Playing all the "good stuff." Your requests, the latest music & some surprises.
About Andy F
I am a music junkie and love radio. I worked at stations on the West Coast, then spent time at the Chicago Tribune and elsewhere. Did I mention music is my passion? I'm am always looking for that new local artist and enjoy suggestions. Other interests include travel, the outdoors, our struggling Chicago sports teams and living in North Center, Chicago. CHIRP volunteers and listeners are the VERY BEST! It's great getting to know people who care about the station and local arts community.
Recent Playlists
Mon 09/14 · 5PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
5:55 PM
Feel Me
Blancmange
Happy Families
5:53 PM
Viv Over Drink
Jesca Hoop
Long Wave Home
5:46 PM
Zülüf Dökülmüs Yüze
Vic Wednesday night - say hi at the CHIRP table!
Altin Gün
Garip
5:42 PM
When It's Gone
LOCAL
The Webstirs
High Up in the Trees
5:39 PM
In The Cold
Lorg
I Fell For Fantasy
5:35 PM
Tiny Chewbacca
Black Bananas
Bad Bunch
5:29 PM
These Things Happen
LOCAL
Afrofuturistics
The Enigmatic
5:27 PM
It's a Mod Mod World
LOCAL
Sharp Pins
Mod Mayday 23
5:24 PM
Fact or Fiction
LOCAL
Kate Renegade
Could Do!
5:20 PM
Welcome to the Breakdown
LOCAL
Song from 2017; Riot Fest Friday
Rise Against
Wolves
5:16 PM
Empty
LOCAL
Riot Fest Friday
Almost There But Not Really
singmetosleep
5:13 PM
Mercy Me
LOCAL
2005 song; Riot Fest Friday & Metro Saturday 10 PM
Alkaline Trio
Crimson
5:07 PM
Future Me Hates Me
2018 song; Concord Music Hall Friday 10 PM & Riot Fest Saturday
The Beths
Future Me Hates Me
5:04 PM
Suedehead
Debut solo from 1988; Riot Fest Saturday 7 PM
Morrissey
Bona Drag
5:00 PM
Vasto (Radio Edit)
Metro tomorrow & Wednesday nights
Cabaret Voltaire
Shadow of Fear
Mon 09/14 · 4PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
4:57 PM
Lady
Day We Ran
Naked at Your Door
4:54 PM
Regret
1993
New Order
Republic
4:47 PM
Stay Close
2010
Delorean
Subiza
4:44 PM
New Beginnings
Cobra Lounge Friday night & Riot Fest Saturday
Yard Act
You're Gonna Need A Little Music
4:42 PM
King of the Road
1966
The Statler Brothers
Flowers on the Wall
4:38 PM
Singing Saw
Sam Beam's latest
Iron & Wine
Hen's Teeth
4:34 PM
Who Told You That
LOCAL
2017
Mavis Staples
If All I Was Was Black
4:32 PM
Calypso Gene (feat. Silka & Cleo Reed)
Armand Hammer & The Alchemist
Mercy
4:29 PM
Teen (Cult) Song
LOCAL
Cel Ray
Cel Rayzer
4:25 PM
Deep Blue
Empty Bottle Friday 11 PM & Riot Fest Saturday
Chat Pile
Who Loves The Sun
4:20 PM
The Vessel
LOCAL
Thalia Hall Saturday night
REZN
Cycles in the Infinite Dream
4:17 PM
Photos of the Reenactment
Riot Fest Saturday
Kiwi Jr.
Blowin' Up
4:14 PM
Written into Changes
Sleeping Village tomorrow night
Avalon Emerson & the Charm
Written into Changes
4:09 PM
I Want to Conquer the World
Song from 1989; Riot Fest Saturday night
Bad Religion
No Control
4:05 PM
Kick Stones (The Boys)
Westside Cowboy
It Goes On
4:03 PM
This Song May or May Not Be About an Alt-Right Influencer
Tracy Genevieve Amare
Portraits of Tracy
Q: From Where Do Our Primal Instincts Originate? A: MTV!
4:00 PM
Steel
Cold Gawd
Glory2
Mon 09/14 · 3PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
3:55 PM
How the Light Gets In
Kerala Dust
An Echo of Love
3:53 PM
AT&T
Requested by August
Liquid Mike
Hell is an Airport
3:47 PM
Days Go By
James Blake
Trying Times
3:45 PM
Closure
Riot Fest Saturday
PUP
Morbid Stuff
3:41 PM
Brand-New-Life
1980
Young Marble Giants
Colossal Youth
3:39 PM
Teen Town
1977 jazz fusion classic
Weather Report
Heavy Weather
3:37 PM
Eyelids
LOCAL
CHIRP Night at the Whistler w/Weaklung Nov 29
Tuff Sudz
Tough Suds
3:32 PM
Speakers Push the Air
Song from 2002; Riot Fest Sunday
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Good Health
3:29 PM
Only Girl
Schubas Nov 2
Man/Woman/Chainsaw
Cannonball
3:25 PM
Understand
Soft Science
Sand
3:20 PM
To The Moon (Plan C) (featuring Steve Lacy)
Erykah Badu & The Alchemist
Before The World Blows
3:16 PM
Flannelette
Railcard
Two Steps at a Time
3:12 PM
Blue Eyes Blue
Bullseye
Bullseye
3:07 PM
Trust Me
LOCAL
Deanna Belos from 2021; Riot Fest Sunday
Sincere Engineer
Bless My Psyche
3:04 PM
Jock My Style
ggwendolyn
Superstar Syndrome
3:00 PM
Champagne Coast
2011
Blood Orange
Coastal Grooves
Mon 09/14 · 2PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
2:57 PM
jennifer's body
Wet Leg
moisturizer
Sat 09/05 · 1PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
1:53 PM
Bir Nazar Eyledim
Vic Sept 16
Altin Gün
Garip
1:51 PM
Gladys
Jeannie Piersol
The Nest
1:48 PM
Letting Go
2012
Torche
Harmonicraft
1:43 PM
What Are You Afraid Of
2004
West Indian Girl
West Indian Girl
1:38 PM
Wolf Like Me
2006
TV On the Radio
Return To Cookie Mountain
1:34 PM
Joint 3
LOCAL
Featured last Weds night @ Both Sides Now
Cisco Swank X Luke Titus
Some Things Take Time
1:30 PM
Propagation
Sleeping Village next Friday night
Com Truise
Iteration
1:27 PM
Life Without
Synthpop artist Chris Stewart; Thalia Hall tonight
Black Marble
Life in Small Spaces
1:22 PM
Helado De Limon
House of Blues Sept 30
The Linda Lindas
GOTTA GET OUT
1:18 PM
It Feels Just Right
LOCAL
Lincoln Hall next Saturday night Sept 12
Rotundos
Rotundos
1:14 PM
Iron City
Salt Shed Oct 11 w/DIIV
Interpol
This Mirror Weighs A Ton
1:07 PM
They Ain't You (featuring Thundercat)
Her first new album in 16 years
Erykah Badu & The Alchemist
Before The World Blows
1:03 PM
Battery Pack
Scottish musician Johnny Lynch
Pictish Trail
Life Slime
1:00 PM
No Other
UK musician Sam Eastgate
LA Priest
Into The Sky
Sat 09/05 · 12PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
12:56 PM
Illusion
LOCAL
Groovy Magic
Dreaming In Sound
12:53 PM
Wants for Everyone
Musician & animator Madeline Babuka Black
Slippers
Slippers 08
12:48 PM
Oh L'Amour
1986 hit - Vince Clarke & Andy Bell's 3rd single
Erasure
Pop! - The First 20 Hits
12:44 PM
Something Stupid (From "Better Call Saul")
2018 cover of 1967 Frank & Nancy Sinatra classic
Lola Marsh
Something Stupid (From "Better Call Saul")
12:40 PM
Goody Two Shoes
1982 release; Ravinia w/Squeeze tomorrow night
Adam Ant
Friend Or Foe
12:36 PM
Gamma (need the <3)
Earl Sweatshirt
Live Laugh Love
12:33 PM
True Colors
Mike D
Thank You
12:28 PM
Accent
Empty Bottle Oct 30 w/Clickbait & Uniflora
Sweeping Promises
You Say I Romanticize
12:21 PM
The Mire
LOCAL
Local singer Sylvia Vasser - Empty Bottle tomorrow night
Lithia
Pink House
12:19 PM
Streets of Rage: Public Arguments Edition (featuring Gothic Tropic)
LOCAL
Open Mike Eagle & Kenny Segal
DOOMED!
12:16 PM
The Actor
Evanston Folk Festival next Sunday Sept 13
Folk Bitch Trio
Now Would Be a Good Time
12:13 PM
Ever The Optimist
RIP John Douglas
Trashcan Sinatras
Ever The Optimist
12:09 PM
Stingray
LOCAL
1989
Didjits
Hey Judester / Fizzjob
12:05 PM
Easy
2013 track; Athenaeum Center tonight @ Sound & Gravity
Son Lux
Lanterns
12:00 PM
Pretend You Love Me
2012
Sonny And The Sunsets
Longtime Companion
Mon 08/31 · 5PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
5:55 PM
Five Foot One
Iggy Pop
New Values
5:52 PM
Wannabeher
MUNA
Dancing on The Wall
5:47 PM
Another Girl, Another Planet
1978 debut
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
5:45 PM
Feel The Real
Fcukers
Ö
5:40 PM
Don't Give Up
with Fred Hammond
Cory Henry feat. The Apostle Voices
Devotion
5:36 PM
Electric Sweat
2002
The Mooney Suzuki
Electric Sweat
5:32 PM
Backdrop Painters
LOCAL
2021
Dream Version
Dream Version
5:28 PM
Asymmetric
LOCAL
Plum
Bodies in Motion
5:25 PM
Apartment
LOCAL
Cameron
Dumpster Dive
5:19 PM
Helicopters
LOCAL
5th album from local folk artist Ella Williams
Squirrel Flower
Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going
5:16 PM
Server
LOCAL
Reserver
Reverser
5:13 PM
Streets of Rage: Public Arguments Edition (featuring Gothic Tropic)
LOCAL
Open Mike Eagle & Kenny Segal
DOOMED!
5:08 PM
Avalanche
Grace Ives
Girlfriend
5:06 PM
City Gurl
Frida Kill
City Gurl
5:03 PM
Body Bag
LOCAL
Track from 1995; Fitzgerald's Sept 12 - part of Pravdafest
The Effigies
Remains Nonviewable
5:00 PM
Damaged Goods
1979
Gang of Four
Entertainment!
Mon 08/31 · 4PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
4:55 PM
Hurricane Girl
Eaves Wilder
Little Miss Sunsine
4:54 PM
Middle
LOCAL
Karate School Dropout
Infectious Heart - EP
4:47 PM
The Sound Of The Crowd
1981
The Human League
Dare
4:44 PM
Little Stuff
2019
C.W. Ayon
What They Say
4:40 PM
Heaven
1994
The Golden Palominos
Pure
4:36 PM
BLACK LUNG
LOCAL
Air Credits
BREATHE WELL+
4:32 PM
Four Corners (Hum Mix)
Alarra & Brother Hum
Two Human
4:29 PM
Baby, Woah! (Version)
LOCAL
Beat Kitchen Saturday - Sound & Gravity Festival
TV Buddha
RED XEROX
4:22 PM
Love Revolution
Prince's former bassist
André Cymone
The Resurrection of Funk
4:17 PM
Hot Air Balloon
LOCAL
Thanks to Michael for requesting
Friko
Something Worth Waiting For
4:13 PM
My Friend's An Entomologist
Empty Bottle Oct 30 w/Clickbait & Uniflora
Sweeping Promises
You Say I Romanticize
4:08 PM
Closer To You
Mouth Ulcers
Silent Pictures
4:04 PM
Believer
From Norweigian pair's debut in 2021
Smerz
Believer
4:00 PM
Kick Stones (The Boys)
Westside Cowboy
It Goes On
Mon 08/31 · 3PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
3:56 PM
Denali
Portugal. The Man
SHISH
3:53 PM
Liars Tale
Thanks to Mark B for this request
Kneecap
Fenian
3:47 PM
Somethin' Somethin'
King Pari
There It Goes
3:44 PM
Contortion
Sextile
Push
3:41 PM
The Space Between
2016
Cleopold
Altitude & Oxygen
3:37 PM
Plates Keep Spinning
The Vic - Oct 28
Wild Pink
Still Coming Down
3:30 PM
Dirty Money
Track from 2012; Space Wednesday night
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Antibalas
3:26 PM
It Always Comes to Me
Thalia Hall Saturday night
Black Marble
Life in Small Spaces
3:21 PM
Hellhound
Radiator Hospital
Distorting Time
3:18 PM
Cha Cha Slide
Sleeping Village Oct 4
Getdown Services
Massive Champion
3:14 PM
Ricochet
Alex Cameron
Late to Set
3:12 PM
Mouth of the Lion
LOCAL
2012
Yakuza
Beyul
3:07 PM
Ballerina
Daisy the Great
The Rubber Teeth Talk
3:04 PM
I Believe*
2008
Simian Mobile Disco
Attack Decay Sustain Release
Mon 08/31 · 2PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
2:59 PM
Breathe Deep
1982 release; Metro Sept 15 & 16
Cabaret Voltaire
2X45
Sun 08/30 · 1PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
1:54 PM
Deaf
Just Mustard
Wednesday
1:52 PM
Blackcurrants
My Precious Bunny
A Moment In My Eyes
1:46 PM
lloyd, i'm ready to be heartbroken (june 6th)
2006; requested by Dave B
Camera Obscura
Let's Get Out of This Country
1:43 PM
Maybe You're to Blame
CA singer Rey Villalobos
The Coral Sea
The Beautiful Disappearing
1:40 PM
Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)
1971 - RIP
Dolly Parton
This is the Nashville Sound
1:38 PM
Stutter
1995
Elastica
Elastica
1:31 PM
Eye Know
1989
De La Soul
3 Feet High and Rising
1:28 PM
Pigeon
LOCAL
2010 track; Edgewater Music Fest 8:45 PM
Maps & Atlases
Perch Patchwork
1:26 PM
New Bag Properties
LOCAL
Cobra Lounge Sept 12
Consensus Madness
Endeavors
1:21 PM
Cleveland
LOCAL
Chicago folk artist Ella Williams - Thalia Hall Nov 20
Squirrel Flower
Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going
1:18 PM
Baby Driver
Simon & Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water
1:15 PM
Acelera (featuring Maria José Llergo)
Nu Genea
People of the Moon
1:09 PM
Directions
LOCAL
2013 track; requested by Lou H
Serengeti
Kenny Dennis LP
1:06 PM
Purple
LOCAL
California Wives
Art History
1:03 PM
D'Anger
Mallory Hawk
Chinook
1:00 PM
Pander
Ebbb
Shallow Hits
Sun 08/30 · 12PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
12:57 PM
Mellan de sju fjällen
Dina Ögon
Orion
12:54 PM
Towards the Dawn
2024 from UK art rock band
Public Service Broadcasting
The Last Flight
12:48 PM
Real Sublime
LOCAL
Requested by August; Edgewater Music Fest today 5:45 PM
Cult Canyon
Smoke Tricks
12:43 PM
Norweigian Wood
Thanks to Curtis Ruptash for requesting
Jah Wobble & Tian Qiyi
Mystic Liverpool: The Beatles Psychedelic Psongbook
12:41 PM
20 Something
LOCAL
CHIRP Night at the Whistler w/Parson Dolls tonight
Reva K
Welcome to 20 Something
12:37 PM
Other Hells
CA band's 7th album
Ceremony
Tell Me Your Dream
12:34 PM
playdating
Space Oct 3
Amélie Farren
Infanescence
12:28 PM
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Metro last night & Friday night
Peter Hook and the Light
So This is Permanence
12:22 PM
Fake It
Leila Henley
How to Let Go
12:18 PM
Fire Over Me
81355
Bad Dogs
12:15 PM
Well Done Kid, You Did It
Won the Emerging Talent Competition at Glastonbury last year
Westside Cowboy
It Goes On
12:10 PM
Feel
atmos bloom
Everythingness
12:06 PM
Sunless
LOCAL
Edgewater Music Festival today 4:15 PM
Snowcuffs
Sweet Gravity
12:01 PM
Yashar
Metro Sept 15 & 16
Cabaret Voltaire
2X45
Mon 08/24 · 5PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
5:53 PM
Sing
1991
Blur
Leisure
5:51 PM
Lucky
LOCAL
2019
DEHD
Water
5:46 PM
Pretend We're Dead
1992
L7
Bricks Are Heavy
5:41 PM
She Sells Sanctuary
1984 hit
The Cult
Love
5:38 PM
More Like You
Track from 2021; for Dita F
Orla Gartland
Woman on the Internet
5:33 PM
SIRENS
LOCAL
Bucktown Arts Fest Saturday 2 PM
Impulsive Hearts
Sorrier in the Summer
5:29 PM
Silent Wars
LOCAL
Black Sites
For Eternity
5:26 PM
At the Beach
LOCAL
Cowboy Jane
Infinite Chest
5:22 PM
Can't Stop
LOCAL
CHIRP Night at the Whistler Sunday night w/Parson Dolls
Reva K
Welcome to 20 Something
5:18 PM
Sometimes, Maybe
LOCAL
Reggies Sept 29
Vinto Van Go
Charms and Trips
5:16 PM
The Hope I Dread
LOCAL
w/Jane Hobson, opening for Toss - Schubas Sept 10
Molly Carberry
The Year I Went Blind
5:13 PM
Cut My Garden Bare
LOCAL
Edgewater Music Fest Sunday 7:15 PM
Neptune's Core
Pivot
5:06 PM
Evie
Holy Fuck
Event Beat
5:03 PM
I Remember...
Hideout Nov 4
Dent May
The Big One
5:00 PM
Bobby
United Center Sept 18-19
Phoebe Bridgers
Lost Weekend
Mon 08/24 · 4PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
4:56 PM
Seeking Unreality
Rivers Casino Des Plaines Oct 30
Rodrigo y Gabriela
In Between Thoughts... A New World
4:52 PM
Neredesin Sen
The Vic - Sept 16
Altin Gün
Garip
4:45 PM
Kahin Mot Se Bhi Na Jao
2007
Gaudi, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Dub Qaw'wali
4:41 PM
Girl K Is For The People
LOCAL
Edgewater Music Fest Friday 7:30 PM
Girl K
Girl K Is For The People
4:31 PM
Inca Roads
1975 track; Requested by Greg in North Center
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention
One Size Fits All
4:28 PM
Call Me
LOCAL
Edgewater Music Fest 9 PM Saturday
LowDown Brass Band
$itizens of the World
4:21 PM
Sciallà
Nu Genea
People of the Moon
4:18 PM
If You Want Me
Granddaughters of Sam Cooke & nieces of Bobby Womack
The Womack Sisters
The Womack Sisters
4:15 PM
Try Try Try
Hovvdy
Big World
4:13 PM
Target Practice
Sound & Gravity Festival Sept 5 @ Beat Kitchen
My New Band Believe
My New Band Believe
4:08 PM
Roll on Slow
2018 track; RIP following untimely passing July 29
Glen Hansard
Between Two Shores
4:05 PM
Okay that's a great idea
Nashville musician Logan Hornyak
Melaina Kol
Okay that's a great idea because if I do that then
4:00 PM
Alien Metal
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Alien Metal
Mon 08/24 · 3PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
3:55 PM
Down On The Corner
2003
Johnny Marr & The Healers
Boomslang
3:53 PM
NEW BOY
Nirosta Steel
My Skyscraper
3:49 PM
Angelic Photo
Epiphany Center for the Arts - Sept 24
Quiet Light
Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 2
3:41 PM
Drown
1992 track; thanks to Noah for requesting!
The Smashing Pumpkins
Singles Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
3:37 PM
Real Sublime
LOCAL
Edgewater Music Fest Sunday
Cult Canyon
Smoke Tricks
3:32 PM
Listen (featuring Alea Lorén & Co, MESSIAH!)
PDX composer Eric Phillips
Kennebec
The Water Wheel
3:30 PM
GTFOH
4th album from NYC rapper
Wiki
Ancient History
3:27 PM
Moment
Cobra Lounge Oct 2
Hot Flash Heat Wave
Butterfly in a Landslide
3:24 PM
Boots on the Pavement
MESH
No Fun At All
3:18 PM
Fake It
Leila Henley
How to Let Go
3:15 PM
She's Always on my Mind
LOCAL
2024 release; Bucktown Arts Fest 12:30 on Saturday
Billy Joel Jr.
Rubberhose
3:12 PM
P Stands for Paddy
Absolute Lilt
Criostal
3:07 PM
Metronome
LOCAL
2012
Archie Powell & The Exports
Great Ideas in Action
3:04 PM
SLC Punk On An SSRI
Slow Joy
Esteban Flores
Mon 08/24 · 2PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
2:59 PM
Smile
deary
Birding
Sat 08/22 · 3PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
3:54 PM
Standing in Place
April + VISTA
Traditional Noise
3:52 PM
A Mess Of Stress
The Bevis Frond
Horrorful Heights
3:48 PM
Mellow Mood
Cléa Vincent
Speakeasy
3:42 PM
Starz in Your Eyez (Michael Tello's Pillowtalk Remix)