Rough Trade & Opinions on Geese
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with Rough Trade collaborators Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee about their contributions to the music industry and their new label River Lea, which focuses on Irish folk music. The hosts also review the buzzy new album from indie rockers, Geese.
00:00:00 Review: Geese
On their fourth studio album, “Getting Killed,” Geese have captured the critical imagination of the American music industry. To say Jim and Greg beg to differ is an understatement.
Rough Trade
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with longtime music industry friend, Geoff Travis, and his business partner, Jeannette Lee, about what drew them to Irish folk music for their newest venture, River Lea Records. The pair made their name with Rough Trade Records, the label that defined the sound of British post-punk. But the creativity of a young batch of Irish folk artists led the pair to link up with Tim Chipping to get the music to the world.
Featured Songs:
- Lankum, "Cold Old Fire," Cold Old Fire, Self Released, 2014
- The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967
- Geese, "Taxes," Getting Killed, Partisan, 2025
- Geese, "Islands of Men," Getting Killed, Partisan, 2025
- Geese, "Trinidad," Getting Killed, Partisan, 2025
- Geese, "Half Real," Getting Killed, Partisan, 2025
- Brighde Chaimbeul, "An Léimras / Harris Dance," The Reeling, River Lea, 2019
- Raw Bar Collective, "Baile Mhúirne (feat. Nell Ní Chróinín)," Ag Fogairt an Lae, Self Released, 2016
- The Wolfe Tones, "Come Out Ye Black & Tans," Let The People Sing, Dolphin, 1972
- Lankum, "Go Dig My Grave," False Lankum, Rough Trade, 2023
- Lisa O'Neill, "All the Tired Horses," All the Tired Horses (Single), Rough Trade, 2022
- John Francis Flynn, "Mole in The Ground," Look Over the Wall, See the Sky, River Lea, 2023
- Poor Creature, "The Whole Town Knows," All Smiles Tonight, River Lea, 2025
- Poor Creature, "All Smiles Tonight," All Smiles Tonight, River Lea, 2025
- Ye Vagabonds, "An Island," Nine Waves, River Lea, 2022
- Poor Creature, "Adieu Lovely Eireann," All Smiles Tonight, River Lea, 2025
- Public Image Ltd, "Flowers of Romance," Flowers of Romance, Virgin, 1981
- ANOHNI, "It Must Change," My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross, Rough Trade, 2023
- Robert Wyatt, "The Age of Self," Old Rottenhat, Rough Trade, 1985
- The Smiths, "Frankly, Mr. Shankly," The Queen Is Dead, Rough Trade, 1986
- John Fogerty, "Zanz Kant Danz," Centerfield, Warner Bros, 1984
- Swell Maps, "The Helicopter Spies," Jane from Occupied Europe, Rough Trade, 1980
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