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Buried Treasures & RIP Steve Albini

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Music, Society & Culture, Arts

4.32K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share some new music that’s flying underneath the mainstream radar - buried treasures! They’ll also pay tribute to Steve Albini.


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Featured Songs:

The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, "Emergence," The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, Impulse!, 2024

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

Big Black, "Kerosene," Atomizer, Homestead, 1986

Big Black, "Cables," Pigpile, Touch and Go, 1992

Nirvana, "Serve the Servants," In Utero, DGC, 1993

Shellac, "The End of Radio," The End of Radio, Touch and Go, 2019

Shirlette Ammons, "Short," Spectacles, Self-Released, 2024

Mikey Moo, "Uncomfortable Silence," Uncomfortable Silence (Single), Killroom, 2024

C Turtle, "Shake it Down," Expensive Thrills, Blitzcat, 2024

Oh Hiroshima, "Secret Youth," All Things Shining, Pelagic, 2024

Phoebe Go, "7 Up," Marmalade, AWAL, 2024

Gloom Girl MFG, "Crimes," Polycrisis, Sign From The Universe, 2024

Mint Mile, "Sunbreaking," Rough Rider, Comedy Minus One, 2024

Pillow Queens, "Suffer," Name Your Sorrow, Royal Mountain, 2024

The Dream Syndicate, "Tell Me When It's Over," The Days of Wine and Roses, Ruby Records/Slash, 1982

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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,

0:05.8

Ad Free on Patreon. Oh, uh, yeah. Shh,

0:13.0

Shhuh. You're listening to sound opinions and this week we're sharing new under the radar

0:37.0

music you need to hear. Buried Treasures. I'm Jim Deeregatus and I'm Greg

0:42.0

Cott but first we want to pay tribute to Steve albini.

0:45.4

Sound opinions is supported by Goose Island since 1988 Goose Island's been

0:51.0

brewing beers in the spirit of Chicago.

0:53.4

You can find 3.12, Weedale, big juicy beer hug,

0:57.4

and so many other limited releases

0:59.5

at either of Goose's locations in Chicago, Goose Island Beer Company, Chicago's Beer. until we die probably come to die in this town.

1:15.0

Live here my whole life.

1:20.0

There's kerosing around.

1:26.0

Something to do. There's something to do.

1:27.0

There's kerosene by Big Black from the 1986 album atomizer. Wow. Kids in rural America bored out of their skulls with

1:49.3

nothing to do so they blow things up. Set things on fire with kerosene. That's one of the most horrifying

1:56.4

rock zones of all time. Greg Kott, don't you think? Yes, Steve Elvini shockingly gone gone at age 61, died of a heart attack, apparently at home at his studio.

2:08.0

A 7th.

2:10.0

A shocking death.

2:11.0

I was amazed at the outpouring in some ways. I knew Steve was a very revered figure within certain circles, but he has touched so many lives that people reached out and felt like they needed to say something. And it was very moving.

2:24.8

Steve's going to be deeply missed.

2:26.4

He was a linchpin of the Chicago music scene

2:29.0

after moving here from Montana in the early 80s to go to college at Northwestern University to study journalism.

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