Show #318: 12.30.11
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot ring in the New Year with their annual Mixtapes. They've compiled the Best Songs of 2011 to give you the perfect year-end soundtrack. They also speak with New York Times reporter Ben Sisario about the year’s biggest music news story.
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Show #317: 12.23.11
Jim and Greg have handed control of the Desert Island Jukebox over to some of their favorite guests. Members of LCD Soundsystem, Wild Flag, Slayer and more talk about albums and songs they can’t live without.
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Show #316: 12.16.11
Tune in for our annual Sound Opinions Xmas Spectacular with holiday obscura collector Andy Cirzan.
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Show #315: 12.09.11
Jim and Greg present The Best Albums of 2011 and hear some of your favorites.
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Show #314: 12.02.11
Horn player Trombone Shorty and his band New Orleans Avenue bring the “Supafunkrock” to the studio.
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Show #313: 11.25.11
The Rock Doctors Clinic is open for business. And this time Drs. Kot and DeRogatis have their first appointment with a Nobel Prize winner. They talk music with economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. Later they review the new solo album from Oasis’ songwriter-guitarist Noel Gallagher.
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Show #312: 11.18.11
Sound Opinions celebrates Thanksgiving with its annual Turkey Shoot. From the butterball to the tofurkey, we run down this year's greatest musical disappointments.
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Show #311: 11.11.11
Indie rock supergroup Wild Flag performs live. Plus, Jim and Greg rate the success of the unlikely collaboration between Metallica and Lou Reed.
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Show #310: 11.04.11
Jim and Greg are joined by legendary producer, electronic music pioneer and philosopher Brian Eno. Later they review the latest album by frequent Eno collaborators, Coldplay.
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Show #309: 10.28.11
Tune in for Sound Opinions’ annual Halloween celebration featuring scary tunes nominated by listeners from around the country. Plus, Jim and Greg review the new release from the king of creep-rock, Tom Waits.
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Show #308: 10.21.11
The Australian electronic pop band Cut Copy performs live in the studio.
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Show #307: 10.14.11
Hero Worship – Jim and Greg play a collection of songs that name-check great artists from the history rock and roll. And later they review new albums by R&B singer Van Hunt and metal group Mastodon.
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Show #306: 10.07.11
Jim and Greg look back at the history and legacy of R.E.M. The alternative rockers announced their breakup after three decades. Plus Jim and Greg review the new album from Wilco.
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Show #305: 09.30.11
Bob Ezrin, the "producer's producer" talks about working on classic albums by Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, Kiss and Peter Gabriel.
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Show #304: 09.23.11
Husband and wife electro-pop duo Handsome Furs perform live in the studio.
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Show #303: 09.16.11
You know it when you hear it, but what is Funk? Jim and Greg trace a history of the genre with legendary bassist Bootsy Collins.
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Show #302: 09.09.11
Folk singer Sam Beam and his band Iron and Wine perform live in the studio. Later, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot review the debut album by female supergroup Wild Flag.
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Show #301: 09.02.11
Sound Opinions honors our nation's laborers with the best Songs About Work.
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Show #300: 08.26.11
Jim and Greg conduct a Classic Album Dissection of Neil Young's 1979 part acoustic/part electric masterpiece, Rust Never Sleeps.
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Show #299: 08.19.11
For every arena rocker and summer festival headliner, there are great, unknown artists. This week hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot highlight these lesser-known gems. Tune in for Buried Treasures, plus a review of the latest from veteran singer/songwriter John Hiatt.
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Show #298: 08.12.11
The duo of Damon and Naomi talk about leaving Galaxie 500 and maintaining a rock and roll marriage. They perform music from their new album False Beats and True Hearts, as well as some old favorites.
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Show #297: 08.05.11
Tune in for an apperance by The Swell Season on Sound Opinions. The duo of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová grew famous through their fictional romance in the film Once. Now, there's a new documentary out chronicling their real life relationship.
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Show #296: 07.29.11
Famed duo "Jim and Greg" play their own all-time favorite musical Duets.
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Show #295: 07.22.11
Jim and Greg sit down with influential singer, songwriter and guitarist Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü and Sugar. Mould's new book See a Little Light traces his life and career. Later it's Greg's turn at the Desert Island Jukebox.
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Show #294: 07.15.11
Tune in to hear the unique polyrhythms and vocal experiments of Merril Garbus' veritable one-woman band Tune-Yards.
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Show #293: 07.08.11
Jim and Greg look back at the legacy of the revered Chicago label Wax Trax! Records. They’re joined by influential industrial musicians Paul Barker and Chris Connelly.
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Show #292: 07.01.11
Jim and Greg get a jump on their best-of lists by naming the Top Albums of 2011...So Far
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Show #291: 06.24.11
Jim and Greg talk to legendary songwriting duo Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and get
the stories behind the hits “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” “On Broadway” and more. Plus they review the new album from Bon Iver.
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Show #290: 06.17.11
Arcade Fire is in the studio to perform live and talk about their rise from small indie band to chart topping Grammy winners.
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Show #289: 06.10.11
Jim, Greg and listener guest critics say Happy Father's Day with their favorite Songs About Dad.
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Show #288: 06.03.11
Sound Opinions concludes its 70th birthday series on Bob Dylan by looking at the singer/songwriter's career renaissance. Jim and Greg learn about Dylan in the studio from engineer and producer Mark Howard.
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Show #287: 05.27.11
Mike Watt of the California punk band The Minutemen talks about the band's history, legacy and influential album Double Nickels on the Dime.
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Show #286: 05.20.11
Jim and Greg are joined by the Minnesota trio Low for a live performance and conversation about religion, rock and mixing music with marriage.
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Show #285: 05.13.11
Jim and Greg look back at the history and legacy of the feminist punk movement Riotgrrrl. They talk to Sara Marcus, author of Girls to the Front.
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Show #284: 05.06.11
New Jersey's own Titus Andronicus bring their smart brand of punk rock to the studio.
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Show #283: 04.29.11
Jim and Greg continue their appreciation of Bob Dylan. This week they are joined by legendary music figure Al Kooper as Dylan goes electric.
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Show #282: 04.22.11
Southern rockers The Drive-By Truckers pull up to the studio to perform live and talk with Jim and Greg.
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Show #281: 04.15.11
Jim and Greg talk with Butch Vig about acting as producer, and therapist, to some of the biggest names in the business, including Nirvana, Sonic Youth and Smashing Pumpkins. Later they review the Vig-produced album by the Foo Fighters.
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Show #280: 04.08.11
The Sound Opinions Tax Day Special: Jim and Greg provide the perfect soundtrack to help the listeners beat their tax day blues.
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Show #279: 04.01.11
As Bob Dylan approaches his 70th year, Jim and Greg go back to the beginning. Tune in as they look at Dylan's folk years — from protest singer to the the voice of a generation.
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Show #278: 03.25.11
Jim and Greg made it back from their annual trip to the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX. They'll share their new discoveries for the year to come.
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Show #277: 03.18.11
Jim and Greg look at the role of sampling in music today. They talk about the history of this postmodern art form and subsequent legal debates with Kembrew McLeod, producer of Copyright Criminals.
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Show #276: 03.11.11
Scottish rock group The Vaselines are back together in the Sound Opinions studio to perform some old gems, as well as new tunes from their recent release Sex With an X.
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Show #275: 03.04.11
Jim and Greg talk about the birth of rock and roll and the modern label system with Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman. Later in the show, they review the hit new album by British singer Adele.
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Show #274: 02.25.11
Jim and Greg sit down with Andy Gill and Jon King, founders of the pioneering post-punk group Gang of Four. Plus they review the new album from Radiohead.
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Show #273: 02.18.11
Jim and Greg dive into the history and legacy of the “Revolutionary Made-for-TV Band,” The Monkees with writer Eric Lefcowitz.
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Show #272: 02.11.11
Rock and roll is filled with songs about Unrequited Love. This week Jim, Greg and listeners from around the country pick their favorites for Valentine's Day.
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Show #271: 02.04.11
Musical duo Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan stop by the studio. Plus more music news and reviews.
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Show #270: 01.28.11
Twenty years later, Jim and Greg look back at 1991, the year that gave us Nirvana, Guns N’ Roses and Lollapalooza.
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Show #269: 01.21.11
Members of the North Carolina band Superchunk stop by to talk about their two decades of DIY-indie rock. They perform songs from their latest release Majesty Shredding.
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Show #268: 01.14.11
Jim and Greg discuss the business of hip-hop with Dan Charnas, author of The Big Payback.
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Show #267: 01.07.11
Tune in for a new batch of musical Buried Treasures.
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