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SKaiser writesDon’t miss The Onion’s A.V. Club & Hideout Inn Block Party this Friday and Saturday!
Come hang with CHIRP this Friday and Saturday, September 5th/6th, at The Onion’s A.V. Club & Hideout Inn Block Party! Feast your eyes on Death Cab for Cutie, The War on Drugs, Hamilton Leithausar, Mac DeMarco, Sylvan Esso, The Handsome Family, The Dismemberment Plan, Funky Meters, and more! WBEZ’s Jim DeRogatis says the festival “simply has the most soul, many of the best sounds, and an audience devoted to hearing that music and welcoming anyone who shares the same passion.”
This family-friendly event offers a bike valet, kids area, food and drink of course – and a portion of every ticket will go to a variety of Chicago charities, including Rock For Kids.
Click here for tickets. They include Limited Two Day for $65, and (Friday or Saturday) Single Day for $39.
Amanda writesSonny and the Sunsets Ride the Endless Summer Waves to Schubas on September 2nd
by Amanda Roscoe Mayo
Sonny and the Sunsets are coming! Sonny and the Sunsets are coming!
CHIRP Radio welcomes to Schubas this San Francisco based crew on September 2, 2014 along with White Reaper and The Sueves. The support for this show, both based in the Middle West, is proof that a band doesn’t need to live near an ocean to get into the grit of beach rock and roll. It’s a California state of mind, after all.
Sonny and the Sunsets released, Antenna to the Afterworld on Polyvinvl records in June of 2013 and it is jam packed with Sonny Smith’s signature clear but soft vocals, beachy rock, and synth-infused arrangements.
We don’t know about you but we missed a real summer in Chicago and are looking forward to being transported to a warm, happy, and breezy place via Sonny and the Sunsets, and even though the show is technically after Labor Day, we won’t judge if you rock your white denim!
Meet the sunsets and watch them compete against one another in a real nail biter.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesEarly Warnings: Chirp Night at the Whistler with Zapruder Point and Shelley Miller & the BCC
Chicago bands Zapruder Point and Shelly Miller & the BCC will be joining us at the Whistler on Monday, October 13th. Mark your calendars now!
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesIn Rotation: Gel Set + Stacian
Gel Set combined forces with Stacian to create some serious Synth-Pop bliss on Voorhies, a new EP on Moniker Records that's currently in rotation on CHIRP Radio. Tune in to hear this and a whole lot of other great music produced in Chicago!
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesWhat Was at The Top of CHIRP’s Charts One Year Ago This Week?
These were the albums at the top of CHIRP Radio's charts the last week of August one year ago...
1. Ty Segall - Sleeper (Drag City)
2. Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystal - Aquarius (Delmark)
3. No Age - An Object (Sub Pop)
4. The Moondoggies - Adiós I'm a Ghost (Hardly Art)
5. Ghost Wave - Ages (Flying Nun)
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