boygenius (Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus & Julien Baker) Plus Supergroups

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Society & Culture, Music, Arts

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Host Jim DeRogatis and producer Alex Claiborne talk with the indie rock supergroup, Boygenius. Group members Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker talk about making their first full-length album, "the record," amidst their very active solo careers. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot also share a few tracks from other favorite supergroups.

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Featured Songs:

Boygenius, "Not Strong Enough," the record, Interscope, 2023

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

Boygenius, "True Blue," The Record, Interscope, 2023

Boygenius, "Without You Without Them," The Record, Interscope, 2023

Boygenius, "Letter to An Old Poet," The Record, Interscope, 2023

Boygenius, "20," The Record, Interscope, 2023

Boygenius, "Satanist," The Record, Interscope, 2023

Boygenius, "Emily, I'm Sorry," The Record, Interscope, 2023

Boygenius, "Anti-Curse," The Record, Interscope, 2023

Wild Flag, "Glass Tambourine," Wild Flag, Merge, 2011

Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt, "After the Gold Rush," Trio II, Asylum, 1999

Big Freedia, "Big Tyme (feat. Kamaiyah)," Central City, Queen Diva, 2023

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0:00.0	Hey Sound Opinions listeners, if you support us on Patreon, you get to listen to our podcast,
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0:08.0	One, two, three, squatters. Oh, You're listening to sound opinions and this week we talk about supergroups. I'm Jim
0:34.7	De Regattis and I'm Greg Kott. First we talk with the most exciting supergroup
0:39.6	making music today. Boy Genius. The name'soebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julian Baker should
0:45.8	be familiar to sound opinions listeners. They're each responsible for some of our favorite albums
0:50.9	of the past six years.
0:53.0	Phoebe and Lucy have both been guests on the show,
0:56.0	chatting with us.
0:57.5	In 2018, these three friends put out the Boy Genius EP, which quickly became a topic of obsession for a particular subset
1:06.4	of music fans.
1:08.4	Greg, remember that HBO show, Mayor of East Town, they used a Boy Genius concert as a big plot point in 2021.
1:17.0	I do for sure, Jim, and that's just a small indication of the at Rick Rubin's Shangrelow Studios in Malibu, but Rubin did not produce it.
1:35.0	The group brought in Catherine Marks along with Sarah Tundsen of Illuminati Hoties,
1:40.0	Jay Somme, and Phoebe Bridger's frequent collaborator Tony Berg.
1:44.9	They signed to a major label and put out a short film directed by Kristen Stewart.
1:49.9	Just a heads up, listeners, this is a re-erring of our original boy genius interview
1:55.0	from earlier in 2023 now since then their album the record was released
1:59.3	plus their EP the rest which we reviewed on the show. They played concerts all over the
2:05.0	country including selling out Madison Square Garden and as well as Saturday Night Live.
2:09.7	They also received five Grammy nominations.
2:12.5	We were very sad, Mr. Kot, that you couldn't be here for the interview, but everybody deserves
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