Kim Gordon

Kim Gordon review – swaggering thrills from musician who refuses to compromise

Gordon’s post-Sonic Youth career has been restlessly creative, yet her debut solo album No Home Record sounds properly lived-in here

Stevie Chick

24, May, 2022 @12:21 PM

This Woman’s Work edited by Kim Gordon and Sinéad Gleeson review – ‘Music undoes me’

Life, relationships and art are filtered through sound in 16 essays by brilliant women

Fiona Sturges

07, Apr, 2022 @6:30 AM

Sinéad Gleeson and Kim Gordon in conversation: ‘The best music books are about grief, politics, family, loss’

The Irish author and the former Sonic Youth bassist have co-edited an eclectic collection of women’s writing about music that includes Anne Enright and Rachel Kushner

Jude Rogers

27, Mar, 2022 @8:00 AM

Sonic Youth’s greatest songs – ranked!

As they release two live albums to benefit abortion support groups, we rate the best of the New York band who collided alt-rock with the avant garde in a thrilling noise

Alexis Petridis

11, Nov, 2021 @1:07 PM

PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, Madonna: the unseen archives of rock photographer Tony Mott

He’s partied with Queen. Tom Petty had his email. Now one of Australia’s most accomplished rock photographers has been digging through his negatives

Kirsten Krauth, photography by Tony Mott

12, Oct, 2021 @4:30 PM

Sonic Youth: where to start in their back catalogue

In Listener’s digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the feedback-worshipping high priests of indie-rock who wedded art and pop

Grayson Haver Currin

25, May, 2020 @1:44 PM

Kim Gordon: ‘I'm not a badass, whatever that means’

The musician, 66, on her mysterious mother, learning to go solo, and being vulnerable

Chris Hall

21, Dec, 2019 @1:00 PM

The 50 best albums of 2019: the full list

Our pick of the year’s finest albums brings American dreaming, teenage dynamism, heartbreak, barbed rap, impetuous indie and beautiful soundscapes

20, Dec, 2019 @9:41 AM

Kim Gordon: No Home Record review – quite a feat

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Kitty Empire

13, Oct, 2019 @4:29 AM

Kim Gordon: No Home Record review

Gordon’s first solo album sees her skewer everything from harassment to fame

Laura Snapes

11, Oct, 2019 @8:30 AM

Kim Gordon: 'There's a wall of faceless men I have to climb over'

She’s the art-rock legend who made Sonic Youth punk – and now, at 66, she has made her first solo record. She drives our writer through LA to talk Donald Trump, existential angst and her anthem called Air BnB

Jenn Pelly

04, Oct, 2019 @5:00 AM

50 great tracks for September from Normani, Tinariwen, Miley Cyrus and more

Former Fifth Harmony member Normani’s solo career properly lifts off, while country supergroup the Highwomen and rapper Megan Thee Stallion offer distinct, spirited defences of womanhood’s complexity

Ammar Kalia and Laura Snapes

02, Sep, 2019 @7:50 AM