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2025 Side A: Best Albums So Far

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🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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The year is almost halfway over, and there have already been so many incredible new releases. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share their best albums of 2025 so far. Plus, they'll hear picks from the production staff.

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Featured Songs:

Viagra Boys, "Man Made of Meat," Viagr Aboys, Shrimptech Enterprises, 2025

Tune-Yards, "Sanctuary," Better Dreaming, 4AD, 2025

Sex Scenes, "I'm Not Your T.V.," Everything Makes Me Sick, Big Neck, 2025

Jetstream Pony, "Bubblegum Nothingness," Bowerbirds and Blue Things, Spinout Nuggets, 2025

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, "Toecurler," Death Hilarious, Rocket, 2025

Pneu, "Egyptocratie Numéraire," Get Old Or Die Tryin, Head, 2025

Lucy Dacus, "Big Deal," Forever is a Feeling, Geffen, 2025

Trupa Trupa, "Sister Ray," Mourners, Glitterbeat, 2025

Lambrini Girls, "Special Different," Who Let the Dogs Out, City Slang, 2025

YHWH Nailgun, "Pain Fountain," 45 Pounds, AD 93, 2025

Lady Gaga, "Abracadabra," Mayhem, Interscope, 2025

Viagra Boys, "Bog Body," Viagr Aboys, Shrimptech Enterprises, 2025

FKA Twigs, "Room of Fools," Eusexua, Atlantic, 2025

mckusky, "autofocus on the prime directive," the world is still here and so are we, Ipecac, 2025

Horsegirl, "Switch Over," Phonetics On and On, Matador, 2025

Local H, "Bound for the Floor," As Good as Dead, Island, 2025

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, sound opinions listeners, if you support us on Patreon, you get to listen to our podcast, ad-free on Patreon.

0:08.0

One, two, three, four. You're listening to sound opinions, and this week we share some of the favorite albums of 2025 so far.

0:35.0

I'm Jim D. Regattis, and I'm Greg Kott. Let's get started.

0:39.1

Sound Opinions is supported by Goose Island Beer Company. Since 1988,

0:44.6

Goose Island's been brewing beers in and inspired by Chicago. They got 312 weed ale,

0:51.7

hazy beer hug, and many more one-off beers at the Fulton Street tap room,

0:57.1

or their new Salt Shed pub.

0:59.9

The perfect place to go before a show at the Salt Shed.

1:03.2

Me and Andrew were there on opening night, Greg.

1:06.1

It was really exciting.

1:07.7

You had Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

1:09.9

I'm sorry about that. Anyway,

1:12.3

every time we go to one of these goose joints, there's another new one to try, and we love them all.

1:18.0

I'm a fan. In addition to making great products and event spaces, Goose Island has always been

1:23.2

a supporter of music culture in Chicago and nationwide. I mean, if you see that Goose Island logo

1:27.8

at a venue or a restaurant, you know you're in good hands. Yeah, we are proud to be associated with

1:32.9

Goose Island. Goose Island beer company, Chicago's beer, and sound opinions is. Greg, we get to do this

1:40.3

twice a year, because, you know, a year's a long time midway through a year we'll give

1:46.1

our list of favorite albums so far and then of course we live for the end of the year

1:51.5

favorite albums of the year list but you know it's just a good excuse to share our enthusiasm

1:57.1

about music that we're super excited about with our listeners. And you are going to lead us off.

2:03.4

Yes, I am, Jim. You know, it's our favorite homes, right? That's really what it comes down to.

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