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Artist Interviews Mykele Deville Interview
Interviewer Mick Reed goes deep with Mykele Deville, local Chicago musician, poet, playwright and actor. Mick gets to the heart of Mykele's prolificity and what drives his unyielding creativity.
Produced by Eugene Cabanban
Photo Credit: Zakkiyyah Najeebah
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Artist Interviews Iverson Interview
Chirp Interviewer Jessi D meets up with band Iverson at our studio to chat with them about band origins, synthesizer love and magic, and their Valentine's Day show taking place at the Tonic Room on February 15th. Iverson is for 
lovers!
Produced by: Jessi D
Photo Credit: Nicole Bitonti
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Artist Interviews Fauvely Interview
Marites Velasquez chats in the Chirp studio with local band Fauvely. They talk about the benefits and growth that come from collaboration, the power of vulnerability in songwriting, and how surprisingly relaxing recording an album can be.
Produced by Marites Velasquez and Robert Patterson
Photo credit: Kristin J. Thompson
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Artist Interviews Desert Liminal
This week CHIRP Volunteer, Ari Mejia, caught up with Sarah Jane Quillin of Desert Liminal to talk about their records from 2017 and the unsual inspriations behind their music.
Produced by Ari Mejia
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Artist Interviews Cafe Racer
CHIRP volunteer, Andrew Meriwether, chats with Cafe Racer about their new release, Famous Dust, on Maximum Pelt records.
Produced by Andrew Meriwether
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Artist Interviews Bret Koontz
CHIRP volunteer, Ari Mejia, caught up with Chicago based singer song writer Bret Koontz at the CHIRP Studios. They talk about his most recent record, Low Light Trades, his experimentation in multiple mediums, and much more. You can check Low Light Trades on Bret's Bandcamp and see Bret play at Hungry Brain on August 8th.
Produced by Ari Mejia
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Artist Interviews Emily Jane Powers
CHIRP Volunteer, Andrew Meriwether, sits down with Chicago-based musician Emily Jane Powers. They talk about her new album, Restless, the societal expectations of motherhood, and being in your 30's. You can check out Restless on Bandcamp.
Produced by Andrew Meriwether
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Artist Interviews SNST
SNST (featuring Chris Broach of BRAID and Steve Znavor) recently came by the CHIRP studios to chat with Features Director Amelia Hruby about their new album Turn Out the Lights. They discuss the origin of the band, deciding to write more political songs, and how an adult ADD diagnosis changed their music.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ladyameliaa)
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First Time First Catch | Steve Krakow
Chicago-native Plastic Crimewave aka Steven Krakow is known for being a "psychedelic guru" of sorts, and is the creator of the Galactic Zoo Dossier, a hand-drawn magazine published by Drag City since 2001. Crimewave also runs the Galactic Zoo Disk reissue label imprint that is manufactured/distributed by Drag City and roving label Galactic Archives, draws/writes the bi-weekly Secret History of Chicago Music comics for the Chicago Reader for over a decade, has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary art, and has drawn countless comics, posters and album covers.and art for Lush Cosmetics.
From 2001-2011, PCW headed up Plastic Crimewave Sound, legendary space-punk ensemble that recorded 5 LPs, toured nationally with Acid Mothers temple, Comets on Fire and The Ponys, and whom Julian Cope described as "outtasite." PCW currently leads Plastic Crimewave
Syndicate (who have opened for Hawkwind, Keiji Haino, Loop, Purling Hiss and Woods); conducts the Plastic Crimewave Vision Celestial Guitarkestra of up to 70 guitarists (performed in NY, Hyde Park Arts Center, and every year at the Hideout block party),
and has DJ-ed all over the world--from London to Tokyo.
produced by Brian Heath
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Artist Interviews Big Sadie
Local band Big Sadie visited the CHIRP studios to talk to CHIRP volunteer Amanda Mayo about their folk influences, Chicago roots, and recent debut album Keep Me Waiting.
See Big Sadie live at Schubas on September 23rd.
produced by Amanda Mayo (@AmandaRMayo)
photo by Carolina Rodriguez
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Artist Interviews Al Scorch
CHIRP Volunteer, Andrew Meriwether, sat down with Chicago folk-punk artists Al Scorch to talk about his origins, his inspiration for song writing, and much more.
Produced by Andrew Meriwether
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Artist Interviews Ovef Ow
Marites, Nick, and Kyla of Ovef Ow recently came by the CHIRP studios to sit down with Features Director Amelia Hruby. They dish on what "ovef ow" means, how the band got started, and all the work on their new EP.
Catch Ovef Ow live at the Empty Bottle on Wednesday 8/16.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ladyameliaa)
photo by Jeremy Farmer
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Artist Interviews Dream Version
Alec of local band Dream Version recently sad down in the CHIRP Studios with Andrew Meriweather to discuss the band's origin and their upcoming album Fight Fair (out 7/7/17).
Catch Dream Version live at their record release show on Saturday, July 8th at Lincoln Hall! (infomation here)
produced by Brian Szpak
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Artist Interviews In Conversation: Jash and Lulu on the Trans Lib Comp
This spring local artist Jash Huggins (formerly of Evasive Backflip, now performing solo) organized the production of the Trans Lib Comp, a compilation tape featuring trans, gender non-comforming (gnc) and non-binary (nb) artists mostly based in Chicago. In this conversation Lulu (of The Just Luckies and The Cute Tops) joins Jash to discuss the comp and the state of the Chicago music scene for trans/gnc/nb artists.
You can find the comp on Bandcamp here, and read an interview with just Jash on the CHIRP blog here.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ladyameliaa)
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Artist Interviews Anti/Beyond
"When I find myself in train stations and airports, it seems like a little window into the rest of my life. In my day to day life, I'm kind of just going along, but when I'm in a train station waiting for a train, I feel like my life opens up. That feeling is what I was trying to capture in the album."
Local artist Andy Masters aka Anti/Beyond stopped by the CHIRP studios to discuss his self-titled album, the role of transportation in his work, and sexual ambiguity with CHIRP Features Director Amelia Hruby.
You can see Anti/Beyond at this month's CHIRP Night at the Whistler on Wednesday, June 28th! Details here.
produced by Brad Helm
art by Julius DC Bautiste
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Artist Interviews Ravyn Lenae
Local artist Ravyn Lenae recently stopped by the CHIRP studios to chat with Features Director Amelia Hruby. They discuss her recent high school graduation, her latest EP, and the role of colors in her work.
You can see Ravyn Lenae at Mamby On The Beach on June 24th. She's performing on the Beach Stage at 2:30pm.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ladyameliaa)
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Artist Interviews In Conversation: Impulsive Hearts & Fauvely
This spring local artists Danielle Sines of Impulsive Hearts and Sophie Leigh of Fauvely collaborated on a cover of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's song "Ohio." In this podcast episode, they join CHIRP volunteer Amelia Hruby in the CHIRP studios for a conversation about the cover, the current political climate, and being a woman in the Chicago music scene.
You can find the "Ohio" cover here.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ladyameliaa)
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Artist Interviews Mykele Deville
Local hip hop artist, actor and poet Mykele Deville stopped by the CHIRP studios before his recent Red Bull Sound Select show to chat with CHIRP volunteer Amanda Dabandons. They talk about the influence of the city, women, and diy culture on his work and art.
produced by Brian Spzak
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Artist Interviews Crown Larks
Local band Crown Larks recently sat down with CHIRP volunteer Amanda Dabandons in the CHIRP studios to talk about their upcoming album, touring, and one bleak night in Phoenix.
See Crown Larks live at their album release show on 5/6 at the Empty Bottle.
produced by Jessi DiBartolomeo
photo by Greg Reigh
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Artist Interviews The Bingers
Teddy, Ronnie and Jackie of local band The Bingers stopped by the CHIRP studios to talk with Features Co-Director Amelia Hruby about their new (and first!) LP Stay Satisfied, the haunted basements they've recorded in, and how to say "bingers."
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ladyameliaa)
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