July 21, 2012 CHIRP Radio Playlist

Off next week, with Micha subbing. Be back on August 4, 2012, 9AM to Noon (CDT) at chirpradio.org.

11:55 AM Klaxons • Flashover • Surfing The Void • tinyOGRE

11:51 AM AC/DC • High Voltage • High Voltage • Epic

11:49 AM Mission Of Burma • Dust Devil • Unsound • Fire

11:41 AM The Roots • Sacrifice • Phrenology • MCA

11:39 AM Paper Mice • Simulcra • The Funny Papers • Three One G

11:37 AM Haymarket Riot • Trip On Out • Pebbles Vol. 6 Chicago 1 • Archive International Productions

11:32 AM Yelle • La Musique • Safari Disco Club • Co-op

11:28 AM Office Of Future Plans • Harden Your Heart • Office Of Future Plans • Dischord

11:26 AM Jeans Wilder • Dog Years • Totally • Everloving

11:22 AM Yello • Rock Stop • Solid Pleasure • Vertigo

11:19 AM The Very Best • Buntu ft. Amadou & Miriam, Baaba Maal & Jose Hendrix • MTMTMK • Moshi Moshi

11:14 AM Tussle • Eye Contact • Kling Klang • Troubleman Unlimited

11:09 AM Shonen Knife • Paper Clip • Pop Tune • Good Charamel

11:03 AM Micachu and the Shapes • Heaven • Never • Rough Trade

11:01 AM The Replacements • Answering Machine • Let It Be • Twin/Tone

10:57 AM Cloud Nothings • Been Through • Cloud Nothings • Carpark

10:53 AM Durocs • Saving It All Up For Larry • Durocs • Real Gone Music

10:49 AM Baroness • Sea Lungs • Yellow & Green • Relapse

10:43 AM KonKoma • Shimmy Nashi Goro • KonKoma • Soundway

10:40 AM The Fresh & Onlys • Waterfall • Play it Strange • In the Red

10:35 AM Matthew Sweet • I Wanted To Tell You • Girlfriend • A & M

10:31 AM The Hive Dwellers • The Dignity of Saint Jude • Hewn from the Wilderness • K

10:27 AM They Shoot Horses Don't They • Speck of Dust • Pick Up Sticks • Kill Rock Stars

10:24 AM The Rascals • You Better Run • Anthology • Rhino

10:19 AM Cheer-Accident • Done with the Eternal • What Sequel? • Pravda

10:15 AM New Musik • Sanctuary • from A To B • GTO

10:12 AM Oddisee • Maybes • People Hear What They See • Mello Music Group

10:07 AM Man Or Astro-man? • Space Patrol • Your Weight On the Moon • One Louder

10:03 AM A Lull • Would That I Could • Meat Mountain EP • Lujo

10:00 AM T. Rex • Electric Slim and the Factory Hen • Tanx • Edsel

9:55 AM Love Raid • Past the Waves • Love Raid • self-released

9:53 AM Rose Maddox • Take Me Back Again • Hillbilly Music..Thank God Volume 1 • Capitol

9:50 AM Beachwood Sparks • Mollusk • The Tarnished Gold • Sub Pop

9:43 AM Sparks • The Louvre • A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing • Bearsville

9:39 AM Hot Chip • Now There Is Nothing • In Our Heads • Domino

9:35 AM American Music Club • I Broke My Promise • San Francisco • Reprise

9:31 AM Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra • Requiem Pour Un Grooveur • Last Odyssey • Ubitiquity

9:28 AM Frank Ocean • Forrest Gump • Channel Orange • Island/Def Jam

9:22 AM Art Ensemble Of Chicago • Walking in the Moonlight • The Third Decade • ECM

9:19 AM Fiona Apple • Daredevil • The Idler Wheel • Epic

9:14 AM Peter Gabriel • Family Snapshot • Peter Gabriel • Geffen

9:08 AM The Delgados • Witness • The Great Eastern • Chemikal Underground

9:05 AM Niki and the Dove • Last Night • Instinct • Sub Pop

9:02 AM The Posies • Accidental Architecture • Blood/Candy • Rykodisc

July 14, 2012 CHIRP Radio Playlist

This show had a real nice flow to it. I hope I can keep it up next Saturday, from 9AM to Noon (CDT) at chirpradio.org.

11:56 AM Dâm-Funk • Flying V Ride • Toeachizown • Stones Throw

11:53 AM The Shazam • On The Airwaves • Rev9 • Not Lame

11:51 AM The White Wires • I'll Remember You • WWIII • Dirtnap

11:44 AM Open Mike Eagle • The Financial Crisis That Wouldn't Go Away • 4NML HSPTL • Fake Four Inc.

11:38 AM Grace Jones • Private Life • Warm Leatherette • Island

11:34 AM Doleful Lions • Pegasus • Lucifer, The Light EP • self-released

11:31 AM Pomegranates • Sisters • Heaven • Modern Outsider

11:28 AM Wire • Map Ref. 41ºN 93ºW* • Wire on the Box: 1979 • Pink Flag Archive Research

11:22 AM Wiley • One Hit Wonder • 100% Publishing • Big Dada

11:17 AM Gojira • The Axe • L'Enfant Sauvage • Roadrunner

11:15 AM Shudder To Think • 9 Fingers on You • Pony Express Record • Epic

11:09 AM Brad Laner • Magnolia Doubles • Natural Selections • Hometapes

11:04 AM The Aluminum Group • Love Action (I Believe In Love) • Reproduction • March

11:01 AM Dirty Projectors • See What She Seeing • Swing Lo Magellan • Domino

10:54 AM The Dresden Dolls • The Gardener • No, Virginia • Roadrunner

10:53 AM Chris Butler • Hole In The Sky • The Museum Of Me • Future Fossil

10:51 AM Can • Alice • The Lost Tapes • Spoon

10:44 AM Volcano! • St. Mary of Nazareth • Piñata • Leaf

10:39 AM Raydio • You Need This (To Satisfy That) • Raydio • Arista

10:34 AM Volumen Cero • Despiertame • Estelar • Warner Music Latina

10:31 AM The Flaming Lips • The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends • Do It! • Warner Bros.

10:26 AM New Order • The Perfect Kiss • Low-Life • Qwest

10:20 AM The Pastels • Classic Line-Up • Mobile Safari • Up

10:18 AM The Byrds • Why • Younger Than Yesterday • Columbia/Legacy

10:14 AM Conveyor • Mukraker • Conveyor • Paper Garden

10:07 AM OutKast • Elevators (Me & You) • ATLiens • LaFace

10:04 AM Los Straitjackets • Mr. Pink • Jet Set • Yep Roc

10:01 AM Shoes • Head vs. Heart • Ignition • Black Vinyl

9:57 AM Ken Nordine • My Baby • The Best of Word Jazz, Vol. 1 • Rhino

9:53 AM The Bees • Go Karts • Free The Bees • Virgin

9:51 AM Sonny & The Sunsets • My Mind Messed Up • Longtime Companion • Polyvinyl

9:47 AM Glenn Kotche • Untitled 7 • Next • Quakebasket

9:44 AM Speedy Keen • Crazy Love • Y'Know What I Mean? • Island

9:40 AM Golden Birthday • Humans Bleed • Blue Island • Rainbow Body

9:36 AM The Association • Goodbye Columbus • Just The Right Sound The Association Anthology • Warner Bros./Rhino

9:34 AM Orca Team • Been Crying All Day • Restraint • Happy Happy Birthday To Me

9:29 AM Neil Young with Crazy Horse • Jesus' Chariot • Americana • Reprise

9:21 AM Debo Band • Tenesh Kelbe Lay • Debo Band • Next Ambiance

9:17 AM The Futureheads • Meantime • Rant • Nul

9:15 AM The Black Twig Pickers • Craig Street Hop • Ironto Special • Thrill Jockey

9:09 AM Adult Net • Incense And Peppermints • The Honey Tangle • Fontana

9:06 AM Communist Daughter • Avery • Lions & Lambs EP • Grain Belt

9:03 AM The Czars • Get Used To It • Before...But Longer • Bella Union

July 7, 2012 CHIRP Radio Playlist

Fun radio on a hot day. Back next Saturday, 9AM to Noon (CDT) at chirpradio.org.

11:54 a.m. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Divided Wasted State of Mind/So Interscope

11:51 a.m. Ram Jam Too Bad On Your Birthday/Ram Jam Collectables

11:48 a.m. Cocaine 80s This Can't Be A Crime/Express OG EP self-released

11:41 a.m. Celebration In This Land/The Modern Tribe 4AD

11:38 a.m. Curren$y Fast Cars Faster Women (featuring Daz)/The Stoned Immaculate Warner Bros.

11:34 a.m. Girls Against Boys Kill The Sexplayer/Cruise Yourself Touch and Go

11:28 a.m. tUnE-yArDs Powa/whokill 4AD

11:24 a.m. Pomengranates Pass Away/Heaven Modern Outsider

11:22 a.m. Chuck Berry I Want To Be Your Driver/Gold Geffen/Chess

11:18 a.m. Animal Collective Essplode/Danse Manatee Catsup Plate

11:15 a.m. Siouxsie and the Banshees Christine/Kaleidoscope Geffen

11:12 a.m. Ty Segall Band The Tongue/Slaughterhouse In the Red

11:09 a.m. The Lonesome Organist Let Me Be Your Man/Collector of Cactus Echo Bags Thrill Jockey

11:05 a.m. Big K.R.I.T. Cool 2 Be Southern/Live from the Underground Def Jam

11:02 a.m. Steve Wynn Strange New World/Here Come The Miracles Blue Rose
10:59 a.m. The Concretes Seems Fine Shuffle/Warm Night EP EMI

10:55 a.m. Julian Cope East Easy Rider/Peggy Suicide Island

10:51 a.m. Super700 Old Moon/Under the No Sky Rough Trade

10:46 a.m. Kid Koala Drunk Trumpet/Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Ninja Tune

10:43 a.m. Crystal Syphon Marcy, Your Eyes/Family Evil Roaratorio

10:39 a.m. Hoodoo Gurus Tojo/Stoneage Romeos A&M

10:35 a.m. Liz Phair May Queen/Whip-Smart Matador

10:31 a.m. Echo Lake In Dreams/Wild Peace Slumberland

10:29 a.m. The Crystals Girls Can Tell/Phil Spector: Back To Mono (1958-1969) ABKCO

10:24 a.m. The Cool Kids Mikey Rocks/The Bake Sale EP Chocolate Industries

10:19 a.m. Bob Seger Love The One You're With/Smokin' O.P.'s Capitol

10:16 a.m. Everest Give A Little/Ownerless ATO

10:09 a.m. Alcione Sufoco/Brazil Classics 2: O Samba Luaka Bop

10:05 a.m. Chandeliers Tropical Pocket/Founding Fathers Captcha

10:02 a.m. The Bamboos (with Aloe Blacc) Where Does The Time Go?/Medicine Man Tru Thoughts

9:56 a.m. The New Pornographers Go Places/Challengers Matador

9:53 a.m. NRBQ Little Floater/Wild Weekend Virgin

9:51 a.m. Eleni Mandell Now We're Strangers/I Can See the Future Yep Roc

9:47 a.m. Joe Pernice I Go To Pieces/It Feels So Good When I Stop Ashmont

9:42 a.m. Mike Scheidt The Price/Stay Awake Thrill Jockey

9:39 a.m. The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir All The Heart You Wear On Your Sleeve/I Bet You Say That To All the Boys Fashion Brigade

9:36 a.m. Advertising The Lookalikes/Jingles Vinyl Japan

9:33 a.m. Charlie Parker Relaxing with Lee/Bird's Best Bop on Verve Verve

9:29 a.m. Peaking Lights Midnight/Lucifer Mexican Summer

9:21 a.m. Dick Prall Feeler/Inc. EP Movings

9:18 a.m. The Mynabirds Buffalo Flower/GENERALS Saddle Creek

9:14 a.m. Jimmy Cliff Vietnam/Jimmy Cliff Trojan

9:06 a.m. Goldfrapp Clowns/Seventh Tree Mute

9:03 a.m. Silver Jews Secret Knowledge Of The Back Roads/Early Times Drag City

9:00 a.m. The Spinanes Punch Line Loser/Strand Sub Pop

July 1, 2012 CHIRP Radio Playlist

Here's my show subbing for Craig Bechtel on a Sunday night.

8:55 PM Devo • Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA • Duty Now for the Future • Warner Bros.

8:53 PM The Paybacks • Love Letter • Love, Not Reason • Savage Jams

8:50 PM El-P • Works Every Time • Cancer for Cure • Fat Possum

8:45 PM Smith Westerns • Diamond Boys • Smith Westerns • HoZac

8:41 PM Dntel • Jitters • Aimlessness • Pampa

8:38 PM Franz Ferdinand • Bite Hard • Tonight: Franz Ferdinand • Domino

8:33 PM The Lilac Time • Paper Boat • & Love For All • Fontana

8:29 PM Procol Harum • A Salty Dog • A Salty Dog • A & M

8:26 PM Fiona Apple • Daredevil • The Idler Wheel... • Epic

8:21 PM Poor Luther's Bones • Vanity's Child • Jukes & Junk • Heavy G

8:17 PM Japandroids • The Nights Of Wine And Roses • Celebration Rock • Polyvinyl

8:14 PM Stan Ridgway • Drive She Said • The Big Heat • IRS

8:09 PM Major Lance • Rhythm • The Very Best Of Major Lance • Epic/Legacy

8:07 PM Delicate Steve • Love • Positive Force • Luaka Bop

8:02 PM LCD Soundsystem • New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down • Sound Of Silver • DFA

7:58 PM The Last • She Loves You • Awakening • SST

7:54 PM Darker My Love • Blue Day • 2 • Dangerbird

7:52 PM R.E.M. • Man-Sized Wreath • Accelerate • Warner Bros.

7:50 PM Running • Summer Canvassing • Asshole Savant • Captcha

7:45 PM Oddisee • Way In Way Out • People Hear What They See • Mello Music Group

7:42 PM Brilliant Pebbles • Beez • Brilliant Pebbles EP • self-released

7:39 PM Hawksley Workman • Striptease • (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves • Isadora

7:33 PM Hepcat • Gimme A Little Sign • Push 'N Shove • Hellcat

7:31 PM The Go-Betweens • People Know • Send Me A Lullaby • Beggars Banquet

7:28 PM Crocodiles • Sunday (Psychic Coversation #9) • Endless Flowers • Frenchkiss

7:24 PM Shawn Lee • Celestial Waltz • Synthesizers In Space • ESL

7:14 PM Choir of Young Believers • Paralyze • Rhine Gold • Ghostly

7:10 PM Ricky Nelson • Shirley Lee • Ricky Nelson • Imperial

7:07 PM Smoking Popes • Grab Your Heart and Run • Complete Control Sessions • SideOneDummy

7:02 PM Sparks • Tryouts For The Human Race • No. 1 In Heaven • Oglio

6:56 PM Cotton Mather • Vegetable Row • Kontiki • The Star Apple Kingdom

6:53 PM Wilco • We're Just Friends • Summerteeth • Reprise

6:50 PM Laurel Halo • Years • Quarantine • Hyperdub

6:42 PM Neneh Cherry & The Thing • Cashback • The Cherry Thing • Smalltown Supersound

6:39 PM The Morells • Red's • The Best Bar Band Ever! Live In '84 • Almeron

6:35 PM Blur • Parklife • Parklife • Food

6:31 PM Blues Control • Walking Robin • Valley Tangents • Drag City

6:28 PM Smart Brown Handbag • Disco Heels • Monkey In The Middle • Stonegarden

6:23 PM Jacob Sisters • Was Hab Ich Dir Getan? • Pop In Germany 1 • Bear Family

6:20 PM Toro Y Moi • Low Shoulders • Causers Of This • Carpark

6:14 PM Matt Ulery • Dark Harvest • By A Little Light • Greenleaf

6:09 PM Azealia Banks • 212 • 1991 EP • Interscope

6:06 PM Lynyrd Skynyrd • I Got The Same Old Blues • Gimme Back My Bullets • MCA

6:03 PM Didjits • Top Fuel • Full Nelson Reilly • Touch & Go

Mid-2012 Best Albums of the Year

This is a very rough list of the best that I've heard so far this year (noting that I can't slate the new Maximo Park, Mission Of Burma or Poor Luther's Bones until I give them a few more spins). I've listened to roughly 65-70 albums this year, to give this list some perspective.

1. Michael Kiwanuka -- Home Again
2. Cloud Nothings -- Attack On Memory
3. Django Django -- Django Django
4. Killer Mike -- R.A.P. Music
5. Disappears -- Pre-Language
6. Mark Lanegan Band -- Blues Funeral
7. Shearwater -- Animal Joy
8. Dr. John -- Locked Down
9. Torche -- Harmonicraft
10. Gemma Ray -- Island Fire
11. Radar Eyes -- Radar Eyes
12. Saint Etienne -- Words And Music By Saint Etienne
13. Richard Hawley -- Standing At The Sky's Edge
14. El-P -- Cancer4Cure
15. The dB's -- Falling Off The Sky
16. Hollows -- Vulture
17. Georgia Anne Muldrow -- Seeds
18. Cate Le Bon -- Cyrk
19. Nelson Bragg -- We Get What We Want
20. Lee Fields & The Expressions -- Faithful Man


I'm sure there will be a bunch of changes as I discover more, but so far, it's been a really good year for music so far. (NOTE: Other contenders include Chiddy Bang, Ceremony, The Well Wishers, Chuck Prophet, Summer Girlfriends and Death Ships, among others).