalist released her solo track “Bye Bye” as she announced that she’ll release her second LP, The Collective, on March 8. “I’ve been waiting so long to share this song and video with you all. It …
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