Until COVID-19 laid waste to his and everyone else’s touring schedule, Bill Nace was looking forward to a splendid spring. Not only would the Philadelphia-based guitarist have opened in Chicago for the Gunn-Truscinski Duo and Mdou Moctar; he’d also have joined Gunn, Truscinski, and Kim Gordon (his bandmate in Body/Head) at a couple festivals in […]
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Body/Head continue to push boundaries and champion the Sonic Youth spirit on The Switch
Kim Gordon always struck me as the Sonic Youth member most rooted in a primal punk foundation. Her no-frills bass lines anchored the chaos surrounding them, and the songs she sang lead on always packed a streamlined gut punch. That makes it all the more interesting that in our post-Sonic Youth landscape, she’s the only […]
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Body/Head goes neon on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was made my local artist Bill Connors.
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Kim Gordon and Bill Nace return as the seething, gnarled guitar duo Body/Head
It’s been a few years since Body/Head, the unapologetically rude guitar duo of Kim Gordon and Bill Nace, dropped Coming Apart, a seething debut where slate-gray chords, strangulated single-note flurries, and clouds of viscous feedback commingle in carefully sculpted environments that are usually punctuated by the former’s pregnant whispers, potent shouts, and numbing incantations. Late […]
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Street View 126: Kim Gordon looks annoyingly perfect at the MCA
Isa Giallorenzo’s Street View 126
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Best shows to see: Carcass, Body/Head, No Joy, and Black Twig Pickers
Fall touring shifts into high gear, offering up lots of good music including Carcass, Body/Head, No Joy, and Black Twig Pickers.