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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

1/16 - 4pm hour
4:53pm Shining Glass Two Birds Yellow & Purple (self-released)
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Walter Becker - 11 Tracks of Whack album artwork 4:47pm Walter Becker Down in the Bottom 11 Tracks of Whack (Giant)
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Jorge Ben - Sacundin Ben Samba album artwork 4:44pm Jorge Ben Vamos Embora "Uáu" Sacundin Ben Samba (Universal Distribution)
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The Stylistics - Let 4:40pm The Stylistics We Can Make It Happen Again Let's Put It All Together (AVCO)
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4:36pm Midcentury Llama Local Good News single (self-released)
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The Gossip - Standing In the Way of Control album artwork 4:31pm The Gossip Standing In The Way Of Control Standing In the Way of Control (Kill Rock Stars)
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Joan of Arc - A Portable Model Of album artwork 4:28pm Joan of Arc Local The Hands A Portable Model Of (Epitaph)
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4:22pm Catherine Wheel Mad Dog Wishville (Columbia)
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Arlo Parks - My Soft Machine album artwork 4:19pm Arlo Parks Dog Rose My Soft Machine (Transgressive/PIAS)
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hemlock - 444 album artwork 4:18pm hemlock Local Depot Dog 444 (self-released)
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Bobby O - Freedom in an Unfree World album artwork 4:09pm Bobby O I'm So Hot For You Freedom in an Unfree World (BMC)
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Erlend Øye - Unrest album artwork 4:06pm Erlend Øye The Talk Unrest (Astralwerks)
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4:01pm Drasii Local Outer Limits Spirito Celeste (FPE)
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1/16 - 3pm hour
Katrina and the Waves - Katrina and the Waves album artwork 3:57pm Katrina and the Waves Do You Want Crying Katrina and the Waves (EMI)
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Franz Ferdinand - The Human Fear album artwork 3:54pm Franz Ferdinand Night Or Day The Human Fear (Domino)
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Florist - Jellywish album artwork 3:48pm Florist Have Heaven Jellywish (Double Double Whammy)
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Saint Etienne - The Night album artwork 3:42pm Saint Etienne Hear My Heart The Night (Heavenly)
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3:39pm Melanie / The Edwin Hawkins Singers Every Man Wants to Be Free Try the Real Thing (Pickwick)
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3:35pm Cameron Winter Drinking Age Heavy Metal (Partisan)
Track Notes: Playing Saturday at Sleeping Village w/Racing Mount Pleasant! Buy Cameron Winter Heavy Metal at Reckless Records Buy Cameron Winter at iTunes Buy Cameron Winter Heavy Metal at eMusic Add to Collection
Women - Women album artwork 3:29pm Women Black Rice Women (Jagjaguwar)
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3:27pm Wiley Barkdull I Ain't Gonna Waste My Time single (Hickory)
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Everything But the Girl - Amplified Heart album artwork 3:21pm Everything But the Girl We Walk the Same Line Amplified Heart (Chrysalis)
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Astrid Sonne - Great Doubt album artwork 3:18pm Astrid Sonne Do you wanna Great Doubt (Escho)
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3:15pm Kris & Jerry The Shape I'm In A Sunny Day (Frederiksberg)
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3:06pm Les McCann Just the Way You Are Les McCann the Man (A&M)
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MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks album artwork 3:01pm MJ Lenderman Bark At The Moon Manning Fireworks (Anti-)
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1/9 - 5pm hour
5:51pm Chris Greene Quartet Local Just Squeeze Me Conversance (Pravda)
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Oscillator Bug - Bursts of the Million album artwork 5:46pm Oscillator Bug Local Big Snow Bursts of the Million (Dymaxion Groove)
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5:42pm Lou Reed & John Cale Images Songs for Drella (Sire)
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Milton Nascimento - Milton album artwork 5:37pm Milton Nascimento Cravo E Canela (Clove and Cinnamon) Milton (A&M)
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