A certain trepidation is natural before an interview with Kim Gordon. Despite all evidence to the contrary – the reams of historic shots of her killing it on a Thunderbird and Jazzmaster with alt-rock pioneers Sonic Youth – the 72-year-old famously doesn’t consider herself a musician.
What’s more, it’s dangerously feasible that she didn’t fret a note on her new solo album, Play Me, which would leave us with 40 minutes to talk about the weather. Add to that Gordon’s slightly icy reputation among journalists back in Sonic Youth’s early ’90s heyday (to be clear, she was never nasty, just too damn cool to do the promotional dance, and desperate to get away).
