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Pearl Jam, David Byrne, R.E.M. Sign on for Abortion Rights Benefit Album
Pearl Jam, David Byrne with Devo, R.E.M., Bob Weir, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Sleater-Kinney are among the artists contributing rare or previously unreleased music to Good Music To Ensure Safe Abortion Access To All, a benefit compilation that will be available for only 24 hours on Bandcamp starting at midnight ET Friday (Oct. 7). Proceeds will benefit organizations facilitating abortion access for those impacted by new restrictions and regulations in their home states, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The cover art for the collection was drawn by Kim Gordon and is also available in t-shirt form through compilation partner NOISE FOR NOW. No track list has yet been made available, but Pearl Jam announced on Twitter that it was contribu...
Kim Gordon Teams With Bikini Kill’s Erica Dawn Lyle for ‘Debt Collector’
A new track featuring Kim Gordon is the latest to emerge from the benefit compilation Land Trust: Benefit for NEFOC, which, as previously reported, will be released June 3 on Bandcamp. Gordon appears on the song “Debt Collector” by compilation organizers Erica Dawn Lyle (Bikini Kill) and Vice Cooler (The Raincoats), as well as in its accompanying video. [embedded content][embedded content] Land Trust: Benefit for NEFOC will benefit the Indigenous-led grassroots organization Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust, which reconnects POC farmers to land control and returns farmland to Indigenous nations. “Debt Collector” comes on the heels of the first released track from the compilation, “Mirrorball” by Bikini Kill frontwoman Kathleen Hanna. It’s her first new song in four years. “This is the ...
Hear First New Kathleen Hanna Song In Four Years On LAND ACT Benefit Comp
The first new Kathleen Hanna song in more than four years leads the track list for LAND ACT: Benefit for North East Farmers of Color, a charity album due for a June 3 release on Bandcamp. The project was assembled by Hannah’s Bikini Kill bandmate Erica Dawn Lyle in tandem with The Raincoats’ Vice Cooler, and Hannah’s contribution, “Mirrorball,” is out today (May 6). In the wake of the COVID-necessitated cancellation of Bikini Kill’s spring 2020 tour, Lyle says she and Cooler “wrote songs together remotely via file sharing and then asked a bunch of our friends to help us finish the songs.” Other artists making appearances on LAND ACT include Kim Gordon, Mike Watt, The Raincoats, The Linda Lindas, Deerhoof’s Satomi Matsuzaki, Slant 6’s Christina Billotte, Alice Bag, Kelley Deal and Shopping’...
Kim Gordon Announces U.S. and European Tour
Kim Gordon is ready to roll. The ex-Sonic Youth bassist will be hitting the road for a short string of U.S. dates before embarking on her first-ever international headlining tour. The itinerary includes a trio of festival stops at Treefort in Boise, Big Ears in Knoxville and later this summer, Primavera in Barcelona. “I can’t believe the tour is finally happening! Looking forward to playing with my band who are amazing and bringing the music to you. You are the ones gonna make it sizzle,” Gordon said in a statement. In 2019, Gordon released No Home Record. The album was her first as a solo artist and was produced by Justin Raisen. She was set to hit the road on a tour in 2020, and we all know what happened after that. The two-week March run will kick off in Boston before ending at Boise’s ...
Kim Gordon Releases ‘Grass Jeans’ to Benefit Texas Abortion Rights Group
Today, in her first new music since her 2019 solo debut, Kim Gordon shared “Grass Jeans,” furthering her support against Texas’ recent passing of the most restrictive abortion law in the country. The Sonic Youth founder, vocalist, and bassist recorded the new track with her touring band members Sterling Laws, Sarah Register, and Camilla Charlesworth. All proceeds from the month of December for “Grass Jeans” will benefit Fund Texas Choice (formerly Fund Texas Women), a non-profit that pays for Texans’ travel to abortion clinics. Gordon and Sonic Youth recently unearthed two live records to further support Texas abortion rights groups, Live In Austin 1995 and Live In Dallas 2006. Gordon has long been outspoken about progressive causes, including her support for Bernie Sa...
Big Ears Festival Returns to Tennessee in 2022
For the first time in three years, the Big Ears Music Festival returns to Knoxville, Tennessee on March 24-27, 2022. Hosting over 100 concerts spanning various genres, the festival will have over 12 venues, and will feature films, exhibitions, talks, workshops, parties, and surprises. Headliners include Kim Gordon, Animal Collective, Yves Tumor, Low, John Zorn, Sparks, Meredith Monk, Moses Sumney, and Annette Peacock. Two large concert events are scheduled for the anticipated fest. Composer and instrumentalist John Zorn will present eight concerts throughout the four-day festival, with 14 collaborators joining him on stage including Bill Frisell, Stephen Gosling, and Kenny Grohowski. A tribute to the musical world of New Orleans, rooted in Haitian and Cuban sounds, will be the first t...
Kim Gordon to Release New Book No Icon
Kim Gordon is going to release a new book next week. Titled No Icon, the book will be released on Rizzoli, which describes it as “an edgy and evocative portrait of Gordon’s life, art, and style.” It will include unpublished personal photographs, magazine and newspaper clippings and other assorted things from across her career. Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney wrote the foreword for it. Gordon previously released her memoir Girl in a Band in 2015. No Icon is out on Oct. 13. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users ba...
