Here are some songs I played on the radio on Saturday afternoon.
I’m back in my regular time spot on Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, albeit with an extra long turn at the controls — join me for my regular 8-10 pm show, stay for the bonus tracks from 10 pm to midnight.
5:54 PM Sigur Rós Ekki Múkk from Valtari (XL)
5:49 PM Bill Callahan All Thoughts Are Prey To Some Beast from Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (Drag City)
5:46 PM Radiohead Faust Arp from In Rainbows (self-released)
5:42 PM Steve Dawson Mastadons from I Will Miss The Trumpets And The Drums (Undertow)
5:37 PM Plankton Wat Vista from Spirits (Thrill Jockey)
5:32 PM Pulp Underwear from Different Class (Island)
5:28 PM The Spinto Band Muesli from Shy Pursuit (Spintonic)
5:25 PM Netherfriends St. Louis, MO from Middle America (Plustapes)
5:19 PM Rhett Miller Lost Without You from The Dreamer (Maximum Sunshine)
5:16 PM The Del McCoury Band Girl in the Blue Velvet Band from Old Memories: The Songs of Bill Monroe (McCoury Music)
5:13 PM Doc Watson & Merle Watson If I Needed You from Then and Now (Tomato)
5:08 PM Sam Cooke A Change Is Gonna Come from Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 (ABKCO)
5:03 PM B.B. King My Love is Down from One Kind Favor (Geffen)
5:01 PM Thom Janusz Sculptures from Ronn Forella….Moves! (Luv N Haight)
4:56 PM What Made Milwaukee Famous To Each His Own from What Doesn’t Kill Us (Barsuk)
4:52 PM Amanda Palmer Leeds United from Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Roadrunner)
4:48 PM The Mynabirds Buffalo Flower from GENERALS (Saddle Creek)
4:43 PM Greg Laswell I’d Be Lying from Three Flights from Alto Nido (Vanguard)
4:38 PM Rian Murphy & Will Oldham Fall Again from All Most Heaven (Drag City)
4:36 PM The Walkmen Southern Heart from Heaven (Fat Possum)
4:31 PM Zaz Le Long de la Route from Zaz (Sony International)
4:27 PM Martha Wainwright Dis, quand reviendras-tu? from I Will Internalize (MapleMusic)
4:25 PM Edith Piaf Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien from The Very Best Of Edith Piaf (Capitol)
4:20 PM The Joy Formidable A Heavy Abacus from The Big Roar (Atlantic)
4:17 PM Wild Flag Short Version from Wild Flag (Merge)
4:14 PM Summer Girlfriends Lost Boys from Shockwaves (Addenda)
4:09 PM Rainer Maria Long Knives from Long Knives Drawn (Polyvinyl)
4:06 PM Birthmark Your Imperfections from Antibodies (Polyvinyl)
4:01 PM Rams’ Pocket Radio Love is a Bitter Thing from 1+2 EP (Adventures In Gramophone)