Today we have photos of Kim Gordon and Bill Nace’s new band Body/Head. Since the break up of Sonic Youth, Gordon has been focusing her attentions on Body/Head, an improvisational guitar/noise duo she started with fellow Massachsetts artist Bill Nace. On a recent tour stop in Atlanta to support their debut LP Coming Apart, out now on Matador, Live Eye snapped up the photos below. On this night, the twosome created, blurred, and erased the lines between improv and structure with a minimal use of sound and film. The songs started in a slow, claustrophobic dirge of monotone lyrics, swirling guitars, and slow-motion images, eventually expanding in both mood and space as if consciously looking for a way out of the structured walls they’d built up in the first half of a song. The effect was one of artists creating, exploring ideas, and throwing out avenues as quickly as they picked up new ones. It was a Master Class in improv, emotion, and free-form music! After checking out the photos, we’ve included a YouTube playlist of the videos Richard Kern completed for Coming Apart. Also, you can have a look at Body/Head’s upcoming European tour dates below…
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Tour Dates:
Europe
Sunday, October 20 Amplifest, Porto (Portugal)
Tuesday, October 22 ZDB, Lisbon (Portugal)
Wednesday, October 23 Enjoy Jazz Festival, Heidelberg (Germany)
Thursday, October 24 Spazio 211, Torino (Italy)
Friday, October 25 Covo, Bologna (Italy)
Saturday, October 26 Serendipity, Foligno (Italy)
Sunday, October 27 Bloom, Milano (Italy)
Tuesday, October 29 La Cartonnerie, Reims (France)
Wednesday, October 30 La Poudriere, Belfort (France)
Thursday, October 31 La Centrifugeuse, Pau (France)
Friday, November 01 Ninkasi Kao, Lyon (France)
Saturday, November 02 Centre Pompidou, Paris (France)
Tuesday, November 05 Bi Nuu, Berlin (Germany)
Wednesday, November 06 Salon, Istanbul (Turkey)
Friday, November 08 Unlimited Festival, Wels (Austria)
Sunday, November 10 Cafe Oto, London (United Kingdom)
