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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Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot welcome Scottish soul singer Emeli Sande to the studio for a live performance.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Jim and Greg remember a critical hero: Roger Ebert. In 2006, the three critics sat down to discuss the best and worst music movies and Ebert's own ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Philly-based songwriter and guitar wizard Kurt Vile performs live in the studio. Later, Jim and Greg review Bankrupt!, the new album from Sound Opi...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Producer Joe Boyd remembers making studio magic with legendary UK songwriter Nick Drake. Plus, Jim and Greg review the new album from Canadian shoe...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Sound Opinions is “Big in Japan.” Jim and Greg get an education in J-pop and the Japanese underground in the next installment of our Sound Opinions...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Australian psych-rockers Tame Impala perform live in the studio. Later, Jim and Greg review the debut album from buzzed-about post-punk band, Savages.

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Legendary bassist Peter Hook remembers Ian Curtis and Joy Division. And later in the show, Jim and Greg review the new release from up-and-coming C...

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Indie quartet Wild Belle brings its brand of reggae-inspired psychedelic pop to the studio. Plus, the robots are back: Jim and Greg review the new ...

  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Johnny Cash’s "At Folsom Prison turns" 45 this month, and Jim and Greg celebrate with a Classic Album Dissection. Plus they review new records from...

  • Added: May 30, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Jim and Greg reveal the Best Albums of 2013…So Far. Plus they review the new record from stoner rockers Queens of the Stone Age.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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In honor of Father’s Day, Jim and Greg celebrate rock’s best Family Bands.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Jim and Greg talk with Roxy Music founder Bryan Ferry about re-interpreting his work. And later in the show, Jim and Greg weigh in on Kanye West’s ...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Rock journalists Josh Norek and Alejandro Franco are our guides to music south of the border as the Sound Opinions World Tour heads to Mexico.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Danish electro-pop act Indians are live in the Sound Opinions studio. Plus, Black Sabbath is back. Jim and Greg review the nineteenth studio album ...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Jim and Greg explore the intersection of the Beat movement and rock. They talk to "Text and Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll" author Simon Warner. Later the...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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The Smiths guitarist-turned-solo artist Johnny Marr is live in the Sound Opinions studio. And later, Jim and Greg review the new collaboration betw...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Jim and Greg dig deep for Buried Treasures. They spotlight great albums buried under the Top 40. Then it's back to the charts for a review of the l...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Who needs lyrics? Jim and Greg play the Best Rock Instrumentals. Later they review the new album from doom metal act Trouble.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Fleetwood Mac’s pop songsmith and guitar hero Lindsey Buckingham is live in the Sound Opinions studio.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Queens of the Stone Age founder Josh Homme joins Jim and Greg for a live conversation. And later, Jim and Greg review I Hate Music, the new record ...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00