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Mike Gibson Thursdays, 6PM
No matter how many times he moves away, Mike will be a life-long Chicagoan. He just brings the best of this country back with him, from the curmudgeonly scowl he wears during his daily commute to his love/fear of the word “y’all”. When he’s not picking out music for his next show, he can be found asleep at his computer desk, screens glowing full of html, css and javascript—some of it resulting in this very page you’re looking at—with the smell of silk-screen ink making his apartment feel like home. He cut his chops at WHFH in Homewood, IL and then at WLUW in Chicago. He was also a pioneer in the world of music-based podcasting with his show 75 Minutes, which he pulled the curtain on just as that whole podcasting thing exploded. Did I mention Mike’s got great timing? Many peg him as the torch-bearer of all things screamy circa 1996, but check out those playlists. He’s got plenty of musical love in his heart, and spreads it around to everything he can get his hands on (especially if it’s got a catchy hook and a warm keyboard).
Mike Gibson's Recent Playlists
July 29
8:59PM Shapes and Sizes Tell Your Mum from Candle To Your Eyes (Asthmatic Kitty)
8:54PM Piebald American Hearts from The First Ten Years Vol. 2 (Rise Records)
8:50PM Elliott The Watermark High from If They Do (Revelation)
8:49PM Braid You're Lucky To Be Alive from Movie Music Vol. 1 (Polyvinyl)
8:46PM Quit Your Dayjob Freaks Are Out from Quit Your Dayjob (Little Teddy)
8:38PM Farside Moral Straightjacket from The Monroe Doctrine (Revelation)
8:35PM Geronimo! Design Yourself A Heart from Fuzzy Dreams (Self-Released)
8:30PM Sweep The Leg Johnny Bloodlines from Sto Cazzo (Southern)
8:25PM Coliseum Perimeter Man from House With A Curse (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
8:22PM The Exploder Cut The Cord from EP (Dim Mak)
8:18PM Jawbreaker Chemistry from Dear You (Blackball)
8:14PM Bomb The Music Industry! Fresh Attitude, Young Body from Scrambles (Asian Man)
8:09PM The Hold Steady You Can Make Him Like You from Boys and Girls In America (Vagrant)
8:03PM Tortoise Along the Banks of Rivers from The Official Bootleg Series Vol. 1 (Metro)
8:00PM Mission of Burma Academy Fight Song from Signals, Calls, and Marches (Rykodisc)
7:55PM The Kitchen Better on the Floor from Foreign objects (Damaged Goods)
7:52PM The Brunettes Cotton Candy from Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks (Lil Chief)
7:47PM Carissa's Wierd Die from They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 (Hardly Art)
7:40PM The Budos Band Black Venom from The Budos Band III (Daptone)
7:37PM Doseone By Horoscope Light I & II from Ha (A Purple 100)
7:34PM Lifesavas Happiness from To: Elliott, From: Portland (Expunged)
7:27PM Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band In A Hole from Where The Messengers Meet (Dead Oceans)
7:23PM Sunny Day Real Estate In Circles from Diary (Sub Pop)
7:18PM Radiohead Planet Telex from The Bends (Capitol)
7:13PM Against Me! White People For Peace from New Wave (Sire)
7:09PM The Replacements Little Mascara from Tim (Sire)
7:07PM Guided By Voices Teenage FBI from Do The Collapse (TVT)
7:04PM Walter Schriefels Shootout from An Open Letter To The Scene (Academy Fight Song)
6:59PM Pedro The Lion Of Minor Prophets and Their Prostitute Wives from It's Hard To Find A Friend (Jade Tree)
6:56PM Rocky Votolato Transparent from Split 7" w/ Chad Price (Suburban Home)
6:53PM Paul Baribeau If I Knew from Unbearable (Plan-It-X)
6:51PM The Love Language Heart To Tell from Libraries (Merge)
6:45PM ceo No Mercy from White Magic (Sincerely Yours)
6:41PM Les Savy Fav No Sleeves from Go Forth (French Kiss)
6:39PM Hellbender Call Me When You're Dead from Con Limon (Reservoir)
6:33PM They Might Be Giants Prevenge from The Spine (Zoe)
6:30PM Florence and the Machine Drumming Song from Lungs (Universal)
6:28PM Fang Island Life Coach from Fang Island (Sargeant House)
6:22PM Menomena Tithe from Mines (Barsuk)
6:18PM Elliott Smith Baby Britain from XO (Dreamworks)
6:15PM Emperor X Raytracer from Central Hug / Friendarmy / Fractal Dunes (Discos Mariscos)
6:13PM Mocket What Babies Want from Fanfare (K)
6:09PM M.I.A. Born Free from /\/\ /\ Y /\ (Interscope)
6:04PM The Seedy Seeds The Little Patton from Change States (Eurodorable)
6:02PM The Odd Numbers About Time from Jazz Cigarettes (819 Productions)
July 22
8:59PM Velcro Lewis Group Fall To Pieces from White Magick Summer (Spiral Staircase)
8:54PM Seven Storey Mountain Tarnish from Leper Ethics (Art Monk Construction)
8:49PM Carissa's Wierd Brooke Daniels' Tiny Broken Fingers from They'll Only Miss You When You leave: Songs 1996-2003 (Hardly Art)
8:47PM Jan.Tenner Alaska from '09 Demo (Self-Released)
8:45PM Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) They Will Throw Us To The Wolves from When The Sea Became A Giant (Self Released)
8:40PM Dead Mechanical Addict Rhythm from Addict Rhythms (Traffic Street)
8:37PM O Pioneers!!! Hey! That's My Blood from Split 7" w/ Junior Battles (Kiss of Death)
8:35PM Lifetime (The Gym) Is Neutral Territory from Hello Bastards (Jade Tree)
8:32PM The Scissors Sunday from You Can Make It Dangerous (Riv Rat)
8:25PM School of Seven Bells Windstorm from Disconnect From Desire (Ghostly International)
8:22PM Hello Saferide San Francisco from Introducing... (Razzia)
8:19PM Matt Skiba You Didn't Feel A Thing from Demos (Asian Man)
8:17PM Stornoway Watching Birds from Beachcomber's Windowsill (4AD)
8:08PM Laurie Anderson Only An Expert from Homeland (Nonesuch)
8:03PM I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness Last Ride Together from Fear Is On Our Side (Secretly Canadian)
7:56PM The Books Free Translator from The Way Out (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
7:54PM PINE*am Do I Know You from Pull The Rabbit Ears (Eenie Meenie)
7:50PM Sharp Ends Northern Front from Northern Front 7" (Hozac)
7:48PM Sleater-Kinney Taking Me Home from Call The Doctor (Kill Rock Stars)
7:43PM Off With Their Heads Your Child Is Dead from Hospitals (Recess)
7:39PM The State Lottery Coming Alive from When The Night Comes (If You Make It)
7:37PM Classics of Love Countdown from Walking In Shadows (Asian Man)
7:35PM J Church Mary Provost from Nostalgic For Nothing (Broken Rekkids)
7:28PM Menomena Lunchmeat from Mines (Barsuk)
7:24PM Windmill Epcot Slow from Epcot Starfields (Friendly Fire Recordings)
7:20PM Zach Newman Let's Blame Our Honesty On Alcohol from Self-Titled EP (Self-Released)
7:18PM The Good Life What We Fall For When We're Already Down from Novena on a Nocturne (Better Looking)
7:11PM Sanawon Light In The Sky from Bonfire Night (Ona)
7:07PM The Gunshy Last Songs from Souls (Latest Flame)
7:05PM Bomb The Music Industry The First Time I Met Sanawon from Adults!!! … Smart!!! Shithammered!!! And Excited By Nothing!!! (Quote Unquote)
6:56PM Coliseum Cloaked In Red from House With A Curse (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
6:53PM Car Vs. Driver Summer Pick-Up from The Completist (Stickfigure)
6:50PM Cap'n Jazz We Are Scientists! from Analphabetapolothology (Jade Tree)
6:44PM The Maybenauts My Head Is A Bomb from Big Bang EP (Horse-Drawn)
6:42PM The Coathangers Bury Me from Scramble (Suicide Squeeze)
6:39PM Tyvek Hey Una from Tyvek (Siltbreeze)
6:31PM The Bundles Metal Mouth from The Bundles (K)
6:29PM My Little Airport I Don't Know How To Download Good AV Like Iris Does from Zoo Is Sad, People Are Cruel (Elefant)
6:26PM Tender Trap Do You Want a Boyfriend? from Dansette Dansette (Slumberland)
6:20PM The Hidden Chord I've Blown It Again from I've Blown It Again 7" (Modern Radio)
6:19PM Troubled Hubble Ear Nose & Throat from Making Beds In A Burning House (Lookout Records)
6:14PM Sundowner All Prologue from We Chase The Waves (Asian Man)
6:12PM Walter Schreifels Save The Saveables from An Open Letter To The Scene (Academy Fight Song)
6:06PM We Are Scientists Nice Guys from Barbara (Masterswan)
6:02PM Lightspeed Champion Marlene from Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You (Domino)
July 15
8:57PM Venetian Snares Pwntendo from Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms (mU)
8:53PM Matt Pond PA Sparrows from The Dark Leaves (Altitude)
8:49PM The Cardigans Rise and Shine from Life (Minty Fresh)
8:48PM Light Pollution Oh, Ivory! from Apparitions (Carpark)
8:42PM The Jai-Alai Savant White On White Crime from Flight of the Bass Delegate (GSL)
8:39PM I Hate Myself To A Husband At War from Split 7" w/ Strikeforce Diablo (Schematics)
8:35PM 90 Day Men Streamlines and Breadwinners from 1975-1977-1998 (Southern)
8:33PM Coliseum Crime and the City from House With A Cure (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
8:27PM The Gaslight Anthem Stay Lucky from American Slang (Side One Dummy)
8:23PM Gogol Bordello Wonderlust King from Super Taranta! (Side One Dummy)
8:21PM Rocket From The Crypt White Belt from Group Sounds (Vagrant)
8:18PM The Maybenauts Girlfight from Big Bang (Horse-Drawn)
8:12PM Fire Engines Everything's Roses from Lubricate Your Living Room (Background Music for Action People!) (Pop: Aural)
8:09PM Joan of Arc Gin & Platonic from How Memory Works (Jade Tree)
8:05PM 31knots Sedition's Wish from eP:Polemics (Polyvinyl)
8:04PM Mass Shivers (I've Got The Power) from Contoured Heat (Licking River)
7:57PM Death Cab For Cutie Crooked Teeth from Plans (Atlantic)
7:52PM Bobby Conn We Come In Peace from The Homeland (Thrill Jockey)
7:49PM William Elliott Whitmore Diggin' My Grave from Ashes To Dust (Southern)
7:47PM Dirty Projectors + Bjork Beautiful Mother from Mount Wittenberg Orca (Self-Released)
7:40PM The Charade Dressed In Yellow & Blue from A Real Life Drama (Skipping Stones)
7:35PM Rainer Maria Catastrophe from Catastrophe Keeps Us Together (Grunion)
7:34PM Sicko Little Star from Laugh While You Can Monkey Boy (Empty)
7:26PM Sugar Fortune Teller from Copper Blue (Ryko)
7:24PM Fugazi Bed for the Scraping from Red Medicine (Dischord)
7:20PM Geronimo! Design Yourself A Heart from Fuzzy Dreams (Self-Released)
7:14PM P.S. Eliot The Cyborg from Introverted Romance In Our Troubled Mind (Salinas)
7:11PM Brainiac Hot Seat Can't Sit Down from Hissing Prigs in Static Couture (Touch & Go)
7:08PM Fight Like Apes Something Global from And The Mystery of the Golden Medallion (Model Citizen)
7:04PM Jawbreaker Kiss The Bottle from Etc. (Blackball)
6:58PM Walter Schreifels Arthur Lee's Lullaby from An Open Letter To The Scene (Academy Fight Song)
6:56PM Vacations Punk Bass from I Was Bikini / But Rain Afraid (Self-Released)
6:54PM Modest Mouse Never Ending Math Equation from Building Nothing Out of Something (Up)
6:47PM The Go! Team Bottle Rocket from Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Sony)
6:44PM Carissa's Wierd Ignorant Piece of Shit from They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 (Hardly Art)
6:41PM Bear In Heaven Lovesick Teenagers from Beast Rest Forth Mouth (Hometapes)
6:34PM Mr. T Experience, The Book of Revelation from Milk Milk Lemonade (Lookout)
6:31PM Stars Fixed from The Five Ghosts (Soft Revolution)
6:28PM Why? Sanddollars from Elephant Eyelash (Anticon)
6:20PM The Atari Star Winter Birthmark from Shrp Knf Cts Mtns (Johanns Face)
6:17PM Against Me! One By One from White Crosses (Sire)
6:14PM The Promise Ring Arms and Danger from Very Emergency (Jade Tree)
6:08PM Devo What We Do from Something For Everybody (Warner Bros.)
6:06PM Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer Mean Old Coot from Jalopy Go Far (Eyeball)
6:03PM Weezer Tired of Sex from Pinkerton (DGC)
July 8
8:58PM J Church Yellow, Blue and Green from Quetzalcoatl (Allied)
8:52PM Good Luck Pajammin' from Into Lake Griffy (No Idea)
8:49PM New Black Put It To Bed from New Black (Thick)
8:46PM Tokyo Police Club Boots of Danger (Wait Up) from Champ (Mom+Pop)
8:42PM The Kitchen Dai Kirai from Foreign Objects (Damaged Goods)
8:37PM YMCK Go, YMCK, Go! from Family Racing (Self-Released)
8:33PM Unicorn Dream Attack Jamie from Weezer - The 8 Bit Album (Pterodactyl Squad)
8:27PM Maps & Atlases Solid Ground from Perch Patchwork (Barsuk)
8:23PM In The Red Dear Pride from Volume 1.5 (Suburban Home)
8:21PM Bishop Allen The Lion & The Teacup from Grrr... (Dead Oceans)
8:20PM The Love Language Heart To Tell from Libraries (Merge)
8:12PM Co-Ed Going Going Gone from Split Cd w/ Pollen (Cool Guy)
8:09PM Born Ruffians Oh Man from Say It (Warp)
8:02PM I Lost Control I Lost Control from Demos (Self-Released)
7:56PM Elvis Costello Mystery Dance from My Aim Is True (Demon)
7:52PM The National Lit Up from Alligator (Beggars Banquet)
7:49PM Interpol C'mere from Antics (Matador)
7:47PM Gang of Four Damaged Goods from Entertainment (Infinite Zero)
7:39PM Iggy Pop The Passenger from Lust For Life (Virgin)
7:36PM Eddie Cochran Twenty Flight Rock from The Best of Eddie Cochran (Capital)
7:34PM Pere Ubu Life Stinks from The Modern Dance (Get Back)
7:32PM Echo and The Bunnymen Do It Clean from Crocodiles (Sire)
7:21PM Joy Division Transmission from Heart and Soul (Rhino)
7:18PM The Jam That's Entertainment from Beat Surrender (Polydor)
7:16PM I Lost Control Lawless One from Demos (Self-Released)
7:06PM Cheap Trick Auf Wiedersehen from Heaven Tonight (Epic)
7:05PM Elvis Costello No Action from This Year's Model (Demon)
6:59PM The Gaslight Anthem The Patient Ferris Wheel from The '59 Sound (Side One Dummy)
6:55PM Lucero What Are You Willing To Lose from 1372 Overton Park (Universal)
6:51PM Wolf Parade Cloud Shadow On The Mountain from Expo 86 (Sub Pop)
6:45PM The Paper Chase Where Have Those Hands Been? from Hide the Kitchen Knives (Kill Rock Stars)
6:41PM Coliseum Everything To Everyone from House With a Curse (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
6:35PM Quicksand Landmine Spring from Manic Compression (Revelation)
6:31PM Seaweed Magic Mountainman from Spanaway (Hollywood)
6:27PM Against Me! High Pressure Low from White Crosses (Sire)
6:21PM Dinosaur Jr. How'd You Pin That One On Me from Green Mind (Sire)
6:19PM Scared of Chaka I Mean Business from Scared of Chaka (702)
6:17PM The Conversions Big Game from Prisoner's Inventions (Level-Plane)
6:14PM Sleigh Bells Infinity Guitars from Treats (Mom+Pop)
6:09PM Bright Calm Blue Sources and Procedures from A Direct Approach For A Casual Conversation (Level-Plane)
6:03PM The Narrator Culture/Counts from Youth City Fire (Flameshovel)
6:03PM Paul Baribeau Barbarella from 25 (Self-Released)
July 1
8:58PM Archers of Loaf Fashion Bleeds from White Trash Heroes (Alias)
8:55PM Mass Shivers (I've Got The Power) from Contoured Heat (Licking River)
8:50PM :( (aka Colonopenbracket) Heartache of Soccer Moms from Kawaii (Self-Released)
8:47PM Against Me! Cliche Guevara from As The Eternal Cowboy (Fat Wreck)
8:44PM Bomb The Music Industry The First Time I Met Sanawon from Adults!!!... Smart!!! Shithammered!!! And Excited By Nothing!!! (Quote Unquote)
8:42PM Crushstory Spook Out from A+ Electric (Pop Kid)
8:36PM Teenage Fanclub When I Still Have Thee from Shadows (Merge)
8:31PM Belle & Sebastian I Kniow Where The Summer Goes from Push Barman To Open Old Wounds (Jeepster)
8:29PM Scotland Yard Gospel Choir This World Has No Place For Me from Scotland Yard Gospel Choir (Bloodshot)
8:22PM Danananananakroyd Black Wax from Hey Everyone! (Best Before)
8:19PM Los Campesinos! Broken Hearts Sound Like Breakbeats from Hold On Now, Youngster... (Arts & Crafts)
8:15PM Les Savy Fav Patty Lee from Let's Stay Friends (Frenchkiss)
8:14PM Crystal Castles Doe Deer from Crystal Castles (II) (Universal)
8:08PM Lemuria Yesterday's Lunch from Get Better (Asian Man)
8:05PM Discount The Usual Bad from Half Fiction (Kat)
8:03PM J Church Swallow from Arbor Vitae (Honey Bear)
7:59PM Jawbreaker Chemistry from Dear You (Blackball)
7:54PM Dear Landlord High Fives from Dream Homes (No Idea)
7:50PM Challenger Brand Loyalty from Give People What They Want In Lethal Doses (Jade Tree)
7:48PM Crimpshrine Summertime from Duct Tape Soup (Lookout)
7:45PM Screeching Weasel Second Floor East from Wiggle (Asian Man)
7:39PM The Soviettes Matt's Song from Rarities (Red Sound)
7:36PM The Cathy Santonies I'm Yr Friend! I'm Yr Revolution! from I'm Yr Friend! I'm Yr Revolution! (Self-Released)
7:34PM Emperor X Use Your Hands from Central Hug / Friendarmy / Fractaldunes (Discos Mariscos)
7:32PM Charlie & The Moonhearts Seven & Seven Is from V/A - Trouble In Mind Covers EP (Trouble In Mind)
7:26PM Tender Trap Fireworks from Dansette Dansette (Slumberland)
7:23PM Latterman Water Manes At The Block's End from ...We Are Still Alive (Deep Elm)
7:21PM The Jai-Alai Savant Arcane Theories from Flight of the Bass Delegate (GSL)
7:17PM The Morning Benders Cold War from Big Echo (Rough Trade)
7:14PM Defiance, Ohio Dissimilarity Complex from Midwestern Minutes (No Idea)
7:11PM Maps & Atlases Solid Ground from Perch Patchwork (Barsuk)
7:09PM Busdriver Me-Time (With the Pulmonary Palimpsest) from Jhelli Beam (Anti-)
7:04PM Future of the Left Chin Music from Travels With Myself and Another (4ad)
7:01PM Bridge and Tunnel In Case of Emergency from Self-Titled 7" (No Idea)
6:57PM Ume Pendulum from Sunshower (Karate Body)
6:54PM Stars Fixed from The Five Ghosts (Some Revolution)
6:47PM Windmill Epcot Slow from Epcot Starfields (Friendly Fire Recordings)
6:44PM Metric Gimme Sympathy (acoustic) from Fantasies (Metric Music Intl.)
6:41PM The Mint Chicks Bad Buzz from PDX Pop Now! 2010 (PDX Pop Now!)
6:36PM They Might Be Giants Everything Right Is Wrong Again from They Might Be Giants (Restless)
6:35PM The Measure (SA) Remember the Devilock from Split 7" w/ Flamingo 50 (Ernest Jenning Record Co)
6:31PM The Potential Johns Can I Really Not Go With You from Self-Titled 7" (Dirtnap)
6:29PM Happy Birthday Cracked from Happy Birthday (Sub Pop)
6:23PM So Many Dynamos Heat/Humidity from When I Explode (Skrocki)
6:20PM J + J + J Skeeball Vs. The Mall from They Hump While We Go Nuts (Circle Machine)
6:16PM Bis Starbright Boy from The New Transistor Heros (Grand Royal)
6:13PM Devo Don't Shoot (I'm A Man) from Something For Everybody (Warner Bros.)
6:08PM Mazes Renews From Day One (Tim Sandusky's Barry Bonds Mix) from Mazzzes (Self-Released)
6:04PM Cursive The Bitter End from Dorothy at Forty (Saddle Creek)
6:02PM Fight Like Apes Tie Me Up With Jackets from And The Mystery of the Golden Medallion (Model Citizen)
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