Sly and the Family Stone & Opinions on Horsegirl

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Society & Culture, Music, Arts

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot review Sly Stone's documentary and memoir and revisit an interview with Family Stone members Jerry Martini and Cynthia Robinson. They also review the new album from Chicago indie rockers Horsegirl.

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Featured Songs:

Sly and the Family Stone, "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)," Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Single), Epic, 1969

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

Horsegirl, "2468," Phonetics On and On, Matador, 2025

Horsegirl, "I Can't Stand To See You," Phonetics On and On, Matador, 2025

Horsegirl, "Information Content," Phonetics On and On, Matador, 2025

Horsegirl, "Where'd You Go?," Phonetics On and On, Matador, 2025

Sly and the Family Stone, "Dance To The Music," Dance To The Music, Epic, 1968

Sly and the Family Stone, "I Ain't Got Nobody (For Real)," Dance To The Music, Epic, 1968

Sly and the Family Stone, "Advice," A Whole New Thing, Epic, 1967

Sly and the Family Stone, "I Hate To Love Her," A Whole New Thing, Epic, 1967

Ike and Tina Turner, "Bold Soul Sister," The Hunter, Blue Thumb, 1969

The Roots, "Star/Pointro," The Tipping Point, Geffen, 2004

Bobby Freeman, "C'mon and Swim," C'mon and Swim (Single), Autumn, 1964

Sly and the Family Stone, "Family Affair," There's A Riot Goin' On, Epic, 1971

Sly and the Family Stone, "Hot Fun in the Summertime," Hot Fun in the Summertime (Single), Epic, 1969

Sly and the Family Stone, "Thank You For Talking To Me Africa," There's A Riot Goin' On, Epic, 1971

Sly and the Family Stone, "Brave and Strong," There's A Riot Goin' On, Epic, 1971

Sly and the Family Stone, "You Can Make It If You Try (Live)," Stand!, Epic, 1969

Sly and the Family Stone, "We Love All," Dance To The Music (2007 version), Epic, 1968

Sly and the Family Stone, "Color Me True," Dance To The Music (Single), Epic, 1968

The Pogues, "The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn," Rum Sodomy & the Lash, MCA, 1985

The Ergs, "Stinking of Whiskey Blues," Upstairs/Downstairs, Dirtnap, 2007

New York Dolls, "Trash," New York Dolls, Mercury, 1973

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0:00.0	Hey, sound opinions listeners. If you support us on Patreon, a new documentary. I'm Jim D. Regattus.
0:39.7	And I'm Greg Cott. But first, let's review the new album from Horse Girl.
0:44.4	Two, four, six, eight, they walk in twos. Da track, two, four, six, eight by Chicago Trio Horse Girl.
1:06.6	Their second album just came out, phonetics on and on.
1:11.1	Greg, this story gives me huge inspiration of how this band came together.
1:17.1	Nora Chang was at the Latin school in high school.
1:21.0	Penelope Lowenstein was at Jones Prep, which gave us Chance the Rapper as well.
1:26.8	And G.D. Reese, a little bit older than them,
1:29.1	they were all high school kids taking part in a vibrant underground in Chicago for young people
1:37.1	working their way into bands, open mics at the Old Town School of Folk Music.
1:50.8	You know, Girls Rock, fantastic program here that focuses on young women making loud noise.
1:51.5	I love it.
2:03.1	Their first album, after getting signed to the prestigious indie Matador Records, was many years ago, kids, when Madador introduced the world to Liz Fair, if you recall.
2:05.4	It made a big splash.
2:06.8	And they came together in 2019.
2:09.6	That first album came out in 2022.
2:17.4	And then they went to college, two of the three members, both at NYU, both in the English department.
2:20.8	So writing the second album was in New York.
2:28.8	They came back, though, to Chicago at Jeff Tweedy and the Wilco Loft to record with Kate Laban,
2:38.8	who's a familiar name as a musician and a producer's worked with Wilco, Kurt Vile Deer Hunter, a lot of anticipation about what this group has given us.
2:51.0	I also love as a footnote that this young teen scene in Chicago had a fanzine, and they began calling themselves the Hallow Gallo kids.
2:52.9	Hallow Gallo was the fanzine.
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