Saturday, December 29, 2012

December 29, 2012 CHIRP Radio Playlist


This week, I featured my Top 20 albums of 2012. Back to a more diverse mix of eras next Saturday, 9AM-Noon (CST) at chirpradio.org.

11:57 AM Dream Boat • No Trouble • Eclipsing • Cloud Recordings

11:49 AM Bill Fay • Cosmic Concerto (Life Is People) • Life is People • Dead Oceans (#1)

11:44 AM Lee Hazlewood • Trouble Maker • You Turned My Head Around - Lee Hazlewood Industries 1967 to 1970 • Light In The Attic

11:40 AM Frank Ocean • Crack Rock • Channel Orange • Def Jam (#2)

11:34 AM Kendrick Lamar • Backseat Freestyle • good kid, M.A.A.D. city • Interscope

11:30 AM Michael Kiwanuka • Bones • Home Again • Interscope (#3)

11:27 AM Django Django • Default • Django Django • Because (#4)

11:23 AM The Aerovons • Bessy Goodheart • Resurrection • RPM

11:20 AM Errors • Grangehaven • New Relics • Rock Action

11:15 AM Killer Mike • R.A.P. Music • R.A.P. Music • Williams Street (#5)

11:10 AM Bo Diddley • Bo Diddley (alternate - 1) • I'm A Man: The Chess Masters, 1955-1958 • Hip-O Select

11:08 AM The Shrine • Whistlings Of Death • Primitive Blast • Tee Pee

11:03 AM Disappears • Love Drug • Pre Language • kranky (#6)

10:59 AM Cloud Nothings • Fall In • Attack on Memory • Carpark (#7)

10:56 AM Child Actor • Drank Too Much Last Night • Victory • Fake Four Inc.

10:53 AM Kelly Hogan • Haunted • I Like to Keep Myself in Pain • ANTI- (#8)

10:46 AM Mike Uva & the Bad Eyes • Things I'll Never Use • Lady, Tell Me Straight • Collectible Escalators

10:43 AM Dr. John • Revolution • Locked Down • Nonesuch (#9)

10:39 AM Mark Lanegan Band • St. Louis Elegy • Blues Funeral • 4AD (#10)

10:33 AM Catfish Haven • Buying My Time • Devastator • Secretly Canadian

10:29 AM Sic Alps • God Bless Her, I Miss Her • Sic Alps • Drag City

10:26 AM Redd Kross • Stay Away from Downtown • Researching the Blues • Merge (#11)

10:20 AM Micachu & the Shapes • Holiday • Never • Rough Trade (#12)

10:17 AM The Electric • So Now You Know • Life Is Moving • OGS

10:15 AM Why? • White English • Mumps, etc. • Anticon

10:08 AM Sparks • How To Get Your Ass Kicked • Balls • Oglio

10:06 AM John Butcher • Padded Shadows • Bell Trove Spools • Northern Spy

10:02 AM The dB's • That Time is Gone • Falling Off the Sky • Bar/None (#13)

9:58 AM Honey Cone • Innocent 'Til Proven Guilty • Love, Peace And Soul • Hot Wax

9:55 AM Grape Soda • Not Our Time in Time • Form A Sign • Kindercore

9:51 AM Saint Etienne • I've Got Your Music • Words and Music By Saint Etienne • Heavenly (#14)

9:45 AM Jimmy Cliff • Guns Of Brixton • Rebirth • Universal (#15)

9:42 AM Mouse On Mars • Chordblocker, Cinnamon Toasted • Parastrophics • Monkeytown

9:39 AM Shearwater • You as You Were • Animal Joy • Sub Pop (#16)

9:34 AM The Searchers • Blowin' In The Wind • BBC Sessions • Sanctuary

9:32 AM Eleventh Dream Day • The Lure • Zeroes And Ones • Thrill Jockey

9:29 AM The Coup • The Magic Clap • Sorry To Bother You • ANTI- (#17)

9:24 AM Thomas Comerford • Sunday Morning • Archive + Spiral • Spacesuit

9:20 AM Bat For Lashes • Laura • The Haunted Man • Capitol (#18)

9:16 AM Black Forest Fire • Live News Feed • Transit Of Venus • Sedimental

9:08 AM Neneh Cherry & The Thing • Cashback • The Cherry Thing • Smalltown Supersound (#19)

9:05 AM Samsun • Bringing It All Back Home • Man Chest Hair • B-Music

9:02 AM Dwight Yoakam • Trying • 3 Pears • Warner Bros. (#20)

Saturday, December 22, 2012

December 22, 2012 CHIRP Radio Playlist


Next week, I'll play tracks from my Top 20 albums of 2012, Saturday, 9AM-Noon (CST) at chirpradio.org.

11:55 AM Holograms • Monolith • Holograms • Captured Tracks

11:54 AM Guided By Voices • Dome Rust • The Bears For Lunch • GBV Inc.

11:50 AM Thao with the Get Down Stay Down • Gift Card • Gift Card single • Mississippi Studios

11:45 AM A.C. Newman • There Is Money In New Wave • Shut Down The Streets • Matador

11:42 AM Titus Andronicus • In A Big City • Local Business • XL

11:38 AM Ava Luna • Calculus • Ice Level • Infinite Best

11:32 AM Marc Almond • Heart On Snow • MOJO's Festive Fifteen • MOJO

11:30 AM Absolute Monarchs • It's Bad • 1 • Good to Die

11:26 AM Mission of Burma • Second Television • Unsound • Fire

11:20 AM THEESatisfaction • QueenS • awE naturalE. • Sub Pop

11:18 AM Jay Bennett • Pretty Paper • Santa Is Real • All Wrote

11:16 AM Summer Girlfriends • Bad Dreams • Shockwaves • Addenda

11:13 AM Sonic Youth • Secret Girl • Smart Bar Chicago 1985 • Goofin'

11:08 AM The Babies • Alligator • Our House on the Hill • Woodsist

11:05 AM The Clash • Wrong 'Em Boyo • London Calling • Epic

11:02 AM Prince Fatty • Ali Baba (featuring Winston Francis & Alcapone) • Versus The Drunken Gambler • Mr. Bongo

10:58 AM Little Eva & Big Dee Irwin • I Wish You A Merry Christmas • I Wish You A Merry Christmas 7" • Colpix

10:55 AM The Bamboos • Cut Me Down (featuring Kylie Auldist) • Medicine Man • Tru Thoughts

10:51 AM Clinic • King Kong • Free Reign • Domino

10:46 AM Madness • Never Knew Your Name • Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da • Lucky Seven

10:42 AM Poolside • Give It A Rest • Pacific Standard Time • Poolside Music

10:39 AM Divine Fits • Like Ice Cream • A Thing Called Divine Fits • Merge

10:34 AM NOMO • Nova • Ghost Rock • Ubiquity

10:30 AM Dirty Three • Sometimes I Forget You're Gone • Toward the Low Sun • Drag City

10:28 AM Poor Luther's Bones • Everyday People Gonna Rule The World • Jukes & Junk • Heavy G

10:22 AM Frisbie • New Debut • New Debut • Appendix

10:17 AM Georgia Anne Muldrow • The Birth of Petey Wheatstraw • Seeds • SomeOtherShip Connect

10:15 AM Apache Dropout • The Fried Stranger • Bubblegum Graveyard • Trouble In Mind

10:09 AM Sloan • Merry Xmas Everybody • Merry Xmas Everybody single • Murder

10:06 AM Gringo Star • Going Way OUt • Going Way Out 7" • My Anxious Mouth, INc.

10:03 AM Cate Le Bon • The Man I Wanted • Cyrk • The Control Group

9:58 AM Nelson Bragg • What She's Done To Him • We Get What We Want • Steel Derric

9:55 AM Maïa Vidal • The Waltz Of The Tick Tock Of Time • God is My Bike • Crammed Discs

9:52 AM Homeboy Sandman • For The Kids • First Of A Living Breed • Stones Throw

9:47 AM The dB's • Feliz Navidad • Christmas Time Again • Collector's Choice Music

9:44 AM Dream Boat • Be Beautiful • Eclipsing • Cloud Recordings

9:39 AM Grizzly Bear • Gun-Shy • Shields • Warp

9:34 AM Calexico • Algiers • Algiers • Merge

9:31 AM U.S. Girls • Down in the Boondocks • GEM • FatCat

9:27 AM Christian Scott • I Do • Christian Atunde Adjuah • Concord Jazz

9:21 AM Lee Fields & The Expressions • Faithful Man • Faithful Man • Truth and Soul

9:18 AM Daniel Knox • Smartass • Evryman For Himself • H.P. Johnson

9:15 AM The Moons • English Summer • Fables Of History • Schnitzel

9:10 AM Fruit Bats • It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas • Holidays Rule • Hear

9:06 AM Steve Hauschildt • Vegas Mode • Sequitir • kranky

9:01 AM Beach House • Myth • Bloom • Sub Pop

Saturday, December 15, 2012

December 15, 2012 CHIRP Radio Playlist


11:55 AM The Besnard Lakes • Disaster • The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse • Jagjaguwar

11:52 AM Damone • Frustrated Unnoticed • From The Attic • RCA

11:50 AM Wild Yaks • Anabelle • Million Years • Ernest Jenning

11:45 AM Marshall Crenshaw • What Time Is It? • Field Day • Warner Bros.

11:41 AM The Lijadu Sisters • Orere-Elejigbo • Horizon Unlimited • Knitting Factory

11:38 AM The Fall • Fit And Working Again • Slates • Rough Trade

11:34 AM California Wives • Guilt • Affair • self-released

11:30 AM The Dismemberment Plan • Close To Me • Give Me The Cure • Radiopaque/Corduroy

11:26 AM The Coup • This Year (Feat. Jolie Holland) • Sorry To Bother You • ANTI-

11:21 AM The Who • I'm Free • BBC Sessions • MCA

11:19 AM Yakuza • Mouth Of The Lion • Beyul • Profound Lore

11:15 AM Jets To Brazil • Mid-Day Anonymous • Four Cornered Night • Jade Tree

11:10 AM US Maple • You Know What...Will Get You You Know Where • Long Hair In Three Stages • Skin Graft

11:05 AM Dr. Dog • Wild Race • Wild Race EP • ANTI-

11:02 AM Pink Fairies • Do It • Neverneverland • Polydor

10:58 AM The Decibels • Kiss Me Carolynne • The Big Sounds Of The Decibels • Halftone

10:53 AM Stan Ridgway • I Wanna Be A Boss • Partyball • Geffen

10:51 AM Matthew Friedberger • "You're Not Really Discouraged, Are You?" • Matricidal Sons of Bitches • Thrill Jockey

10:46 AM Bobby Conn • Twenty-One • King For a Day • Thrill Jockey

10:42 AM Spider Jive • Crocadilla • Man Chest Hair • B-Music

10:38 AM Sweet • Fountain • Level Headed • Capitol

10:31 AM Neutral Milk Hotel • Ghost • In The Aeroplane Over The Sea • Merge

10:28 AM La Motilona • Los Alegres Diablos • Diablos del Ritmo - The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985 • Analog Africa

10:26 AM Johnny Paycheck • It Won't Be Long (And I'll Be Hating You) • The Real Mr. Heartache • Country Music Foundation

10:20 AM Kylie Auldist • Howlin' For You • Still Life • Tru Thoughts

10:18 AM The Undertones • Wednesday Week • Hypnotised • Sire

10:14 AM Foxtails Brigade • I'm Not Really In The Christmas Mood This Year • Time Is Passed • self-released

10:09 AM Chandeliers • Pharoah's Fury • Dirty Moves • Pickled Egg

10:06 AM MS MR • Hurricane • Candy Bar Creep Show EP • Creep City

10:01 AM Cafe Tacuba • De Este Lado Del Camino • El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco • Universal

9:56 AM Fine Young Cannibals • I'm Not Satisfied • The Raw & The Cooked • I.R.S.

9:50 AM Art Blakey • Ife L'ayo (There Is Happiness In Love) • The African Beat • Blue Note

9:47 AM M. Ward • Stop The Show • PDX Pop Now! 2012 • PDX Pop Now!

9:43 AM Hollows • Golden Chain • Vulture • Trouble In Mind

9:39 AM Bow Thayer • Stoned Kid • Hindsight • Tweed River Productions

9:37 AM The Pretty Things • Death Of A Socialite • Emotions • Snapper

9:33 AM Artichoke • It's So Easy Being Me • Etchy Sketchy Skies • Green

9:30 AM America • Daisy Jane • Hearts • Warner Bros.

9:25 AM Talk Talk • Myrrhman • Laughing Stock • Polydor

9:20 AM The Nomads • Motorhead • Showdown! (1981-1993) • Sympathy for the Record Industry

9:17 AM Neko Case • Don't Forget Me • Middle Cyclone • ANTI-

9:14 AM Larry Gus • Figueroa Islands • Silent Congas • DFA

9:08 AM Dave Rave and Mark McCarron • Love's Overjoyed • Another Side Of Love • Bongo Beat

9:04 AM Denison Witmer • Life Before Aesthetics • The Ones Who Wait (Part 2) • self-released

8:59 AM Led Zeppelin • Down By The Seaside • Physical Graffiti • Swan Song

Saturday, December 8, 2012

December 8, 2012 CHIRP Radio Playlist


11:55 AM M83 • We Own The Sky • Saturdays=Youth • Mute

11:52 AM You Am I • Get Up • Dress Me Slowly • RCA

11:49 AM The Evens • Architects Sleep • The Odds • Dischord

11:40 AM Scott Walker • Epizootics! • Bish Bosch • 4AD

11:37 AM Canasta • Slow Down Chicago (Original Version) • Find the Time • self-released

11:32 AM 60FT Dolls • Happy Shopper • The Big 3 • DGC

11:29 AM Of Montreal • Psychotic Feeling • Daughter of Cloud • Polyvinyl

11:26 AM Joe Tex • Skinny Legs and All • The Very Best of Joe Tex • Rhino

11:20 AM Jeff Parker • Holiday for a Despot • Chicago's Avant Today • Delmark

11:17 AM We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It • Love Is The Slug • Love Is The Slug 7" • Vindaloo

11:14 AM San Cisco • Awkward • Awkward EP • Fat Possum

11:08 AM Chromatics • Kill for Love • Kill for Love • Italians Do It Better

11:04 AM Daphni • Yes, I Know • JIAOLONG • Merge

11:01 AM Public Image • Public Image • Public Image • Virgin

10:56 AM Julian Plenti • Games for Days • Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper • Matador

10:52 AM The Easybeats • Saturday Night • Live -- Studio And Stage • Raven

10:49 AM Child Actor • Forgiven • Victory • Fake Four Inc.

10:45 AM Major • All Of My Promises • The Bliss Domestic • Laughing Outlaw

10:42 AM Flume • Stay Close • Flume • Future Classic

10:39 AM Au Revoir Simone • The Winter Song • Verses of Comfort, Assurance & Salvation • Moshi Moshi

10:34 AM Solange • Locked In Closets • True • Terrible

10:31 AM The Equators • Baby Come Back • Baby Come Back 7" • Stiff

10:27 AM The Sugarplastic • Salmolina • Radio Jejune • Sugar Fix

10:23 AM Pavement • Kris Kraft • Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition • Matador

10:19 AM Queen • Drowse • A Day At The Races • Hollywood

10:17 AM The Cairo Gang • There Is Something Here • The Corner Man • Empty Cellar

10:10 AM Lindstrøm • Lamm-el-aar • Smalhaus • Smalltown Supersound

10:06 AM Dianogah • Maria, Which Has Got Her Heart Completely Fucked Up • Millions of Brazilians • Southern

10:03 AM Mokoomba • Njoka • Rising Tide • Zig Zag World

9:59 AM Owen Pallett • Keep The Dog Quiet • Heartland • Domino

9:56 AM Game Theory • Like A Girl Jesus • The Big Shot Chronicles • Alias

9:52 AM Treasure Hunt • One Fungi • Toys Unatic • Moon Glyph

9:46 AM Kate Nash • May Queen • Death Proof EP • Have 10p

9:43 AM Ibrahim Ferrer • Mil Congojas • Buenos Hermanos • Nonesuch

9:40 AM The Byrds • Fido • Ballad Of Easy Rider • Columbia

9:34 AM Azita • Life On The Fly • Life on the Fly • Drag City

9:31 AM Andrezj Korzynski • Bossa Nova (with Ewa Wanat) • Secret Enigma • B-Music

9:28 AM Mighty Diamonds • Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley • Ice On Fire • Virgin

9:23 AM Hypnotic Brass Ensemble • Champion • Bulletproof Brass • ChoiceCuts

9:20 AM The Delays • You Wear The Sun • Faded Seaside Glamour • Rough Trade

9:17 AM Fathom Lane • Wandering Star • Down By Half • Longplayer

9:10 AM Dayjoy • Go To Sleep, Mess • Go To Sleep Mess • Small Plate

9:07 AM Jose Gonzalez • Crosses • Veneer • Hidden Agenda

9:04 AM Graham Parker & The Rumour • Old Soul • Three Chords Good • Primary Wave

Saturday, December 1, 2012

December 1, 2012 CHIRP Radio Playlist


I overcame a lack of sleep to slap together this show. I hope to be more well rested for my show next Saturday, 9AM to Noon (CST) on CHIRP Radio.

9:00 a.m. R. Stevie Moore I Go Into Your Mind from Lo Fi High Fives (O Genesis)

9:04 a.m. Bon Iver The Wolves (Act I And II) from For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)

9:09 a.m. Maïa Vidal It's Quite Alright from God Is My Bike (Crammed Disc)

9:14 a.m. M Sage Illusory Promenade from Opal Vol. I & II (Moon Glyph)

9:16 a.m. Terry Reid Stay With Me Baby from Terry Reid (Epic)

9:21 a.m. Material Issue Funny Feeling from Freak City Soundtrack (Mercury)

9:26 a.m. The Everly Brothers On The Wings Of The Nightingale from EB 84 (Mercury)

9:28 a.m. Night Moves Only A Child from Colored Emotions (Domino)

9:33 a.m. Sonny Rollins Will You Still Be Mine? from Freedom Suite (Riverside)

9:36 a.m. Ken Stringfellow Even The Forgers Were Left Fingering The Fakes from Danzig In The Moonlight (Lojinx)

9:40 a.m. Julie Byrne Holiday from Faster Or Greener Than Now (Ordinal)

9:42 a.m. Low Immune from Secret Name (kranky)

9:48 a.m. Chelsea Wolfe Appalachia from Unknown Rooms: A Collection Of Acoustic Songs (Sargent House)

9:51 a.m. Parliament Common Law Wife from Chocolate City (Mercury)

9:54 a.m. Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside Write Me A Letter from Dirty Radio (Partisan)

9:58 a.m. Chris Hickey Kerouac from Razzmatazz (Work-Fire)

10:01 a.m. Noisettes That Girl from Contact (Absolute)

10:05 a.m. The Ross Sea Party The Rope from Hotel Pool (self-released)

10:08 a.m. The Waco Brothers Johnson To Jones from New Deal (Bloodshot)

10:13 a.m. Kendrick Lamar good kid from good kid, m.A.A.d. City (Interscope)

10:16 a.m. Dial M House Of Joy from Dial M (D & D)

10:20 a.m. Brighton, MA Not Our Fault from Amateur Lovers (Loose Tooth)

10:26 a.m. The Knickerbockers Jerk Town from The Fabulous Knickerbockers (Sundazed)

10:28 a.m. Grape Soda Obvious Signs from Form A Sign (Kindercore)

10:31 a.m. Chromeo The Right Type from Business Casual (Atlantic)

10:37 a.m. Arthur Alexander Burning Love from Rainbow Road: The Warner Bros. Recordings (Warner Archives)

10:39 a.m. Suede Lazy from Coming Up (Nude)

10:42 a.m. Tamaryn Heavenly Bodies from Tender New Signs (Mexican Summer)

10:49 a.m. Clinic Seamless Boogie Woogie, BBC 2 10PM (RPT) from Free Reign (Domino)

10:53 a.m. Doleful Lions Saturday Mansions from Song Cyclops Volume Two (Parasol)

10:56 a.m. Ennio Morricone The Battle of Algiers from Film Music Volume 1 (Virgin)

10:57 a.m. The Strand Scared Streets 2 from Another Season Passes (Kool Kat)

11:01 a.m. Jeff Beck I Ain't Superstitious from Truth (Epic)

11:06 a.m. Sic Alps Polka Vat from Sic Alps (Drag City)

11:08 a.m. Rhymefest Dynomite (Going Postal) from Blue Collar (J)

11:14 a.m. Black Moth Super Rainbow Dreamsicle Bomb from Cobra Juicy (Rad Cult)

11:18 a.m. Warpaint Elephants from Exquisite Corpse (Mammal Vinyl)

11:23 a.m. That Petrol Emotion Creeping To The Cross from Babble (Polydor)

11:29 a.m. The Methadones Back Of My Hand from 21st Century Power Pop Riot (Red Scare)

11:32 a.m. Thin Lizzy Rosalie from Fighting (Mercury)

11:35 a.m. Typical Cats Better Luck from 3 (galapagos4)

11:39 a.m. Primal Scream Higher Than The Sun from Screamadelica (Sire)

11:42 a.m. Golden Void Art Of Invading from Golden Void (Thrill Jockey)

11:46 a.m. The Dirtbombs I Feel Good from If You Don't Already Have A Look (In The Red)

11:50 a.m. Titus Andronicus Upon Viewing Oregon's Landscape with the Flood of Detritus from Local Business (XL)

11:54 a.m. Taxman Computer Funk from Bangs & Works Vol. 1: A Chicago Footwork Compilation (Planet Mu)

11:56 a.m. Chris Spedding Guitar Jamboree from Ready Spedding Go (EMI America)