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Sound Opinions

Sound Opinions is your weekly guide to what's happening in the world of rock n' roll and pop music. Hosted by Jim DeRogatis of WBEZ Chicago, and Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune, Sound Opinions features weekly record reviews and exclusive interviews and performances with the likes of Brian Eno, Radiohead, Slayer, and Common.

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Latest Episodes

  • The 2012 Sound Opinions Turkey Shoot

    Released 11.18.12

    With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it's time for Jim and Greg to take aim at the year's biggest musical turkeys.

  • Sound Opinions with John Cale

    Released 11.11.12

    John Cale co-founded the Velvet Underground with Lou Reed, but he hasn't been sitting on his laurels.

  • Sound Opinions on James Brown's Live at the Apollo

    Released 11.04.12

    Get ready for some screamin', some pleadin' and some shimmyin'. Fifty years after it was recorded, Jim and Greg look back at James Brown's Live at the Apollo album with his biographer RJ Smith.

  • Sound Opinions 2012 Halloween Special: Monster Songs

    Released 10.28.12

    "Monster Mash" not quite cutting it with the jaded trick-or-treaters in your neighborhood? Well you're in luck.

  • Sound Opinions Live with Ty Segall

    Released 10.21.12

    Grab those earplugs - loud guitars ahead. Ty Segall and his band join Jim and Greg for a live taping of Sound Opinions at Chicago's Lincoln Hall.

  • Sound Opinions with Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit

    Released 10.14.12

    Jim and Greg host Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos at the Sound Opinions studios. Michael opens up about his production style and mental health struggles, and gives one of our favorite stripped-down live performances ever.

  • Sound Opinions: Rock Doctors with Mark Crilley

    Released 10.07.12

    Jim and Greg don their stethoscopes and become the Rock Doctors. Their patient? Acclaimed comic book writer and illustrator Mark Crilley.

  • Sound Opinions Live with Japandroids

    Released 09.30.12

    Canadian garage rockers Japandroids join Jim and Greg onstage for a special taping of Sound Opinions Live at Chicago's Lincoln Hall.

  • Sound Opinions with El-P

    Released 09.23.12

    Rapper, record mogul, and underground hip-hop producer El-P is live in the studio. Plus Jim and Greg review Tempest, the 35th studio album from American music legend Bob Dylan.

  • Sound Opinions Unearths Buried Treasures

    Released 09.16.12

    Jim and Greg share some of their favorite music under the mainstream radar in the latest installment of Buried Treasures.

  • Sound Opinions with OFF!

    Released 09.09.12

    The punk supergroup Off! performs live in the studio. Plus Jim and Greg review new records from Cat Power and Bob Mould.

  • Sound Opinions on the Elephant 6 Collective

    Released 09.02.12

    Jim and Greg revisit their conversation with The Apples in Stereo’s Robert Schneider about the Elephant 6 recording collective.

  • Sound Opinions: The Best Days of the Week Songs

    Released 08.26.12

    Jim and Greg celebrate the best Days of the Week songs and review the new album from psychedelic pop band Yeasayer.

  • Sound Opinions on 1977: The Year Punk Broke (Part 2)

    Released 08.19.12

    In part two of our series on 1977: The Year Punk Broke, Jim and Greg look at the punk movement stateside with music writer Ira Robbins.

  • Sound Opinions on 1977: The Year Punk Broke

    Released 08.12.12

    In part one of our series 1977: The Year Punk Broke, Jim and Greg explore the punk explosion in the U.K.

  • Sound Opinions with Jack White

    Released 08.05.12

    Jim and Greg sit down with the hardest working man in rock, Jack White, at Third Man studios in Nashville.

  • Sound Opinions with Lydia Loveless

    Released 07.29.12

    Singer Lydia Loveless writes country songs with punk rock flair. She performs tracks from her latest release, Indestructible Machine, live in the studio.

  • Sound Opinions Dissects Ziggy Stardust

    Released 07.22.12

    Forty years after its release, David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars gets the Classic Album Dissection treatment.

  • Sound Opinions with Kelly Hogan

    Released 07.15.12

    Singer Kelly Hogan visits the studio. A sought-after collaborator for the likes of Neko Case and Andrew Bird, Hogan’s powerful voice shines through on her solo record, I Like to Keep Myself in Pain.

  • Sound Opinions Summer Record Reviews

    Released 07.08.12

    Jim and Greg's inboxes having been filling up with new releases. Tune in as they review albums by Best Coast, Patti Smith, and Bobby Womack during our Summer Record Review Roundup.

  • Sound Opinions with Van Hunt

    Released 07.01.12

    Van Hunt and his band stop by the studio to perform songs from his latest independent release What Were You Hoping For?

  • The Best Albums of 2012 (So Far)

    Released 06.24.12

    Jim and Greg love lists so much, they can't wait until the end of the year to make them. Tune in as they run down the Best Albums of 2012...So Far.

  • Sound Opinions on the Career of Willie Nelson

    Released 06.17.12

    On the occasion of Willie Nelson's 66th studio release, Jim and Greg review the American icon's wide-ranging career with Texas music authority Joe Nick Patoski.

  • Sound Opinions on Electronic Dance Music

    Released 06.10.12

    This week, Jim and Greg break out the glow sticks. Tune in for a primer on electronic dance music (EDM) with Control Voltage writer Philip Sherburne.

  • Sound Opinions with Screaming Females

    Released 06.03.12

    The aptly named punk trio Screaming Females visit the studio. Plus Jim and Greg explore Alan Lomax's online archive of roots music.

  • Sound Opinions: Disco Doesn't Suck

    Released 05.27.12

    Jim and Greg go Disco. Tune in to hear their thoughts on Donna Summer, Robin Gibb and why this oft-dissed genre deserves more respect.

  • Sound Opinions with James Mercer of The Shins

    Released 05.20.12

    We've got James Mercer of The Shins in rare, solo acoustic mode. And Jim and Greg review the new Norah Jones/Danger Mouse project.

  • Sound Opinions: Songs for Mom

    Released 05.13.12

    Let's give it up for Mom! Tune in for Jim and Greg's Mother's Day soundtrack. If this doesn't make you call more often, we don't know what will.

  • Sound Opinions with Sharon Van Etten

    Released 05.06.12

    Sharon Van Etten bares all in our studio. And Santigold is back with a new album and a new bag of tricks.

  • Sound Opinions: The Return of the Rock Doctors

    Released 04.29.12

    Paging the Rock Doctors! Jim and Greg offer up another round of musical healing for some patients in our audience.

  • Sound Opinions on Great Second Acts in Rock

    Released 04.22.12

    Go ahead...call it a comeback! Jim and Greg highlight some of rock's best Second Acts. They also remember Dick Clark and review the latest from space rock outfit Spiritualized.

  • Sound Opinions with Alabama Shakes

    Released 04.15.12

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