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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
September 6
11:54PM High Wolf Cloud Head from Ascension (Not Not Fun)
11:50PM Outer Minds Bloodshot Eyes from Bloodshot Eyes 7" (HoZac)
11:46PM The The Uncertain Smile (Original 7" Version) from Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the 80s Underground (Rhino)
11:39PM Boduf Songs Decapitation Blues from The Alone Above All Else In Spite of Everything (kranky)
11:35PM The Soft Pack Down On Loving from The Soft Pack (Kemado)
11:31PM The Smittens Party Time from A Little Revolution (Dangerfive)
11:28PM Film School When I'm Yours from Fission (Hi-Speed Soul)
11:23PM The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez Cello Song from Dark Was the Night (4AD)
11:19PM Q and Not U Soft Pyramids from Different Damage (Dischord)
11:15PM Reds and Blue Wildfire from Son of the Stars (Addenda)
11:07PM Frog Eyes Odetta's War from Pauls Tomb: A Triumph (Dead Oceans)
11:03PM Dungen Barnen Undrar from Skit I Allt (Mexican Summer)
11:01PM The Mummies Dirty Robber from Play Their Own Records (Estrus)
10:57PM Fever Ray I'm Not Done from Fever Ray (Rabid)
10:53PM The Zombies She's Not There from Greatest Hits (Audio Fidelity)
10:49PM Ducktails Mirror Image (Index) from Mirror Image 7" (SHDWPLY)
10:46PM Washed Out Feel it All Around from Life of Leisure (Mexican Summer)
10:42PM Verma Exu from Verma (Plustapes)
10:39PM St. Vincent Actor Out Of Work from Actor (4AD)
10:34PM PJ Harvey Rub 'Til It Bleeds from Rid of Me (Island)
10:30PM Les Savy Fav Lips n' Stuff from Root for Ruin (Frenchkiss)
10:24PM Brazilian Girls Losing Myself from New York City (Verve)
10:20PM Qwel & Maker The Game from Owl (Galapagos4)
10:16PM The Wedding Present My Favourite Dress from George Best (Reception)
10:11PM The Hex Dispensers I'm a Ghosts from One Less Ghost 7" (Trouble in Mind)
10:10PM Dum Dum Girls Everyone's Out from I Will Be (Sub Pop)
10:06PM Swiss Dots Fall Down from Glaciers (Vinahyde)
10:03PM The Flaming Lips Race for the Prize from The Soft Bulletin (Warner)
10:00PM JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound The Beat (of Our Own Drum) from Beat of Our Own Drum (Uptown Sound)
9:54PM Orange Juice Moscow Olympics from The Glasgow School (Domino)
9:51PM 1900s Bring the Good Boys Home from Plume Delivery (Parasol)
9:46PM Elsinore Lines from Yes Yes Yes (Parasol)
9:41PM So Cow Start Over from Meaningless Friendly (Tic Tac Totally)
9:37PM Superchunk Learned to Surf from Majesty Shredding (Merge)
9:35PM Turrks Spigot Bigot from Bisbee (Spigot Bigot)
9:26PM !!! Hello? Is This Thing On? from Louden Up Now (Touch and Go)
9:22PM Versus Invincible Hero from On the Ones and Threes (Merge)
9:17PM California Wives Photolights from Affair EP (self-released)
9:10PM Brad Laner Crawl Back In from Natural Selections (Hometapes)
9:05PM Viva l'American Death Ray Music Out of the Pink from Behold! a Pale Horse (Mexican Summer)
9:02PM Pylon Stop It from Gyrate plus (DFA)
8:59PM The Breeders Cannonball from Last Splash (4AD)
August 30
11:58PM Björk The Anchor Song from Debut (Elektra)
11:52PM Radio Birdman Descent Into The Maelstrom from Radios Appear (4Men With Beards)
11:48PM The Vaselines Son of a Gun from The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History (Sub Pop)
11:42PM Los Campesions! You! Me! Dancing! from Hold On Now, Youngster... (Witchita)
11:39PM De Wayon Vis-a-Vis from Roots of OK Jazz: Congo Classics 1955-1956 (Crammed)
11:33PM Kings Go Forth High On Your Love from The Outsiders Are Back (Luaka Bop)
11:30PM PVT Light Up Bright Fires from Church With No Magic (Warp)
11:26PM Heater Black and Gold from God and Hair (Permanent)
11:20PM Comet Gain Beatnik from Broken Record Prayers (Whats Yr Rupture?)
11:17PM Calexico Alone Again Or from Convict Pool (Quartersick)
11:12PM Bottomless Pit 38 Souls from Under the Bridge (Comedy Minus One)
11:08PM Super Wild Horses Lock & Key from Fifteen (HoZac)
11:06PM Jon Langford & Skull Orchard Pieces of the Past from Old Devils (Bloodshot)
11:03PM Cage the Elephant Ain't No Rest for the Wicked from Cage the Elephant (Jive)
10:56PM Arp Grapefruit from The Soft Wave (Smalltown Supersound)
10:50PM Mission of Burma Trem Two from Vs. (Polydor)
10:47PM The Kills Dead Road 7 from No Wow (Domino)
10:44PM Arthur Russell See Through (Walter Gibbons Mix) from Jungle Music: Mixed With Love: Essential & Unreleased Remixes 1976-1986 (Strut)
10:38PM Rabble Rabble Take Me Home from Bangover (Commune)
10:33PM This Heat A New Kind of Water from Deceit (These)
10:30PM Morrissey A Song From Under the Floorboards from The Youngest Was the Most Loved (Attack)
10:22PM The Poison Arrows Unveiled in Sequence from Newfound Resolutions (File 13)
10:19PM Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg 69 Annees Erotique from Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg (Light in the Attic)
10:15PM Los Roller Camino Cortado from Absolute Belter (B-Music)
10:09PM Le Loup Family from Family (Hardly Art)
10:04PM The Sea Urchins A Morning Odyssey from Stardust (Sarah)
10:01PM Grass Widow Fried Egg from Past Time (Kill Rock Stars)
9:57PM Pavement At&t from Wowee Zowee (Matador)
9:50PM Arcade Fire Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) from The Suburbs (Merge)
9:44PM Fripp & Eno Evening Star from Evening Star (EG)
9:39PM Maximo Park Apply Some Pressure from A Certain Trigger (Warp)
9:35PM Disappears Gone Completely from Lux (kranky)
9:32PM Cansei de Ser Sexy Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above from Cansei De Ser Sexy (Sub Pop)
9:29PM Magic Kids Hey Boy from Memphis (True Panther)
9:23PM Beach Fossils Vacation from Beach Fossils (Captured Tracks)
9:21PM Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan (Do You Wanna) Come Walk With Me? from Ballad of the Broken Seas (Beggars Banquet)
9:15PM Dreamend Pink Cloud in the Woods from So I Ate Myself, Bite by Bite (Graveface)
9:07PM The Sword Lawless Lands from Warp Riders (Kemado)
9:05PM The Specials Little Bitch from The Specials (Chrysalis)
9:03PM The Misfits Some Kinda Hate from Static Age (Caroline)
August 23
11:58PM The Walkmen Blue As Your Blood from Lisbon (Fat Possum)
11:54PM Crushed Butler High School Dropout from Uncrushed (Radio Heartbeat)
11:50PM Portishead Sour Times from Dummy (Go!)
11:46PM Radar Eyes Miracle from Radar Eyes (Plustapes)
11:43PM Jaill The Stroller from That's How We Burn (Sub Pop)
11:36PM Matthew Dear I Can't Feel from Black City (Ghostly International)
11:34PM Idle Times Million Times Away from Hookup Klub Round One (HoZac)
11:29PM Belle & Sebastian The State I'm In from Tigermilk (Matador)
11:21PM Candy Claws Sun Arrow from Hidden Lands (twosyllable)
11:17PM Rainer Maria I'm Melting! from Look Now Look Again (Polyvinyl)
11:14PM Sebadoh Violet Execution from III (Homestead)
11:08PM Unrest Cherry Cream On from Imperial ffrr (Teen Beat)
11:05PM They Might Be Giants Ana Ng from Lincoln (Bar/None)
11:01PM Swiss Dots Night Was Young from Glaciers (Vinahyde)
10:55PM Soul Coughing Screenwriter's Blues from Ruby Vroom (Slash)
10:52PM Rakaa C.T.D from Crown of Thorns (Decon)
10:48PM The Fresh & Only's Grey-Eyed Girl from Grey-Eyed Girls (Woodsist)
10:44PM Radiohead Electioneering from OK Computer (EMI)
10:40PM ceo White Magic from White Magic (Modular)
10:35PM Tuscadero Poster Boy from Angel in a Half Shirt 7" (Teen Beat)
10:32PM Young Marble Giants Credit in the Straight World from Colossal Youth (PIAS)
10:30PM Hole Miss World from Live Through This (Geffen)
10:24PM Ducktails Apple Walk from Mirror Image 7" (SHDWPLY)
10:20PM The Fall Cruiser's Creek from This Nation's Saving Grace (Beggars Banquet)
10:18PM Turrks Franklin with Glasses from Bisbee (Deleted Art)
10:13PM Siouxsie & The Banshees Peek-a-boo from Peepshow (Geffen)
10:09PM Buke & Gass Your Face Left Before You from Riposte (Brassland)
10:05PM Blur Beetlebum from Blur (EMI)
9:59PM Fennesz Daniell Buck Antonia from Knoxville (Thrill Jockey)
9:52PM Brad Laner Magnolia Doubles from Natural Selections (Hometapes)
9:50PM Bare Wires The Last Thing on My Mind from Seeking Love (Castle Face)
9:44PM Hum I'd Like Your Hair Long from You'd Prefer an Astronaut (RCA)
9:39PM Reds and Blue No More None Told from Son of the Stars (Addenda)
9:35PM Beastie Boys I Don't Know from Hello Nasty (Grand Royal)
9:33PM Camu Tao King of Hearts from King of Hearts (Fat Possum)
9:26PM Blue Black Sky Death Absentee from Third Party (Fake Four Inc)
9:21PM The Dismemberment Plan A Life of Possibilities from Emergency & I (De Soto)
9:18PM Spoon The Underdog from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)
9:11PM Ra Ra Riot Boy from The Orchard (Barsuk)
9:06PM Sarge Beguiling from The Glass Intact (Mud)
August 16
11:57PM Rilo Kiley With Arms Outstretched from The Execution of All Things (Saddle Creek)
11:54PM Fredrik Vanmyren from Trilogi (The Kora)
11:49PM Very Truly Yours Puddles from Things You Used To Say (Skywriting)
11:46PM Dâm-Funk (My Funk Goes) On & On from Toeachizown (Stones Throw)
11:42PM Delgados, The Coming In From The Cold from Hate (Mantra)
11:36PM Grandaddy Now It's On from Sumday (V2)
11:33PM Personal & the Pizzas Brass Knuckles from Raw Pie (1-2-3-4 Go!)
11:30PM Rabble Rabble $300 Hoodie from Bangover (Commune)
11:25PM Pants Yell! To Take from Received Pronunciation (Slumberland)
11:23PM Nirvana Been A Son from Incesticide (Geffen)
11:15PM Verma Coyote from Verma (Plustapes)
11:10PM Mahjongg Miami Knights (with Suddenly Susan and Jeanine O'Toole) from The Long Shadow Of The Paper Tiger (K)
11:06PM Standard Fare Dancing from The Novelle Beat (Bar/None)
11:03PM Super Wild Horses Lock & Key from Fifteen (HoZac)
10:59PM Talking Heads Psycho Killer from Talking Heads: 77 (Sire)
10:54PM Best Coast Boyfriend from Crazy For You (Mexican Summer)
10:50PM Elsinore Lines from Yes Yes Yes (Parasol)
10:46PM Built To Spill Liar from You In Reverse (Warner Bros.)
10:38PM The Foals Spanish Sahara from Total Life Forever (Sub Pop)
10:33PM The Books Chain of Missing Links from The Way Out (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
10:28PM Yeasayer Sunrise from All Hour Cymbals (We Are Free)
10:23PM Bird and the Bee, The I Can't Go For That from Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall and John Oates (Blue Note)
10:20PM Brian Eno The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch from Here Come the Warm Jets (Island)
10:16PM The Poison Arrows Unveiled in Sequence from Newfound Resolutions (File 13)
10:08PM The Mantles Lily Never Married from Pink Information EP (Mexican Summer)
10:06PM Outer Minds Ordinary from Bloodshot Eyes (HoZac)
10:02PM The Magnetic Fields Famous from Get Lost (Merge)
9:56PM K-X-P Pockets from K-X-P (Smalltown Supersound)
9:51PM Blondie Fade Away And Radiate from Parallel Lines (Chrysalis)
9:46PM Sweaters Sky Mall from Sweaters 7" (Slow Death)
9:42PM Caribou Sun from Swim (Merge)
9:36PM De Wayon Vis-a-Vis from Roots of OK Jazz: Congo Classics 1955-1956 (Crammed)
9:33PM The Flips 1 and 1 from The Flips 7" (HoZac)
9:31PM Grass Widow Shadow from Past Time (Kill Rock Stars)
9:25PM Follow That Bird! The Ghosts That Wake You from Casual Vicitm Pile: Austin 2010 (Matador)
9:21PM Ani Saraiya Archaeologist from Archaeologist (self-released)
9:16PM In Tall Buildings Twenty One from In Tall Buildings (Whistler)
9:11PM Tyler John Tyler New England Street from New England Street 7" (Trouble in Mind)
9:06PM The Dismemberment Plan A Life of Possibilities from Emergency & I (De Soto)
9:02PM Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer from So (Geffen)
August 9
11:55PM Yo La Tengo I Heard You Looking from Painful (Matador)
11:50PM Golden Birthday A Kiss Away from Infinite Leagues (Rainbow Body)
11:44PM PVT Only the Wind Can Hear You from Church With No Magic (Warp)
11:40PM The Budos Band Mark of the Unnamed from Budos Band III (Daptone)
11:38PM Ty Segall Girlfriend from Melted (Goner)
11:33PM Mission of Burma That's When I Reach for My Revolver from Signals, Calls and Marches (Rykodisc)
11:30PM Heater Babylon from God and Hair (Permanent)
11:25PM Bottomless Pit Kiss Them All from Blood Under the Bridge (Comedy Minus One)
11:21PM CoCoComa It Won't Be Long from Things Are Not All right (Goner)
11:18PM LA Vampires and Zola Jesus Bone is the Bloodstone from LA Vampires Meets Zola Jesus (Not Not Fun)
11:14PM Bauhaus The Sanity Assassin from Crackle (Beggars Banquet)
11:08PM Drivan Lat det va from Disko (Smalltown Supersound)
11:04PM Jaill The Stroller from That's How We Burn (Sub Pop)
11:02PM The Hex Dispensers I'm A Ghost from Hex Dispensers 7" (Trouble in Mind)
10:55PM LCD Soundsystem Beat Connector from LCD Soundsystem (DFA)
10:50PM Arcade Fire Empty Room from The Suburbs (Merge)
10:47PM The Streets On Fire Chadwick Shut Up! from This Is Fancy (The Currency Exchange)
10:42PM Okkervil River Unless It's Kicks from The Stage Names (Jagjagjuwar)
10:38PM The Tallest Man On Earth Burden of Tomorrow from The Wild Hunt (Dead Oceans)
10:32PM Menomena Tithe from Mines (Barsuk)
10:27PM Versus Cicada from On the Ones and Threes (Merge)
10:22PM Dirty Projectors & David Byrne Knotty Pine from Dark Was the Night (4AD)
10:19PM Candy Claws Sunbeam Show from Hidden Lands (twosyllable)
10:14PM Daft Punk Digital Love from Discovery (Virgin)
10:08PM Ted Leo & the Pharmacists Bridges, Squares from Hearts of Oak (Lookout!)
10:04PM Eddy Current Suppression Ring Memory Lane from Primary Colors (Goner)
10:01PM The Mantles Situations from Pink Information EP (Mexican Summer)
9:56PM African Brothers Band Ngyegye No So from Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves - Ghana & Togo 72-78 (Analog Africa)
9:52PM Electrelane Between the Wolf and the Dog from No Shouts, No Calls (Too Pure)
9:47PM Television See No Evil (Alternate Version) from Marquee Moon (Elektra)
9:42PM Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings Money from I Learned the Hard Way (Daptone)
9:40PM Procedure Club Slut Fossil from Doomed Forever (Slumberland)
9:35PM The Jesus and Mary Chain Rollercoaster from Honey's Dead (Blanco Y Negro)
9:29PM Califone Trick Bird from Heron King Blues (Thrill Jockey)
9:26PM Mass Shivers (I've Got the Power) from Contoured Heat (Licking River)
9:21PM Christopher Willits Uplifting the Streets from Tiger Flower Circle Sun (Ghostly International)
9:16PM City Center Cops Don't Care from Cops Don't Care 7" (M'lady's)
9:13PM Beirut Postcards From Italy from Gulag Orkestar (Ba Da Bing)
9:08PM Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks Jo Jo's Jacket from Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks (Matador)
9:04PM Husker Du Books About UFOs from New Day Rising (SST)
9:02PM Wavves Post Acid from King of the Beach (Fat Possum)
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