Review Roundup: X, Post Malone, JPEGMAFIA, Sturgill Simpson, Beabadoobee & Meshell Ndegeocello

Podcast Series Sound Opinions

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.

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Featured Songs:

Post Malone, "Pour Me A Drink (feat. Blake Shelton)," F-1 Trillion, Republic and Mercury, 2024

Post Malone, "Wrong Ones (feat. Tim Mc...

50 mins

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The Best Albums of 2025

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John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats on This Year: 365 Songs Annotated: A Book of Days

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1 hour 3 mins

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