Kim Gordon

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, Music

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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At 70 years-old, Kim Gordon—the former bassist and founding member of Sonic Youth—is just now making the most abrasive music of her career. She just dropped her second solo album, The Collective, with producer Justin Raisen, who’s previously worked with artists like Drake, Lil Yachty, and Charli XCX. Kim’s spoken-word-like vocals on The Collective are the perfect accompaniment to Justin’s distorted trap-style beats.

On today’s episode Leah Rose talks to Kim Gordon about her latest solo album, as well as her memoir, Girl In A Band, that detailed her split with ex-husband Thurston Moore. Kim also delves into why she always felt like an outsider in New York City’s thriving downtown art scene. And she recalls Sonic Youth’s storied tour in the early ‘90s opening up for Neil Young.

You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite Kim Gordon songs HERE.

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1:07.8	At 70 years old, Kim Gordon, the former bassist and founding member of Sonic Youth, is somehow making the most abrasive music of her career right now. This month, she dropped her second solo album called The Collective with producer Justin Raisin,
1:25.8	who's previously worked with artists like Drake, Lel Yotti, and Charlie XCX.
1:31.1	Kim's spoken word like vocals on the collective are the perfect accompaniment to Justin's
1:35.8	distorted trap-style beats, especially on her first single, Bye-By-By-By, which was originally
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