Reviews of Low, Kacey Musgraves, Lil Nas X & More, Plus Guest Desert Island Jukebox

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Society & Culture, Music, Arts

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

As we move into fall, there's an abundance of new music to review. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot do a review roundup, sharing their thoughts on new music from artists like Kacey Musgraves, Lil Nas X, Low and Amyl and the Sniffers. Plus, we'll hear from past Sound Opinions guests about the desert island jukebox songs that can't live without.

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Featured Songs:

Low, "Days Like These," HEY WHAT, Sub Pop, 2021

Lil Nas X, "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)," Montero, Columbia, 2021

Lil Nas X, "AM I DREAMING (feat. Miley Cyrus)," Montero, Columbia, 2021

Lil Nas X, "SCOOP (feat. Doja Cat)," Montero, Columbia, 2021

Lil Nas X, "SUN GOES DOWN," Montero, Columbia, 2021

Amyl and the Sniffers, "Hertz," Comfort to Me, ATO, 2021

Amyl and the Sniffers, "Guided By Angels," Comfort to Me, ATO, 2021

Amyl and the Sniffers, "Freaks to the Front," Comfort to Me, ATO, 2021

Amyl and the Sniffers, "Choices," Comfort to Me, ATO, 2021

Kacey Musgraves, "star-crossed," star-crossed, Interscope/MCA Nashville, 2021

Kacey Musgraves, "justified," star-crossed, Interscope/MCA Nashville, 2021

Kacey Musgraves, "easier said," star-crossed, Interscope/MCA Nashville, 2021

Kacey Musgraves, "there is a light," star-crossed, Interscope/MCA Nashville, 2021

Kacey Musgraves, "hookup scene," star-crossed, Interscope/MCA Nashville, 2021

Low, "More," HEY WHAT, Sub Pop, 2021

Low, "The Price You Pay (It Must Be Wearing off)," HEY WHAT, Sub Pop, 2021

Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere, "Full Moon Tonight," Nudge It Up a Notch, Stax, 2008

Otis Redding, "Nobody's Fault But Mine," The Immortal Otis Redding, Stax, 1968

Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble, "Keep Your Mind Free (feat. Ben LaMar Gay)," Now, International Anthem, 2021

Duke Ellington, "Afrique," The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse, Fantasy, 1971

Richard Thompson, "Beeswing," Mirror Blue, Capitol, 1994

Janet Baker, "Ich bin die welt abhanden gekommen," Janet Baker Sings Mahler, EMI, 1967

Dawn Richard, "Boomerang," Second Line, Merge, 2021

Björk, "Stonemilker," Vulnicura, One Little Indian, 2015

Art d'Ecco, "Tv God," In Standard Definition, Paper Bag, 2021

Brian Eno, "Needles In the Camel's Eye," Here Come the Warm Jets, Island, 1974

Songs: Ohia, "Farewell Transmission," The Magnolia Electric Co., Secretly Canadian, 2003

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0:00.0	Hey there if you're listening to this and you support us on Patreon, you can hear it via the Patreon page and free. Oh, yeah. Shh Shh Shhahhah Shhahhahhah.
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0:28.0	Oh. You're listening to sound opinions and this week we'll hear from some of our past
0:38.5	guests ranging from Dawn Rashard to Richard Thompson about songs they can't live without. I'm Greg
0:44.2	Cot and I'm Jim De Regatus. But first we'll round up some new music to
0:48.9	review from Little Nas X Casey Musgraves to Lowe and Amel in the Snifers. That is a track called Montero, the title track me out by your name, I be on the way you're like you. That is a track called Montero, the title track from the debut album from Lil Nause X.
1:17.0	You probably heard of this guy 22 years old Montero Lamar Hill from Georgia, country rap Single Old Town Road just turned the musical world upside
1:26.7	down in 2019, spent 19 weeks atop the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming the longest running number one song since the chart
1:35.0	debuted in 1958.
1:36.9	That is a pretty amazing accomplishment longer than the Beatles, longer than Elvis Presley,
1:42.4	longer than Taylor Swift, an incredible run atop the charts
1:46.0	for this guy.
1:47.2	What a way to debut?
1:49.0	I mean, when was the last time you heard a rap song with a banjo on it or a trap song with a banjo on it.
1:54.8	This is true and the fact you're burying the lead as we say in the journalism business
1:59.4	Mr. Scott the fact that in the relatively conservative world of country music he came out as openly gay.
2:07.6	Well that's, you know, that was a big part of this discussion here is that the little Nas's X did come out as gay while Old Town Road
2:15.5	was riding the top of the charts. It was a remarkable, you know, public statement to do that because we're talking about two genres of music
2:24.1	country and hip-hop that have not been exactly nurturing you know black gay
2:31.1	entertainers over the decades. He is one of the few openly gay
2:37.0	black artists in the world's a rap and country. Now the question arises
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