DJ Bios
Mike Scales Thursdays, 9PM
Mike is your average working stiff and former college radio DJ (R.I.P. WEIU, Charleston!) with a knack for music writing (Chicago Innerview Magazine), photography and concert-going. Musically, he likes stuff that really cooks! Mike’s tastes tend to hover over the loud and occasionally heavy, but it’s impossible to pin him down to any one genre. He loves it all, from blast-beats to jazz bleats, and he enjoys having a little something in the mix for everybody.
Mike Scales's Recent Playlists
March 4
11:58PM Diplo Sarah from Florida (Ninja Tune)
11:53PM Charles Mingus Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me from Oh Yeah (Atlantic)
11:49PM RJD2 The Stranger from The Colossus (RJ's Electrical Connections)
11:45PM Hank Williams III Low Down from Straight To Hell (Curb)
11:41PM Fleet Foxes Quiet Houses from Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
11:38PM Panda Riot Like Flowers At Night from She Dares All Things (Self-released)
11:34PM Black, Frank Song Of The Shrimp from Honeycomb (Back Porch Music)
11:31PM Owen Pallett Keep The Dog Quiet from Heartland (Domino)
11:26PM Eddie Spaghetti Killer Weed from Sauce (Mid-Fi Recordings)
11:20PM Muddy Waters Champagne & Reefer from King Bee (Sony Music)
11:17PM 14 Bis God Save The Queen from Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas (Tropicalia In Furs)
11:14PM El Michel's Affair Detroit Twice from Sounding Out The City (Fast Life)
11:08PM Clipd Beaks Dust from To Realize (Lovepump United)
11:01PM Bloodhorse Son Of Man from Bloodhorse - EP (Translation Loss)
10:57PM Malachai Snowflake from Ugly Side Of Love (Domino)
10:54PM Mudhoney I Have To Laugh from Tomorrow Hit Today (Reprise)
10:51PM Volbeat Guitar Gangsters And Cadillac Blood from Guitar Gangsters And Cadillac Blood (Mascot)
10:48PM Retribution Gospel Choir Workin' Hard from 2 (Sup Pop)
10:45PM No Age Ripped Knees from Nouns (Sup Pop)
10:42PM Javelin On It On It from No Mas (Luaka Bop)
10:37PM Beck Scarecrow (El-P Remix) from Guerolito (Interscope)
10:32PM Oh No T. Biggums Feat. Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow from Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms (Stones Throw)
10:29PM Josiah Wolf Master Cleanse (California) from Jet Lag (Anticon)
10:25PM Massive Attack Flat Of The Blade (w/ Guy Garvey) from Heligoland (Virgin)
10:20PM Passage Poem To The Hospital from The Forcefield Kids (Anticon)
10:17PM Free The Robots Orion's Belt Buckle from Ctrl Alt Delete (Alpha Pup)
10:12PM Pit Er Pat Chavez Ravine from The Flexible Entertainer (Thrill Jockey)
10:07PM Modest Mouse 3 Inch Horses, Two Faced Monsters from Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks (Sony BMG)
10:05PM Twin Tigers Automatic from Gray Waves (Old Flame)
10:01PM Morrissey You're Gonna Someone On Your Side from Your Arsenal (Sire)
9:59PM Brilliant Colors I Searched from Introducing (Slumberland)
9:56PM Rollo Tomasi Watch You Fail from Work Slow Crush Foes (Underground Communique)
9:53PM Golden Triangle Rollercoaster from Double Jointer (Hardly Art)
9:51PM Rye Coalition Stop Eating While I'm Smoking from On Top (Tiger Style)
9:45PM Past Lives Don't Let The Ashes Fill Your Eyes from Tapestry Of Webs (Suicide Squeeze)
9:42PM Effigies, The Smile! from Remains Nonviewable (Touch & Go)
9:39PM Dead Steelmill I Won't Retire / Side Jobs from Just Got Laid Off... (Wisconsin Steel Records)
9:33PM Surfer Blood Twin Peaks from Astro Coast (Kanine)
9:29PM Shellac Steady As She Goes from Excellent Italian Greyhound (Touch & Go)
9:26PM Fifty Tons Of Black Terror Voyeur's Blues from Demeter (Beggars Banquet)
9:21PM Zeus You Gotta Teller from Say Us (Arts & Crafts)
9:17PM Sunny Day Real Estate 47 from Diary (Sup Pop)
9:14PM The Soundtrack Of Our Lives Keep The Line Movin' from Behind The Music (Republic Records)
9:09PM Lightspeed Champion Marlene from Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You. (Domino)
9:04PM Sleater-Kinney Jumpers from The Woods (Sub Pop)
9:00PM Jawbreaker Fireman from Dear You (DGC)
February 25
11:58PM Mariachi El Bronx My Love from Mariachi El Bronx (Swami Records)
11:54PM Bracken Heathens from We Know About The Need (Anticon)
11:50PM Blockhead Only Sequences Change from The Music Scene (Ninja Tune)
11:45PM Ween Your Party from La Cucaracha (Rounder)
11:41PM TV On the Radio I Was A Lover from Return To Cookie Mountain (Touch & Go)
11:38PM Newsom, Joanna '81 from Have One On Me (Drag City)
11:35PM The Budos Band Up From The South from Daptone Gold (Daptone)
11:28PM Guy, Buddy Baby, Please Don't Leave from Sweet Tea (Silvertone)
11:26PM Chuck Berry Memphis from The Great Twenty-Eight (MCA)
11:21PM Burial Raver from Untrue (Hyperdub)
11:18PM Daedelus Fair Weather Friends from Love To Make Music To (Ninja Tune)
11:13PM RJD2 Giant Squid from The Colossus (RJ's Electrical Connections)
11:07PM cLOUDDEAD Son Of A Gun from Ten (Mush)
11:01PM Sun Ra Space Is The Place from Space Is the Place (UMG)
10:57PM Liars Houseclouds* from Liars (Mute)
10:56PM Tortoise Almost Always Is Nearly Enough from TNT (Thrill Jockey)
10:50PM Deftones Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away) (Acoustic) from B-Sides & Rarities (Maverick)
10:46PM Magnetic Fields, The You Must Be Out Of Your Mind from Realism (Nonesuch)
10:42PM Digital Leather Bugs On Glue from Warm Brother (Fat Possum)
10:40PM CoCoComa Suspicious from Things Are Not All Right (Goner)
10:35PM Grizzly Bear Ready, Able from Veckatimest (Warp)
10:31PM French Kicks, The Carried Away from Swimming (Vagrant)
10:26PM White Hills Counting Sevens from White Hills (Thrill Jockey)
10:22PM Shearwater Corridors from The Golden Archipelago (Matador)
10:18PM Priestess Communicating Via-Eyes from Prior To The Fire (TeePee)
10:15PM Fucked Up Days Of Last from The Chemistry of Common Life (Matador)
10:09PM Surfer Blood Swim from Astro Coast (Kanine)
10:06PM Nachtmystium Seasick (Part 3: Silent Sunrise) from Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1 (Century Media)
10:02PM High On Fire DII from Death Is This Communion (Relapse)
10:01PM Retribution Gospel Choir White Wolf from 2 (Sub Pop)
9:57PM Sound Directions She's Gonna Stay from Yesterdays Universe (Stones Throw)
9:54PM BlakRoc Stay Off The Fuckin' Flowers (feat. Raekwon) from BlakRoc (V2)
9:50PM Kano Feel Free (feat. Damon Albarn) from London Town (679 Recordings)
9:45PM Justice We Are Your Friends from We Are Your Friends - EP (Ten Records)
9:41PM Cassius Thrilla (feat. Ghostface Killah) from Au Reve (Virgin)
9:37PM Pawel Muscles from Pawel (Dial)
9:33PM King Khan & the Shrines Torture from The Supreme Genius Of King Khan & the Shrines (Vice)
9:29PM Shannon & The Clams Cry Aye Aye Aye from I Wanna Go Home (1-2-3-4 Go!)
9:28PM Deadbolt Dad Why Did My Friends Explode? from Tijuana Hit Squad (Cargo/Headhunter)
9:22PM Finntroll Galgasang from Nifelvind (Century Media)
9:17PM Beach House 10 Mile Stereo from Teen Dream (Sub Pop)
9:14PM Dosh Number 41 (feat. Andrew Bird) from Tommy (Anticon)
9:07PM Goes Cube Urbana-Champaign from Another Day Has Passed (The End)
9:06PM Malachai Another Sun from Ugly Side Of Love (Domino)
9:03PM Grand Buffet Outside from King Vision (Fighting Records)
February 18
11:56PM RJD2 Work from Deadringer (Definitive Jux)
11:53PM R. L. Burnside Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down from Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down (Fat Possum)
11:49PM Pure Essence Third Rock from Peanut Butter Wolf Presents: Chrome Children (Stones Throw)
11:46PM Spoon Is Love Forever? from Transference (Merge)
11:42PM Notwist, The Trashing Days from Neon Golden (Domino)
11:40PM Mare Nightgoat from We Reach: The Music Of The Melvins (Fractured Transmitter)
11:37PM Gil Scott-Heron Me And The Devil from I'm New Here (XL)
11:28PM Nebula To The Center from To The Center (Sub Pop)
11:26PM Beach House Zebra from Teen Dream (Sub Pop)
11:21PM Binky Griptite & The Mellomatics The Stroll Part 2 from Daptone Gold (Daptone)
11:18PM Bill Withers Harlem from Lovely Day: The Very Best Of Bill Withers (Sony)
11:15PM Black Keys, The Have Love Will Travel from thickfreakness (Fat Possum)
11:11PM Colossamite Dark, Sliding Shapes from Economy Of Motion (Skin Graft)
11:05PM Blockhead Only Sequences Change from The Music Scene (Ninja Tune)
11:02PM Awol One Make from Self Titled (Paladin Creative Super Co.)
10:57PM Beirut A Sunday Smile (Son Lux "Want" Remix) from Single (RCRD LBL)
10:54PM Tortoise & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy It's Expected I'm Gone (The Minutemen) from The Brave and the Bold (Overcoat)
10:50PM The Walkmen Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone from Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone (Star Time International)
10:46PM Unsane Scrape from Scattered, Smothered And Covered (Amphetamine Reptile)
10:44PM Brilliant Colors Absolutely Anything from Introducing (Slumberland)
10:41PM Warm Ones Bacteriostatic from Sprezzatura (Self-released)
10:38PM Quicksand Dine Alone from Slip (Polydor)
10:33PM Queens of the Stone Age Into The Hollow from Era Vulgaris (Interscope)
10:32PM Phoenix Run Run Run from Alphabetical (Source Etc.)
10:26PM Malachai Snowflake from Ugly Side Of Love (Domino)
10:20PM Bonobo Flutter from Dial "M" For Monkey (Ninja Tune)
10:17PM Bonde Do Role Marina Do Bairro from With Lasers (Domino)
10:14PM Annie I Don't Like Your Band from Don't Stop (Totally/Smalltown Supersound)
10:10PM Four Tet Angel Echoes from There Is Love In You (Domino)
10:08PM Madlib Pyramids (Change) from The Beat Konducta Vol. 1-2: Movie Scenes (Stones Throw)
10:04PM Gary Wilson Dance With Linda Tonight from Lisa Wants To Talk To You (Human Ear Music)
10:01PM Field Music In The Mirror from Field Music (Measure) (Memphis Industries)
9:58PM Sole & The Skyrider Band Children Of Privilege from Plastique (Fake Four Inc.)
9:53PM BlakRoc Ain't Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo) (feat. Mos Def & Jim Jones) from BlakRoc (V2)
9:50PM Trans Am Cologne from Surrender To the Night (Thrill Jockey)
9:45PM Pierced Arrows This Is The Way from Descending Shadows (Vice)
9:41PM Judas Priest Metal Gods from The Essential Judas Priest (Columbia)
9:38PM Lightspeed Champion Middle Of The Dark from Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You (Domino)
9:34PM Mucca Pazza Rumanian Dance No. 1 from Plays Well Together (Leather Bus, Inc.)
9:29PM Tenderloin Alabama Hammer from Bullseye (Qwest)
9:25PM Surfer Blood Catholic Pagans from Astro Coast (Kanine)
9:21PM Knife, The Neverland from Silent Shout (Rabid)
9:17PM Pit Er Pat Water from The Flexible Entertainer (Thrill Jockey)
9:13PM Son Lux Weapons VI (Alias Remix) from Weapons - EP (Anticon)
9:09PM Polysics Bero Bero from Absolute POLYSICS (Myspace)
9:06PM Naked Raygun Entrapment from Understand? (Quarterstick)
9:03PM Hella Song From Uncle from Chirpin' Hard (Suicide Squeeze)
February 11
11:57PM Aim Guimar from Hinterland (Grand Central Records)
11:52PM Matias Aguayo Rollerskate from Rollerskate - Single (Comeme)
11:49PM RJD2 A Spaceship For Now from The Colossus (RJ's Electrical Connections)
11:44PM The Soft Pack Mexico from The Soft Pack (Kemado)
11:40PM Tortoise Everglade from TNT (Thrill Jockey)
11:38PM Hooker, John Lee I'm Bad Like Jesse James from Boom Boom (Pointblank)
11:34PM BlakRoc Hope You're Happy (feat. Q-Tip, Billy Danze & Nicole Wray) from BlakRoc (V2)
11:29PM Blockhead Four Walls from The Music Scene (Ninja Tune)
11:27PM DJ Rupture Mole In The Ground from Special Gunpowder (Tigerbeat6)
11:21PM Oh No Ono Icicles from Eggs (Friendly Fire)
11:20PM The Cramps Naked Girl Falling Down The Stairs from Flamejob (The Medicine Label)
11:18PM Misfits, The Skulls from Walk Among Us (Slash)
11:15PM Retribution Gospel Choir Workin' Hard from 2 (Sub Pop)
11:10PM Yellow Swans Foiled from Going Places (Type)
11:06PM Mastodon Megalodon from Leviathan (Relapse)
11:03PM Witchcraft If Crimson Was Your Colour from The Alchemist (Rise Above Records)
10:57PM cLOUDDEAD The Teen Keen Skip from Ten (Mush)
10:53PM Cool Memories Into A Blue Zone from Debt (Self-released)
10:50PM Bear In Heaven Wholehearted Mess from Beast Rest Forth Mouth (Hometapes)
10:45PM Daedelus El Subidon from Fair Weather Friends EP (Ninja Tune)
10:42PM P.O.S. De La Souls (feat. Greg Attonito) from Audition (Rhymesayers)
10:38PM Four Tet Circling from There Is Love In You (Domino)
10:33PM Wipers Taking Too Long from Youth Of America (Park Ave.)
10:31PM Ween Voodoo Lady from Chocolate and Cheese (Elektra)
10:25PM Pawel Crillon from Pawel (Dial)
10:19PM Odd Nosdam Up In Flames from Level Live Wires (Anticon)
10:16PM Sonic Youth Wish Fulfillment from Dirty (DGC)
10:13PM Retribution Gospel Choir White Wolf from 2 (Sup Pop)
10:08PM Audio Bullys 100 Million from Ego War (Astralwerks)
10:04PM Felt Ghost Dance Deluxe from Felt 3: A Tribute To Rosie Perez (Rhymesayers)
10:00PM Morcheeba Women Lose Weight (feat. Slick Rick) from Charango (Sire/Reprise)
9:57PM K-OS Man I Used To Be from Joyful Rebellion (Astralwerks/Virgin)
9:53PM Malachai Snowflake from Ugly Side Of Love (Domino)
9:49PM Yeah Yeah Yeahs Rockers To Swallow from Is Is (Interscope)
9:46PM Shannon & The Clams Troublemaker from I Wanna Go Home (1-2-3-4 Go!)
9:42PM Motorhead (We Are) The Road Crew from Ace Of Spades (Mercury)
9:40PM Fu Manchu Evil Eye from The Action Is Go (Mammoth)
9:37PM Surfer Blood Swim from Astro Coast (Kanine)
9:32PM Elvis Presley Mystery Train/Tiger Man from Rockabilly (RCA/BMG)
9:28PM King Khan & BBQ Show Spin The Bottle from Invisible Girl (In the Red)
9:26PM Th' Legendary Shack Shakers Easter Flesh from Swampblood (Yep Roc)
9:23PM Morphine Come Over from At Your Service (Rhino)
9:17PM Peter Gabriel And Through The Wire from Peter Gabriel "3: Melt" (Mercury)
9:13PM Beach House Zebra from Teen Dream (Sub Pop)
9:09PM Espers Caroline from Espers III (Drag City)
9:06PM Dinosaur Jr. Take A Run At The Sun from Ear Bleeding Country: Best of Dinosaur Jr. (Warner/Rhino)
9:01PM Foals Heavy Water from Antidotes (Sub Pop)
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