When Nicole was 5, her grandfather gave her a yellow Mickey Mouse transistor radio. It was old and had been well-loved by somebody. It had an AM/FM switch, one speaker, and a dial with illegible numbers. One of the best things about this radio was the weird sounds it would pick up at night, under the covers, as she'd slowly turn the dial through the AM frequencies. Nicole would pretend she was picking up music from Mars and would host a radio show called "Sounds From Beyond!" with her stuffed animals standing in for extra-terrestrial musicians. Although Ear Candy is her first broadcast show ever--which she launched at the ripe old age of 32--Nicole has been rehearsing for it all of her life. "Sounds From Beyond!" gave way to a love affair with radio stations at the extreme ends of the dial (where you'd hear the best, most interesting stuff) and jobs at various record stores throughout high school and college. Back when people used to make mix tapes, Nicole's were second to none--just like Ear Candy, where she makes a new mix every week. Join the fun each Friday, 9am-12pm here on CHIRP!
You can listen to the most recent episodes of Ear Candy below:
4/5 - 9am hour
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9:09am
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Justice
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New Lands
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Audio, Video, Disco (Elektra)
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9:01am
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Prince Rama
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Your Life in the End
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Xtreme Now (Carpark)
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3/22 - 11am hour
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11:54am
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James Brown
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Get It Together
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Star Time (Polydor)
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11:48am
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Chelsea Wolfe
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Whispers in the Echo Chamber
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She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She (Loma Vista)
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11:45am
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Brittany Bindrim Local
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Fever Dreams
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Velella Velella (Metropolis)
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11:36am
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Mark Lanegan Band
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The Gravedigger's Song
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Blues Funeral (4AD)
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Track Notes: By request for Dan!
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11:33am
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Brigitte Calls Me Baby Local
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Impressively Average
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This House is Made of Corners (ATO)
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11:29am
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Warpaint
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Common Blue
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single (Rough Trade)
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11:19am
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Teena Marie
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Square Biz
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It Must Be Magic (Gordy)
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Track Notes: By request! Shoutout to Bliv and Tangerine!
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11:13am
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Madonna
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Future Lovers
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Confessions on a Dance Floor (Warner)
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Track Notes: By request for Matthew!
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11:09am
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Bolis Pupul
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Doctor Says
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Letter To Yu (Deewee/Because)
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11:02am
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CrumbSnatchers
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Keep Your Honey
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PETWAY (Like You Mean It)
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3/22 - 10am hour
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10:57am
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Wanda Jackson
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Thunder On The Mountain
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The Party Ain't Over (Nonesuch)
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10:55am
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins
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I Put A Spell On You
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Voodoo Jive: The Best of Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Rhino)
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10:51am
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Nouvelle Vague
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You Spin Me Round
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Should I Stay Or Should I Go? (PIAS)
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10:43am
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Meat Puppets
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Damn Thing
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Lollipop (Megaforce)
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10:40am
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Placebo
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The Bitter End
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Sleeping with Ghosts (Elevator Lady)
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10:36am
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Alkaline Trio Local
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Hot for Preacher
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Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs (Rise)
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10:29am
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Aqueduct
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Living A Lie
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Or Give Me Death (Barsuk)
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10:26am
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The Duke Spirit
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The Step and the Walk
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Neptune (You Are Here)
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10:22am
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Friko Local
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Crashing Through
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Where we've been, Where we go from here (ATO)
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10:17am
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Ghost Funk Orchestra
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Eyes of Love
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A Trip to the Moon (Karma Chief)
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10:11am
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Gorillaz
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Stylo (featuring Bobby Womack & Mos Def)
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Plastic Beach (Virgin)
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10:07am
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A Tribe Called Quest
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Can I Kick It?
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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (Jive)
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Track Notes: THROWBACK TRACK OF THE WEEK!!!
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3/22 - 9am hour
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9:59am
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Fountains Of Wayne
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Radiation Vibe
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Fountains Of Wayne (TAG)
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9:56am
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Bleachers
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Alma Mater
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Bleachers (Dirty Hit)
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9:52am
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Best Coast
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Heaven Sent
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California Nights (Harvest)
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9:52am
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Best Coast
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Heaven Sent
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California Nights (Harvest)
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9:49am
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BIGCOLOUR Local
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Playing Puzzles
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Chicago Mixtape 019: Sunrise in the Darkland (Chicago Mixtape)
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Buy BIGCOLOUR Chicago Mixtape 019: Sunrise in the Darkland at Reckless Records
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9:46am
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Ducks Ltd.
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Hollowed Out
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Harm's Way (Carpark)
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