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10.0
114053
10.0 |
The Skinny
A breathtaking barrage of noise, anger and humour
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10.0
114134
10.0 |
The Guardian
Gordon’s first solo album sees her skewer everything from harassment to fame
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8.5
114110
8.5 |
The 405
A joyous and acerbic critique of modern life
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8.4
114181
8.4 |
Pitchfork
After 38 years of making music, Kim Gordon’s thrilling solo debut lives at the vanguard of sound and performance, shot through with the beautiful, unsparing noise that has always defined her art
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8.1
114059
8.1 |
Paste Magazine
Sonic Youth co-founder sounds supremely confident on unsettled songs
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8.0
114079
8.0 |
The Music
Gordon’s poetry is the star, broadcast through a sketchy PA system in an industrial warehouse. Her words cut through the sonic glitches in a way only she can
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8.0
114096
8.0 |
Gigwise
It highlights Gordon’s lack of fear in trying new sounds and demonstrates her undeniable relevancy in the modern musical sphere
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8.0
114098
8.0 |
The Independent
No Home Record’s lack of cohesion is unlikely to pull you deep into its disjointed soundworld. What does unite the tracks, though, is the restlessly questing, non-conformist spirit of their creator. It’s great to have her back
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8.0
114054
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
No Home Record is heavy in its use of experimentation, yet it results in a vividly cutting and complex portrait of what it means to live in contemporary LA, and a superb introduction to the solo Kim Gordon
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8.0
114055
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
It’s enough of a sonic clear-out for Gordon to become rock’n’roll’s Marie Kondo, but as she’s previously confessed, doing anything radical is far more interesting when it looks benign and ordinary from the outside
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8.0
114056
8.0 |
Uncut
An uniformly compelling set. Print edition only
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8.0
114057
8.0 |
Q
It feels hungry, modern and thrilling. Print edition only
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8.0
114116
8.0 |
Clash
It’s a record that makes incisions into the staid, one that knocks over the steadfast; it’s a bold, thrilling construction, one that pushes her history to one side in order to build anew
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8.0
114130
8.0 |
The FT
The Los Angeles native intones fragmented lyrics on a more conventionally song-based set
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8.0
114140
8.0 |
The Quietus
On No Home Record, Gordon sketches the great supermodern landscape of LA, in stark strokes of infectious, visceral weirdness
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8.0
114145
8.0 |
Crack
No Home Record sucks all the air out of the room, its victory lying in Gordon’s ability to sound so singular and still feel so unpredictable
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8.0
114169
8.0 |
All Music
With its raw edges and open ends, No Home Record exposes the deepest levels of Gordon's art, and they're more thought-provoking and bracing than ever
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8.0
114172
8.0 |
The Observer
These punishing, three-dimensional soundscapes connect 70s No Wave with the mischievous end of contemporary digital production: quite a feat
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7.5
114185
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
A defiant solo debut perfectly attuned to the ambient anger of the moment
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7.5
114349
7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Gordon proves that her artistic process isn’t irrevocably tied to a single medium or period in time
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7.5
114404
7.5 |
Under The Radar
It's an inevitably cool record—who could possibly be cooler than Kim Gordon? But it's also a challenging, interesting, and demanding album that cues up a bright, loud future for Gordon's solo career
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7.0
114081
7.0 |
Northern Transmissions
It’s a great thing to have an artists like Kim Gordon who seems so interested in what they can do to play with and subvert the regular song, that after 40 years she is still sounding so fresh
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7.0
114398
7.0 |
musicOMH
It all adds up to a welcome return for one of rock music’s true modern icons
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7.0
114235
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
The LP explores new terrain while recalling high-points from throughout her career
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7.0
114107
7.0 |
DIY
Like with the best moments of her career, she is uncompromising in her artistic vision
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6.0
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6.0 |
NME
Prompted by the Sonic Youth legend's fear of cultural homogeny, this is an accessible guitar record that surprises despite its author’s truly enormous legacy
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6.0
114058
6.0 |
Mojo
Offers few tunes you could whistle, but at it's best Gordon's no-wave din and take-no-shit snarl offer unabashedly militant thrills. Print edition only
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