A Gold Rush of New 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 buried treasure picks from the production staff.
Buried Treasures
In this latest batch of “buried treasures” Jim and Greg pick up on influences of shoegaze, the Velvet Underground, pop punk, personal loss, Philip Glass, intelligent dance music and more in the picks.
Greg:
- Obongjayar,"Not in Surrender"
- TAKAAT, "Amidinin"
- Jim Nothing, "Raleigh Arena"
- Bnny, "Good Stuff"
- Shishi, "Can’t Stop Believing"
- PyPy, "Erase"
Jim:
- Sex Scenes, "Want & Need"
- GoGo Penguin, "Fallowfield Loops"
- Point Mort, "The Bent Neck Lady"
- Ben Kweller, "Dollar Store (feat. Waxahatchee)"
- Barry Can’t Swim, "Different"
- Daisychain, "Waste Your Time"
Production Staff:
- Max: Propagandhi, "At Peace"
- Alex: Sombr, "undressed"
- Joe: Cameron Winter, "Love Takes Miles"
- Andrew: Poor Creature, "The Whole Town Knows"
Featured Songs:
- Daisychain, "G-String," G-String (Single), self-released, 2025
- The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967
- Obongjayar, "Not in Surrender," Paradise Now, September, 2025
- Sex Scenes, "Want & Need," Want & Need (Single), Big Neck, 2025
- TAKAAT, "Amidinin," Is Noise, Vol. 1, Purplish, 2025
- GoGo Penguin, "Fallowfield Loops," Necessary Fictions, XXIM, 2025
- Propagandhi, "At Peace," At Peace, Epitaph, 2025
- Jim Nothing, "Raleigh Arena," Grey Eyes, Grey Lynn, Meritorio, 2024
- Point Mort, "The Bent Neck Lady," The Bent Neck Lady (Single), Almost Famous, 2025
- Sombr, "undressed," undressed (Single), Warner, 2025
- Bnny, "Good Stuff," One Million Love Songs, Fire Talk, 2024
- Ben Kweller, "Dollar Store (feat. Waxahatchee)," Dollar Store (feat. Waxahatchee) (Single), The Noise Company, 2025
- Cameron Winter, "Love Takes Miles," Heavy Metal, Partisan, 2024
- Shishi, "Can't Stop Believing," FAQ - EP, Birthday Cake, 2025
- Barry Can't Swim, "Different," Different (Single), Ninja Tune, 2025
- Poor Creature, "The Whole Town Knows," The Whole Town Knows (Single), River Lea, 2025
- PyPy, "Erase," Sacred Times, Goner, 2024
- Daisychain, "Waste Your Time," Waste Your Time (Single), self-released, 2025
- Pere Ubu, "Non-Alignment Pact," The Modern Dance, Plan 9, 1978
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