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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In honor of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Jim and Greg discuss the Music of the Civil Rights Movement.
- Added: Aug 22, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Jim and Greg bring the Sound Opinions World Tour to South Africa, and Jim drops a quarter in the Desert Island Jukebox.
- Added: Aug 29, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Jim and Greg are the Rock Doctors. They prescribe an epic workout playlist for a martial arts instructor in need. Later they review new albums by N...
- Added: Sep 05, 2013
- Length: 59:00
35 years ago Cheap Trick were "Live at Budokan". This week they do it all again live on Sound Opinions.
- Added: Sep 12, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Jim and Greg dissect The Replacements’ classic album Let It Be in honor of the band getting back together after a 22 year hiatus.
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk to British quartet Savages during a live performance for a Sound Opinions audience at Lincoln Hall in Chicago...
- Added: Sep 26, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot get critical with five new record releases from the likes of Justin Timberlake, Elvis Costello, Franz Ferdinand, T...
- Added: Oct 03, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot sit down in the studio with former street artist turned folk-soul balladeer Willis Earl Beal.
- Added: Oct 10, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot get grisly with their favorite Murder Ballads for Halloween.
- Added: Oct 17, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Neko Case returns to her old Chicago stomping grounds for a special live Sound Opinions recording at The Hideout. Then hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg...
- Added: Oct 24, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot conduct a Classic Album Dissection of Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks. The landmark release celebrates its 45th annive...
- Added: Oct 30, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Art punks Parquet Courts join hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot for a special live recording of Sound Opinions.
- Added: Nov 07, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Jim and Greg take aim for the annual Sound Opinions Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot: The biggest disappointments of 2013.
- Added: Nov 14, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot pay tribute to the late, great New York rocker, Lou Reed. The Velvet Underground founder and rock pioneer died las...
- Added: Nov 21, 2013
- Length: 58:59
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot give us the business...the music business, that is. They play the best songs written about the record industry. An...
- Added: Nov 27, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Hosts Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis present the Best Albums of 2013, and they hear nominations from guest critics in the listening audience.
- Added: Dec 05, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Sound Opinions presents a Christmas special like none other. Holiday music collector and expert Andy Cirzan is back with “Rock 'n' Pop Xmas”—Select...
- Added: Dec 12, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk to founding members of the pioneering heavy metal band Slayer on the 30th anniversary of their debut album, Show No...
- Added: Dec 19, 2013
- Length: 59:00
The Sound Opinions metal-themed holiday continues with a look back to the beginning: The Dawn of Metal. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot also discu...
- Added: Dec 19, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot bid a final farewell to 2013 with Mixtapes featuring their favorite songs of the year. And they take questions fro...
- Added: Dec 19, 2013
- Length: 59:00
