July 8, 2017 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #345)

9:00 AM Toro Y Moi • No Show • Boo Boo • Carpark

9:05 AM Stray Cats • I Won't Stand in Your Way • Rant n' Rave With the Stray Cats • EMI America

9:07 AM Sam Amidon • Juma Mountain • The Following Mountain • Nonesuch

9:13 AM James Elkington • Grief Is Not Coming • Wintres Woma • Paradise of Bachelors

My mid-year Top 20 albums (and a few more that came close)

This is a pretty off the cuff list, so I'm sure things will shift considerably just among these albums as the year goes on. What counts as a new release is somewhat subjective, but I feel that since the Thelonious Monk album was never before released, it can't be a reissue, so it must be new. And although the Run The Jewels was digitally released right before 2016's end, the physical release was 2017, and that's good enough for me. Of course, there are things I need to get, and things I forgot, and things I just got (like the new Vince Staples, for example) that I haven't listened to enough.

1. Songhoy Blues -- Résistance
2. Rhiannon Giddens -- Freedom Highway
3. Thelonious Monk -- Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960
4. Run The Jewels -- Run The Jewels 3
5. Algiers -- The Underside of Power
6. Syd -- Fin
7. Temples -- Volcano
8. B Boys -- Dada
9. Jay Som -- Everybody Works
10. Sampha -- Process
11. Rose Elinor Dougall -- Stellular
12. Mark Lanegan Band -- Gargoyle
13. Joan Shelley -- Joan Shelley
14. The New Pornographers -- Whiteout Conditions
15. Andrew Combs -- Canyons of My Mind
16. Ibibio Sound Machine -- Uyai
17. Robyn Hitchcock -- Robyn Hitchcock
18. British Sea Power -- Let the Dancers Inherit the Party
19. Laura Marling -- Semper Femina
20. Juana Molina -- Halo
21. Dutch Uncles -- Big Balloon
22. Kendrick Lamar -- Damn
23. Ron Sexsmith -- The Last Rider
24. Ambrose Akinmusire -- A Rift in Decorum
25. Mark Eitzel -- Hey Mr. Ferryman
26. Real Estate -- In Mind
27. Aimee Mann -- Mental Illness
28. Panda Riot -- Infinity Maps
29. Sacred Paws -- Strike a Match
30. Paul Weller -- A Kind Revolution
31. BNQT -- Volume 1
32. Maximo Park -- Risk to Exist

July 1, 2017 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #344)

9:01 AM TLC • Perfect Girls • TLC • 852 Musiq

9:05 AM The Pipettes • Because It's Not Love (But It's Still A Feeling) • We Are the Pipettes • Memphis Industries

9:07 AM Big Sadie • Need Your Love • Keep Me Waiting • Spindle Tree Records

June 24, 2017 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #343)

9:02 AM Thelonious Monk • Six in One • Les Liasons Dangeureuses 1960 • Sam

9:06 AM Minutemen • Have You Ever Seen the Rain? • 3-Way Tie (For Last) • SST

9:09 AM The New Zeitgeist • Lack of Linear Thought • Myths and Mortals • self-released

June 17, 2017 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #342)

9:01 AM Fleet Foxes • On Another Ocean (January/June) • Crack-Up • Nonesuch

9:05 AM Otis Clay • Trying to Live My Life Without You • Trying to Live My Life Without You • Hi

9:08 AM TALSounds • Disgrace • Love Sick • Ba Da Bing

June 10, 2017 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #341)

9:02 AM Los Straitjackets • (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding • Peace, Love and Los Straitjackets • Yep Roc

9:05 AM FKA twigs • Kicks • LP1 • Young Turks

9:10 AM Sam Amidon • Blackbird • The Following Mountain • Nonesuch

9:14 AM Aldous Harding • Horizon • Party • 4AD

9:19 AM BJ The Chicago Kid • Shine • In My Mind • Motown

9:22 AM The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band • The Equestrian Solider • Gorilla • Liberty

9:26 AM Kronos Quartet • Lullaby with Rhiannon Giddens • Folk Songs • Nonesuch

9:29 AM The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band • You Are My Flower • Will the Circle Be Unbroken • Liberty

9:33 AM Do Make Say Think • Shlomo's Son • Stubborn Persistent Illusions • Constellation

9:38 AM Wilco • Open Mind • The Whole Love • dBpm

9:41 AM Chris Stamey • Cara Lee • It's Alright • A & M

9:45 AM Cigarettes After Sex • Sunsetz • Cigarettes After Sex • Partisan

9:50 AM Saint Etienne • Magpie Eyes • Home Counties • Heavenly

9:53 AM Makaya McCraven • Slightest Right • In The Moment• International Anthem

9:56 AM A House • She Keeps Me Humble • Wide Eyed and Ignorant • Sentanta

10:01 AM Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie • Love Is Here to Stay • Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie • Atlantic

10:05 AM Curren$y • Money Machine • Weekend at Burnie's • Warner Bros.

10:09 AM Jane Weaver • The Architect • Modern Kosmology • Partisan

10:15 AM The Como Mamas • Almighty God Mighty God • Move Upstairs • Daptone

10:17 AM Wye Oak • Glory • Shriek • Merge

10:22 AM Dwight Yoakam • A Thousand Miles From Nowhere • This Time • Reprise

10:28 AM John San Juan • Back for Less • Smashed • self-released

10:31 AM Booker T. Jones • Can't Wait (featuring Estelle) • Sound The Alarm • Stax

10:34 AM BNQT • Real Love • Volume 1 • Dualtone

10:39 AM Diana Ross & The Supremes • The Composer • Let the Sunshine In • Motown

10:42 AM Shrimpss • Say Goodbye to Us • Shrimpss • self-released

10:45 AM Perfume Genius • Otherside • No Shape • Matador

10:50 AM Kevin Morby • Tin Can • City Music • Dead Oceans

10:53 AM Lene Lovich • Angels • Flex • Stiff

10:56 AM Television • Venus • Marquee Moon • Elektra

11:01 AM Chuck Berry • Lady B. Goode • Chuck • Dualtone

11:04 AM Annette Poindexter & Pieces Of Peace • Mama • Eccentric Soul: Twinight's Lunar Rotation • Numero Group

11:06 AM The National • The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness • Sleep Well Beast • 4AD

11:13 AM Chastity Belt • Used to Spend • I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone • Hardly Art

11:17 AM Cream • Sweet Wine • Fresh Cream • Polydor

11:20 AM Lizzo • W.E.R.K. Pt. II • Lizzobangers • Totally Gross National Product

11:24 AM B Boys • Energy • Dada • Captured Tracks

11:28 AM Joe Elliott's Down 'n' Outz • Good Times • My ReGeneration • Mailboat

11:31 AM Ellen Allien • Jack My Ass • Nost • BPitch Control

11:39 AM The Jesus Lizard • The Art Of Self-Defense • Liar • Touch and Go

11:42 AM The Scruffs • This Thursday • Wanna' Meet The Scruffs? • Rev-Ola

11:44 AM The Clams • Hecho en Tejas • Gunslinger • 1980

11:49 AM Ho99o9 • New Jersey Devil • United States of Horror• Toys Have Powers

11:51 AM The White Stripes • Forever For Her (Is Over For Me) • Get Behind Me Satan • V2

11:54 AM The Boomtown Rats • A Storm Breaks • V Deep • Mercury

May 27, 2017 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #340)

9:02 AM Erasure • Oh What a World • World Be Gone • Mute

9:06 AM Hot Chocolate • A Love Like Yours • Cicero Park • Big Tree

9:09 AM Joan Shelley • We'd Be Home • Joan Shelley • No Quarter