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Meet The DJs
Emily Agustin
Tuesdays, 6PM
An obsessive record collector and music nerd, Emily has been involved with local community radio for nearly ten years. A very serious scholar, she wrote her master’s thesis about chicks in rock and roll, and she occasionally lectures publicly about the history of women in music. (Check out some of her writing at the Women on Women blog.) Also a very serious musician, she puts her classical training to good use playing drums in the Maybenauts, and she can sometimes be seen dancing around the Redmoon stage with a cymbal on her head. She likes 60s bubblegum pop, Japanese noise bands and long walks on the beach.
New Library Additons
Every week we do our best to add a wide range of music to our library, from the newest local releases to lost gems from the archives. Here’s a list of what we’ve recently added.
- Allá Es Tiempo (Crammed)
This 2007 debut from Chicago’s must-hear Allá, Es Tiempo is an inviting cocktail of Tropicalia, jazz, post-rock and dream-pop so good it might even convince you it’s summer again. - The Clogs Stick Music (Brassland)
You may know them best from their work with The National, but Bryce Dessner and Padma Newsome have long collaborated on this other project, a sort of percussive, bang-on-a-can take on jazz, rock and contemporary classical that defies easy summarization. - Stereolab Peng! (Too Pure)
The opening volley from one of indie’s most category-proof bands, Peng! introduced the world to the retro-futuristic sounds of Stereolab way back in 1992, and its effects are still being felt today. - Roy Orbison For the Lonely (Rhino)
The other man in black gets his due in this compilation of career essentials — with plenty of evidence for the uninitiated that there’s a lot more to Roy Orbison than just “Oh, Pretty Woman.” - DeVotchKa Una Volta (Cicero)
Hailing from the American Southwest, DeVotchKa treads the intersection you never knew existed between the Mexican-American border and the Eastern Bloc on this, their third full-length.
New Podcasts
Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) Interview
England’s Kieran Hebdan is known for his electronic recording project Four Tet and as a member of the post-rock group Fridge. There Is Love In You is his most recent record under the Four Tet moniker. Hebden talks about performing stateside, riot grrrl music as an early teenage influence, and how There Is Love In You was informed by his recent collaboration with jazz drummer Steve Reid. Hebden spoke with CHIRP volunteer Nick White shortly before a recent appearance at the Empty Bottle. Read more…
On The Schedule
- On-Air Austin Harvey (Bio/Playlists)
- 3:00PM Shawn Campbell (Bio/Playlists)
- 6:00PM Mike Gibson (Bio/Playlists)
- 9:00PM Mike Scales (Bio/Playlists)
- 6:00AM Brent Heyl (Bio/Playlists)
Win Swag
CHIRP makes your dreams come true! We’re running daily giveaways featuring free tickets to shows, CDs, shirts, and tons of other amazing swag. Take a look at what’s on deck right now. Check back often to find out when to tune in for your chance to win!
- CHIRP Welcomes Pelican CHIRP is proud to Welcome Pelican playing live at Beat Kitchen on Friday March 12th with Pinebender and Follows. Tune in this week to chirpradio.org for your chance to win a pair of tickets!
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