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Mike Nikolich DJ Profile

I have been passionate about music since I was a kid and worked as a DJ in college at WHCM (Harper College) and WKDI (Northern Illinois University). After discovering CHIRP at a Trail of Dead concert at the Bottom Lounge several years ago, I became a regular listener and donor. As an active volunteer, I enjoy reviewing new music for CHIRP and started DJing in March 2016. You can listen to my regular shift on Fridays from 12 noon to 3 pm. I guarantee that you will hear artists that aren't played anywhere but on CHIRP -- and I love to play your requests!

Check out Mike's two most recent shows here.

Mike Nikolich's Playlists

10/22 - 11pm hour
11:54pm Spoon You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)
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11:51pm The Last Afternoons Local Chicago Girl Single (Self-released)
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11:47pm Elbow Any Day Now Asleep In The Back (V2)
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11:45pm Christian Singles Junk Drawer Maybe Another Time (Mt. St. Mtn.)
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Stereolab - Dots and Loops album artwork 11:41pm Stereolab Parsec Dots and Loops (Elektra)
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11:41pm Sudan Archives Sink Sink EP (Stones Throw)
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11:37pm Star Tropics Local Running Scared Stay Home Session (Self-released)
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11:35pm Spiritualized A Perfect Miracle And Nothing Hurt (Fat Possum)
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10/15 - 11pm hour
11:56pm Will Butler Surrender Generations (Merge)
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11:52pm Sincere Engineer Local Trust Me Trust Me Single (Hopeless)
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11:48pm Wax Chattels No Ties Clot (Flying Nun/Captured Tracks)
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11:46pm Eleventh Dream Day Local Thinking Out Loud New Moodio (Comedy Minus One)
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11:40pm Jon Langford & the Skull Orchard Welsh Male Choir Local Big White Cloud Jon Langford's Lucky Seven Series, part 1 (Tiny Global Productions)
Track Notes: Cover of a John Cale song (with vocals in Welsh). Buy Jon Langford & the Skull Orchard Welsh Male Choir Jon Langford's Lucky Seven Series, part 1 at Reckless Records Buy Jon Langford & the Skull Orchard Welsh Male Choir at iTunes Buy Jon Langford & the Skull Orchard Welsh Male Choir Jon Langford's Lucky Seven Series, part 1 at eMusic Add to Collection
11:38pm Leanne Faine Local Gimme Shelter Chicago Plays the Stones (Chicago Plays the Stones LLC)
Track Notes: I was interviewing Johnny Iguana, who has a great LP called Johnny Iguana's Chicago Spectacular that is currently in the CHIRP rotation, and he mentioned he played on this great collection of Rolling Stones' classics. The Glimmer Twins even played on a couple tracks. Buy Leanne Faine Chicago Plays the Stones at Reckless Records Buy Leanne Faine at iTunes Buy Leanne Faine Chicago Plays the Stones at eMusic Add to Collection
11:35pm Lucky Devils Reach Out I'll Be There Under Cover (Raucous Records)
Track Notes: In 1966, the Four Tops started at two-week run at #1 on the US singles chart, with this Holland-Dozier-Holland classic. I liked this 2017 punk-ska version. Buy Lucky Devils Under Cover at Reckless Records Buy Lucky Devils at iTunes Buy Lucky Devils Under Cover at eMusic Add to Collection
11:29pm Terry Reid The Frame Seed of Memory (ABC)
Track Notes: Ian Matthews had the hit (and still plays this one), but Terry Reid wrote it in protest to the shoddy treatment he received from his record company. Terry opened with this song the last time he played in the Chicago area -- at SPACE in Evanston, and I was there. So was Owen, on hiatus as host of the Kiwi Brunch on Sundays on CHIRP. Buy Terry Reid Seed of Memory at Reckless Records Buy Terry Reid at iTunes Buy Terry Reid Seed of Memory at eMusic Add to Collection
11:21pm The Neville Brothers Voodoo Yellow Moon (UMG)
Track Notes: On request from Mike Buy The Neville Brothers Yellow Moon at Reckless Records Buy The Neville Brothers at iTunes Buy The Neville Brothers Yellow Moon at eMusic Add to Collection
11:20pm Sudan Archives Nont For Sale Sink EP (Stones Throw)
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11:17pm Ben LaMar Gay Local Dere Ma Baby Go Benjamim e Edinho (International Anthem)
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11:16pm Anjimile Baby No More Giver Taker (Father/Daughter)
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11:06pm Studebaker John's Maxwell Street Kings Local When They Played the Real Blues 60 Years of Blues (Delmark)
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11:05pm Otis Spann Local Three-In-One Blues Blues Piano Orgy (Delmark)
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Albert King - I Get Evil album artwork 11:03pm Albert King I Get Evil I Get Evil (Not Now Music)
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10/15 - 10pm hour
10:57pm Buddy Guy Local Crawlin' Kingsnake Blues Singer (Silvertone)
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10:53pm Outer World The Message is the Message Fixed Like a Painting (Self-released)
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10:52pm Gen Pop Bell Book Candle PPM66 (Post Present Medium)
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10:50pm Mint Field Sentimiento mundial Sentimiento Mundial (Felte)
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10:49pm Tapeworms Palm Reading Funtastic (Howlin' Banana)
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10:36pm Deftones Genesis Ohms (Warner)
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10:33pm Christian Singles Collapse Maybe Another Time (Mt. St. Mtn.)
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