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Photo Recap: Kim Gordon’s Body / Head at Space 1026

John Vettese — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:00:12 +0000

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Body / Head, the new duo project of Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon, played a set at Chinatown art gallery Space 1026 last night. Fun facts discovered per Bleeding Rainbow’s Instagram: Gordon and BR’s Rob Garcia play the same guitar, and Body / Head’s Bill Nace borrowed a Fender Twin amp from BR’s Al Creedon for the show. Check out photos from the set in the gallery above.

Kim Gordon’s Body / Head coming to Space 1026 in March, and her new band is playing there too

John Vettese — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:15:25 +0000

This week in Sonic Youth offshoot news is the debut Philadelphia of Body / Head, Kim Gordon’s new dueling-guitar project with Bill Nace of Vampire Belt. The band is coming to Philly on March 8 for an appearance at Space 1026 – the Chinatown art gallery / performance space where Thurston Moore played last fall before having his guitar stolen.

With this new band, Gordon and Nace dabble in long-form, expressionistic guitar playing that ebbs and flows in ambient textures, turns unexpectedly violent with aggressive feedback, then recedes back into drone, with Gordon adding her trademark spoken-sung vocals. Think of her song “Contre Le Sexisme” from Sonic Youth’s vastly underrated 1998 album A Thousand Leaves, or the early hit (is “hit” the right word?) “Making the Nature Scene.” Live, Body / Head compliments their show with projected visuals (which you can see in the video below), meaning the crowd at Space 1026 next month is in for a multi-sensory experience. More information on the show can be found at the WXPN Concert Calendar.

Also: Moore’s new band Chelsea Light Moving plays Union Transfer on April 6, while Lee Ranaldo was just here performing the music of John Cage at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Steve Shelly, we’re waiting on you, dude.

Body / Head from Taping Policies on Vimeo.

Photo Recap: Thurston Moore and John Maloney with Speedy Ortiz at Space 1026

John Vettese — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:21:54 +0000

Last night, experimental guitarist and Sonic Youth founding member Thurston Moore played a collaborative, improvisatory set at Space 1026 in Chinatown with drummer John Maloney. Northampton, Massachusetts four-piece Speedy Ortiz opened the show; you can check out a gallery images from both sets above, and see a 14-second YouTube clip to give you a sense of the overall vibe after the jump.

Tonight’s Concert Picks: Eternal Summers at the First Unitarian Church, Cold Fronts at Kung Fu Necktie, Thurston Moore at Space 1026

Julie Miller — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:52:11 +0000

Photo by Brian Hamelman

Roanoke, VA trio Eternal Summers open for Nada Surf tonight at the First Unitarian Church. The indie dream-pop/”who-cares-rock” band released their second full-length record earlier this year called Correct Behavior through Kanine Records, with the opening song “Millions” earning a Best New Track rating on Pitchfork. Tickets and information for tonight’s intimate show with Nada Surf and It’s a King Thing can be found here. Below, watch Eternal Summer’s video for “Good As You.”

Pabst Blue Ribbon presents Cold Fronts at Kung Fu Necktie tonight. Cold Fronts are the energetic rock outfit fronted by Craig Almquist who brought us last week’s stellar Key Studio Session, which you can stream and download here (it includes new song “Sum Girls”). Tonight’s gig with all-girl Japanese rock band The Suzan and Philly’s Ton-Taun will be Cold Fronts’ last of the year. Tickets and information for the 21+ show can be found here. Below, watch the video for Cold Fronts’ “Heart Attack.”

Rule-bending experimental musician Thurston Moore brings one of his latest projects to Space 1026 tonight. Joining forces with former Howlin’ Rain percussionist John Moloney, Moore recorded Caught on Tape on Feeding Tube Records this past summer and the duo are now taking the noise/drone compositions on the road. Tickets and information for tonight’s all-ages show with Speedy Ortiz can be found here. Below, listen to an excerpt of Caught on Tape.

Thurston Moore & John Moloney coming to Space 1026 on 12/12

Julie Miller — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:00:19 +0000

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore teamed up with frequent on-stage collaborator John Moloney (Howlin’ Rain) for the experimental Caught on Tape release earlier this year, and the duo is now taking the project on the road. Moore’s work has spanned the punk rock, avant-garde singer-songwriter and drone-y noise genres over the years and this latest work falls heavily into the latter to the delight of psychedelic distortion fans. You may recognize Moloney as the sometimes-drummer in Moore’s solo project touring band and more recently as a member of Chelsea Light Moving, a quartet featuring fellow touring band members Keith Wood (Hush Arbors) and Samara Lubelski. Thurston Moore & John Moloney perform with Speedy Ortiz at Space 1026 on Wednesday, December 12th. Tickets and information can be found here. Listen to an excerpt of Caught on Tape below, and download the more rock-angled Chelsea Light Moving tracks for free here.