While the world burns on all other fronts, 2024 has truly delivered some great albums. Disruptive newcomers and rejuvenated stalwarts alike have stepped up to the plate with outstanding offerings which have defined the year in music, whilst a handful of Overblown favourites have seized their opportunity to become global…
Punk pioneer Kim Gordon graces the Institute with a wall of sonic intrigue: the best double bill outside of Glastonbury shakes Birmingham to its core on a balmy evening. Kim Gordon is undoubtedly one of the biggest names in the alternative and punk world. Frontwoman and driving force behind the…
Kim Gordon is an icon of the alternative scene. Riot Grrrl-in-chief, figurehead of Sonic Youth, avant-garde provocateur and visual artist: the list of Gordon’s accomplishments and creative endeavours reads like lyrics from The Collective’s lead single ‘BYE BYE’. murky, dark, broody and menacing whilst remaining gloriously experimental and boundary-pushing, Gordon’s second…