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Raw Power to the hairstylist as a template. “An hour later I walked out with an embarrassing feathered shag, like the kind John Travolta had in Saturday Night Fever a few years later,” he writes.

Kim Gordon has announced her second solo LP ‘The Collective’ and has shared its lead single ‘Bye Bye’.The track sees Gordon hauntingly recite a packing list alongside a dark, trap beat and squealing synths. It is the first song to be shared from ‘The Collective’ which is set for release on March 8 via Matador and is available to pre-order and pre-save here.Directed by filmmaker Clara Balzary – the daughter of Flea – the track’s accompanying video stars Gordon and Thurston Moore‘s daughter Coco Gordon Moore and sees her sneak out of a house and run away to a motel where she changes her clothes, cuts her hair and dances around. Kim shortly shows up to pick her up in a truck from which Coco jumps out and runs away.‘The Collective’ follows Gordon’s 2019 solo debut ‘No Home Record‘.

Bram Inscore, a songwriter, producer, and performer who worked with such artists as Beck and BTS, has died by suicide, according to his family. He was 41-years-old and no other details were made available.

Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore has discussed his recent struggles with atrial fibrillation that led him to cancel his US book tour for the memoir Sonic Life.Speaking to The New York Times, Moore shared that he has been living with the condition for several years now, but the condition became “slightly concerning” this year. “I was finding myself at times to be so weak I could hardly walk around the neighborhood,” he said.Though Moore was initially convinced he “could just power through it” for his book tour, his doctor ordered him not to fly.

Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore has shared his memories of the days that followed Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain taking his own life.In an extract published in The Guardian from his autobiography Sonic Life, which is released this week (October 24), Moore recalls receiving a phone call from Sonic Youth’s booking agent Bob Lawton that confirmed the news on the morning of April 8, 1994.“It hadn’t been looking good in the preceding months: the overdose in Rome, reports of Kurt missing in action around Seattle, the intervention by his friends and family,” Moore wrote. “Reportedly Kurt had taken his life three days ago, before being discovered by a worker installing security lighting at his Lake Washington house.”“Kim [Gordon, Moore’s then-wife and Sonic Youth bandmate] was at a photoshoot for the X-girl clothing line that she had co-founded with her friend Daisy von Furth at Daisy’s apartment farther downtown,” he continued.

Thurston Moore has announced the unfortunate cancellation of his US book tour due to a “debilitating” health condition.The Sonic Youth guitarist and vocalist took to social media last night (October 10) to announce the cancellation, which was meant to promote his upcoming memoir, Sonic Life. The book tour was scheduled to run from October 24 in Jersey City until November 4 in San Francisco.Moore wrote: “It utterly bereaves me to pass on the news that I have been advised by my medical team here in the UK to cancel my upcoming USA book tour.

The experimental music community mourns its losses intensely. Just this past weekend, an army of deep listeners rushed to pay tribute to one of their own — Stars of the Lid co-founder Brian McBride, who died on Sunday, August 27 at the age of 53.

Thurston Moore has announced details for his upcoming memoir Sonic Life.The former Sonic Youth frontman had previously told NME in 2020 during an interview that he had written a book during the pandemic. He described it as a retelling of his “history of coming to New York City as a teenager and finding my footing as a musician”.

Gina Birch of The Raincoats has announced that she will release her debut solo album, ‘I Play My Bass Loud’, through Jack White’s Third Man Records early next year.“The album distills my years of musical, political and artistic life with these genre-breaking songs”, says Birch. “It’s a personal diary using sounds and lyrics, full of fun, rage and storytelling”.On the album’s title, she says: “There’s the whole thing about women playing their music and wanting to be heard, wanting acknowledgment or the space to do it.

It may sound like an appropriate movie for Halloween, but unfortunately it’s an all too real tale of horror. A woman narrowly escaped death after freeing herself from a shallow grave she was allegedly buried in by her husband.

A missing football player from Washington state was found safe — but subsequently arrested for murder!

Mark Goddard (“Lost In Space”) is 86. Actor Chris Sarandon is 80. Comedian Gallagher is 76.

No more petals on this rose? After less than a year together, former Bachelorette Katie Thurston and John Hersey have seemingly called it quits. 

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIndie-rock pioneers Sonic Youth have released a live album recorded in 1989 in Kyiv to support relief efforts in Ukraine, in the wake of Russia’s brutal invasion of the country.To set the context of the concert — which was recorded exactly 33 years ago — at the time, Sonic Youth were one of the first bands of their ilk to play behind what was then still known as the Iron Curtain; the Berlin Wall would come down a few months later. But at the time, U.S.

Roy Trakin At perhaps one of the lowest points in the pandemic, in May 2021, a video appeared, like a rose growing out of a crack in the concrete, of a group of teenage and pre-teenage girls of Chinese, Mexican and Salvadorean descent, a veritable melting pot from Los Angeles taking the acrid anti-Asian racism in the air and transforming it into a marvelous punk alchemy and expiation, an about-face that turned victim into victor.That viral clip was “Racist, Sexist Boy,” a reaction to an experience 11-year-old drummer Mila de la Garza had with a classmate who was warned to stay away from her because she was Chinese. Along with Mila’s 15-year-old sister Lucia, who plays guitar alongside Bela Salazar, a lifelong friend who was the oldest at 17, and Eloise Wong, a cousin of the de la Garzas, 14, on lead vocals and bass, they formed the Linda Lindas, originally a new wave cover band.

Nick Cave has responded to criticism over his views on Palestine after cancelling forthcoming gigs in Russia and Ukraine.Earlier this week (March 1), Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds announced that they had cancelled their scheduled concerts in Russia and Ukraine this summer due to Vladimir Putin’s invasion, saying: “Ukraine, we stand with you.”In a post on his Red Hand Files website, Cave responded to a fan criticising him for cancelling these gigs, but refusing to do so with shows in Israel back in 2017, when he went ahead with shows and told local press that doing so would be a defiant statement against anyone “who tries to censor and silence musicians”.“At the end of the day, there’s maybe two reason why I’m here. One is that I love Israel and I love Israeli people, and two is to make a principled stand against anyone who tries to censor and silence musicians,” Cave said at the time.

Rip It Up And Start Again documentary has been released.The forthcoming film is based on Simon Reynolds’ 2005 book of the same name, which offered the reader “a big-picture view of the entire post-punk period” between 1978-1984.The doc was directed by Nikolaos Katranis and Russell Craig Richardson and features new interviews with the likes of Jah Wobble (PiL), Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Ana da Silva (Raincoats) and Mark Stewart (The Pop Group). Rip It Up… will also include rare live performance footage.

Thurston Moore has announced details of his forthcoming album ‘Screen Time’ and shared two new tracks from the album. Listen to ‘The Station’ and ‘The Walk’ below.‘Screen Time’ is an album of 10 atmospheric instrumental tracks that Moore recorded during the summer of 2020.

Back to basics! After more than a year of wearing extensions, Katie Thurston is switching up her style — big time. The 31-year-old Bachelorette alum didn’t just take out her clip-ins for a more natural look, she decided to get a massive chop. 

No regrets. After Greg Grippo‘s explosive appearance on season 17 of The Bachelorette, the former contestant reflected on the feelings he developed for Katie Thurston at the time.

During season 17 of The Bachelorette, Andrew Spencer told Katie Thurston that he was open to reuniting with her down the road if she was single, but how does he feel now that she and Blake Moynes are done?

Katie Thurston is reeling as her journey on “The Bachelorette” comes to a close.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 25-31:July 25: Singer-guitarist Bruce Woodley of The Seekers is 79. Drummer Jim McCarty of The Yardbirds is 78. Bassist Verdine White of Earth, Wind and Fire is 70.

Thurston Moore will release his memoir Sonic Life in 2023 after signing a new publishing deal.Moore first told NME about the planned book in an interview last year, describing it as a retelling of his “history of coming to New York City as a teenager and finding my footing as a musician”.“It’s not only just ‘Well here’s my life story’, as I wanted to get away from the ego of it and talk about the information – so when you first see a picture of Iggy and the Stooges in 1973 in a magazine, why did

Blake Moynes was a surprise addition to Katie Thurston‘s season of The Bachelorette and they actually have some history.

Heather Martin pulled up to Matt James in her minivan begging to get on the show mid-season to compete for his love. The move had viewers questioning: Can anyone just show up to the set and ask to join? Well no, probably not, but former “Bachelorette” contestant Blake Moynes got away with it.

Thurston Moore has been announced the headliner for Rockaway Beach’s Grand Day Out – see the full line-up below.The event will take place at The Clapham Grand in London on August 29 ahead of the three-day Rockaway being held at Butlins in Bognor Regis in January 2022.Grand Day Out, which is being held in lieu of this year’s cancelled Rockaway, will also feature performances from The Orielles, I See Islands, Life, Sink Ya Teeth and Moderate Rebels.“It’s our total pleasure to announce that

Sonic Youth covering The Stooges at a benefit gig in 1987 – watch it below.The band were the surprise guests at an event supporting Jimmy Johnson and Byron Coley’s experimental music magazine Forced Exposure, taking place at The Rat in Boston.Joined by Dinosaur Jr.‘s J Mascis, Sonic Youth, using equipment borrowed from Dredd Foole and the Din, covered Crime’s ‘Hot Wire My Heart’ with Thurston Moore on lead vocals, followed by The Stooges’ ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ sung by Kim Gordon.You can see the

Ring around the roses? Bachelorette alum Blake Moynes was spotted on the set of Katie Thurston’s season of the ABC dating show.

New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain has been announced, with Blondie‘s Debbie Harry, Sonic Youth‘s Thurston Moore and more acts on the line-up.Sylvain died in January from cancer, aged 69. He was a part of New York Dolls from 1971 until their second dissolution in 2012.“While we grieve his loss, we know that he is finally at peace and out of pain.

Thurston Moore has released a surprise new album entitled ‘screen time’, which consists of 10 abstract and ambient instrumental pieces.The musician shared the record without fanfare today (February 5), which is available to stream and download exclusively via Bandcamp.

(though this season won't be live, so they'll have to worry about leaks) or on Good Morning America. Either way, they need to pick someone soon and are almost definitely already deeeeep in the casting process.

Shutting it down. Matt James confronts “Queen” Victoria Larson about her behavior toward the other women in the house in a sneak peek of the Monday, February 1, episode of The Bachelor.

The Portland murder suspect who was killed in a police-involved shooting in September allegedly had his hand on a gun in his pocket when law enforcement agents fired 37 bullets and fatally struck him, officials have announced. Michael Forest Reinoehl exited an apartment near Lacey, Wash., shortly before 7 p.m.

Thurston Moore has just released his rapturously-received new solo album, ‘By The Fire’, which NME’s review hailed as containing some of his “boldest and most invigorating work to date”.

Thurston Moore has released a 12-minute long track called ‘Siren’ and also previewed another song ahead of his forthcoming album ‘By The Fire’ – listen below.‘Siren’ comes after his earlier releases ‘Cantaloupe’ and ‘Hashish’, and features My Bloody Valentine‘s Deb Googe on bass, Jem Doulton on percussion, guitarist James Sedwards, and poet Radieux Radio as the lyricist.Labelled as a “soundtrack to an ancient mermaid ritual,” the musician said of his forthcoming record: “‘By The Fire’ is music