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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writes@CHIRPRadio (Week of April 30)
Upcoming Events
- Thursday May 3: Scrappers Film Group presents a 10th Anniversary screening of THAX: The Movie at Constellation
New Media
- Lee Gomez chats with Sidewalks and Skeletons
- First Time: First Dream by Tyler Clark
- Mike Nikolich spends 15 Minutes with Teleporter
- Kevin Fullam and Shawna Kaiser explore The Last Seduction
Mike Nikolich writes15 Minutes With Teleporter
Elliot Gitter of Teleporter will perform solo at CHIRP Night at the Whistler on April 25. (Photo by Harley Friedman)
Elliot Gitter is the lead guitarist, vocalist and principal songwriter for Teleporter, who opens for ADT at CHIRP Night at the Whistler this Wednesday, April 25 at 8 pm.
Gitter will perform solo at the Whistler, focusing mostly on new material. We caught up with him to find out what he has in store for the Whistler audience.
Q : How long has Teleporter been together?
A: Nick and I started playing together with Jeremy in 2012 and recorded The Martian Chronicles in 2013 with engineer Barrett Guzaldo. At the time, I was living in a house in Chicago with several of my friends. I recorded the demos at my home studio, using an eight-track analog console. We would sample a bunch of sounds and create music. After we completed the sessions, Barrett went on to create Treehouse Records with Matt Gieser.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writes@CHIRPRadio (Week of April 9)
Upcoming Events
- Wednesday April 11: CHIRP Radio presents First Time: First Try at Martyr's
- Friday April 13: CHIRP Radio welcomes Bette LaVette to the Old Town School of Folk Music
- Saturday April 14: The 16th Annual CHIRP Record Fair and Other Dlights happens at Plumbers Hall!
New Media
- First Time: First Strike - Lawrence Peters
- First Time: First Strike - Clarence Browley
- Jessi D. takes a look at Frontwoman Fest
Top of the CHIRP Charts
1. Wye Oak – The Louder I Call the Faster I Run (Merge)
2. Alice Bag – Blueprint (Don Giovanni)
3. FACS – Negative Houses (Trouble in Mind)
Click here to see the complete list of 50 albums that made this week’s charts as well as new music recently added to CHIRP’s library.
Mike Nikolich writesYFEE Plans Deeply Personal Performance at CHIRP Night at The Whistler
The Whistler audience is in for a treat March 28, when YFEE takes the stage at CHIRP Night at the Whistler. Sharing the stage with experimental noise-rockers Mermaid N.V., the Chicago hip-hop/electronic artist will spin tales of relationships, intrigue, sci-fi, astronomy and maybe a conspiracy theory or two.
“I’ve been singing and writing lyrics and poetry since I was seven years old,” YFEE says. “I love to play with meanings and give room in my lyrics for things to mean more than one thing at the same time.”
A graduate of Northwestern, YFEE studied Film and Astrophysics. Her passion for both subjects is evident in her videos and lyrics, and YFEE isn’t afraid to wear her emotions on her sleeve, either.
“I always want my songs to come from a deep, emotional place,” YFEE says. “I try to express feelings that are very personal and universal to all human beings.”
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writes@CHIRPRADIO (Week of March 26)
Special Announcements
- THANK YOU to everone who contributed to our just concluded Spring fundraising drive. Thanks to you, it was our biggest fundraiser EVER, with over $28K raised for station operations. You rock!
Upcoming Events
- Wednesday March 28: It's CHIRP Night at The Whistler with Mermaid N.V. and YFee!
New Media
- Andrew Meriwether, talks with Chicago's own Brandon Markell Holmes
- Marites Velasquez meets up with Dirty Fences
- Leslie Gwam compares and contrasts two versions of "I'm Every Woman"
- Shawna Kaiser takes a look at The Hideout