I host The Friday Spin from noon to 3 pm CST every Friday afternoon. My show is an eclectic mix of new and old indie, world, alternative, punk, rock, jazz, prog, ambient, blues, soul, artist interviews, and anything else that tickles my fancy. If you enjoy Chicago blues, listen to the "Pre-Happy Hour Blues" at 1:55 pm, plus "Cover 3" at 2:25 pm, featuring one obscure original and three cool covers of songs you may or may not recognize. My show also features concert news, Rock & Roll birthdays, and plenty of music trivia. Oh yeah, and I love to play your requests, so submit them to via any of CHIRP's social media channels, my Facebook page ("@mikenikolich") or dj@chirpradio.org. If I can't work your request into today's show, I will do my best to get it on the air the following week.
Check out Mike's two most recent shows below:
2/3 - 2pm hour
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2:56pm
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LowDown Brass Band Local
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Call Me
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Single (Self-released)
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2:52pm
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LOTEC Local
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Special
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Squares! (Self-Released)
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2:49pm
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Shredded Sun Local
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Sad Sad Song
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SOS Phantoms (Self-released)
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2:44pm
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Tom Verlaine
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Kingdom Come
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Tom Verlaine (Elektra)
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Track Notes: Covered famously by David Bowie, at the suggestion of guitarist Carlos Alomar. Appeared on the Elektra/Parlophone double single, Kingdom Come in 2015, with versions of Verlaine's original and Bowie's cover, and became a medium hit for Bowie.
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2:38pm
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James Yorkston
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Smoke Signals
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Covers of Covers (American Laundromat)
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Track Notes: Yorkson covers Pheobe Bridgers. This tune originally appeared on Pheobe's LP, "Stranger in the Alps."
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2:33pm
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The Lovemongers
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Battle of Evermore
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Singles Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Epic Soundtrax)
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Track Notes: Ann and Nancy Wilson have always been huge Zeppelin fans... They made Robert Plant cry with their performance of "Stairway to Heaven."
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2:30pm
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J.T. IV Local
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I Wish I Was Your Mother
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The Future (Drag City)
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Track Notes: The late John Henry Timmis IV (d 2002) does Ian Hunter proud on this track.
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2:23pm
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The Holy Circle
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Heartache
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Don't Disturb My Waking Dream (Deathbomb Arc)
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2:20pm
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The Firm
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Live in Peace
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Mean Business (Atlantic)
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Track Notes: Going out to Vic.
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2:09pm
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Morry Sochat & The Special 20s Local
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Last Time
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Dig It (Self-released)
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Track Notes: Morry Sochat & The Special 20s are at Untitled this Saturday at 8 pm.
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2:06pm
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Mud Morganfield Local
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You Gonna Miss Me
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Fall Waters Fall (Self-released)
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Track Notes: Mud Morganfield and Studebaker John are playing at Hey Nonny at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights this Saturday at 8 pm.
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2:04pm
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Breezy Rodio Local
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Walking With My Baby (feat. Billy Branch)
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So Close to It (Wind Chill Productions)
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Track Notes: Catch Breezy Rodio at Buddy Guy's Legends tonight at 9 pm.
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2:02pm
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Golden Earring
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Ce Soir
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The Continuing Story of Radar Love (MCA)
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2:00pm
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Shemekia Copeland Local
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Fried Catfish and Bibles
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Done Come Too Far (Alligator)
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2/3 - 1pm hour
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1:57pm
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Duckwrth
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Ce Soir
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Chrome Bull (Supergood/The Blind Youth)
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1:42pm
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Glyders Local
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High Time
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Maria's Hunt (Country Thyme)
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1:39pm
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Frank Okay Local
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Engage
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Escape from Chicago (self-released)
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1:34pm
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Dead Meadow
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The Left Hand Path
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Force Form Free (Blues Funeral)
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Track Notes: After piece runs: CHIRP artist interviews air on Tuesdays at 10:12am, Wednesdays at 8:12pm, and Fridays at 1:12pm, or check them out any time at chirp radio dot org slash podcasts!
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1:30pm
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beastii Local
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Got the Van
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B.E.A.S.T.I.I. (Whats For Breakfast?)
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1:09pm
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Hightown Pirates
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Just for Today
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Dry and High (Strike-Back)
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Track Notes: Founder Simon Mason is best known for his book, “Too High Too Far Too Soon,” which recounts his decadent adventures at Glastonbury Festival and his notoriety as personal chemist to some of the biggest bands of the 1990s.
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1:03pm
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Free
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Seven Angels
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Heartbreaker (Island)
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Track Notes: I posted a quick review of Free's last LP on Facebook today. When Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke left Free to form Bad Company, they often played this song live. I heard it during their second US tour at the old Chicago Stadium.
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2/3 - 12pm hour
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12:59pm
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Wilco Local
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Hotel Arizona
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Being There (Reprise)
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12:52pm
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New Order
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Love Vigilantes
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Low-Life (Qwest)
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12:51pm
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The Serfs
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Politics of Emptiness
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Primal Matter (Dream Recordings)
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Track Notes: You can catch this Cincinnati post-punk/industrial/dark wave trio tonight at the Empty Bottle. Choke Chain opens the show at 9 pm.
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12:42pm
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Sonic Youth
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Sugar Kane
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Dirty (DGC)
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Track Notes: Happy birthday, Lee Ranaldo, guitarist, Sonic Youth.
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12:35pm
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Fucked Up
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Falling Right Under
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One Day (Merge)
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12:33pm
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Florry
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Big Fall
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Sweet Guitar Solos (Dear Life)
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12:32pm
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White Reaper
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Fog Machine
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Asking for a Ride (Elektra)
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12:25pm
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Arbor Labor Union
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Remember to Water Your Head
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Yonder (Sophomore Lounge)
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12:20pm
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Gruff Rhys
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Layer Upon Layer
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The Almond and the Seahorse Soundtrack (Rough Trade)
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