Sound Opinions
Sound Opinions
Sound Opinions
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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 Opinions, where people who love music can come together.
The Family Man of Reggae Bass
In this bonus episode, Greg adds a song to the Desert Island Jukebox in honor of Bob Marley and Lee "Scratch" Perry's bass player, Aston "Family Man" Barrett.
Mar 27
5 min
Brian Eno's Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot analyze Brian Eno's 1974 album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) and revisit an excerpt of their 2011 interview with Eno himself.
Mar 21
50 min
A Found-Sound Masterpiece
In this bonus episode, Jim adds a Brian Eno-affiliated song made of found sounds to the Desert Island Jukebox.
Mar 20
6 min
Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter of The Roots & Opinions on Heems & Lapgan
This week hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot interview Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter of The Roots about his memoir and they also review the new album from Das Racist rapper Heems.
Mar 14
50 min
The Song That Helped Introduce Japan To Rock & Roll
In this bonus episode, Greg adds two versions of a surprising song to the Desert Island Jukebox. It was the first rock & roll song to chart in Japan and a later version involved members of The Clash.
Mar 13
6 min
Karaoke Songs, Opinions on Grandaddy & RIP Dexter Romweber
This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share some of their favorite karaoke tracks, review new music from Grandaddy and bid farewell to the late rockabilly musician Dexter Romweber.
Mar 7
48 min
The First Heavy Metal?
In this bonus episode, Jim adds a song to the Desert Island Jukebox that can make a solid claim to being from the first "heavy metal" band.
Mar 6
5 min
Louise Post (Veruca Salt) & Opinions on Idles & Mary Timony
Host Jim DeRogatis talks with Chicago alt-rock legend, Louise Post, a guitarist, singer, and cofounder of the band Veruca Salt, plus they review new albums from post-punk Brits IDLES and guitar master Mary Timony.
Feb 29
50 min
RIP Damo Suzuki
In this bonus episode, we pay tribute to Damo Suzuki of Can, who died February 9 at age 74.
Feb 28
8 min
RIP Wayne Kramer of the MC5 & Opinions on Brittany Howard
This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot pay tribute to the late singer, songwriter and guitarist Wayne Kramer of the MC5 and review the new record from Brittany Howard.
Feb 22
50 min
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