By Sarah on February 14, 2012
Damien Jurado teams up once again with producer Richard Swift for his seventh album on Secretly Canadian. Â Maraqopa is a vast, sprawling record, with the tracks veering wildly through different sounds and styles. Â Normally, this wouldn’t work, but Jurado and Swift still manage to make Maraqopa sound like a cohesive album, even if it does […]
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By Sarah on February 11, 2012
Friday was my birthday.  If I had it my way, I would have played two hours of Andrew Bird songs, but alas. Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 9:53 PM Errors Pleasure Palaces from Have Some Faith in Magic (Rock Action) […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged andrew bird, brad yoder, cate le bon, craig finn, errors, gotye, heartless bastards, jason stein quartet, los nombres, lost in the trees, mucca pazza, neko case, okkervil river, over the rhine, polica, porcelain raft, rufus wainwright, shearwater, the decemberists, the milk carton kids, the mountain goats, the new pornographers, trailer trash tracys, vandaveer, wovenhand
By Sarah on February 7, 2012
I kicked the week off with an extra special bonus edition of my show on Monday afternoon.  That’s what I get for taking the day off work.  Never fear, I’ll be back to my regular time slot this Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 5:54 PM David Bowie […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a place to bury strangers, bright eyes, brown bird, carell casey, casiotone for the painfully alone, chairlift, chico cervantes, chris pureka, cloud nothings, cloudbirds, david bowie, doomtree, first aid kit, hans zimmer, innerpartysystem, james taylor, jason urick, jill sobule, joe pug, john legend, la habitacion roja, laura gibson, laura marling, lonely drifter karen, loudon wainwright iii, marit larsen, murder city devils, nicole mitchell, okkervil river, regina spektor, rocky votolato, royal baths, shooter jennings, the dresden dolls, the mountain goats, the pines, the roots, the runnies, the vandermark 5, unicycle loves you, vienna teng, virgin forest
By Sarah on February 6, 2012
Monday, February 6 Jeff Mangum, Andrew Reiger, Laura Carter, Scott Spilane; Athenaeum Theatre. 6:30 pm, sold out Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Deleted Scenes, The Hudson Branch; Subterranean. 8 pm, $10 Tuesday, February 7 Jeff Mangum, Andrew Reiger, Laura Carter, Scott Spilane; Athenaeum Theatre. 7:30 pm, sold out Mar Caribe, Sally Timms; […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged algebro, andrew reiger, architecture, athanaeum theatre, craig finn, dance floor plans, daphne willis, deleted scenes, derek nelson & the musicians, eiren caffal, elephant gun, elsinore, empty bottle, hideout, jeff mangum, jenny dragon, jenny owen youngs, judson claiborne, juno what?!, laura carter, lincoln hall, lying delilah, mar caribe, martyrs', mb, miri ben-ari, mount moriah, new empire, rego, robbie fulks, sally timms, schubas, scott spilane, subterranean, the counterpane, the damn choir, the hudson branch, the shams band
By Sarah on February 4, 2012
Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time.  It’s awesome.  Next week’s my birthday. I’m definitely playing whatever the heck I want. 9:53 PM Scout Niblett Cherry Cheek Bomb from The Calcination Of Scout Niblett (Drag City) 9:49 PM Radar Eyes Secrets from Radar […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged adrian younge presents venice dawn, andrew bird, apparat, band of horses, brandi carlile, broken records, buddy holly, casiotone for the painfully alone, cate le bon, chappo, chin up chin up, comet gain, dan mangan, first aid kit, hockey, kid you'll move mountains, mana, noe venable, polica, quiet company, radar eyes, royal baths, scout niblett, teddy thompson, tegan and sara, the david mayfield parade, the roots, the scotland yard gospel choir, unicycle loves you, virgin forest