Chad Batka for The New York Times. Kim Gordon performing as part of Body/Head this summer.This week: Body/Head and Kim Gordon, post-Sonic Youth.
For 30 years, Kim Gordon was a member of Sonic Youth, one of America’s most influential rock bands; she was a bassist, guitarist, and singer of dark, baleful psychodramas. But she still doesn’t consider herself a musician â€" even as Body/Head, her first post-Sonic Youth project, releases its first full album, and as her musicality and artistic purpose are clearer than ever.
Ben Ratliff talks to Jon Caramanica about her roots as a mid-’70s conceptual artist, her inheritance of No Wave sensibilities, her term as a presiding conscience in indie-rock, and her new freedom.
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Tracks by artists discussed this week. (Spotify users can also find it here.)
