Kevin Shields

Show schedule

Thursday 12pm–3pm

I listened to CHIRP for years before becoming a volunteer in the summer of 2022.

About Kevin Shields

I've been volunteering at CHIRP for nearly 4 years now, and DJing for 3.5 or so. But before that, for years, I was a regular listener. CHIRP was, and still is, different. I think CHIRP is what radio is supposed to be - no commercials, no agenda, no nonsense, no nothing but music. Brought to you by people who love music.

Recent Playlists

Thu 09/10 · 2PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
2:54 PM	Golden Skull LOCAL	Plastic Crimewave Syndicate	Tales of the Golden Skull
2:50 PM	Belly Flop 2026 LP "Entirely written by The Marshmallow Man"	Slags	Ooey Gooey
2:49 PM	Love Me Please	Savoy Brown	Lion's Share
2:42 PM	How It Looks - How It Is	Lazy Cowgirls	How It Looks - How It Is
2:34 PM	Stupid People 4-piece femme-forward band from Frankfurt.	The Slags	So What
2:32 PM	So Excited	Ranking Roger	Radical Departure
2:30 PM	This Mirror Weighs a Ton	Interpol	This Mirror Weighs A Ton
2:21 PM	Dynamite	Haircut One Hundred	Boxing The Compass
2:16 PM	These Things Happen LOCAL	Afrofuturistics	The Enigmatic
2:09 PM	Asymmetric LOCAL	Plum	Bodies in Motion
2:07 PM	Straight Line to Love	Graham Hunt	American Pyramid
2:04 PM	Helga Pataki 4-piece from Oklahoma City fronted by Lindsey Cox	Stepmom	single
2:04 PM	Power	Emily Wolfe	single

Thu 09/10 · 1PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
1:58 PM	DEATH CULT ZOMBIE	Genesis Owusu	REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE
1:52 PM	Headlock	Luci Gang	INFINITE ORBIT
1:51 PM	What's Worse	Red Red Krovvy	Red Red Krovvy
1:51 PM	She Came And She Touched Me by request ...	Townes Van Zandt	Our Mother The Mountain
1:50 PM	Robo Sleep LOCAL	Red Red Meat	Red Red Meat
1:40 PM	You've Got The Love	Dexys Midnight Runners	LOVE
1:35 PM	Good Booze & Bad Women	Humble Pie	Eat It
1:30 PM	He'd Send In The Army 1980 release	Gang of Four	EP
1:27 PM	Float Your Showboat 50th anniversary release	The Fleshtones	single
1:22 PM	Fascists Killed Yer Rock'N' Roll	Elephant Stone	ASHA
1:21 PM	Fox On The Run Request for Peppermint in Chicago - glam I could help, dude!	The Sweet	Best Of Sweet
1:09 PM	Apartment LOCAL	Cameron	Dumpster Dive
1:06 PM	Boots on the Pavement	MESH	No Fun At All
1:03 PM	Hipster Runoff	Lex Walton	ULTIMATE LOVE FOREVER
1:01 PM	Hot Dog 2026 LP	Surfbort	Reality Star

Thu 09/10 · 12PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
12:58 PM	ZAUNK Quartet from Bilbao, Spain.	EZEZEZ	single
12:56 PM	Manifesto LOCAL	The Effigies	Burned
12:50 PM	Blue LOCAL	Cowboy Jane	Infinite Chest
12:48 PM	High Priestess	Brennan Wedl	Brennan Wedl
12:48 PM	Get Up & Go	The Rutles	The Rutles
12:46 PM	Tokyo Calling	ATARASHII GAKKO!	single
12:46 PM	Transistor Radio (Radio)	Helen Love	It's My Club And I'll Play What I Want
12:25 PM	Tamoo Trance 2025 release. "The Baby Seals are a punk-pop empower band from Cambridge & Peterborough. Formed sometime in 2016 by sisters Kerry (guitar / lead vocal) and Amy (drums / vocal) and best friend Jasmine (bass / vocal). In 2022 they were joined by Kate to become a four piece." (Discogs profile)	The Baby Seals	single
12:23 PM	Caldera II	Allah-Las	Sirenas
12:13 PM	We've Come So Far (To Be Here Today)	Radio Birdman	Zeno Beach
12:08 PM	More Than Yours LOCAL	Neptune's Core	Pivot
12:08 PM	Eddie's Album	Black Bananas	Bad Bunch
12:08 PM	Cleveland Rocks	Ian Hunter	You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic

Thu 09/03 · 2PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
2:56 PM	Bless My Soul	Nightmares on Wax	N.O.W. Is the Time
2:48 PM	Celebrity Wedding LOCAL	Baby Teeth	The Baby Teeth Album
2:48 PM	Brave	Chris Knox	Songs Of You & Me
2:45 PM	Ras-Hen Betcha	Tlahoun Gessesse	Ethiopiques 17
2:39 PM	Actress	Sofie Royer	before/after (out 09/04)
2:34 PM	I Do The Rock 1979 release ... R.I.P. , Tim Curry Thanks to Mike from Hammond.	Tim Curry	Fearless
2:30 PM	Sweet Transvestite 1975	"The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Original Cast	The Rocky Horror Picture Show
2:22 PM	Iambic Pentameter LOCAL	Spread Joy	lll (out 09/04)
2:20 PM	Déjà Vu LOCAL	Plum	Bodies in Motion
2:16 PM	Kick Stones (The Boys)	Westside Cowboy	It Goes On
2:09 PM	Pretty Little Fantasy	Brennan Wedl	Brennan Wedl
2:05 PM	Love Revolution	André Cymone	The Resurrection of Funk
2:02 PM	Landlord New single from Bellingham, WA quartet	Cat Valley	single

Thu 09/03 · 1PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
1:59 PM	13 Days 6th LP from Sydney 4-piece.	C.O.F.F.I.N	Out In Oslo (out 09/18)
1:50 PM	Marianne New single from Dublin 5-piece	Fontaines D.C.	Dopamine Chamber (out 10/16)
1:48 PM	Get Me High LOCAL	Nerves	New Animal
1:48 PM	Smoker's Cough LOCAL	Apocalypse Hoboken	Easy Instructions for Complex Machinery
1:42 PM	Not God LOCAL	Finom	Not God
1:38 PM	Not Cool	Disgusting Sisters	Skin & Blisters (out 10/30)
1:33 PM	There Is A God	Cheekface	Podium
1:30 PM	The Deepest Part of the Darkest Shadow	The Afghan Whigs	Soft Control
1:29 PM	Dragon	Peelanddr-Z	Daqncing Friendly
1:21 PM	Cleveland LOCAL	Squirrel Flower	Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going
1:20 PM	Chance Encounters By Request	The Menzingers	Everything I Ever Saw
1:08 PM	Lost in the Supermarket By request for Sherman ... hope you get out alive, bruv!	The Clash	London Calling 25th Anniversary Edition
1:04 PM	Cut My Garden Bare LOCAL	Neptune's Core	Pivot
1:02 PM	Hold On To	MESH	No Fun At All

Thu 09/03 · 12PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
12:59 PM	The Nerd Reich Coming to The Salt Shed (1357 N Elston Ave, Chicago) Oct 17, 2026. Jesse Allen Breckenridge Wells from Ozark, Arkansas.	Jesse Welles	single
12:53 PM	Eyes In The Road LOCAL	90 Day Men	Too Late Or Too Dead + 2 EP
12:50 PM	Ralph Sampson	Dogwood Tales	Every Star in Rockingham County
12:48 PM	Gotta Get Out	The Linda Lindas	GOTTA GET OUT
12:45 PM	Please Go Home	The Rolling Stones	Flowers
12:43 PM	Cha Cha Slide	Getdown Services	Massive Champion
12:43 PM	Sometimes, Maybe	Vinto Van Go	Charms & Trips (out 9/19)
12:33 PM	Rapture Or...	Sweeping Promises	You Say I Romanticize
12:33 PM	Anything	Black Marble	Life in Small Spaces
12:24 PM	World On Fire 2023 release	Dolly Parton	Rockstar
12:19 PM	Don't Drop Out 1966 single produced by Ray Stevens!	Dolly Parton	single
12:17 PM	Jolene	Dolly Parton	Jolene
12:09 PM	20 Questions	Amy Rigby	Diary Of A Mad Housewife
12:07 PM	Whole Wide World	Wreckless Eric	Greatest Stiffs
12:02 PM	England Rocks 1977 release	Ian Hunter	single

Thu 08/20 · 2PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
2:52 PM	Tennessee Waltz LOCAL	Sally Timms	Cowboy Sally
2:48 PM	News of The World	The Jam	The Very Best Of
2:48 PM	I Need A Friend With A Boat LOCAL	Chin Up Chin Up	This Harness Can't Ride Anything
2:44 PM	Lake Song LOCAL	Deeper	Auto-Pain
2:36 PM	Traffic Control LOCAL	DJ Hank	Traffic Control
2:34 PM	W.W.C.B.D. LOCAL	Mexican Werewolf	M X W F
2:29 PM	Welcome to the World LOCAL	Cheap Trick	Rockford
2:22 PM	I Just Wanna Play Dead	The Dollyrots	Night Owls
2:18 PM	Yambo	Sonora Tukukuy	Brave New Cumbia
2:16 PM	Jock My Style	ggwendolyn	Superstar Syndrome
2:11 PM	Avoid The Cuture	Cuticles	More Joy
2:10 PM	Green Screen (1pm)	Cautious Clay	The Hours: High Noon
2:06 PM	Nina	Felix Da Housecat	Devin Dazzle & the Neon Fever
2:03 PM	Cool Ranch	The Brokedowns	Red Scare Industries: 20 Years of Dreaming and Scheming
2:01 PM	I Won't Look Back	Dead Boys	3rd Generation Nation (The "We Have Come For Your Children" Pre-mix)

Thu 08/20 · 1PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
1:59 PM	Sometimes, Maybe	Vinto Van Go	Charms and Trips (out 9/19)
1:52 PM	Proud Of U for Sherman ...	me.kai	single
1:50 PM	Oh Nina 2nd LP released in 1995	The Muffs	Blonder And Blonder
1:45 PM	Don't You Pay Them No Mind	Nina Simone	High Priestess Of Soul
1:43 PM	Future Is Now	Nina Hagen	Nunsexmonkrock
1:39 PM	Wrapped Up Neat In The Bible LOCAL	Caw! Caw!	Wait Outside
1:37 PM	Hold On To	MESH	No Fun At All
1:32 PM	Prayer for Summer LOCAL	Crown Vic Royal	Cosmic Nights
1:31 PM	Mulberry	Body Type	Tally
1:25 PM	Only Truth	Fishboy	Bravest Neighbor
1:21 PM	The Whole World Lost Its Head	The Go-Go's	Return To The Valley Of The Go-Go's
1:12 PM	Decide	Heavens To Betsy	Calculated
1:10 PM	Not What You Want	Sleater-Kinney	Dig Me Out
1:10 PM	One in a Million	Virginia Creeper	Girl, You'll Be a Giant Soon
1:03 PM	Gotta Get Away LOCAL	Cel Ray	Cel Rayzer
1:01 PM	Can you believe it? Ukranian 5-piece	The Sixsters	single

Thu 08/20 · 12PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
12:58 PM	Zülüf Dökülmüs Yüze	Altin Gün	Garip
12:55 PM	Devastator LOCAL	Catfish Haven	Devastator
12:49 PM	Game of Broken Hearts	Tarnation	Gentle Creatures
12:45 PM	Too Bad About Your Girl	The Donnas	Spend The Night
12:43 PM	vtmnts Three-piece band from Tokyo. Formed in 2022. Debut album released in 2025.	Wepeg	Summerhits
12:43 PM	If You Want Me	The Womack Sisters	The Womack Sisters
12:32 PM	Shooting Shadows	Sweeping Promises	You Say I Romanticize
12:29 PM	The Definitive Map	Getdown Services	Massive Champion
12:20 PM	Numbers LOCAL	Briar Rabbit	Briar Rabbit & the Company You Keep
12:19 PM	glamour shots LOCAL	daddy's boy	FOUR HOMBRES
12:10 PM	Acelera (featuring Maria José Llergo)	Nu Genea	People of the Moon
12:04 PM	Weather Me	BODEGA	All Inside Aquarium (Out 10/09)

Thu 08/13 · 2PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
2:54 PM	Kerosene LOCAL	Big Black	The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape
2:48 PM	Skirt Chaser LOCAL	Green	The Pop Tarts
2:45 PM	Mr. Unreliable LOCAL	The Cryan Shames	A Scratch in the Sky
2:42 PM	Susan LOCAL	The Buckinghams	Time & Charges/Portraits
2:37 PM	I Must Be High LOCAL	Wilco	A.M.
2:35 PM	July LOCAL	Beach Bunny	single
2:34 PM	Cowboy on Aisle Three Leeds sextet ...	Adult DVD	Adult DVD (out 9/25)
2:23 PM	I Am This Thing	Robyn Hitchcock	The Confuser
2:19 PM	I Know!	Swapmeet	Mount Zero
2:17 PM	Get To It	Quicksand	Bring On the Psychics
2:17 PM	Goodbye Forever LOCAL	Alkaline Trio	Alkaline Trio
2:09 PM	Snatch It Back And Hold It LOCAL	Junior Wells	Hoodoo Man Blues
2:06 PM	All Tomorrow's Parties LOCAL	Johnny & the Whatnots	To Live and Die in Kankakee
2:03 PM	Scarlett Johansson Why Don't You Love Me LOCAL	The Jai-Alai Savant	Flight of the Bass Delegate
2:01 PM	Elise LOCAL	The Arrivals	Goodbye New World

Thu 08/13 · 1PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
1:56 PM	Bad Life Blues LOCAL	Buddy Guy	Blues Singer
1:51 PM	Out on Bond (feat Vince Staples) LOCAL	Common	Nobody's Smiling
1:51 PM	Language LOCAL	Spread Joy	II
1:43 PM	Dark Rooms LOCAL	Da	You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984
1:40 PM	Shawnee Dupree LOCAL	The M'S	Future Women
1:35 PM	Perfect World	Smirk	Speculative Fiction
1:34 PM	Cherophobe Rock	Yard Act	You're Gonna Need A Little Music
1:26 PM	P Stands for Paddy	Absolute Lilt	Criostal
1:10 PM	Lay A Ghost LOCAL	The 1900s	Return Of The Century
1:08 PM	Bad Times Are Coming 'Round Again LOCAL	The Waco Brothers	single
1:03 PM	Hippies LOCAL	Sick Gazelle	Veld
1:02 PM	Liniment and Tonic LOCAL	The Bollweevils	Essential

Thu 08/13 · 12PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
12:56 PM	Better Business Gurl LOCAL	Tunnel	single
12:52 PM	American Beat '84 For Super Rockin' Mick! Thanks, dude!	The Flestones	American Beat '84
12:49 PM	Nose Picker LOCAL	Negative Scanner	Nose Picker
12:44 PM	Take It To The Man LOCAL	The Dials	Flex Time
12:41 PM	Non-Alignment Pact LOCAL	Tar	1988 - 1995
12:38 PM	Nostalgia	Ultra Lights	Pleasure's All Yours
12:32 PM	21st Century	Helen Kelter Skelter	Melter
12:24 PM	I Decline	Cheekface	Podium
12:19 PM	Saturday Sun LOCAL	Sharp Pins	single
12:09 PM	Calling It Quits LOCAL	Holy Joke	First Light to Fill My Eyes
12:07 PM	Acer LOCAL	Shredded Sun	Never Odd or Even
12:03 PM	Smile! LOCAL	The Effigies	For Ever Grounded (40th Anniversary Edition)

Thu 08/06 · 2PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
2:58 PM	Hot Mess	Genevieve Artadi	Dizzy Strange Summer
2:57 PM	Come On	The Rolling Stones	Singles Collection: The London Years
2:57 PM	Wanted Criminals	The Evens	The Odds
2:46 PM	Andy Warhol	David Bowie	Hunky Dory
2:46 PM	Work	Lou Reed & John Cale	Songs for Drella
2:42 PM	Enola Gay LOCAL	Quasar Wut-Wut	Taro Sound
2:39 PM	SMALL TALK	ill peach	EAVESDROPPING
2:34 PM	July LOCAL	Beach Bunny	single
2:29 PM	Homicide Request for Spudley Doright	999	Separates
2:21 PM	Astronaut, Girl LOCAL	Strawberry Jacuzzi	Watch the Clock
2:19 PM	Tocando	Helado Tropical	Helado Tropical
2:15 PM	Mikuki	Sonora Tukukuy	Brave New Cumbia
2:09 PM	Mock City Rock	Mock Media	Rat Bastard
2:06 PM	Prevail	Mouth Ulcers	Silent Pictures
2:02 PM	TV Bikiny London 6-piece	Twat Union	single

Thu 08/06 · 1PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
1:59 PM	Pilot Light LOCAL	Sincere Engineer	Probable Claws
1:58 PM	Barking At The Sun	No Joy	Big Life, Big Leaf (out 8/21)
1:52 PM	Eloise Recorded live at The Empty Bottle 08/19/2015	Royal Headache	Live In America
1:49 PM	Easy Does It	Ultra Lights	Pleasure's All Yours
1:49 PM	One More Thing For Al - thanks dude!	L7	Bricks Are Heavy
1:35 PM	Sugar Man	Rodriguez	Cold Fact
1:35 PM	Smith & Wesson Blues 70's Sydney band	Radio Birdman	The EPs
1:30 PM	Dragonfly 2023 debut LP by Berlin trio	Lobsterbomb	Look Out
1:23 PM	Denis Lavant	Blood Sausage –	Denis Lavant EP
1:20 PM	Florida Water Blues Request (sorta) for Sue in Forest Park - Thanks!	Twisted Teens	Florida Water Blues
1:16 PM	Never Mind The Botox B-side of "Damn Those Eyes", both songs taken from new Boys LP out December 2026!!	The Boys	single
1:09 PM	Cost Time Commitment LOCAL	Go Time!	X
1:06 PM	The Joke	Dari Bay	Surprise Wish
1:05 PM	I Lost My Nose	Cuticles	More Joy
1:00 PM	Babblin' Brook LOCAL	Andre Williams and The Goldstars	Nightclub EP

Thu 08/06 · 12PM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
12:54 PM	Wolf Like Me Request for Paige in Humboldt Park - you rock, great pick!!	TV On the Radio	Return To Cookie Mountain
12:48 PM	The Projects (P Jays) (feat. Dave & Del Tha Funkee Homosapien) for Holly in Somerset, kentucky - Thanks for the great request!	Handsome Boy Modeling School	So How's Your Girl...
12:41 PM	Hot Gossip LOCAL	Cel Ray	Cel Rayzer
12:34 PM	Scarydream	Wepeg	single
12:32 PM	Heart of the City	Nick Lowe	Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe