Review Roundup: X, Post Malone, JPEGMAFIA, Sturgill Simpson, Beabadoobee & Meshell Ndegeocello
As summer winds down the volume of new albums coming out is hard to keep up with. This week hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot dig out from music mountain by reviewing new albums from X, Post Malone, Beabadoobee, Sturgill Simpson, JPEGMAFIA and Meshell Ndegeocello.
00:00:00 Post Malone
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot review the new album from Post Malone where he takes an abrupt turn into country music.
I Lay Down My Life for You JPEGMAFIA
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot review the new album from JPEGMAFIA, “I Lay Down My Life for You.”
Smoke and Fiction X
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot review the “final” album from punk legends X, “Smoke and Fiction.”
Passage du Desir Sturgill Simpson
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot review the new album from Sturgill Simpson, “Passage du Desir,” under his alter ego Johnny Blue Skies.
This is How Tomorrow Moves Beabadoobee
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot review the new album from British neo-alt-rocker Beabadoobee, “This is How Tomorrow Moves.”
No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin Meshell Ndegeocello
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot review the new album from Meshell Ndegeocello, “No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin.”
Featured Songs:
- Post Malone, "Pour Me A Drink (feat. Blake Shelton)," F-1 Trillion, Republic and Mercury, 2024
- Post Malone, "Wrong Ones (feat. Tim McGraw)," F-1 Trillion, Republic and Mercury, 2024
- Post Malone, "Finer Things (feat. Hank Williams, Jr.)," F-1 Trillion, Republic and Mercury, 2024
- JPEGMAFIA, "don't rely on other men," I Lay Down My Life for You, AWAL, 2024
- JPEGMAFIA, "it's dark and hell is hot," I Lay Down My Life for You, AWAL, 2024
- JPEGMAFIA, "i scream this in the mirror before i interact with anyone," I Lay Down My Life for You, AWAL, 2024
- JPEGMAFIA, "Exmilitary," I Lay Down My Life for You, AWAL, 2024
- X, "Baby & All," Smoke & Fiction, Fat Possum, 2024
- X, "Big Black X," Smoke & Fiction, Fat Possum, 2024
- X, "Winding Up the Time," Smoke & Fiction, Fat Possum, 2024
- X, "Sweet Til The Bitter End," Smoke & Fiction, Fat Possum, 2024
- Sturgill Simpson, "Swamp of Sadness," Passage du Desir, High Top Mountain, 2024
- Sturgill Simpson, "Scooter Blues," Passage du Desir, High Top Mountain, 2024
- Sturgill Simpson, "Mint Tea," Passage du Desir, High Top Mountain, 2024
- Beabadoobee, "Take A Bite," This Is How Tomorrow Moves, Dirty Hit, 2024
- Beabadoobee, "Post," This Is How Tomorrow Moves, Dirty Hit, 2024
- Beabadoobee, "Beaches," This Is How Tomorrow Moves, Dirty Hit, 2024
- Meshell Ndegeocello, "Travel," No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, Blue Note, 2024
- Meshell Ndegeocello, "Trouble," No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, Blue Note, 2024
- Meshell Ndegeocello, "Raise The Roof," No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, Blue Note, 2024
- Joni Mitchell, "All I Want," Blue, Reprise, 1971
- Taylor Swift, "Death By A Thousand Cuts," Lover, Republic, 2019
- Lou Reed, "There Is No Time," New York, Sire, 1989
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