Girl in a Band: Kim Gordon

Q&A with Sonic Youth bassist about her new memoir

"...For 30 years, Kim Gordon played bass in Sonic Youth. All but three..."

Feb. 26, 2015 Music Post by Neph Basedow

Iconic Rocker Kim Gordon, Former Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé Lead SXSW 2020 Lineup

Fixer Upper power couple Chip & Joanna Gaines also join fest

"...just announced iconic Sonic Youth bassist and visual artist Kim Gordon and former Nintendo of America COO and President..."

Sept. 10, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Punk Singer

Kathleen Hanna, the ultra-charismatic co-founder of the third-wave feminist riot grrrl movement and full-on DIY icon is the subject of this documentary.

"...pains and ongoing legacy. Interview footage with Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, Sleater Kinney's Carrie Brownstein, Joan Jett, Bratmobile's Alison..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Performing/Guzzling

We know that Kim Gordon is expert at being watched, but this collection of her artwork turns the gaze around

"...Performing/Guzzlingby Kim Gordon Rizzoli, 144 pp., $60..."

April 23, 2010 Books Review by Cindy Widner

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth photograph by Michael Crawford SONIC..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Hitting the Ceiling

"...Kim Gordon photograph by Romina Derra Rather than the natural..."

July 16, 1999 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...Penguins, Jan & Dean, CSNY, Little Feat, Gram Parsons, Kim Fowley, the Germs, NWA, and Guns `n' Roses into..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Fantastic Fest Gets 'Looper' For Second Wave

Stage two sees newbie Joseph Gordon-Levitt join FF veterans

"...news may just be that 2012's breakout star Joseph Gordon-Levitt is bringing his eagerly-awaited time/mind bender Looper to town...."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Reconnection Notice

Sonic Youthman Lee Ranaldo speaks.

"...O'Rourke spends much of his time on bass, allowing Kim Gordon to join Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo on..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Levitation Q&A: Lee Ranaldo

Sonic Youth stringer’s set overlaps slightly with former bandmate

"...gigs here for Liberty Lunch’s farewell week. I interviewed Kim Gordon last year, who told me about Sonic Youth’s..."

April 28, 2016 Music Post by Neph Basedow

Mo' Music Monday: February 9

Now with even fewer Grammy nominees

"...all fellow Sonic Youth fags, the one and only Kim Gordon is paying Bookpeople a visit to discuss her..."

Feb. 9, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Girls, Sex, and Movies

Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore

"...Spin magazine, has become best buds with Girl icons Kim Gordon and Tamra Davis, is returning to SXSW this..."

March 20, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Spotlight: Ume

Ume's not trying to be Sonic Youth

"...hair's not blond because I'm trying to be like Kim, and we're not married because we want to be..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Sonic Youth

"...their own terms. Right from Goo-era opener "Sacred Trickster," Kim Gordon says as much: "How's it feel to be..."

June 5, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Sonic Youth

CD/DVD

"...homage the band joked Nurse was destined to be. Kim Gordon's "Mariah Carey and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream"..."

June 25, 2004 Music Review by Michael Chamy

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...angles and minarets. For much of the show, bassist Kim Gordon played third guitar, adding simple and woven patterns..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

As September speeds by, here's a cull of tunes to keep you dry

"...Another Jukebox coup! Former Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon and guitarist Bill Nace’s experimental noise duo employs..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Levitation Interviews

Sat., 6:15pm, Elevation Amphitheater

"...previous year, Sonic Youth bandleader Thurston Moore and bassist Kim Gordon announced their separation after 27 years of marriage...."

April 29, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Rob's Tops & Bottoms

Rob has top and bottom 11s for 2011. Did you make the list?

"...BOTTOMS 1) THE BASTROP FIRES 2) THURSTON MOORE AND KIM GORDON'S DIVORCE Not a kool thing. 3) JOSH ON..."

Jan. 5, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Bad Joy Backlog

Cleaning out the wax

"...Kim Gordon and Julie Cafritz's first album in ten years...."

May 29, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

The Rockpile

Any Old Way You Choose It

"...will you get to read the likes of Lil' Kim yammering about how much she spends on Chanel clothes..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Schedules Supernatural Retrospective, Stephen Colbert, and More

2020 fest adds Samantha Bee, Diplo, Jack Dorsey, Disney Imagineers

"...speakers that included documentarian Erin Lee Carr and musicians Kim Gordon and Roger Waters. Now they've added Gabo Arora,..."

Jan. 13, 2020 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Roger Waters and Erin Lee Carr to Keynote SXSW 2020

Also appearing: Phoebe Robinson, 50 Cent & Bon Appétit Test Kitchen

"...included Beastie Boys cut-ups Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz, Kim Gordon, T Bone Burnett, and Shirley Manson...."

Nov. 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

Stubb's General Manager Takes Over Beerland Lease

Ryan Garrett confirms contract on shuttered punk venue

"...Austin Jukebox nights, which brought in oversized headliners like Kim Gordon, Pere Ubu, and Cherubs...."

Oct. 15, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Behind the Beerland Strike

Legacy punk club and labels in limbo amid owner money issues

"...first official SXSW in a decade and acts like Kim Gordon’s Body/Head last September. Read our 2017 profile on..."

May 31, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Last Week in Live Music: Rise Against, Grizzly Bear, Lucius, and More

"...Body/Head (Kim Gordon and Bill Nace) at Beerland on September 15,..."

Sept. 17, 2018 Photo Gallery

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

Weary from the first week of school? Live music to the rescue!

"...the Velvets-meets-rockabilly grunt of Houston’s Vivienne Styg to Chronophage’s Kim-Gordon-fronts-Crass skronkery and Choir Cherry’s blur-action meld of musique concrète..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Joaquin Phoenix creates a charming warts-and-all portrait of cartoonist John Callahan

"...Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, Carrie Brownstein, Beth Ditto, Kim Gordon, Tony Greenhand, Ronnie Adrian, Udo Kier and Mark..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

Dysfunction made me a riot grrrl

"...the bulk of the detailing: tours, albums, and, as Kim Gordon similarly spotlighted in her memoir, the ever-asked question..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Friday Fun Fun Fun Fest Blurbs

Friday's top FFF picks

"...first album in six years, Rub – which tapped Kim Gordon and Feist as guests – the Toronto singer-turned-Berlin..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Michael Toland

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