#809 Tune-Yards & Concert Venue Accessibility

Sound Opinions

Society & Culture, Music, Arts

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards joins hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot for a conversation about their new album, Sketchy, and the complicated ideas about race that informed it. Plus, they interview writer Josh Terry about how the live music industry can be more accessible as concerts resume.

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Featured Songs:

Tune-Yards, "hold yourself.," Sketchy, 4AD, 2021

Tune-Yards, "Bizness (Live on Sound Opinions)," Whokill, 4AD, 2011

Tune-Yards, "Now as Then," I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life, 4AD, 2018

Tune-Yards, "homewrecker," Sketchy, 4AD, 2021

Tune-Yards, "make it right.," Sketchy, 4AD, 2021

Brocelïande, "Abbots Bromley Horn Dance," Flowing Glass: Sir Christèmas, Flowinglass Music, 2000

The Coup, "Hey Saturday Night (feat. Tune-Yards)," Sorry To Bother You: The Soundtrack, Interscope, 2018

Tune-Yards, "Money Money Money," Sorry To Bother You: The Score, Interscope, 2019

Craig Brenner, "Spring Is Near," Passages, (Self-released), 2020

Tune-Yards, "silence pt. 1 (when we say we)," Sketchy, 4AD, 2021

Led Zeppelin, "The Battle of Evermore," Led Zeppelin IV, Atlantic, 1971

Talking Heads, "The Great Curve," Remain in Light, Sire, 1980

Earth, Wind & Fire, "Spirit," Spirit, Columbia, 1976

Rare Earth, "Get Ready," Get Ready, Rare Earth, 1969

Bachelor, Jay Som, Palehound, "Stay in the Car," Stay in the Car (Single), Polyvinyl, 2021

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0:00.0	So now, ladies and gentlemen, it is Star Time.
0:02.0	Are you ready for Star Time? You're listening to sound opinions and this week we are talking with
0:27.1	music journalist Josh Terry about accessibility issues in live music. I'm Jim Deregadas. And I'm Greg Kot, but first we're happy to welcome
0:36.3	Toonyards back to the show. I represent the one that did this to you.
0:45.0	Then cut away the thought that represents the thing that's guard you. I said,
0:55.0	Ooh, get up, stand up,
0:58.0	get up, stand up, get on.
0:59.0	Yes, I'm no longer who you thought this one would be. That is a little bit of tune yards performing business on
1:09.0	on sound opinions way back in 2011. Back then their breakthrough album, Who Kill, was making major
1:16.4	waves in the music world and since they've released three studio albums and a movie
1:22.1	score, their latest recording, Sketchy, is one of my favorite
1:26.0	records that I've heard this year. And we would love to welcome back, Merrill Garbus of
1:30.9	To Sound Opinions. Welcome, Merrill. I'muneards to sound opinions.
1:32.5	Welcome, Merrill.
1:33.4	I'm so happy to be here.
1:35.5	10 years later almost.
1:36.5	It seems like only yesterday, 2011,
1:39.2	Who Kill had just come out, second album,
1:41.3	and we had you on the show and it was such a pleasure
1:43.7	and we've reviewed several albums since following your career but this new record
1:48.8	sketchy had a little bit longer gestation than usual for you.
1:53.2	You had taken a couple of years to put this one together.
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