Sound Opinions Episodes
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Weekly episodes of Sound Opinions.
Sound Opinions is your one-stop-shop for smart and engaging music criticism and conversation. Each week hosts and nationally respected rock critics Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis talk about pop culture and music industry news, interview artists and bands, review new record releases and highlight their all-time favorite rock and roll. And, because on Sound Opinions, "everyone's a critic," listeners are invited to join in the debate.
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There are still six months of 2017 left, but there are already lots of contenders for album of the year. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share som...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
The Sound Opinions World Tour rolls along, making its next stop in beautiful New Zealand. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot take a virtual trip to t...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
In part one of our two-part series on the historic year 1977, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot explore the punk explosion in the UK with music writ...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
In part two of our series 1977: The Year Punk Broke, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot look at the punk movement stateside with music writer Ira Rob...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
The fantasy powerhouse Game of Thrones is returning for its penultimate season. With dragons, knights, and magic on their minds, hosts Jim DeRogati...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
Penelope Spheeris has directed some of the most influential movies about music of all time, from Wayne's World to all three installments of The Dec...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
If you're looking for something new to round out your summer playlist, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot have you covered. They'll dig out some buri...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
Over his decades long career, Steve Earle has been many things - songwriter, novelist, actor, activist. But for his latest record, So You Wannabe A...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
Certain artists are perfectionists at heart, and if you want something done right, do it yourself. This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot shar...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
The Melvins were an inspiration to the '90s alternative explosion, but the band's unclassifiable sound and uncommercial stance set them apart. In a...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 47:16
The beginning of September means students return to the classroom. Whether you're excited to be back to school or the very thought inspires dread a...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
Should we hold up a musician's output to a moral standard? Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk about whether art can be evaluated separately from...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
Some say that making music is a young person's game, but several artists beg to differ. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share some of their favori...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
So many talented musicians perform on Sound Opinions, but we don't always have time to share every song. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot play some...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with gospel and soul legend Mavis Staples. She speaks about her role on the front line of the Civi...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
Tom Petty was a master of the perfect three-chord pop song and an icon of American music. This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot pay tribute t...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
On her debut album HEAVN, Jamila Woods contrasts weighty issues like police violence and the invisibility of black women with a breezy musical touc...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
As creator, writer, and star of the critically acclaimed TV comedy Difficult People, Julie Klausner not only crafts the show's jokes but also guide...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
Halloween is all about being someone else for a night – and musicians like to put on costumes, too. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share their fa...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
Each season, there's a few highly anticipated albums with a ton of buzz behind them. Then, there are other deserving records that won't get that ki...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
