US EditionKim Gordon – ‘Play Me’ review: the godmother of alt-rock fearlessly turns to beats
Kim Gordon’s third solo album, produced by Justin Raisen, uses electronic beats and samples to explore modern dystopia and censorship themes with notable collaborations.
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Co-founder of the legendary Sonic Youth group, Kim Gordon, who will celebrate its 73rd anniversary this month...
Kim Gordon – ‘Play Me’ review: the godmother of alt-rock fearlessly turns to beats
Having already changed the game several times over with Sonic Youth, most artists of Kim Gordon’s standing may just spend these years basking in the glow of a majestic alt-rock legacy, or more likely living in its shadow. Having only turned to a solo career in 2019, Gordon now returns with her third record under her own name. After the conceptual satire guitar rock of ‘No Home Record’ and the experimental trap of 2024’s ‘The Collective’, ‘Play M…
You may think you know Kim Gordon. After all, he has been a rock legend for more than four decades, since he emerged from New York's underground punk band Sonic Youth. He became a feminist icon with his imposing charisma and artistic sensitivity, contributing to inspire the Riot-grrrl revolution of the nineties. He has a legend to defend, laurels to fall asleep on. But listening to his new single Play Me, the question arises: What if Kim Gordon …
Album Review: Kim Gordon, ‘PLAY ME’
As ‘BUSY BEE’ a weaves in a sample of Kim Gordon and her Free Kitten bandmate Julia Cafritz co-hosting MTV’s Beach House, a sentence reverberates through its clattering noise: “The pressure to relax, it was just too much for her.” Sure enough, Dave Grohl’s drums thunder back in, resuming PLAY ME‘s gnarly flow. ‘BYE BYE’, a highlight from the Sonic Youth co-founder’s previous solo album The Collective, spawned TikTok videos of teens going through…
Kim Gordon has released two solo albums so far. PLAY ME references them both and builds on them consistently: from her debut NO HOME RECORD (2019) she takes over the noise, from THE COLLECTIVE (2024) a beat load, whose DNA feeds from a wasteland between trap and various bass music. Above all, however, there is something new: Gordon gives up...
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