Kim Gordon

Is there any band as old as Sonic Youth (nearly three decades!) still radiating such adventurousness and vitality? Read More

Sonic Youth has dismantled and reassembled so many rock-band strategies over the years that it can begin to feel unnerving when a simple, durable idea takes hold. Read More

Is there a shittier live music venue in Boston than the Wilbur Theatre? Read More

The Dischord scene was already moving out of the long shadow of Fugazi, but the debut from this coed D.C. duo is still a surprise. Read More

Later this week I'll be celebrating my 29th birthday, it's not a milestone year or something I'm particularly looking forward to turning (though I'm seeing the Pixies to celebrate it), it's just the natural order of things me aging and whatnot. Read More

By Tobi Vail, musician, influential DIY punk zinester, activist and feminist theorist from Olympia, Wash. Read More

The Dischord scene was already moving out of the long shadow of Fugazi, but the debut from this coed D.C. duo is still a surprise. Read More

In the ten years since Barry Hogan founded All Tomorrow's Parties (ATP), the music festival has grown in scope, esteem, and international reach. Read More

In recent years, 1970s New York has attained the cultural status of an enshrined era: an almost mythological time during which creativity soared in the wake of economic collapse. Read More

Sonic Youth are turning into The Ramones of experimental rock. Read More