Alex is a graphic designer, artist, DJ, and occasional CHIRP Music Trivia host.
About Alex Gilbert
Originally from Iowa, Alex has lived in Chicago since 2009, and has been a CHIRP volunteer for over a decade. As a designer, he has a love for bright colors, bold patterns, funky typography, hand-painted signs, and mid-century aesthetics. In his free time, you can find him making art, watching movies, attending concerts, singing karaoke, trying new restaurants, and exploring the city. 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—a dancy, groove-filled set just after 5pm every Thursday. Tune in sometime!
Recent Playlists
Thu 11/12 · 5PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
5:56 PM
Squeaky Wheel
Dummy
do you love the color of the sky?
5:48 PM
Anytime Sisters Slide
Alchemical Sisters
Alchemical Sisters
5:44 PM
After All
Carly Rae Jepsen
Day and Night
5:40 PM
Big Ideas
Radio Free Alice
What's In Between
5:34 PM
Keeps Bringing Me Back
Blood Cultures
LUNO
5:32 PM
Silver Paper
By request for Greg!
Mountain
Climbing!
5:28 PM
Bad Doggie
Wes Parker
Super Rare
5:19 PM
Dance 'N' Sing 'N'
1979
L.T.D.
Devotion
5:15 PM
Maxwell's Groove
LOCAL
2020
Chicago Groove Experiment
Jar of Dreams
5:12 PM
Boogie Down
1983
Al Jarreau
Jarreau
5:05 PM
Blood
mary in the junkyard
Role Model Hermit
5:01 PM
Indu
Greg Freeman
All Set The Bone
Thu 11/12 · 4PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
4:56 PM
Blow Up
LOCAL
Axis:sovA
Flowerage
4:49 PM
Goldenrods
Big Big Brain!
For What? EP
4:45 PM
101 Damnations
Bullion
Nearly
4:42 PM
Diagnosis
LOCAL
By request for Professor X!
Sen Morimoto
Diagnosis
4:38 PM
Understand
SpaceArk
SpaceArk
4:32 PM
The Human Body
By request for August!
Prince
Emancipation
4:28 PM
Freaks
Haute & Freddy
Big Disgrace
4:22 PM
I Spend My Time Crying
Twisted Teens
The Holy Cross Tigers
4:19 PM
I Have More
Fat Hamster & KANG New
Brains in a Vat
4:15 PM
Slow Train
BODEGA
All Inside Aquarium
4:07 PM
Satisfied
LOCAL
V.V. Lightbody
Period Piece
4:01 PM
He dreamed of machines (Instrumental version)
Pet Shop Boys
A man from the future
Thu 11/12 · 3PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
3:59 PM
Cement Head
Caroline Rose
Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall
3:55 PM
Rebirth
LOCAL
Pinksqueeze
We Can Have It
3:46 PM
BOSS TRIX (BENNY'S SONG)
Nirosta Steel
My Skyscraper
3:43 PM
Make it Suck
LOCAL
Marital Streep
Hunting for a Beautiful Accident
3:41 PM
roger
By request for Santiago!
AKRIILA
roger
3:35 PM
Across The Sky
Michael Kiwanuka
FUDGE
3:32 PM
Os Ancestrais
Dom Salvador, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Dom Salvador JID024
3:28 PM
Dream
By request for Julian!
Neggy Gemmy
She Comes from Nowhere
3:20 PM
something to look forward to
Orange Dog Club
little white house (on a hill)
3:16 PM
Catch as Catch Can (feat. Neko Case)
THAO
Show Me
3:13 PM
Tongue In Chic
Shabazz Palaces
It's A Style Sport
3:05 PM
Marat/Sade
Judy Collins
In My Life
3:05 PM
Tomorrow People
Teenage Fanclub
Do Not Dare To Dream
Thu 10/22 · 5PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
5:52 PM
Silver
Say She She
Silver
5:47 PM
Disappearing Act
Beck
Ride Lonesome
5:44 PM
Pray 4 Me
Boy Harsher
Get Mean
5:38 PM
Reece
By request for Andy!
Josh Johnson
Animative
5:35 PM
Vas volent (feat. Adri GOOR)
Marina Herlop
Dja Dja
5:31 PM
In Your Town
LOCAL
Able Baker
Able Baker
5:24 PM
Concept Of Love
2026
Ibibio Sound Machine
Chopping Mountain
5:18 PM
Fight the Power
1976
Buddy Rich and the Big Band Machine
Speak No Evil
5:12 PM
Brasilian Skies
1978
Masayoshi Takanaka
Brasilian Skies
5:04 PM
Garde Le Pour Toi
Paradis
Recto Verso
5:02 PM
Meet The Grahams / Passionfruit
New Jazz Underground
Dying of Thirst
Thu 10/22 · 4PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
4:57 PM
The Concrete
Stef Chura
Dancing Alone on the Concrete
4:52 PM
Ring Ring
ABBA
Ring Ring
4:48 PM
My Foolish Heart
The Veils
Fragile World
4:43 PM
Too Much To Live
LOCAL
TV Buddha
Hallelujah Anyway
4:38 PM
Cut the Grass (feat. Jessica Lea Mayfield)
Wes Parker
Super Rare
4:34 PM
Spilt
New album out Jan. 15!
Lambrini Girls
No Refunds
4:29 PM
Chameleon
By request for Matthew!
Elton John
Blue Moves
4:24 PM
Sun and Moon
Danielle Ponder
Everything Has Changed
4:19 PM
Vynnaya Ya
DakhaBrakha
Alambari
4:14 PM
Non-narrative
LOCAL
Jeremiah Chiu
Edge Conditions
4:08 PM
Don't Drop Out
Dolly Parton
One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found
4:04 PM
Trouble
Grace Ives
Girlfriend
4:00 PM
Holodeck Beach Party
LOCAL
BassKase
Dub Space Nine
Thu 10/22 · 3PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
3:53 PM
Day after Day
Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts
Second Song
3:48 PM
I Hate the Way I Look Today
RAYE
THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.
3:45 PM
Desert Love
The Bandana Splits
Mr. Sam Presents The Bandana Splits
3:40 PM
Patience Like a Pilot
LOCAL
V.V. Lightbody
Period Piece
3:34 PM
Thumper
LOCAL
The Jesus Lizard
Shot
3:32 PM
Hippies
LOCAL
Playing album release show tomorrow at Smashed Plastic w/Brian Case & Mute Duo!
Sick Gazelle
Veld
3:25 PM
Oh, Irony
Opus Kink
The Sweet Goodbye
3:20 PM
Hot Slob
Playing tonight at Salt Shed / By request for Scott!
Sylvan Esso
Ow ∞
3:18 PM
Party
Troye Sivan
She's the Best
3:14 PM
gloria!
Hemlocke Springs
single
3:05 PM
Utopia & Visions
Don Cherry
Organic Music Society
3:00 PM
Common Place
Improvement Movement
Your Perfect Real Life
Thu 10/08 · 5PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
5:54 PM
Burning In Lagos
Ibibio Sound Machine
Chopping Mountain
5:49 PM
Honey I Don't Know
Alex Bleeker & The Freaks
Country Agenda
5:46 PM
Ain't no Getting Rid of me Yet
Big Benny Bailey
Business Spice
5:43 PM
Face of God
Lush Duck
single
5:41 PM
(Why Can't) I
LOCAL
Spread Joy
III
5:35 PM
Crocodopolis Theme
Crying Laughing
Talking
5:33 PM
I've Got You on My Mind
LOCAL
Sharp Pins
Mod Mayday 23
5:28 PM
Walk On Me
Julia Jacklin
The Gem
5:22 PM
Like Sugar
LOCAL
2019
Chaka Khan
Hello Happiness
5:16 PM
Sugar
1976
Kool & The Gang
Love & Understanding
5:10 PM
Sugar Frosted Lover (Vocal)
1980
Flakes
single
5:05 PM
Oh No Now My
This Is Lorelei
The Singer in My Band
5:03 PM
Thunder and Lightning
Stef Chura
Dancing Alone on the Concrete
Thu 10/08 · 4PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
4:57 PM
Have a few days off
By request for Xochitl!
K-LONE
Have a few days off
4:51 PM
The Breeze, the Grass, the Mourning Dove and Me
Orville Peck
Mule
4:47 PM
Lovers Lane
Hunx and his Punx
Too Young to Be in Love
4:43 PM
Let Me Sleep
Color Filter
Sleep in a Synchrotron
4:36 PM
TYFU
Sex Mask
Sex Mask
4:32 PM
Cancel Me (I'm Tired)
Fat Dog
Cancel Me (I'm Tired)
4:28 PM
Melatonin
Tinashe
Popstar
4:23 PM
It's All Over But the Shouting
J.D. McPherson
Let the Good Times Roll
4:19 PM
Rainbow Hour
LOCAL
Pinksqueeze
Be Gay Have Fun
4:15 PM
The Heart of Saturday Night
By request for Matthew!
Tom Waits
The Heart of Saturday Night
4:10 PM
Happiness Anytime
Leon Bridges
Happiness Anytime
4:07 PM
Happy Days Are Here Again
Sylvester
Private Recordings, August 1970
4:03 PM
Butterfly
LOCAL
Mike Maimone
Guess What? I Love You
Thu 10/08 · 3PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
3:52 PM
Lover
Man On Man
MAN ON MAN
3:50 PM
Guess What? I Love You
LOCAL
Mike Maimone
Guess What? I Love You
3:39 PM
Ain’t Nobody Straight in L.A.
The Miracles
City of Angels
3:37 PM
Sticks and Stones
Jackie Shane
Any Other Way
3:34 PM
Big Kiss
LOCAL
Mike Maimone
Guess What? I Love You
3:19 PM
Cycles
Bonobo
Distance In Static
3:14 PM
can it bleed
ODAE
MOIREMOIREMOIRE
3:08 PM
Jeans
Boy Harsher
Get Mean
3:05 PM
My day at the casino
Asher White
Love Aggregates
3:01 PM
My Love, Our Time Is Now
LOCAL
Hemmingbirds
The Vines of Age
3:00 PM
Trans-Europe Express
Kraftwerk
Trans-Europe Express
Thu 09/24 · 5PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
5:57 PM
Take Me with You
Dinosaur Jr.
There Near
5:54 PM
Fire on the Water (featuring Arooj Aftab)
Bonobo
Distance In Static
5:50 PM
Sunsong
Arab Strap
Half-Told Tales
5:45 PM
Little Japan
Los Lobos
Colossal Head
5:40 PM
Colour Pillow - Kologo (Radio Edit)
Blind Yeo
The Lemoine Point
5:36 PM
Flick of the Wrist
Man/Woman/Chainsaw
Cannonball
5:33 PM
Summer's Gone
Son Lux
Out Into
5:28 PM
Thank You
Hudson Mohawke
Satin Panthers EP
5:23 PM
Every Single Weekend (feat. Jamie xx)
New album out Oct. 16!
The Avalanches
No Bad Memories
5:15 PM
Morena
Joutro Mundo
Brazilian Boogie & Disco Reworks, Vol. 1
5:09 PM
Living for the City
LOCAL
Ramsey Lewis
Sun Goddess
Thu 09/24 · 4PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
4:53 PM
What Are The Odds
Jorja Smith
What Are The Odds
4:49 PM
Serpent Kaa
Laurent Bardainne & Tigre D'eau Douce
Eden Beach Club
4:45 PM
Vini da Gama
Allah-Las
Sirenas
4:30 PM
Honest Talk
Cleo Sol
Gentlewoman
4:26 PM
Ring Ring, I've Got to Sing
Ferre Grignard
Ring Ring, I've Got to Sing
4:23 PM
By The Venture
LOCAL
Daniel Knox
Daniel Knox
4:11 PM
Robot Slave
Saul Williams
Leap Life
4:03 PM
Que Pasa
Horace Silver
Song For My Father
Thu 09/24 · 3PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
3:52 PM
Only Love (featuring Pa Salieu)
Ezra Collective
Here Because of Hope
3:49 PM
Heart Shaped Locket
LOCAL
Ami Saraiya & The Outcome
Soundproof Box
3:45 PM
Under You
LOCAL
Andrew Sa
American Rough
3:33 PM
Right to Left
Playing Oct. 22 at the Salt Shed!
Sylvan Esso
Ow ∞
3:29 PM
Need to Move
Captain Planet
DIG
3:24 PM
One Whole Song
LOCAL
Afrofuturistics
The Enigmatic
3:16 PM
Faery
1-800-Mikey
In Yun
3:12 PM
New Muscles
mary in the junkyard
Role Model Hermit
3:06 PM
Faces and People
LOCAL
Sam Prekop
Sam Prekop
Thu 09/17 · 5PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
5:54 PM
Someday
Ezra Collective
Here Because of Hope
5:49 PM
Card Declined
Charli XCX
Music, Fashion, Film
5:45 PM
levelled
Jane Inc.
A RUPTURE A CANYON A BIRTH
5:41 PM
Tarkovski
By request for Matthew!
BODEGA
Our Brand Could Be Yr Life
5:37 PM
Beep Boop Computers
The Bug Club
Very Human Features
5:33 PM
Chattanooga Choo Choo
By request for Cindy!
Haruomi Hosono
Tropical Dandy
5:28 PM
On & On
Playing Oct. 22 at The Salt Shed!
Sylvan Esso
Ow ∞
5:22 PM
(Don't Cha Wanna) Get Down Get Down
1976
South Side Coalition
single
5:17 PM
Get Down ('Cause I Love Your Body)
1980
Nite Watch
single
5:13 PM
Crazy Music
1977
Jenny Nevasco
single
5:07 PM
Sundown (featuring Beth Orton)
Sam Amidon
Sam Amidon
5:04 PM
Two Princes
By request for Lydia!
Vitamin String Quartet
VSQ Performs 90s Rock Hits
5:01 PM
Homesick For Another World
James Ellis Ford
Lost in Another World
Thu 09/17 · 4PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
4:57 PM
Story to No One
Playing Sept. 29 at The Riv!
Laurie Anderson with Sexmob
Let X=X (Live)
4:50 PM
Marianne
New album out Oct. 16!
Fontaines D.C.
Dopamine Chamber
4:46 PM
Domov sú schody na ktorých smieš plakať
Maťkovia
1982-1986 (Expanded)
4:42 PM
Joy to You Baby
Josh Ritter
The Beast in Its Tracks
4:37 PM
Ultimate Love 4Ever
Lex Walton
ULTIMATE LOVE FOREVER
4:34 PM
Riverboat Blues
Graham Hunt
American Pyramid
4:30 PM
Prism
Say She She
Prism
4:23 PM
Spat (feat. Left At London)
LOCAL
Altamira
How to Get Off the Ground
4:19 PM
Little Cloud
The Incredible String Band
The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion
4:16 PM
October All the Time
Chat Pile
Who Loves The Sun
4:07 PM
Sweet Music
Dizzy K.
Sweet Music Volume I
4:00 PM
Nursery in the Beehive
Evil Graham Lee
I Think I'm Alone Now
Thu 09/17 · 3PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
3:57 PM
Dionysian State
Mild High Club
Going Going Gone
3:52 PM
Dancing Together (feat. Sharon Jones)
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim
Here Lies Love
3:48 PM
Live to Dance (feat. Princess Chelsea)
Jonathan Bree
Don't Call It Love
3:44 PM
PBJ
Kevin Morby
single
3:39 PM
Bang Bang
Betty Chung
Mini Mini EP
3:36 PM
Stoop To Me
The Tubs
Hard Life
3:32 PM
Live Without Her Love
LOCAL
Sharp Pins
Mod Mayday 23
3:26 PM
19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)
Gorillaz
G-Sides
3:21 PM
Googoo Gaga
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
single
3:18 PM
Liars
The Durutti Column
Renascent
3:12 PM
Power to the Meek
Eurythmics
Peace
3:04 PM
The Message from a Soul Sister (feat. Vicki Anderson)
Bossa Nostra
Solaria
3:01 PM
Black Pyramids
LOCAL
Panda Riot
Northern Automatic Music
Thu 09/10 · 5PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
5:51 PM
Follow the River
Sondre Lerche
Acrobats
5:47 PM
Comfy 'N Cozy
Conway Twitty
Hit the Road!
5:44 PM
Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)
Dolly Parton
Real Love
5:40 PM
Chikan No Uta
Niningashi
Heavy Way
5:35 PM
‘Till Our Days Are Gone
James Ellis Ford
Lost in Another World
5:33 PM
The Hope I Dread
LOCAL
Molly Carberry
The Year I Went Blind
5:28 PM
PURE UNFILTERED ALTRUISM
Amélie Farren
Infanescence
5:22 PM
Ring My Bell
1979
Anita Ward
Songs of Love
5:16 PM
Knock on Wood (Long Disco Version)
1978
Amii Stewart
single
5:11 PM
Blam!
1978
The Brothers Johnson
Blam!
5:05 PM
A Thousand Steps
LOCAL
Playing today at Garfield Park Conservatory (Plantasia 2026)
Elori Saxl & Henry Solomon
Seeing is Forgetting
5:01 PM
Something In The Way
35th anniversary of "Nevermind" / By request for Matthew!