August 9, 2025 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #768)

8:59 AM Donna Summer • Be Myself Again • Crayons • Burgundy

9:03 AM Glenn Tilbrook • Tempted • The Past Has Been Bottled/East Side Story Demos • Quixotic

9:07 AM Buscabulla • Se Amaba Así • Se Amaba Así • Domino

9:14 AM Ethel Cain • Janie • Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You • Daughters of Cain

August 2, 2025 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #767)

8:59 AM Horsegirl • In Twos • Phonetics On and On • Matador

9:04 AM Johnny Taylor • Steal Away • Chronicle 20 Greatest Hits • Stax

9:08 AM Jamie Lidell • Return of the Repressed • Places of Unknowing • TODO

9:15 AM Patty Griffin • The End • Crown of Roses • PGM/Thirty Tigers

July 19, 2025 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #766)

9:00 AM Rose Royce • Love Don't Live Here Anymore • Strikes Again • Whitfield 

9:03 AM Madness • Grey Day • Seven • Stiff

9:08 AM Mina Tindle • Heaven Thunder (feat. Sufjan Stevens) • single • S76/Beggars France

9:14 AM Chris Stamey • Once, on a Summer's Day • Anything is Possible • Label 51

July 12, 2025 CHIRP Radio Show playlist (Show #765)

9:00 AM Ravyn Lenae • M.I.A. • Hypnos • Atlantic

9:04 AM John Prine • The Great Compromise • Diamonds in the Rough • Atlantic

9:09 AM Tyler Ballgame • Help Me Out • single • Rough Trade

9:15 AM Gwenno • The Devil • Utopia • Heavenly

July 5, 2025 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #764)

9:00 AM Judee Sill • There's a Rugged Road • Heart Food • Elektra

9:03 AM Lee Fields • Honey Dove • Problems • Truth & Soul

9:07 AM Samuel Aaron • Aphasia • Rambler • self-released

9:14 AM Naima Bock • Rolling • single • Sub Pop

2025 Mid-year Top 20 (and more)

I ranked 20, without lots of thought, and then listed a bunch of other records that I've really like so far this year. Another terrific year for music.

1. Horsegirl - Phonetics On and On (Matador)

2. SPELLLING - Portrait of My Heart (Sacred Bones)

3. Nadia Reid - Enter Now Brightness (Chrysalis)

4. Bartees Strange - Horror (4AD)

5. Stereolab - Instant Holograms on Metal Film (Warp)

June 29, 2025 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #763)

Here's the playlist for my tribute to the late Clarence Ewing, who will be sorely missed by all of us at CHIRP. He was a wonderful person and we were privileged to know him.

2:00 PM Circuit Des Yeux • Dogma • -io • Matador

2:04 PM Tinariwen • Toumast Tincha • Emmaar • ANTI-

2:08 PM Otterlymusic & narsichris • Magician • single • self-released

2:15 PM Iggy Pop • Nightclubbing • Trainspotting • Miramax/EMI Premier