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CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Jun 26 - Jul 2)
Upcoming Events:
- Monday Jun2 26: CHIRP Radio welcomes Wednesday + Squirrel Flower to Metro
- Thursday June 29: CHIRP Music Book Club discusses Toni Morrison's Jazz
- Friday July 7 - Sunday July 9: CHIRP Radio at Square Roots Festival
- Friday July 14: CHIRP Radio welcomes Deerhoof to Lincoln Hall
- Saturday July 15: CHIRP Radio welcomes Le Tigre to the Salt Shed
- Saturday July 15: CHIRP Radio welcomes Altin Gun to Thalia Hall
- Friday July 21 - Sunday July 23: CHIRP Record Fair at The 2023 Pitchfork Music Festival
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Jun 19 - Jun 25)
Upcoming Events:
- Tuesday June 20: CHiRP Music Trivia Night at Beermiscuous
- Friday June 23 - Sunday June 25: CHIRP Radio at the Logan Square Arts Festival
- Sunday June 25: CHIRP Radio welcomes Reverend Horton Heat to the Old Town School of Folk Music
- Thursday June 29: CHIRP Music Book Club discusses Toni Morrison's Jazz
- Friday July 7 - Sunday July 9: CHIRP Radio at Square Roots Festival
- Friday July 14: CHIRP Radio welcomes Deerhoof to Lincoln Hall
- Saturday July 15: CHIRP Radio welcomes Le Tigre to the Salt Shed
- Saturday July 15: CHIRP Radio welcomes Altin Gun to Thalia Hall
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Jun 12 - Jun 18)
Upcoming Events:
- Tuesday June 13: CHIRP Radio DJ Night at The Native (feat. CHIRP DJ Chris Siuty)
- Saturday June 17: CHIRP Radio welcomes the John Doe Folk Trio to the Old Town School of Folk Music
- Sunday June 18: CHIRP Radio welcomes Damien Jerado to Evanston SPACE
- Tuesday June 20: CHiRP Music Trivia Night at Beermiscuous
- Friday June 23 - Sunday June 25: CHIRP Radio at the Logan Square Arts Festival
- Sunday June 25: CHIRP Radio welcomes Reverend Horton Heat to the Old Town School of Folk Music
- Friday July 14: CHIRP Radio welcomes Deerhoof to Lincoln Hall
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Jun 5 - Jun 11)
Upcoming Events:
- Tuesday June 6: CHIRP NIght at The Whistler with Bret Koontz & Truancy Club and Beh'Ouai
- Friday June 9: CHIRP Radio welcomes Gary Louris to the Old Town School of folk Music
- Tuesday June 13: CHIRP Radio DJ Night at The Native (feat. CHIRP DJ Chris Siuty)
- Saturday June 17: CHIRP Radio welcomes the John Doe Folk Trio to the Old Town School of Folk Music
- Sunday June 18: CHIRP Radio welcomes Damien Jerado to Evanston SPACE
- Tuesday June 20: CHiRP Music Trivia Night at Beermiscuous
- Friday June 23 - Sunday June 25: CHIRP Radio at the Logan Square Arts Festival
- Sunday June 25: CHIRP Radio welcomes Reverend Horton Heat to the Old Town School of Folk Music
- Thursday June 29: CHIRP Music Book Club discusses Toni Morrison's Jazz at Roscoe Books
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Q&A With Bret Koontz (Performing at CHIRP Night at the Whistler on 6/6)
Bret Koontz & Truancy Club is performing at CHIRP Night at the Whistler on Tuesday, June 6th. We caught up with singer/songwriter/guitarist Bret Koontz to find out more about him and the band…
So...What’s going on? Tell us about your current releases and/or upcoming shows (such as CHIRP Night at the Whistler!).
Our current release is a full length record called a Sparkle Road Cult. We released it as an art book album-- a large format book that contains sheet music and a page of original full-color art for each song on the album. It also includes a CD of the recordings.
How do you go about turning your thoughts, ideas, and feelings into sounds?
Our songs usually start as a catchy melody and chord progression written on guitar with a few phrases of lyrics that come from the ether. Then we take a closer look at the idea, see what it's trying to communicate, and refine it to focus it towards that statement.
If your music was a kind of beer, ice cream, or coffee (take your pick), what would it taste like?
If BK&TC's music was a beer, it would be a Mezcal on ice. That sums up our sound--unexpected, not really on topic, a little more heady than expected, but refreshing.