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Shawn Campbell writesCHIRP is “Best Overall Radio Station” in Reader’s Best of Chicago Issue
Thanks so much to everyone who voted in the Reader’s annual Best of Chicago poll and made CHIRP Best Overall Radio Station . We love you back! And if you just found out about us through the issue, you can listen to us at CHIRPradio.org — this site is our blog.
Karin Fjellman writesTonight! CHIRP Night at the Whistler with Male and Colorlist
It’s the third Monday of the month, and that means CHIRP and the Whistler have concocted a great set of music and cocktails for you this fine evening! Tonight’s lineup stars Male and Colorlist, as well as the DJ skills of CHIRP’s own Michael Flavor. Oh, and did we mention that we’ll be raffling off passes to Pitchfork Festival? No, sir or ma’am, that ain’t a typo. It’s a total steal, if you consider that there’s no cover to get in! See you there.
Male
Colorlist
Whistler
2421 N. Milwaukee
9:30pm – 2am
No cover
21+
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesThis Week with CHIRP Radio (Week of June 20, 2011)
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Monday, June 20
Head to the Whistler to see Male and Colorist weave their special webs of creative electro-noise-jazz. We’re not sure what that means, but it translates into a delicious improv-based soundscape best enjoyed with one of the Whistler’s esteemed cocktails. A percentage of bar sales benefits CHIRP Radio (as if you needed another reason), and there will be a raffle with prizes so you could win win win! Plus a few of our own CHIRP DJs will be making a special appearance to spin between sets.
The Whistler / 2421 N. Milwaukee Ave. / 9:30pm / No cover / 21+ -
Tuesday, June 21
CHIRP Radio presents the Handshake Magazine Launch Party with special guests DJ Jeremy Lemos & Friends, Cool Devices, Nones, and Special Guest Don De Grazia! The Handshake is Chicago’s newest independent online and print magazine, dedicated to publishing conversations, interviews, experimental essays, short fiction, and photographic travelogues produced by the spirited community of journalists in Chicago and nationwide.
Schubas / 3159 N. Southport Ave. / 8pm / 21+ -
Saturday, June 25
Chirp Radio, in partnership with Logan Square volunteers, presents Summer Sessions on the Square with L’Orchestre Super Vitesse and Thin Hymns! This is the first of a series of four outdoor summertime concerts to be held in the neighborhood – come on out and enjoy the weather and the great music!
Logan Square Monument (corner of Milwaukee, Kedzie, & Logan Blvds.) / 5:30pm / Free ($5 suggested donation) / All Ages -
Saturday, June 25
CHIRP Radio welcomes NYC art-hardcore band Les Savy Fav to Subterranean for a night of high-energy rock and roll, with the intricate post-rock stylings of Chicago natives Big Science!
Subterranean / 2011 W. North Ave. / 10pm / 17+
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesRediscovering Our Record Collections: Morphine’s “Cure for Pain”
During my brief time living in Boston, I wasn’t nearly as big a Rock music fan as I am now. In college, my exposure to music was still pretty much limited to what I picked up from school marching band, the a-cappella group I sang in, and Top 40 radio (which, compared to today’s offerings, I now realize wasn’t all that bad).
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesCHIRP Radio Reading List (6/13/11 Ed.)
The Reading List is a collection of interesting, important, and thought-provoking articles about music from around the Web. Click here to suggest an article.
(LISTEN to CHIRP Radio.)
- R.I.P. Gil Scott-Heron.
- Music is not immune from the effects political unrest in the world. Protesters in Morocco are not happy with a music festival they see as just another tool for The Man.
- A seemingly-irrelevant spat between Moby and Brittney Spears brings up a far more interesting question: what is music, anyway?
- It’s catchy, people respond to it, and it moves product. Ice cream truck music gets the job done.
- The Chicago Reader has been asking various music people what they’re currently listening to. Find out what CHIRP’s founder and President Shawn Campbell recommends.