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Tony Breed Fridays, 6AM

Tony Breed has been with CHIRP since its inception. In addition to DJing, he’s on the board and is co-director of marketing. When he’s not working on CHIRP, he writes a webcomic called Finn and Charlie are Hitched. When he’s not doing either of these things, he might be at work, he might be making pie…it’s hard to know.

Tony Breed's Recent Playlists

July 23

8:59AM Blossom Dearie Once Upon a Summertime from Once Upon a Summertime (Verve)

8:55AM The Books The Story of Hip Hop from The Way Out (Temporary Residence Ltd)

8:50AM Charlie Mingus Boogie Stop Shuffle from Mingus Ah Um (Columbia)

8:45AM Here We Go Magic Collector from Pigeons (Secretly Canadian)

8:40AM Stornoway The Coldharbour Road from Beachcomber's Windowsill (4AD)

8:34AM The B-52's Deadbeat Club from Cosmic Thing (Reprise)

8:30AM Zerostars Sleeping In from Basement Stories (Self-released)

8:29AM Tom Schraeder Don't Wake My Woman from One Lace, Now Cotton (Township)

8:21AM Ezra Furman and the Harpoons We Should Fight from Inside the Human Body (Minty Fresh)

8:17AM Billy Bragg & Wilco California Stars from Mermaid Avenue (Elektra)

8:12AM Mass Shivers Bilateral Disfunction from Contoured Heat (Licking River)

8:05AM The Decemberists The Sporting Life from Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)

8:02AM Rufus Wainwright California from Poses (Dreamworks)

7:57AM Squeeze Black Coffee in Bed from Sweets from a Stranger (A&M)

7:50AM Gotham Green & Quickie Mart You Couldn't Get Much Higher from Haze Diaries Vol.3 (Supermart Produce)

7:46AM Panda Riot Like Flowers at Night from She Dares All Things (Self-released)

7:45AM The Streets on Fire Chadwick Shut Up! from This is Fancy (The Currency Exchange)

7:44AM The Beach Boys Cool, Cool Water from Sunflower (Caribou)

7:32AM Jane Siberry All the Candles in the World from When I Was a Boy (Reprise)

7:29AM Suzanne Vega 99.9 F° from 99.9 F° (A&M)

7:22AM Robyn Dancing on My Own from Body Talk Pt. 1 (Konichiwa)

7:17AM The Aluminum Group Two-Bit Faux Construction from Pedals (Minty Fresh)

7:14AM M.I.A. Lovalot from /\/\ /\ Y /\ (Interscope)

7:08AM Office Suburban Perfume from A Night at the Ritz (New Line)

7:05AM Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Hot Body Rub from Before Today (4AD)

7:01AM Kate Bush Watching You Without Me from Hounds of Love (EMI-Manhattan)

6:57AM Nina Nastasia What's Out There from Outlaster (FatCat)

6:54AM Chin Up Chin Up Why Is My Sleeping Bag a Ghetto Muppet? from We Should Have Never Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers (Flameshovel)

6:49AM Lucinda Williams Joy from Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Mercury)

6:46AM Mother Lion Simple House from Local Customs: Lone Star Lowlands (Numero Group)

6:39AM Sarah Vaughn Summertime from The Gershwin Songbook (Mercury)

6:36AM Shelleyan Orphan Summer Flies from Century Flower (Columbia)

6:34AM Skybox Light from Morning After Cuts (Self-released)

6:26AM Mahjongg Whoop (with Tom Tom Tom Boy & Clint Crane) from The Long Shadow of the Paper Tiger (K)

6:23AM Eurythmics (I Love You) Like a Ball and Chain from Be Yourself Tonight (RCA)

6:21AM Uffie Hong Kong Garden from Sex Dreams & Denim Jeans (Ed Banger)

6:15AM Koes Bersaudara Hara Ini (Today) from Koes Bersaudara 1967 (Sublime Frequencies)

6:09AM Les Négresses Vertes Les Mégots from TRABENDo (Virgin France)

6:07AM Bali Murphy J'Hésite from Poussière (Booster)

6:02AM Violent Femmes Country Death Song from Violent Femmes (Rhino)

July 16

8:56AM The JudyBats Convalescing in Spain from Native Son (Sire/Warner Bros.)

8:55AM Final Fantasy Adventure.exe from Has a Good Home (Tomlab)

8:51AM Bibi Tanga & the Selenites Swing Swing from Dunya (NatGeo)

8:44AM Devo Later Is Now from Something for Everybody (Warner Bros.)

8:41AM Kathryn Calder Follow Me into the Hills from Are You My Mother? (File Under: Music)

8:38AM Sharon van Etten Much More than That from Because I Was In Love (Language of Stone)

8:31AM The Andrews Sisters Rum and Coca-Cola from Greatest Hits (CURB)

8:29AM The Mighty Mighty BossTones Desensitized from Let's Face It (Big Rig)

8:22AM Vee Dee Wall of Fire from Public Mental Health System (Criminal IQ)

8:18AM Orgone Lookout from Cali Fever (Ubiquity)

8:12AM The Sensational Joint Chiefs You the Man from Mornin' Train (Firetrunk)

8:10AM Declaime One from Fonk (SomeOthaShip Connect)

8:03AM Astrud Gilberto Tristeza (Goodbye Sadness) from The Shadow of Your Smile (Universal Distribution)

8:01AM Ella Fitzgerald You Make Me feel So Young from Get Happy (Polygram)

8:00AM Ratatat Bilar from LP4 (XL)

7:52AM Girls Ghost Mouth from Album (True Panther)

7:48AM Local Natives Sticky Thread from Gorilla Manor (Frenchkiss)

7:45AM Tokyo Police Club Big Difference from Champ (Mom + Pop)

7:37AM Judson Claiborne One Hundred More Than One Hundred Times from Time and Temperature (La Société Expéditionnaire)

7:34AM Joni Mitchell Blue from Blue (Reprise)

7:30AM Laurie Anderson Thinking of You from Homeland (Nonesuch)

7:25AM The Maybenauts Blue Line from Big Bang EP (Horse-Drawn)

7:20AM Alison Moyet Hoodoo from Hoodoo (Columbia)

7:16AM Big Boi The Train, Pt. 2 (Sir Lucious Left Foot Saves the Day) (feat. Sam Chris) from Sir Lucious Left Foot... The Son of Chico Dusty (Def Jam)

7:09AM Eugenio Bennato Che il Mediterraneo Sia from Da Lontano (L'Empreinte Digitale)

7:02AM Ungdomskulen Witches Mate in the Underground from Cry-Baby (Ever)

6:59AM Cass McCombs Lionkiller from Dropping the Wrti (Domino)

6:51AM St. Vincent Marry Me from Marry Me (Beggar's Banquet)

6:47AM The Style Council The Paris Match from Café Bleu (Polydor)

6:45AM Fol Chen The Holes from Part II: The New December (Asthmatic Kitty)

6:44AM Son Palenque Palengue Palengue from Palenque Palengue! Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Columbia 1975-91 (Soundway)

6:33AM The Sundays Hideous Towns from Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (DGC)

6:30AM Allá Un Pedazo from Es Tiempo (Crammed)

6:21AM Carissa's Wierd Die from They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 (Hardly Art)

6:17AM Panda Bear Tomboy from Tomboy single (Paw Tracks)

6:14AM El Guincho Marimba (with Adrian de Alfonso) from Piratas de Sudamerica EP (XL)

6:10AM Dirty Projectors + Björk Beautiful Mother from Mount Wittenberg Orca (Self-released)

6:07AM Black Moth Super Rainbow Lollipopsichord from Dandelion Gum (Graveface)

6:03AM Idrissa Diop Yakar from Yakar (Tinder)

July 9

8:57AM Kate Bush Cloudbusting from Hounds of Love (EMI-Manhattan)

8:54AM Lene Lovich New Toy from Flex (Rhino)

8:50AM Calibro 35 Almost Human from Ritornano Quelli Di... (Nublu)

8:43AM Boy Eats Drum Machine Hoop & Wire from PDX Pop Now! 2010 (PDX Pop Now!)

8:40AM Rufus Wainwright Greek Song from Poses (Dreamworks)

8:34AM The Chemical Brothers Snow (with Stephanie Dosen) from Further (Astralwerks)

8:29AM Blitzen Trapper Laughing Lover from Destroyer of the Void (Sub Pop)

8:26AM All City Affairs White People Clapping from Identity Theft (Lujo)

8:22AM Maps & Atlases Israeli Caves from Perch Patchwork (Barsuk)

8:14AM Grace Jones Williams' Blood from Hurricane (Wall of Sound)

8:11AM The Cure Let's Go to Bed from Japanese Whispers (Sire)

8:09AM King Missile Still the One from 20 More Explosive Fantastic Rockin' Mega Smash Hit Explosions! (Pravda)

7:59AM Janelle Monáe Mushroom & Roses from The ArchAndroid (Bad Boy)

7:54AM Fear of Pop In Love (feat. William Shatner) from Volume 1 (550)

7:53AM Baths Maximalist from Cerulean (Anticon)

7:44AM Neko Case Prison Girls from Middle Cyclone (Anti-)

7:41AM Aretha Franklin Today I Sing the Blues from Aretha (Blue Label)

7:37AM The B-52's Hero Worship from The B-52's (Warner Brothers)

7:34AM John Bellows Feelin' Down from Clean Your Clock (Moniker)

7:31AM Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Round and Round from Before Today (4AD)

7:21AM Sonic Youth Kool Thing from Goo (David Geffen Company)

7:15AM Paul Metzger III from The Uses of Infinity (Locust)

7:11AM Dara Puspita Pip Pip Yeah from Dara Puspita 1966-1968 (Sublime Frequencies)

7:05AM Jeff Buckley Grace from Grace (Columbia)

7:02AM Sinéad O'Connor Just Like You Said It Would B from The Lion and the Cobra (Chrysalis)

6:59AM Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Daddy's Gone (feat. Nina Persson) from Dark Night of the Soul (EMI)

6:53AM Dum Dum Girls Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout from I Will Be (Sub Pop)

6:51AM Poster Children The Floor from No More Songs About Sleep and Fire (Hidden Agenda)

6:43AM Ratatat Neckbrace from LP4 (XL)

6:40AM Zerostars Dad's Dress from Basement Stories (Self-released)

6:38AM Pernice Brothers Jacqueline Susann from Goodbye, Killer (Ashmont)

6:29AM Jyoti The Black Mother from Ocotea (SomeOthaShip Connect)

6:27AM Culture Club That's the Way (I'm Only Trying to Help You) from Colour by Numbers (Virgin)

6:25AM Thelonius Monk April in Paris from Genius of Modern Music Vol 1 (Blue Note)

6:08AM Konono Nº1 Konono Wa Wa Wa from Assume Crash Position (Crammed)

6:03AM The Talking Heads The Great Curve from Remain in Light (Sire)

July 2

9:00AM The Smiths London from Louder than Bombs (Sire)

8:53AM Family Fodder Women from Water Shed (Dark Beloved Cloud)

8:51AM Robyn Dancehall Queen from Body Talk Pt. 1 (Konichiwa)

8:45AM L'affaire Louis Trio Volez volez from L'homme aux mille vies (Barclay)

8:42AM Ike & Tina Turner Funkier than a Mosquito's Tweeter from Funkier than a Mosquito's Tweeter (EMI)

8:39AM Fol Chen The Holograms from Part II: The New December (Asthmatic Kitty)

8:31AM Wolf Parade In the Direction of the Moon from Expo 86 (Sub Pop)

8:27AM Canasta Mexico City from The Fakeout, the Tease and the Breather (RWIM Chicago)

8:24AM Club 8 My Pessimistic Heart from The People's Record (Labrador)

8:18AM Broken Social Scene Forced to Love from Forgiveness Rock Record (Arts & Crafts)

8:16AM Headlights Centuries from The Enemies EP (Polyvinyl)

8:09AM Joni Mitchell Slouching Towards Bethlehem (based on a poem by W.B. Yeats) from Travelogue (Nonesuch)

8:02AM Shonen Knife Top of the World from If I Were a Carpenter (A&M)

7:59AM The Beach Boys God Only Knows from Pet Sounds (Capitol)

7:56AM The Sea and Cake An Assassin from The Biz (Thrill Jockey)

7:52AM Ihre Kinder Stunden from Cloud Cuckooland (B-Music)

7:46AM Martha & the Muffins Mess from Delicate (Muffin Music)

7:43AM Jimmy Somerville Comment Te Dire Adieu from Read My Lips (London)

7:36AM Laurie Anderson Only an Expert from Homeland (Nonesuch)

7:31AM The Lonliest Monk You Don't Have to Try from The Loneliest Monk (Kilo)

7:25AM Beulah A Good Man Is Easy to Kill from The Coast is Never Clear (Velocette)

7:24AM The Agry Orts Bodyblood from PDX Pop Now! 2010 (PDX Pop Now!)

7:20AM The Art of Noise Chain Gang (feat. Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens) from Below the Waste (China)

7:12AM Eno/Cale Spinning Away from Wrong Way Up (Opal/Warner Bros.)

7:05AM LCD Soundsystem Home from This Is Happening (Capitol)

6:56AM Diskjokke En Fid Tid from En Fid Tid (Smalltown Supersound)

6:54AM Bonde do Role Solta o Frango from With Lasers (Domino)

6:49AM Konono N°1 Fula Fula from Assume Crash Position (Crammed)

6:42AM Bobby Conn Twenty-One from King for a Day (Thrill Jockey)

6:38AM Luciana Souza Docemente from Brazilian Duos (Sunnyside)

6:34AM Zapruder Point Soda & Sympathy from Soda & Sympathy (Seld-released)

6:28AM Devo Later is Now from Something for Everybody (Warner Bros.)

6:24AM The Folk Implosion Mechanical Man from One Part Lullaby (Interscope)

6:21AM Kate Bush Fullhouse from Lionheart (EMI-Manhattan)

6:14AM Jane Weaver Turning in Circles from The Fallen by Watch Bird (B-Music)

6:11AM Jyoti Unchained Reverie from Ocotea (SomeOtheShip Connect)

6:07AM Paul Simon Pigs, Sheep, and Wolves from You're the One (Warner Bros.)

6:01AM Nina Simone In the Evening by the Moonlight from Nina At Newport (Parlophone)

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