#442 Uncle Tupelo's No Depression and Opinions on Black Keys & Lykke Li

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🗓️ 16 May 2014

⏱️ 59 minutes

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With its innovative fusion of traditional folk and country with punk and rock 'n' roll, Uncle Tupelo's album, No Depression, is a genuine milestone in American music, inspiring countless bands and defining what we today call alt-country. Jim and Greg talk to Uncle Tupelo's drummer Mike Heidorn about the 1990 release and its recent reissue. Later, they review new records by Swedish singer Lykke Li and American rockers The Black Keys.

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0:00.0	I've noticed a number of peculiar incidents among the members of the student body all having to do with rock and roll music.
0:13.0	Oh, I'm down, betcha man. Now if you don't think this song is the greatest song ever. I will fight you. Many say that the Uncle Tupelo
0:36.3	album No Depression gave birth to the Alt Country Movement of the 90s as well of
0:41.0	course as inspiring bands that came after like Sunvolt the drive by
0:44.8	truckers and Wilco I'm Jim Di Regadis and I'm Greg Kot we talk about this
0:49.6	landmark release with Uncle Two Below drummer Mike Heydorn and we'll review the
0:53.8	latest from one of the biggest rock bands in the country the Black Keys.
0:57.0	That's all coming up on Sound Opinions.
1:00.0	This is Sound Opinions and today Greg and I are going to dive deep into a classic album that's been high on our list for some time.
1:07.0	No Depression by Uncle Tupelo. A lot of people, Greg, say it started the whole Alt Country Ball rolling rolling you literally wrote the book on
1:14.1	Wilco and have quite a lot of discussion in that home about no depression yes Jim
1:19.2	that discussion is going to be coming up but first we've got some music news. danger retribution you were once
1:35.0	once I'm transferred once I'm transferred once a
1:40.0	reason
1:41.0	you know I will rise like a Greg I can see you inspired over there lifting out of your seat to the strains of that
1:58.5	power ballad rise like a Phoenix it comes to us from an artist named Kanchita worst he or she has won
2:06.9	this year's Eurovision song contest we were talking about the peculiar
2:11.6	institution of Eurovision on our Abba show recently.
2:15.8	We promised to report this year's winner.
2:18.2	The winner is this Austrian artist, a 25-year-old who calls himself the bearded lady.
2:24.7	Thomas Newworth is his name.
2:26.5	His on-stage drag persona is Kanchita worst and he says that this is about positivity.
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