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CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Jan 30 - Feb 5)
Upcoming Events:
- Tuesday February 21: CHIRP DJ Night at The Native
- Friday Feburary 24: CHIRP Radio welcomes The Beths to Thalia Hall
- Saturday February 25 - Sunday February 26: CHIRP Radio Sponsors Lincoln Square Winter Brew
- Monday February 27: CHIRP Radio welcomes Gilla Band to Lincoln Hall
On the Podcast:
- Mick R. interviews Tommy Kessler
On the Blog:
- Clarence E. and Kevin F. discuss Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top of the CHIRP Charts for the week of 1/23/23:
Belle & Sebastian – Late Developers (Matador)
Kevin Fullam writesThe Fourth Wall: “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Welcome to The Fourth Wall, CHIRP's e-conversation on cinema. This week's subject is the 2022 film Everything Everywhere All at Once.
This edition is written by CHIRP Radio volunteers Kevin Fullam and Clarence Ewing.
Clarence:
By most measures, Evelyn Quan Wang (Michelle Yeoh) is an average person just trying to get by. Her laundromat business is a headache, her marriage to her beta-male husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan) has lost its magic, and her relationship with her daughter Joy (Stephanie Hsu) is strained to the breaking point.
But she can’t imagine how big her problems are going to get. One day while sitting in an IRS office trying to unravel a tax issue, her husband pops up out of nowhere and asks for her help to save the universe.
Actually, not her exact husband, but a different version of him from an alternate reality, and not just this universe, but the multiple universes that make up the totality of existence.
It turns out that Jobu Tupaki, an alternate version of Evelyn’s daughter, has gained enormous power and is in a really bad (as in, reality-erasing) mood, and this version of Evelyn is the only one who might be able to stop her from ending things for everyone.
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Jan 23 - Jan 29)
Upcoming Events:
- Friday Feburary 24: CHIRP Radio welcomes The Beths to Thalia Hall
- Monday February 27: CHIRP Radio welcomes Gilla Band to Lincoln Hall
On the Podcast:
- Mick R. interviews Walker
- Mick R. interviews Footballhead
- Jessi D. interviews Aya Ito
Top of the CHIRP Charts for the week of 1/16/23:
PJ Harvey – B-Sides, Demos & Rarities (UMe/Island)
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio’s Top Ten Albums of 2022
This December, as we are inclined to do every year, CHIRP Radio has been sharing our thoughts on the albums that captured our attention in 2022.
The records listed below are just a small sample of the 250+ albums our volunteers cited for this year, but they are the most-mentioned ones, and for very good reasons.
Amidst a great collection of newcomers and veteran players, the top spot on this year’s survey goes to a duo from the Isle of Wight that formed in 2019 and whose debut album has got people paying attention on both sides of the Atlantic.
Best wishes from all of us to all of you for 2023 and beyond!
#1 Wet Leg by Wet Leg (Domino)
This album is packed with catchy, droll earworms that made me feel happy and clever just listening to it. The music videos are fantastic. I want to hang out with Wet Leg. I want to know what the Isle of Wight is like. They are a culmination/reflection of so much great post-punk and pop that it's NO WONDER it ended up being my favorite release of 2022.
The nonsense opinions swirling around that this band is somehow fake and didn't write their songs because they emerged fully-formed is 100% misogyny. No one would say that about a male-identified-fronted outfit. So if that's you, look within. Meanwhile I'll be over here partying with Wet Leg in the living room, dancing on the chaise and pretending to drink warm beer. --Matt Garman
Shawn Campbell writesCHIRP Radio’s Best of 2022: Shawn Campbell
Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2022. Our next list is from CHIRP Founder and General Manager, DJ Saturdays 12-2pm Shawn Campbell.
I always put off making my list until the last possible minute because I'm sure I'll either forget something that came out back in January or February, or I'll miss something that came out in the last six weeks of the year that I end up loving.
So here I am with two days to go in the year getting this thing done. I've been able to look at a million other lists to make sure I haven't missed anything, and I actually did have a couple of late year records that I ended up loving. So without further ado...
Giving the World Away by Hatchie (Secretly Canadian)
While this is officially an unranked list, this second Hatchie album was definitely the one I listened to the most this year. One glistening, dreamy pop earworm after another.