College Radio, Opinions on Vampire Weekend & Alejandro Escovedo
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk all-things college radio with Dr. Katherine Rye Jewell, author of Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio. Jim and Greg also review the latest records from Alejandro Escovedo and Vampire Weekend.
Echo Dancing Alejandro Escovedo
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot review the album “Echo Dancing” by Alejandro Escovedo. The album is a collection of songs from various musical projects in his long career, but all the songs have been re-recorded with new arrangements.
Only God Was Above Us Vampire Weekend
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot review the album “Only God Was Above Us” by Vampire Weekend. It’s a musically ambitious collection of songs, but is a tangled mess of lyrical references to New York City’s hyper local history.
College Radio
Dr. Katherine Rye Jewell's new book, Live From The Underground: A History of College Radio, is both an academic history as well as a love letter to a dying art. The hosts share their own histories with college radio and look ahead to where it could go next.
Featured Songs:
- R.E.M., "Radio Free Europe," Murmur, I.R.S., 1983
- The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967
- Alejandro Escovedo, "John Conquest," Echo Dancing, Yep Roc, 2024
- Alejandro Escovedo, "Too Many Tears," Echo Dancing, Yep Roc, 2024
- Alejandro Escovedo, "Bury Me," Echo Dancing, Yep Roc, 2024
- Alejandro Escovedo, "Last to Know," Echo Dancing, Yep Roc, 2024
- Vampire Weekend, "Prep-School Gangsters," Only God Was Above Us, Columbia, 2024
- Vampire Weekend, "Mary Boone," Only God Was Above Us, Columbia, 2024
- Vampire Weekend, "Ice Cream Piano," Only God Was Above Us, Columbia, 2024
- Vampire Weekend, "Gen-X Cops," Only God Was Above Us, Columbia, 2024
- Man or Astro-man?, "Television Fission," Experiment Zero, Touch and Go, 1996
- The Replacements, "Left of the Dial," Tim, Sire, 1985
- Pixies, "Monkey Gone to Heaven," Doolittle, Elektra, 1989
- Phil Collins, "You'll Be in My Heart," Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack, Walt Disney, 1999
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