Nala Sinephro's Endlessness — produced, arranged and engineered by the English harpist — arrived in 2024 lacking any narrative baggage, forcing listeners to uncover its secrets on their own. Tofjan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kim Gordon ENTER TEASER
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Brazilian singer Luiza Brina's album Prece includes a lyrical command to embrace risk, and to learn from the journey upon which it sets you. Daniela Paoliello/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Kim Gordon's new album, The Collective, is out March 8. Danielle Neu/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"Crowded Roomz," the latest single from Nia Archives, is one of the tracks we can't stop playing this week. Lola Banet/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
In her 2015 memoir, Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon credits The Shangri-Las' speak-sing style as an influence on her own. The '60s girl-group's lead singer, Mary Weiss, died last week. Danielle Neu/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
On Aug. 12, 2011, Sonic Youth played the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn; it would be the band's final concert in the United States. Chris Gersbeck for NPR hide caption
Summer Walker's Over It is one of the best albums of October. Aiden Cullen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kim Gordon's debut solo album, out now, is entitled No Home Record. Natalia Mantini/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kim Gordon Returns With New Collaborators On 'No Home Record'
Rapper Lil' Kim performing at the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta, Georgia. Her new full-length, 9, is on our shortlist for the best albums out on Oct. 11. Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage hide caption
Kim Gordon's No Home Record comes out Oct. 11. Natalia Mantini/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"We're making our own kind of anti-status symbol, in our own language that's kind of subliminal," Kim Gordon says. Jamie Brisick/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kim Gordon is a founding member of Sonic Youth. Alisa Smirnova/Courtesy of HarperCollins hide caption