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  • January 6, 2017 Esperanza Spalding & David Bowie, One Year Later
    • Esperanza Spalding
    • Music News
    • Featured Songs
  • January 13, 2017 All Apologies & Opinions on Run the Jewels
    • Music News
    • Apology Songs
    • Run the Jewels 3 Run the Jewels
    • Featured Songs
  • January 20, 2017 The Album Leaf & Opinions on The xx and The Flaming Lips
    • I See You The xx
    • Oczy Mlody The Flaming Lips
    • The Album Leaf
    • Jim
    • Featured Songs
  • January 27, 2017 Krautrock & Remembering Maggie Roche
    • Music News
    • Krautrock
    • Sample Platter: Kraftwerk
    • Maggie Roche
    • Featured Songs
  • February 3, 2017 Shirley Collins & Opinions on Japandroids & Ty Segall
    • Shirley Collins
    • Near to the Wild Heart of Life Japandroids
    • Ty Segall Ty Segall
    • Featured Songs
  • February 10, 2017 First Impressions & Opinions on Priests
    • Songs About First Impressions
    • Nothing Feels Natural Priests
    • David Axelrod
    • Featured Songs
  • February 17, 2017 The Gotobeds & Opinions on Lupe Fiasco
    • The Gotobeds
    • DROGAS Light Lupe Fiasco
    • Sample Platter: Lupe Fiasco's "Kick, Push"
    • Jim
    • Featured Songs
  • February 24, 2017 Buried Treasures & Clyde Stubblefield
    • Clyde Stubblefield
    • Sample Platter: James Brown's "Funky Drummer"
    • Buried Treasures
    • Hooked on Sonics: Jason Narducy
    • Featured Songs
  • March 3, 2017 Gene Chandler & Opinions on The Feelies
    • Gene Chandler
    • In Between The Feelies
    • Greg
    • Featured Songs
  • March 10, 2017 One and Done & Opinions on Thundercat
    • Music News
    • One and Done
    • Drunk Thundercat
    • Jim
    • Featured Songs
  • March 17, 2017 Desert Island Jukebox & Sunflower Bean
    • Guest Desert Island Jukebox
    • Sunflower Bean
    • Featured Songs
  • March 24, 2017 Remembering Chuck Berry
    • Remembering Chuck Berry
    • Featured Songs
  • March 31, 2017 SXSW 2017
    • SXSW 2017
    • Featured Songs
  • April 7, 2017 Mavis Staples
    • Mavis Staples
    • Featured Songs
  • April 14, 2017 Spring Record Review Round-Up & Honeyblood
    • Rosie Hamlin
    • Hot Thoughts Spoon
    • Whiteout Conditions The New Pornographers
    • Emperor of Sand Mastodon
    • Mental Illness Aimee Mann
    • Honeyblood
    • Featured Songs
  • April 21, 2017 Drive-By Truckers & Opinions on Kendrick Lamar & Resistance Radio
    • Drive-By Truckers
    • DAMN. Kendrick Lamar
    • Resistance Radio: The Man in the High Castle Album Danger Mouse
    • Featured Songs
  • April 28, 2017 Guitar Riffs & Opinions on The Obsessed
    • Guitar Riffs
    • Sacred The Obsessed
    • Jonathan Demme
    • Featured Songs
  • May 5, 2017 The Velvet Underground & Nico
    • The Velvet Underground & Nico
    • Featured Songs
  • May 12, 2017 Fictional Bands, "Convoy" & Opinions on Gorillaz
    • Humanz Gorillaz
    • Fictional Bands
    • C.W. McCall's "Convoy"
    • Featured Songs
  • May 19, 2017 Damon Krukowski & "The New Analog", Opinions on Low Cut Connie, and Lydia Loveless
    • Damon Krukowski
    • Thick Listening
    • Dirty Pictures (Part 1) Low Cut Connie
    • Hooked On Sonics: Lydia Loveless
    • Featured Songs
  • May 26, 2017 Jenny Hval & Opinions on Harry Styles and Sir the Baptist
    • Harry Styles Harry Styles
    • Saint or Sinner Sir the Baptist
    • Jenny Hval
    • Sample Platter: Voices of Conquest's "O Yes My Lord"
    • Greg
    • Featured Songs
  • June 2, 2017 Jack White & The History of the Rickenbacker 12-String
    • Jack White
    • Instrumental: Rickenbacker Electric 12-String Guitar
    • In Memoriam: Gregg Allman
    • Featured Songs
  • June 9, 2017 Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker’s Benmont Tench, Sgt. Pepper’s 50th Anniversary & Opinions on Benjamin Booker
    • Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles
    • Witness Benjamin Booker
    • Benmont Tench
    • Featured Songs
  • June 16, 2017 Musical Road Trip & Opinions on Chuck Berry
    • Musical Road Trip
    • Chuck Chuck Berry
    • Jim
    • Featured Songs
  • June 23, 2017 Best Albums of 2017...So Far
    • Top Albums of 2017... So Far
    • Featured Songs
  • June 30, 2017 World Tour – New Zealand & Opinions on Lorde
    • Melodrama Lorde
    • New Zealand
    • Greg
    • Featured Songs
  • July 7, 2017 1977 – The Year Punk Broke (Pt. 1), Opinions on Fleet Foxes, and Jody Stephens
    • 1977 - The Year Punk Broke
    • 00:45:03Review: Fleet Foxes
    • Hooked On Sonics: Jody Stephens of Big Star
    • Featured Songs
  • July 14, 2017 1977 – The Year Punk Broke (Pt. 2) & She-Devils
    • 1977–The Year Punk Broke Pt. 2
    • She-Devils
    • Featured Songs
  • July 21, 2017 Fantasy Songs, Slowdive & Opinions on Public Enemy
    • Music News
    • Nothing is Quick in the Desert Public Enemy
    • Fantasy Songs
    • David Weigel
    • Hooked On Sonics: Neil Halstead of Slowdive
    • Featured Songs
  • July 28, 2017 Penelope Spheeris & Opinions on Arcade Fire
    • Everything Now Arcade Fire
    • Penelope Spheeris
    • Jim
    • Featured Songs
  • August 4, 2017 Buried Treasures & the Wah-Wah Pedal
    • Buried Treasures
    • Instrumental: The Wah-Wah Pedal
    • Featured Songs
  • August 11, 2017 Steve Earle, Glen Campbell & Opinions on Vic Mensa
    • The Autobiography Vic Mensa
    • Steve Earle
    • Glen Campbell
    • Featured Songs
  • August 18, 2017 One-Person Bands & Opinions on Randy Newman & Downtown Boys
    • Dark Matter Randy Newman
    • Cost of Living Downtown Boys
    • One-Person Bands
    • Greg
    • Featured Songs
  • August 25, 2017 Melvins & Billy Bragg on Skiffle
    • Billy Bragg
    • Melvins
    • Featured Songs
  • September 1, 2017 Back-to-School Songs & Opinions on LCD Soundystem and Van Hunt
    • American Dream LCD Soundsystem
    • Popular Van Hunt
    • Back-to-School
    • Featured Songs
  • September 8, 2017 The Artist vs. the Art, The National, Queens of the Stone Age & Walter Becker
    • The Artist vs. the Art
    • Sleep Well Beast The National
    • Villains Queens of the Stone Age
    • Walter Becker
    • Holger Czukay
    • Featured Songs
  • September 15, 2017 Late Bloomers, Filthy Friends & Little Dragon
    • Invitation Filthy Friends
    • Late Bloomers
    • Hooked On Sonics: Little Dragon
    • Jim
    • Featured Songs
  • September 22, 2017 Live on Sound Opinions & Grant Hart of Hüsker Dü
    • Grant Hart
    • Live on Sound Opinions
    • Featured Songs
  • September 29, 2017 Mavis Staples, Pt. 2, Protomartyr & Charles Bradley
    • Mavis Staples
    • Relatives in Descent Protomartyr
    • Charles Bradley
    • Featured Songs
  • October 6, 2017 Remembering Tom Petty
    • Remembering Tom Petty
    • Featured Songs
  • October 13, 2017 Jamila Woods, St. Vincent & Judy Collins
    • Jamila Woods
    • MASSEDUCTION St. Vincent
    • Hooked On Sonics: Judy Collins
    • Featured Songs
  • October 20, 2017 Julie Klausner, Beck, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
    • Colors Beck
    • Lotta Sea Lice Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile
    • Julie Klausner
    • Greg
    • Featured Songs
  • October 27, 2017 Musical Costumes, Fats Domino & Gord Downie
    • 10.27.2017
    • Musical Costumes for Halloween
    • Gord Downie
    • Featured Songs
  • November 3, 2017 Buried Treasures & Ron Gallo
    • Buried Treasures
    • Ron Gallo
    • Featured Songs
  • November 10, 2017 Ted Leo & Opinions on Shamir
    • Ted Leo
    • Revelations Shamir
    • Jim
    • Featured Songs
  • November 17, 2017 Al Green’s The Belle Album & Opinions on Taylor Swift
    • The Belle Album
    • reputation Taylor Swift
    • Featured Songs
  • November 24, 2017 Songs of Thanks, the Bass VI & Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath
    • Songs of Thanks
    • Instrumental: Bass VI
    • Hooked On Sonics: Rise Against
    • Featured Songs
  • December 1, 2017 The Best Albums of 2017
    • The Best Albums of 2017
    • Featured Songs
  • December 8, 2017 Rock Criticism with Jonathan Lethem, Mavis Staples & Björk
    • Jonathan Lethem
    • If All I Was Was Black Mavis Staples
    • Utopia Björk
    • Featured Songs
  • December 15, 2017 The Sound Opinions Holiday Spectacular 2017
    • Holiday Spectacular 2017
    • Featured Songs
  • December 22, 2017 Bob Ezrin & Amber Mark
    • Bob Ezrin
    • Hooked On Sonics: Amber Mark
    • Greg
    • Featured Songs
  • December 29, 2017 Mixtapes 2017 & Musical In Memoriam
    • 2017 In Memoriam
    • 2017 in Song: Jim and Greg’s Mixtapes
    • Featured Songs
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