Bill Nace

Tonight’s NYC-area shows include Cat Power, Lizzo, Sea.Hear.Now Festival, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Shonen Knife, The Toasters, and more.

It’s Kim’s first solo exhibition in North America and includes a commissioned score for Andy Warhol’s ’Kiss’ featuring Bill Nace, Steve Gunn and John Truscinski which is also getting a vinyl release.

This week’s Notable Releases include Deafheaven (now with clean vocals!), Birds In Row (also now with clean vocals!), Jenn Champion of Carissa’s Wierd and S (now synthpop!), and more.

After revealing the release date earlier this year, Body/Head — the improvisational duo of Kim Gordon and Bill Nace — have officially announced their new album, The Switch, due on July 13 via Matador. Like with their 2013 debut, Gordon and Nace worked with engineer Justin Pizzoferrato but this is less of a rock record and more of a subtle, unsettling experience.

Seminal Australian punks The Scientists — whose sound was an influence on both ’80s NYC punk and ’90s grunge — recently reunited their mid-’80s lineup and will tour the U.S. for the first time ever this fall.

Tonight’s NYC shows include Action Bronson, Chris Rock, The Nightmare Before Christmas Live, Cass McCombs, Cindy Wilson, The-Dream, The Life and Times, and more.

Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon’s experimental duo with Bill Nace, Body/Head, celebrated their new album in Williamsburg on Saturday. MV Carbon and Silk Purse opened…

The fest also included Girlpool, who were joined by a drummer this time.