DJ Bios
Caitlin Lavin Mondays, 9PM
Caitlin has been DJing since 1998, when she randomly stumbled into a local college radio station as a wide-eyed, baggy-pants-wearing 15-year-old. From there, she developed her love of independent radio and indie music. As a graduate of the radio program at Columbia College Chicago, she quickly learned that commercial radio hardly has anything to do with music, and so she turned to the music industry for a career. She currently works for Carrot Top Distribution, where she sells records to stores across the country and feeds her own vinyl addiction.
Caitlin’s favorite genres include post-punk, new wave and indie pop, but recently, she’s been indulging in the new garage-psych revival. She’s a sucker for anything with female vocals.
Caitlin Lavin's Recent Playlists
July 26
11:56PM Vee Dee Glimpses of Another World from Public Mental Health System (Criminal IQ)
11:51PM Maps & Atlases Israeli Caves from Perch Patchwork (Barsuk)
11:45PM Superchunk Cast Iron from No Pocky For Kitty (Merge)
11:42PM Jacuzzi Boys Bricks Or Coconuts from Bricks Or Cococnuts 7" (Mexican Summer)
11:37PM Blues Control Rest On Water from Local Flavor (Slitbreeze)
11:32PM Blur You're So Great from Blur (EMI)
11:28PM Mystery Jets Too Late To Talk from Seratonin (Rough Trade)
11:25PM Benoît Pioulard La Guerre de Sept Ans from Précis (kranky)
11:20PM John Bellows Bouncing Ball from Clean Your Clock (Moniker)
11:18PM Oogas Boogas Fannie Mae from Romance and Adventure (Aaright Records)
11:17PM Ooga Boogas Ooga Booga II from Romance and Adventure (Aaright Records)
11:13PM Jaill The Stroller from That's How We Burn (Sub Pop)
11:06PM Konono Nº1 Fula Fula from Assume Crash Position (Crammed)
11:04PM LA Vampires + Zola Jesus In the Desert from LA Vampires + Zola Jesus (Not Not Fun)
11:01PM Tender Trap Girls With Guns from Dansette Dansette (Slumberland)
10:55PM Trentmoller Sycamore Feeling from Into the Great Wide Yonder (In My Room)
10:51PM The Budos Band Golden Dunes from Budos Band III (Daptone)
10:46PM 7 Seconds Punk Rock Teeth from The Music, The Message (Sony)
10:43PM Bare Wires Seeking Love from Seeking Love (Castle Face)
10:40PM The Mantles Situation from Pink Information EP (Mexican Summer)
10:36PM Hope Tomorrow from Local Customs: Lone Star Lowlands (Numero)
10:34PM Spur Mind Odyssey from Spur of the Moments (Galactic Zoo Disk/Drag City)
10:29PM Carissa's Wierd Die from They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 (Hardly Art)
10:22PM Bill Callahan Too Many Birds from Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (Drag City)
10:18PM Black Tambourine Throw Aggi Off the Bridge (First Demo) from Black Tambourine (Slumberland)
10:15PM Stars Fixed from The Five Ghosts (Soft Revolution)
10:10PM Smoking Popes Need You Around from At Metro (Victory)
10:06PM Caribou Sandy from Andorra (Merge)
10:02PM Autolux Census from Transit Transit (TBD)
9:54PM LCD Soundsystem All My Friends from Sound Of Silver (DFA)
9:49PM The Maybenauts My Head is a Bomb from Big Bang EP (Horse-Drawn)
9:45PM Beach Fossils Vacation from Beach Fossils (Captured Tracks)
9:41PM Admiral Radley Sunburned Kids from I Heart California (The Ship)
9:38PM Enon Law of Johnny Dolittle from Grass Geysers Carbon Clouds (Touch & Go)
9:35PM Dirty Projectors + Bjork On and Ever Onward from Mount Wittenberg Orca (self-released)
9:31PM Vic Godard & the Subway Sect Ambition from No Thanks! The 70s Punk Rebellion (Rhino)
9:28PM Sweaters Investigations from Sweaters 7" (Slow Death)
9:23PM Blitzen Trapper Sadie from Destroyer of the Void (Sub Pop)
9:20PM Ty Segall Sad Fuzz from Melted (Goner)
9:16PM Oneohtrix Point Never Preyouani from Returnal (Editions Mego)
9:10PM Chin Chin We Don't Wanna Be Prisioners from We Don't Wanna Be Prisioners (Mississippi)
9:07PM The Streets On Fire Chadwick Shut Up! from This is Fancy (The Currency Exchange)
9:04PM The Bitters Travellin' Girl from East General (Mexican Summer)
July 5
11:55PM Yo La Tengo Autumn Sweater from I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One (Matador)
11:50PM The Joy Formidible The Last Drop from A Balloon Called Moaning (Black Bell)
11:48PM Super Furry Animals Fire In My Heart from Guerrilla (XL)
11:44PM Devo What We Do from Something For Everybody (Warner Bros)
11:40PM The Fresh and Onlys Peacock and Wing from Debut (Castleface)
11:37PM Best Coast Space Baby from Where the Boys Are Ep (Blackest Rainbow)
11:28PM A Silver Mt. Zion Sisters! Brothers! Small Boats of Fire are Falling From the Sky! from Born Into Trouble As the Sparks Fly Upward (Constellation)
11:24PM Mass Shivers (I've Got the Power) from Contoured Heat (Licking River)
11:21PM The Strange Boys Be Brave from Be Brave (In The Red)
11:17PM Supersystem Miracle from Always Never Again (Touch & Go)
11:13PM Ratatat Bilar from LP4 (XL)
11:07PM Deerhunter Cryptograms from Cryptograms (kranky)
11:01PM Pawel Alvin from Pawel (Dial)
10:58PM Howe Gelb That's How Things Get Done from 'Sno Angel Like You (Thrill Jockey)
10:56PM Tom Schraeder Should've Stuck With Cotton from Once Lace, Now Cotton (Township)
10:52PM The Chesterfields Shame About the Rain from Take the Subway to Your Suburb (Subway Organization)
10:48PM Radar Eyes Superman from Radar Eyes (Plustapes)
10:44PM Pulp Do You Remember The First Time? from His N' Hers (Island)
10:39PM Cut Copy Lights & Music from In Ghost Colours (Modular)
10:34PM Beach House Zebra from Teen Dream (Sub Pop)
10:30PM Light Pollution Drunk Kids from Apparitions (Carpark)
10:25PM Björk Kata Rokkar from Gling-Gló (One Little Indian)
10:22PM Acid House Kings Sunday Morning from Mondays are Like Tuesdays and Tuesdays are Like Wednesdays (Labrador)
10:14PM Diskjokke Reset and Begin from En Fid Tid (Smalltown Supersound)
10:11PM Gorillaz Superfast Jellyfish (featuring Gruff Rhys & De La Soul) from Plastic Beach (EMI)
10:07PM King Khan & BBQ Show I'll Be Lovin You from Invisible Girl (In The Red)
10:03PM Janelle Monae Tightrope from The Archandroid (Bad Boy)
9:59PM Kings Go Forth Get a Feeling from The Outsiders Are Back (Luaka Bop)
9:54PM The Dismemberment Plan Back and Forth from Emergency & I (De Soto)
9:51PM Bear In Heaven Lovesick Teenagers from Beast Rest Forth Mouth (hometapes)
9:47PM +/- Summer Dress (All Her Winter Clothes) from You Are Here (Teen Beat)
9:44PM Fleet Foxes White Winter Hymnal from Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
9:41PM Suckers You Can Keep Me Runnin' Around from Wild Smile (Frenchkiss)
9:33PM 90 Day Men Silver and Snow from Panda Park (Southern)
9:30PM Belle & Sebastian White Collar Boy from The Life Persuit (Matador)
9:28PM Tender Trap Do You Want a Boyfriend? from Dansette Dansette (Slumberland)
9:20PM Low July from Things We Lost In The Fire (kranky)
9:17PM Galaxie 500 Snowstorm from On Fire (Ryko)
On The Schedule
- On-Air Jason Crock (Bio/Playlists)
- 6:00AM Tony Breed (Bio/Playlists)
- 9:00AM DJ Mandrew (Bio/Playlists)
- 12:00PM Jocelyn Geboy (Bio/Playlists)
- 3:00PM Jason Zenz (Bio/Playlists)
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