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DJ Swallow DJ Profile

I was a college radio DJ and station manager in the early 90’s and in 2010, I discovered CHIRP as a listener and have volunteered for the station since 2015. You can hear my show Monday nights from 6pm-8pm on 107.1FM and chirpradio.org playing a mix of indie, punk, jazz, blues, psych, soul, early rock-n-roll, and of course, local Chicago music. I'm also the station's Marketing Director, helping to get the word out about CHIRP.

I am a life-long Chicago area resident and have lived on the city’s Northside since 1995. My other time is spent as an artist - creating cityscape paintings and photographs of architecture. Follow me on Instagram.

You can listen to DJ Swallow's two most recent shows below.

DJ Swallow's Playlists

9/30 - 6pm hour
Girl K - My Future album artwork 6:23pm Girl K Local Alone With U My Future (Take This To Heart)
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Peel Dream Magazine - Rose Main Reading Room album artwork 6:23pm Peel Dream Magazine I Wasn't Made For War Rose Main Reading Room (Top Shelf)
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6:23pm Dirty Projectors About to Die Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)
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The Kinks - Kinda Kinks album artwork 6:10pm The Kinks Everybody's Gonna Be Happy Kinda Kinks (Pye)
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The Undertones - The Undertones album artwork 6:08pm The Undertones Male Model The Undertones (Rykodisc)
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The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses album artwork 6:01pm The Stone Roses I Am The Resurrection* The Stone Roses (Silvertone)
Track Notes: 1989 Buy The Stone Roses The Stone Roses at Reckless Records Buy The Stone Roses at iTunes Buy The Stone Roses The Stone Roses at eMusic Add to Collection
9/23 - 7pm hour
Rosie Lowe - Lover, Other album artwork 7:59pm Rosie Lowe In The Morning Lover, Other (Flowers/PIAS)
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Impulsive Hearts - Fit 4 The Apocalypse album artwork 7:52pm Impulsive Hearts Local Last Word Fit 4 The Apocalypse (Cavity Search)
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Blondie - Parallel Lines album artwork 7:49pm Blondie One Way Or Another Parallel Lines (Chrysalis)
Track Notes: Released: September 23, 1978 Buy Blondie Parallel Lines at Reckless Records Buy Blondie at iTunes Buy Blondie Parallel Lines at eMusic Add to Collection
7:46pm The Cure Grinding Halt* Three Imaginary Boys (Fiction)
Track Notes: 1979 Buy The Cure Three Imaginary Boys at Reckless Records Buy The Cure at iTunes Buy The Cure Three Imaginary Boys at eMusic Add to Collection
Cursive - Devourer album artwork 7:36pm Cursive Consumers Devourer (Run For Cover)
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Dummy - Free Energy album artwork 7:33pm Dummy Soonish Free Energy (Trouble in Mind)
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7:30pm Fontaines D.C. Sundowner Romance (XL)
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7:30pm Fontaines D.C. Sundowner Romance (XL)
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Wilco - Hot Sun Cool Shroud album artwork 7:20pm Wilco Local Annihilation Hot Sun Cool Shroud (dBpm)
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MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks album artwork 7:16pm MJ Lenderman Wristwatch Manning Fireworks (Anti-)
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Meat Puppets - Too High To Die album artwork 7:06pm Meat Puppets Backwater Too High To Die (London)
Track Notes: 1994 Buy Meat Puppets Too High To Die at Reckless Records Buy Meat Puppets at iTunes Buy Meat Puppets Too High To Die at eMusic Add to Collection
Fig Dish - Feels Like the Very First Two Times album artwork 7:03pm Fig Dish Local Karoline Waits Feels Like the Very First Two Times (Forge Again)
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Kim Deal -  Nobody Loves You More album artwork 7:01pm Kim Deal Crystal Breath [Radio Edit] Nobody Loves You More (4AD )
Track Notes: Album out 11/22 Buy Kim Deal Nobody Loves You More at Reckless Records Buy Kim Deal at iTunes Buy Kim Deal Nobody Loves You More at eMusic Add to Collection
9/23 - 6pm hour
6:54pm Neutral Milk Hotel King Of Carrot Flowers Part 1 In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (Merge)
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Big Joanie - Back Home album artwork 6:51pm Big Joanie Taut Back Home (Kill Rock Stars)
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Oceanator - Everything is Love and Death album artwork 6:48pm Oceanator Get Out Everything is Love and Death (Polyvinyl)
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The Sea and Cake - The Sea and Cake album artwork 6:35pm The Sea and Cake Local Jacking the Ball The Sea and Cake (Thrill Jockey)
Track Notes: 1994 Buy The Sea and Cake The Sea and Cake at Reckless Records Buy The Sea and Cake at iTunes Buy The Sea and Cake The Sea and Cake at eMusic Add to Collection
Material Issue - International Pop Overthrow album artwork 6:33pm Material Issue Local International Pop Overthrow International Pop Overthrow (Mercury)
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Brigitte Calls Me Baby - The Future Is Our Way Out album artwork 6:30pm Brigitte Calls Me Baby Local Eddie My Love The Future Is Our Way Out (ATO)
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The The - Ensoulment album artwork 6:21pm The The I Want To Wake Up With You Ensoulment (earMUSIC)
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Kishi Bashi - Kantos album artwork 6:20pm Kishi Bashi Colorful State Kantos (Joyful Noise)
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The Velvet Underground - Loaded album artwork 6:06pm The Velvet Underground Oh! Sweet Nuthin' Loaded (Atlantic)
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9/9 - 7pm hour
Klaus Johann Grobe - Io tu il loro album artwork 7:57pm Klaus Johann Grobe Getting Down To Adria Io tu il loro (Trouble in Mind)
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Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City album artwork 7:52pm Big Star September Gurls* #1 Record/Radio City (Ardent)
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