I've noticed a number of peculiar incidents among the members of the student body all having to do with rock and roll music.

Oh, I'm down, bet you now. Now if you don't think this song is the greatest song ever. I will fight you.

Hey, it's spring which means rain, warmer temperatures, flowers, and one other certainty, Tax Day.

I'm Greg Kot, and I'm Jim Deorgatus.

We'll help you beat the Tax Day blues

with a great soundtrack.

And later, PJ Harvey is back with a new album,

and Greg takes a trip to the Tax Haven on the

Desert Island.

That's all coming up on Sound Opinions.

This is Sound Opinions, Greg, and later in the show we are going to review the ninth studio album by PJ Harvey.

We've been fascinated by her throughout her career, but a weird origin story for this new record, the Hope Six Demolition Project, it was

apparently inspired by a car tour of Washington, D.C. that a reporter for the Washington Post gave Poly Jean Harvey when she was

visiting that city. You know as journalists and critics we think we never

inspire anything ever except for hate mail. Exactly a journalist and a rock star collaborating.

Imagine that.

That's going to be later on in the show, Jim, but first we've got some music news. who restore my faith.

That a man can be kind and a forge. And his father should be great.

That is piece by piece by Kelly Clarkson in a return visit to the show that gave her her start, Jim, American Idol.

Imagine 15 years ago, Kelly Clarkson, nobody knew who she was within a matter of months

by appearing on this television show, brand new in 2002 during that season.

She becomes a major star.

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