The Gossip

Driven by Beth Ditto's soulful, commanding voice, Gossip reimagines punk, disco, pop, and R&B in fresh and surprising ways. The band proved its queer blues-punk bona fides with 2000's That's Not What I Heard, but by the time of 2003's Movement, they were already incorporating the dance and soul elements that made their 2006 breakthrough album Standing in the Way of Control a revelatory showcase for their firepower. Gossip continued to reclaim and subvert pop tropes, collaborating with Rick Rubin on 2009's Music for Men, which went platinum in several European countries, and te...