Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share new music they're digging that flies under the mainstream radar, buried treasures! They also hear selections from the production staff.

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Featured Songs:

Iress, "Lovely (Forget Me Not)," Sleep Now, In Reverse, Dune Altar, 2024

The Beatles, "With a Little Help from My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

Soul Meets Body, "Hallucinations," Hallucinations (Single), Redwolf, 2024

Dummy, "Soonish...," Free Energy, Trouble in Mind, 2024

Grace Carlin, "killin' It (demo)," no joke (memos & demos), Self-released, 2023

Brutus, "The Deadly Rhythm," The Shape of Punk To Come Obliterated, Epitaph, 2024

Amayo, "Black Magic Sister," Black Magic Sister (Single), Amayo, 2024

Smoking Popes, "Allegiance (feat. Scott Lucas)," Allegiance (feat. Scott Lucas) (Single), Smoking Popes, 2025

Mo Dotti, "for anyone and you," opaque, MD, 2024

Matt Pond PA & Anya Marina, "Click Click Click," Click Click Click (Single), Sonder House, 2024

Remi Wolf, "Soup," Big Ideas, Island, 2024

Tae and the Neighborly, "We Can Be," Self Help, smooth bean, 2024

Liquid Mike, "K2," Paul Bunyan's Slingshot, self-released, 2024

Abazaba, "Isolation (feat. Eugene Hütz)," Isolation (feat. Eugene Hütz) (Single), self released, 2025

Rosa Bordallo, "I Feel Numb," I Feel Numb (Single), self-released, 2024

Artificial Go, "Pay Phone," Hopscotch Fever, Feel It, 2024

Medium Build, "Yoke (with Julien Baker)," Marietta, Slowplay/Island, 2024

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In this bonus episode, Jim pays tribute to Marc Campbell of The Nails who died late in 2024.

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In the second installment of our new Patreon-only bonus podcast, Jim, Greg and Andrew share their thoughts on the FX adaptation of Patrick Raden Keefe's book, Say Nothing.

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In 1982, the Los Angeles punk rock band X put out its album Under the Big Black Sun. Over 40 years later, it's still great! Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with X vocalist and bassist John Doe all about the album and the band's impact. They'll also chat with him about his recent solo album and his work in television and film.

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Featured Songs:

X, "The Have Nots," Under the Big Black Sun, Elektra, 1982

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

X, "The Hungry Wolf," Under the Big Black Sun, Elektra, 1982

Bob Dylan, "As I Went Out One Morning," John Wesley Harding, Columbia, 1967

John Doe, "Never Coming Back," Fables in a Foreign Land, Fat Possum, 2022

X, "Riding with Mary," Under the Big Black Sun, Elektra, 1982

X, "Motel Room in My Bed," Under the Big Black Sun, Elektra, 1982

Germs, "Lexicon Devil," (GI), Slash, 1979

The Screamers, "122 Hours Of Fear (Live at the Target)," Live in San Francisco: Sept 2nd 1978, Target Video, 2004

The Dils, "I Hate the Rich," I Hate the Rich (Single), What?, 1977

Circle Jerks, "Stars and Stripes," Wild in the Streets, Step-Forward, 1982

X, "Los Angeles," Los Angeles, Slash, 1980

X, "We're Desperate," Wild Gift, Slash, 1981

X, "Under the Big Black Sun," Under the Big Black Sun, Elektra, 1982

X, "Adult Books," Wild Gift, Slash, 1981

X, "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes," Under the Big Black Sun, Elektra, 1982

X, "Because I Do," Under the Big Black Sun, Elektra, 1982

X, "Blue Spark," Under the Big Black Sun, Elektra, 1982

X, "Come Back to Me," Under the Big Black Sun, Elektra, 1982

X, "Real Child of Hell," Under the Big Black Sun, Elektra, 1982

The Gun Club, "She's Like Heroin to Me," Fire of Love, Ruby, 1981

Los Lobos, "Will the Wolf Survive?," How Will the Wolf Survive?, Slash/Warner Bros., 1984

The Del Fuegos, "Don't Run Wild," Boston, Mass., Slash, 1985

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, "Henry Lee (feat. PJ Harvey) ," Murder Ballads, Mute, 1996

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, "Revolver," Ballad of the Broken Seas, Cooking Vinyl Limited, 2006

Artificial Go, "Pay Phone," Hopscotch Fever, Feel It, 2024

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Greg shares the history of a 60's gospel track that has been continually covered and reinvented.

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In the first installment of our new Patreon-only bonus podcast, Jim and Greg compare notes on a couple of thrilling new Netflix shows.

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Every year, host Greg Kot makes a mixtape of new songs to express his feelings about the past year. Greg shares a selection of that mix and the rest of the show staff look at other top singles of 2024. Plus, the hosts remember a few other musicians we lost in 2024.

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Featured Songs:

Chappell Roan, "Good Luck, Babe!," Good Luck, Babe! (Single), Island, 2024

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

King Crimson, "21st Century Schizoid Man," In the Court of the Crimson King, Island, 1969

The Allman Brothers Band, "Ramblin' Man," Brothers and Sisters, Capricorn, 1973

Slim Dunlap, "The Ballad of the Opening Band," The Old New Me, Medium Cool/Twin/Tone, 1993

Marlena Shaw, "Woman of the Ghetto," The Spice of Life, Cadet, 1969

Beyoncé, "16 CARRIAGES," Cowboy Carter, Parkwood and Columbia, 2024

Sabrina Carpenter, "Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)," Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix) (Single), Island, 2024

Kabin Crew, "The Spark (feat. Lisdoonvarna Crew)," The Spark (feat. Lisdoonvarna Crew) (Single), Rubyworks, 2024

Charli XCX, "Girl, so confusing featuring lorde," Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat (Single), Atlantic, 2024

Geordie Greep, "Holy, Holy," The New Sound, Rough Trade, 2024

Shaboozey, "A Bar Song (Tipsy)," Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going, American Dogwood and Empire, 2024

Wussy Duo, "Cellar Door," Cellar Door EP, Shake It!, 2024

La Luz, "Strange World," News of the Universe, Sub Pop, 2024

Trupa Trupa, "Sister Ray," Sister Ray (Single), Glitterbeat, 2024

The Bug Club, "Lonsdale Slipons," On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System, Sub Pop, 2024

Lambrini Girls, "God's Country," God's Country (Single), City Slang, 2024

Tunde Adebimpe, "Magnetic," Magnetic (Single), Sub Pop, 2024

The Unfit, "Who's in Charge," Disconnected EP, Share It Music, 2024

The Jesus Lizard, "Hide & Seek," Rack, Ipecac, 2024

Shellac, "Chick New Wave," To All Trains, Touch And Go, 2024

Horsegirl, "2468," 2468 (Single), Matador, 2024

X, "The Hungry Wolf," Under the Big Black Sun, Elektra, 1982

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In this bonus episode, Jim shares an 80's dance club hit that was featured in a new streaming show.

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Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot revisit their classic album dissection of Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks. They'll hear from a musician who played on the record and talk with two music writers about what makes it so iconic.

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Featured Songs:

Bob Dylan, "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts," Blood on the Tracks, Columbia, 1975

Bob Dylan, "Tangled Up In Blue," Blood on the Tracks, Columbia, 1975

Bob Dylan, "Shelter from the Storm," Blood on the Tracks, Columbia, 1975

Bob Dylan, "Idiot Wind (Take 6)," The Bootleg Series Vol. 14: More Blood, More Tracks, Columbia, 2018

Bob Dylan, "Idiot Wind," Blood on the Tracks, Columbia, 1975

Bob Dylan, "Buckets of Rain," Blood on the Tracks, Columbia, 1975

Bob Dylan, "You're a Big Girl Now," Blood on the Tracks, Columbia, 1975

Bob Dylan, "Tangled Up In Blue (Take 3, Remake 2)," The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991, Columbia, 1991

Bob Dylan, "If You See Her, Say Hello," Blood on the Tracks, Columbia, 1975

Beyoncé, "16 CARRIAGES," Cowboy Carter, Columbia, 2024

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Greg pays tribute to the late poet Nikki Giovanni, whose work inspired musicians and artists across decades. Giovanni died at age 81.

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