Kim Gordon and Kim Deal became two leading girls in a band. Gordon, who never considered herself to be a musician, is a visual artist who found herself speak-singing and playing bass in Sonic Youth.

When the groundbreaking post-punk band Sonic Youth broke up in 2011 — amid the highly contentious divorce of members Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore — fans were beyond devastated (and they've never ...

In a new chapter from the 10th-anniversary edition of her memoir, Girl in a Band, Gordon reflects on her musical reinvention, going to the Grammys, and losing her brother ...