Sound Opinions

By Sound Opinions

Take two nationally respected rock critics, the latest music news, personal commentary, and exclusive interviews and performances, add a huge pile of records old and new, and the result is Sound Opini... more

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January 29, 2025 Producers Look Back on 1000 Episodes
As a bonus to our 1000th episode, senior producers Alex Claiborne and Andrew Gill chime in with some of their favorite guests and most memorable moments from Sound Opinions.
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17min
January 24, 2025 Sound Opinions' 1000th Episode!
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot look back on the occasion of Sound Opinions reaching the 1000 episodes milestone. Both hosts share highlights and a couple lowlights, plus listeners share their favorite memories.
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Featured Songs:
The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967
Radiohead, "I Want None Of It (Live on Sound Opinions)," Unreleased, NA, 2008
Carole King, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
D'Angelo, "Send It On," Voodoo, Virgin, 2000
Trupa Trupa, "Sister Ray," (Single), Glitterbeat, 2024
Wire, "Used To ," Chairs Missing, Harvest, 1978
Goat Girl, "Creep," Goat Girl, Rough Trade, 2018
Allen Toussaint, "A New Orleans Thing (Live on Sound Opinions)," Songbook, Concord, 2013
Boygenius, "20," The Record, Interscope, 2023
Max Roach, "Driva Man," We Insist!, Candid, 1960
The Allman Brothers Band, "Ramblin' Man," Brothers and Sisters, Capricorn, 1973
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51min
January 22, 2025 One of the Great Songs of the 21st Century
In this bonus episode, Greg adds a track to the Desert Island Jukebox and shares the story of how this brilliant song almost didn't get made!
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7min
January 17, 2025 Buried Treasures!
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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50min
January 15, 2025 RIP Marc Campbell of The Nails
In this bonus episode, Jim pays tribute to Marc Campbell of The Nails who died late in 2024.
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8min
January 13, 2025 Everything Else: Say Nothing
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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6min
January 10, 2025 X's Under the Big Black Sun with John Doe
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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49min
January 08, 2025 A Track that could Fill a Playlist
Greg shares the history of a 60's gospel track that has been continually covered and reinvented.
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10min
January 06, 2025 Everything Else with Sound Opinions
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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January 03, 2025 2024 Obits, Singles & Greg's Annual Mixtape
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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51min

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