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From Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Ronnie Yoshiko Fujiyama: how electric guitarists challenge expectations of gender

I’ve been playing a 1963 Maton FyrByrd guitar since I was 14 years old. It’s Australian designed and made with the unique sharkbite body, and pickups named cool, midway and hi-fi.

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“I never felt comfortable in standard. In some ways I felt more pressure because the world was so full of great players in standard – I had no interest in competing with them”: Thurston Moore on Sonic Youth’s Sister, and moving from junk guitars to Fender

The NYC noise-rock pioneer looks back to 1987, a time when Sonic Youth were growing up in public and expanding their vocabulary of alternate tunings

Guitar World

Music legend defies Trump's banned-word blacklist in explosive viral song - watch before it's pulled!

Conservatives have labelled the move ‘digital vandalism’ as streaming platforms considered banning it

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"I was talking with Kurt, and he said, You should join my band." The night that Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, and DinosaurJr's J. Mascis realised that newcomers Nirvana were going to change alternative rock forever

Watch a four-piece Nirvana play one of the most important gigs of their career in July 1989

Metal Hammer

Watch alt-rock’s two iconic Kims' "first time performing together, anywhere"

Kims Gordon and Deal team up for Netflix show

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“If we can fill the performance with these incredible women singing Nirvana songs, then we’ll have achieved our own revolution”: Nirvana reunite unannounced at FireAid concert, with four guest frontwomen

But for Violet Grohl taking the place of Lorde, it was the same group of singer/guitarists the remaining Nirvana trio played with at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction performance in 2014

Guitar World

Why Dave Grohl only wants female singers to front Nirvana reunions

A ‘Hervana’ performance at the FireAid benefit concert in California was met with a rapturous reception from fans of the Nineties rock band

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Nirvana’s surviving members catch a global audience off guard as they make an unscheduled appearance at FireAid

The band appeared at last night’s charity spectacular with guest vocalists St Vincent, Joan Jett, Kim Gordon and Violet Grohl

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Watch Dave Grohl's daughter Violet front a surprise Nirvana reunion, and Billie Eilish join Green Day, at emotional FireAid concert in Los Angeles

Joan Jett, Kim Gordon and St. Vincent also joined Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear onstage at the charity fundraiser in Los Angeles

Metal Hammer

The 20 best songs of 2024

Here are the year’s most outstanding tracks – from Fontaines DC to Beyoncé via Kendrick Lamar – as voted for by 26 Guardian music writers

The Guardian - UK

Grammys 2025: Beyoncé Makes History. Latino Artists Snubbed

The nominations left out Latino artists from the main categories. Gustavo Dudamel is the Latino with more noms at four.

Latin Times

Watch the three Smashing Pumpkins classics the band performed for Jimmy Kimmel Live which weren't shown on TV

The Smashing Pumpkins performed their new single Sighommi on American television last night, but that wasn't all they played

Metal Hammer

“I’m not really a fan of Taylor Swift. When it comes to pop icons, I would choose Billie Eilish.” Ex-Sonic Youth alt. rock icon Kim Gordon risks the wrath of the Swifties, admits “I couldn’t tell you what her music sounded like”

Kim Gordon "couldn’t tell you" what Taylor Swift's music sounds like

Louder

Kim Gordon: ‘My most controversial pop culture opinion? I’m not really a fan of Taylor Swift’

The musician and artist shares the best advice her mother gave her, the words she hates and who she’d like to play chess with

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‘A folk music wolf in doom metal clothing’: readers’ favourite albums of 2024 so far

Following our rundown of the best albums in the first half of the year, you responded with your own suggestions, from Kali Malone to Kim Gordon

Louder

How to rewatch Glastonbury 2024: Relive the best moments of the weekend - no matter where you are

This year's Glastonbury festival is a wrap, but if you missed any of the action over the weekend, don't worry, as the BBC have a huge amount of archived sets available to watch at your leisure

Louder

“I can’t get into somebody else’s mind and decide what their problem is.” Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna was close friends with Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, but she still doesn't know why Courtney Love hated her so much

Kathleen Hanna on that one-sided 'feud' with Courtney Love

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Chloë Sevigny Addresses Her Controversial Actors On Actors Interview With Kim Kardashian

"Blink twice if your publicists made you write this caption."

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The week in audio: Fur & Loathing; Dead Man Running; About the Boys; Vanessa Feltz – review

Nicky Woolf investigates a chemical attack at a furry convention, Myles Bonnar pursues a Scottish fugitive, Catherine Carr takes a sensitive approach to teenage boys, and a storm hits LBC

Louder

“I remember seeing my first rock legend snorting cocaine in the bathroom, like, ‘Oh, I’ve heard about this’”: Foo Fighters’ Nate Mendel on the night they played at David Bowie’s epic 50th birthday bash

The Foos joined Robert Smith, Kim Gordon, Lou Reed and more for a triumphant night at Madison Square Garden

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Kim Gordon Curates Influential Films For Galerie Film Club

Discover Kim Gordon's curated film list for Galerie film club, showcasing her eclectic tastes and artistic sensibilities.

The Guardian - UK

Kim Gordon: The Collective review – so close to the edge it sometimes falls off

The former Sonic Youth bassist’s follow-up to her acclaimed solo debut has some great moments, but tips over into a barrage of distortion

Louder

"Kim Gordon has no interest in making music for the faint-hearted": with The Collective, Sonic Youth's iconic former vocalist/bassist throws expectations out the window in thrilling fashion

Kim Gordon's second solo album is challenging, claustrophobic and an absolute triumph

Louder

Kim Gordon announces UK shows, extends US and European tours, shares video for new single Psychedelic Orgasm

Ahead of the release of her second solo album The Collective, Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) adds new gigs, drops new video

Metal Hammer

"I still have very vivid images of him laughing, smiling, and goofing around": Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon remembers Nirvana's Kurt Cobain

Kim Gordon remembers her friend Kurt Cobain, as the 30th anniversary of his death nears

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