By Sarah on June 9, 2012
This week’s playlist looks significantly less pretty, as there were some tech issues with the playlist tracker.  I’m sure you won’t be too devastated. As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 8:00 hour Quiet Company/Everything Louder Than Everything Else/We […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged alexander tucker, alpha consumer, astronautalis, ben lee, bon iver, boozoo bajou, brandi carlile, butch walker & the black widows, butterfly boucher, califone, cold specks, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros, eluvium, felix, fred williams & the jewels band, grass widow, gregory and the hawk, ha ha tonka, hard-fi, idewild, indigo girls, japandroids, jbm, jennifer o'connor, jesca hoop, kelly hogan, killer mike, langhorne slim & the law, louis prima, low, many places, maritime, matthew dear, mike reed's people places & things, minus the bear, nathan mathes, neon indian, nice face, nick waterhouse, noe venable, outkast, quiet company, sallie ford & the sound outside, sarah slean, sex life, smoking popes, sufjan stevens, teddy thompson, the blacks, the hold steady, the mekons, the platters, the right now, the tallest man on earth, the wooden birds, these united states, violens, yeah yeah yeahs, yellow ostrich, young man
By Sarah on May 19, 2012
Here are some songs I played on the radio on Friday night. As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 9:55 PM Tinariwen Chatma from Amassakoul (Wrasse) 9:50 PM Rob Make It Fast, Make It Slow from Make It Fast, […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged 16 horsepower, allo darlin', amanda mair, beach house, bonnie mckee, daniel martin moore, darling, eluvium, fanfarlo, heartless bastards, horse feathers, jimmy dawkins, joe pug, king of prussia, lissy trullie, modest mouse, monophonics, over the rhine, rachael sage, regina spektor, rob, robbie fulks, suckers, the frames, the new pornographers, the poets of rhythm, the twilight singers, tinariwen, toro y moi
By Sarah on May 24, 2010
This week might as well be known as the Week of Great Shows that I Can’t Go to Because I Have to Prepare for People to Come Install New Carpet. Home ownership is not always worth it, let me tell you.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged allstate arena, am, april smith and the great picture show, besnard lakes, bully in the hallway, carole king, cullen's, depaul men's a cappella, derek nelson, donnie biggins, double door, eluvium, extreme measures, hideout, holy ghost!, how far to austin, james taylor, jill scott, josh rouse, judson claiborne, julianna barwick, lcd soundsystem, lincoln hall, maxwell, men in drag, metro, millennium park, mumford & sons, nathaniel rateliff, nora o'connor, ornery little darlings, pieta brown, robbie fulks, rosemont theatre, sadhu sadhu, schubas, shapers, shot baker, smoking popes, the middle east, the ponys, the tallest man on earth, thee silver mt. zion memorial orchestra, uncommon ground, united center, waco brothers, yellowhammers
By Sarah on March 16, 2010
Matthew Cooper, performing as Eluvium, has been making dense, ambient music for years now, but this time, he’s tried something different: he’s added his own vocals into the mix.
Posted in Album Reviews | Tagged eluvium