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Alex Gilbert DJ Profile

Alex is a graphic designer, illustrator, and DJ. Originally from Iowa, he's lived in Chicago for over 15 years, working and volunteering with such organizations as the Design Museum of Chicago, the Society of Typographic Arts, Spudnik Press Cooperative, and CHIRP Radio. He currently works for a small design studio in Ravenswood and spends his free time drawing, list making, record collecting, and singing karaoke (sometimes competitively).

You can listen to Alex's show on CHIRP every Thursday afternoon, 3-6pm, where you'll hear a wide variety of genres and artists. He has an especially strong love of funk, soul, disco, and anything with a good groove. So if that's your jam then don't miss the Funky 15 at Five—an all-funk set just after 5pm every Thursday! And if you miss the show, check out the last two weeks of broadcasts below.

Tune in sometime!

Check out Alex's two most recent shows below:

Alex Gilbert's Playlists

1/9 - 3pm hour
Las Palabras - Fe album artwork 3:18pm Las Palabras Fe Fe (La Castanya)
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Andrew Sa - Cosmic Country Stars: Andrew Sa album artwork 3:14pm Andrew Sa Local I Wish I Was the Moon Cosmic Country Stars: Andrew Sa (Cosmic Country)
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Sofie Royer - Young-Girl Forever album artwork 3:08pm Sofie Royer Sage Comme Une Image Young-Girl Forever (Stones Throw)
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The Soft Pink Truth - Is It Going To Get Any Deeper Than This? album artwork 3:02pm The Soft Pink Truth Trocadero Is It Going To Get Any Deeper Than This? (Thrill Jockey)
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1/2 - 5pm hour
musclecars - Sugar Honey Iced Tea! album artwork 5:54pm musclecars Ha Ya! (Eternal Life) (feat. Natalie Greffel) Sugar Honey Iced Tea! (BBE Music)
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Ducks Ltd. - Harm 5:49pm Ducks Ltd. Train Full of Gasoline Harm's Way (Carpark)
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Little Moon - Dear Divine album artwork 5:45pm Little Moon wonder eye Dear Divine (Joyful Noise)
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5:40pm Young Man in a Hurry Local adhesive bandage emoji man in suit levitating with cigarette emoji (Coach House Sounds)
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DEHD - Poetry album artwork 5:34pm DEHD Local Light On Poetry (Fat Possum)
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foamboy - Eating Me Alive album artwork 5:31pm foamboy Not a Go Eating Me Alive (N.I.T.A.)
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5:28pm Drasii Local Infinite Moons Spirito Celeste (FPE)
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Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk album artwork 5:20pm Magdalena Bay Cry for Me Imaginal Disk (Mom + Pop)
Track Notes: By request for Julian! Buy Magdalena Bay Imaginal Disk at Reckless Records Buy Magdalena Bay at iTunes Buy Magdalena Bay Imaginal Disk at eMusic Add to Collection
Soweto Gospel Choir and Groove Terminator - History of House album artwork 5:14pm Soweto Gospel Choir and Groove Terminator Ride Like The Wind History of House (Umculo House)
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Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull the Rope album artwork 5:10pm Ibibio Sound Machine Fire Pull the Rope (Merge)
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The Lostines - Meet The Lostines album artwork 5:03pm The Lostines Southwest Texas Meet The Lostines (Gar Hole)
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5:00pm Adrianne Lenker Fool Bright Future (4AD)
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1/2 - 4pm hour
MGMT - Loss of Life album artwork 4:56pm MGMT Bubblegum Dog Loss of Life (Mom + Pop)
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Lollise - I hit the water album artwork 4:49pm Lollise eDube I hit the water (Switch Hit)
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Ezra Collective - Dance, No One 4:45pm Ezra Collective God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (Featuring: Yazmin Lacey) Dance, No One's Watching (Partisan)
Track Notes: By request for Sean! Buy Ezra Collective Dance, No One's Watching at Reckless Records Buy Ezra Collective at iTunes Buy Ezra Collective Dance, No One's Watching at eMusic Add to Collection
Father John Misty - Mahashmashana album artwork 4:38pm Father John Misty Summer's Gone Mahashmashana (Sub Pop)
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4:34pm Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! single (Amusement/Island)
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The Gossip - Real Power album artwork 4:30pm The Gossip Real Power Real Power (Columbia)
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Friko - Where we 4:24pm Friko Local Cardinal Where we've been, Where we go from here (ATO)
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Kokoroko - Get the Message album artwork 4:21pm Kokoroko Higher Get the Message (Brownswood)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive album artwork 4:17pm Hurray for the Riff Raff Hawkmoon The Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch)
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Brigitte Calls Me Baby - The Future Is Our Way Out album artwork 4:08pm Brigitte Calls Me Baby Local We Were Never Alive The Future Is Our Way Out (ATO)
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Brigitte Calls Me Baby - The Future Is Our Way Out album artwork 4:08pm Brigitte Calls Me Baby Local We Were Never Alive The Future Is Our Way Out (ATO)
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Vegyn - The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions album artwork 4:02pm Vegyn Halo Flip The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions (PLZ Make It Ruins)
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1/2 - 3pm hour
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee album artwork 3:57pm Cindy Lee Kingdom Come Diamond Jubilee (Realistik)
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Charli XCX - brat album artwork 3:51pm Charli XCX B2B brat (Atlantic)
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