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 10/29 · 2PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
2:57 PM
Frankenstein
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
2:53 PM
Teenage Werewolf
Barbarellas
Queen Of The Galaxy
2:51 PM
Earth from Above
LOCAL
Resavoir
Above the Clouds
2:49 PM
Voodoo
Request for Greg in North Center - Thanks Greg!
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Voodoo
2:36 PM
Everyday Is Halloween
Ministry
Black Box: Wax Trax Records, the First 13 Years
2:32 PM
Voodoo Voodoo
1953 release. Born: Delores Williams on November 11, 1929 in Chicago, IL
LaVern Baker
Lavern Baker
2:28 PM
Monster
2021 release from Berlin trio.
Lobsterbomb
Go! Go! Go! ep
2:23 PM
And It Goes On
Inkblot Page
Guide These Eyes
2:21 PM
Portal To Miami
RETAIL SIMPS
Real Simple
2:10 PM
The Same Old Place
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Same Place
2:08 PM
Rivers Of Blood, Years Of Darkness
request for Martin - thanks Martin!
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Confession of A Knife
2:05 PM
Converts
Protomartyr
Hotel Usona
2:02 PM
Halloween
1982
The Dead Kennedys
Plastic Surgery Disasters
Thu 10/29 · 1PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
1:59 PM
Hallowed Be My Name
Alice Cooper
Love It To Death
1:53 PM
Surfin' Bird
The Cramps
File Under Sacred Music - Early Singles 1978-1981
1:53 PM
Mon Mari, C'est Frankenstein
Nicole Paquim
Les Filles in The Garage
1:48 PM
My Ghost
LOCAL
The Handsome Family
Through The Trees
1:44 PM
Shallow Grave
LOCAL
The Poison Arrows
War Regards
1:41 PM
I'd Rathe Be Burned As a Witch
By request
Eartha Kitt
Bad But Beautiful
1:38 PM
The Bog Body
Viagra Boys
viagr aboys
1:33 PM
How To Hide A Body
2024 release
Daisy Grenade
single
1:31 PM
Halloween Is Coming
Jesse Welles
single
1:28 PM
Dead End
Fea
Fea
1:22 PM
Ghost On The Highway
LA Witch
single
1:18 PM
Weigh Down On Me
Dazy
MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2: 24 Songs From 2023-2026
1:16 PM
Bread & Butter
Your Old Droog
Bread & Butter
1:08 PM
Queen Of La
LOCAL
The Empty Pockets
Dear Billionaires
1:06 PM
One More Fantasy (featuring Carly Simon)
The Avalanches
No Bad Memories
1:04 PM
Lifted Truck
LOCAL
Hard Femme
Lo-Fem
1:04 PM
Dean Schlabowski w/ Sally Timms, Kelly Hogan, & Tracey Dear
Gary Gilmore's Eyes
The Executioner's Last Song
1:00 PM
Let's Have A Satanic Orgy
@ Concord Music Hall 02/27 7:00 PM · by request for ELKE!!!
Twin Temple
Let's Have A Satanic Orgy
Thu 10/29 · 12PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
12:48 PM
Cemetery Baby
Girl in a Coma
Exits and All the Rest
12:46 PM
Haunted Town
LOCAL
The Effigies
Remains Nonviewable
12:46 PM
Make it Suck
LOCAL
Marital Streep
Hunting for a Beautiful Accident
12:41 PM
Magic Powers
by request ...
Death Valley Girls
Islands In The Sky
12:39 PM
Witchcraft (For Your Love)
@ Hollywood Casino - Joliet 12/19
The Temptations
Emperors Of Soul: The Rarities
12:34 PM
Coyote
The Ratskin Family Band
Back to the Cuntry
12:28 PM
Witchcraft
The Lovely Eggs
This is Eggland
12:22 PM
Kiss It Goodbye
Imperial Teen
All Over You
12:19 PM
Billboard Style
Billboard Style
Pull of the Moon
12:18 PM
The Way It Goes
World News
In Purgatory
12:09 PM
Teenage Werewolf (I Was a)
1983 release, by request
The Flirts
Born To Flirt
12:07 PM
She's my Witch
2004 release
Kip Tyler
Ooh Yeah Baby
12:04 PM
Zombie Boy
The Magnetic Fields
Distortion
12:02 PM
Yip Yip Yow
Caroline Rose
Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall
Thu 10/22 · 2PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
2:54 PM
America Eats Its Young
Funkadelic
America Eats Its Young
2:50 PM
Bain Marie
The Heirophants
Parallax Error
2:47 PM
1000%
LOCAL
Panda Riot
Extra Cosmic
2:45 PM
Oxford Comma
LOCAL
Earth Girls
Wanderlust
2:41 PM
South of Kankakee
LOCAL
JJ and The Daydrinkers
JJ and The Daydrinkers
2:34 PM
Going Back To Cali
LL Cool J
All World
2:34 PM
Orange Sky Suicide
LOCAL
Pink Frost
Sundowning
2:31 PM
Gusto
For Corbin in Rogers Park - thanks , great pick!!!
Boko Yout
Gusto
2:22 PM
Guns Before Butter
Gang of Four
Entertainment!
2:22 PM
Eat The Rich
The Empty Pockets
Dear Billionaires
2:14 PM
All You Fascists (Bound to Lose)
The Ratskin Family Band
Back to the Cuntry
2:08 PM
Brighton Beach (featuring Evidence)
Your Old Droog
Bread & Butter
2:06 PM
Cloud 9
Tinashe
Popstar
2:06 PM
Full Spectrum Dominance
Dummy
do you love the color of the sky?
2:05 PM
Boys (Don't Look Back & Run)
Wepeg
Summerhits
Thu 10/22 · 1PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
1:58 PM
In The Dark
Dead Confederate
Sugar
1:57 PM
Demolition Girl
The Saints
(I'm) Stranded
1:53 PM
Ghosts In The Trees
Thee Oh Sees
The Hounds Of Foggy Notion
1:47 PM
Cheryl Tiegs
LOCAL
Mannequin Men
Chicago Mixtape 042: For the Love of Dog!
1:47 PM
The Bane Of Constance
Half Man Half Biscuit
Urge For Offal
1:43 PM
Dancing With the Dandies
LOCAL
The Handcuffs
Burn the Rails
1:35 PM
Rock Jocks
RETAIL SIMPS
Real Simple
1:31 PM
Colonised Existence
Mokotron
Jamz Supernova presents Dance Around The World
1:25 PM
Panda
Panda!!!
Carsick Cars
Looking Directly Into The Sun: China Pop 2007
1:20 PM
Magic Wand (featuring Barry Can't Swim)
The Avalanches
No Bad Memories
1:17 PM
Tea Drops Park
Starcleaner Reunion
Umbrella
1:11 PM
Stand Up
Force
Habibi Funk 035: Beirut City Pop
1:05 PM
Tender Surrender
Request for Cindy - Thanks Cindy!
Steve Vai
Alien Love Secrets
1:01 PM
Chemistry
Jawbreaker
Dear You
1:01 PM
Josie And The Pussycats
Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donelly
Saturday Morning - Cartoons' Greatest Hits
Thu 10/22 · 12PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
12:51 PM
Last Night Sleep
Can
Until the End of the World
12:47 PM
Bang Zoom (featuring Hanz On, Streetlife, Eazy Get Rite)
Method Man
The Meth Lab
12:45 PM
Mallrats (La La La)
LOCAL
The Orwells
Remember When
12:44 PM
Welcome To My Mind
The Hi-Fives
Welcome To My Mind
12:38 PM
Spectral Eyes
Blondie
High Noon (out February 26, 2027)
12:35 PM
Wreck Of Old '97
Johnny Cash
With His Hot And Blue Guitar
12:33 PM
Heart Has To Work So Hard
Blondshell
Violins
12:27 PM
Garbage by the Door
LOCAL
Winefred RT
Anything Better To Do
12:22 PM
Heavyweight
LOCAL
The Arrivals
Goodbye New World
12:19 PM
Christine's Tune
Flying Burrito Brothers
The Guilded Palace of Sin
12:17 PM
Never Feel the Same
Dumb Crush
Can't Say It Wasn't Fun
12:09 PM
Garden of Light
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Same Place
12:09 PM
Sunsong
Arab Strap
Half-Told Tales
12:09 PM
Great British Mistake
The Adverts
Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts
Thu 10/15 · 2PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
2:55 PM
Atrocity Exhibition
Joy Division
Closer
2:52 PM
Nothing Left
The Linda Lindas
GOTTA GET OUT
2:47 PM
You And Me Both
Arthur Russell
Calling Out of Context
2:45 PM
Already Dead
The Violent Hour
single
2:42 PM
You Make My Home
LOCAL
The Oh Yeahs
situationchicago
2:33 PM
Mother Mother
1996 release
Tracy Bonham
The Burdens Of Being Upright
2:31 PM
The Wasp
1965 release from Cleveland garage band featuring Benjamin Orr (then known as Benny Orzechowski).
The Grasshopppers
single
2:29 PM
Sleep In It
C.O.F.F.I.N
Out In Oslo
2:24 PM
Fragments
Arab Strap
Half-Told Tales
2:19 PM
Axcerpt
LOCAL
1996 benefit compilation
The Mekons
The Lounge Ax Defense & Relocation Compact Disc
2:18 PM
Estranged
Beabadoobee
Pylon
2:12 PM
Honky Tonk Merry Go Round
Patsy Cline
Golden Hits
2:09 PM
21st Century
Improvement Movement
Your Perfect Real Life
2:04 PM
The Western
Cor De Lux
Year of the Horse
2:00 PM
Treason (Live At Riot Fest 2006)
Naked Raygun
Live At Riot Fest (out 11/6)
Thu 10/15 · 1PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
1:59 PM
Capri Pants
Bikini Kill
Reject All American
1:52 PM
Move
LOCAL
American Cosmonaut
Move and Control EP
1:50 PM
Lentils
Getdown Services
Massive Champion
1:48 PM
Pin Up Boys
Westside Cowboy
It Goes On
1:43 PM
I Ain't Got No Home/Old Man Trump
2016 release
The Missing Cousins
single
1:42 PM
Death By Firing Squad
Jesse Welles
single
1:39 PM
From the Coast
LOCAL
Groovy Magic
Dreaming In Sound
1:34 PM
Mwana Wanga
Request for August in Rogers Park - Sorry I didn't have the one you wanted ...
The Very Best
Makes a King
1:30 PM
The End Of The World
Joy Oladokun
Hope Is A Heavy Thing
1:27 PM
Toryanse
ATARASHII GAKKO!
AG! Calling
1:21 PM
True Colors
for CHIRPSTER EXTRAORDINAIRE Mimi !!!
Mike D
Thank You
1:20 PM
Lavender – Gospel
Protomartyr
Hotel Usona
1:09 PM
Weather Me
BODEGA
All Inside Aquarium
1:06 PM
Rags to Riches
Meryl Streek
Stories They Don't Teach You At School
1:04 PM
Advice From the Oceans
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Same Place
1:01 PM
Dernier Flash
4-piece from Saint-Hilaire de Riez, Vendée, France
Dynamite Shakers
single
Thu 10/15 · 12PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
12:58 PM
Supreme Leader
Iguana Death Cult
Guns Out
12:54 PM
Cycles Per Second*
The dB's
Stands for Decibels/Repercussion
12:50 PM
Kick Me
LA Glam Punkers @ The Vic Theatre 3/5
Starcrawler
Kick Me (out 3/26/2027)
12:48 PM
Rotating Head
The English Beat
Special Beat Service
12:45 PM
Hot Bricks
LOCAL
Cave
Pure Moods
12:38 PM
Eczema
New single from psychedelic surf punk band formed in Los Angeles in 2012.
The Aquadolls
single
12:31 PM
Never Odd or Even
Starcleaner Reunion
Umbrella
12:28 PM
Melatonin
Tinashe
Popstar
12:23 PM
New Age Trojan Horse
Blondshell
Violins
12:22 PM
King Of Fools
Buck Owens
Four Classic Albums
12:17 PM
Mess of Things
LOCAL
Hemmingbirds
Half a Second EP
12:08 PM
Yoko
Lemongrab
Another Kind of Freedom
12:05 PM
Overdrive
Imperial Teen
All Over You
12:02 PM
EMI
Sex Pistols
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
Thu 10/08 · 2PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
2:46 PM
Changes
LOCAL
Foul Tip
Forever Driftin'
2:44 PM
Destination Moon
They Might Be Giants
John Henry
2:41 PM
Incisions
LOCAL
Daylight Robbery
Accumulated Error
2:39 PM
Have You Ever Spent The Night In Jail?
The Standells
The Best Of The Standells
2:33 PM
Something I Learned Today
Sweeping Promises
Maximum MN
2:30 PM
Lusitania
LOCAL
June of '44
Tropics And Meridians
2:27 PM
Mediocre Dancer
LOCAL
Everyday Specials
Half Off Heartbreak
2:23 PM
Chewing Gum
LOCAL
Listening party @ Charis Listening Bar 3317 S Morgan on 10/15
Sen Morimoto
Time Is On Your Side (out 10/23)
2:18 PM
Flood
LOCAL
DEHD
Flower of Devotion
2:16 PM
Sun Has Set
Beabadoobee
Pylon
2:11 PM
In Yun
1-800-Mikey
In Yun
2:07 PM
13 Days
C.O.F.F.I.N
Out In Oslo
2:05 PM
Sell Me This Pen
LOCAL
Altamira
How To Get Off The Ground
2:01 PM
Spark
2020 LP from LA punk legend.
Alice Bag
Sister Dynamite
Thu 10/08 · 1PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
1:58 PM
Hear Today
The Fleshtones
single
1:52 PM
No One Else
Hurray for the Riff Raff
Small Town Heroes
1:47 PM
Hey Ella
LOCAL
TV Buddha
Hallelujah Anyway
1:46 PM
Es La Edad (It's The Age)
1966 release. Spanish rock band from Barcelona, founded in 1962.
Los Salvajes
single
1:40 PM
Little Nations
Blair Gun
Nonstop Bullets
1:38 PM
Rat Patrol
LOCAL
2006 NR reunion show at The Congress Theatre on 11/5/2006. Released on local label Loud Pizza!
Naked Raygun
Live At Riot Fest (out 11/6)
1:32 PM
Keep On Rockin' In The Free World
Request for Jim in Sacramento - thanks dude!
Neil Young & Promise of the Real
Freedom
1:28 PM
Cowboy (Can't Let Go)
Big Benny Bailey
Business Spice
1:23 PM
Transmission
Warsaw
Warsaw
1:18 PM
You Drive Me Nervous
Alice Cooper
Killer
1:12 PM
Head On Backwards
Toronto based garage punk psych rockers 4th LP.
Wine Lips
TV Dinner
1:08 PM
I Got A Pill
Elephant Stone
ASHA
1:06 PM
No. 1 Headband
LOCAL
Lupe Fiasco
Samurai
1:02 PM
Olli Oxen Frei
LOCAL
Spread Joy
III
1:00 PM
Blood On Your Hands
2025 LP from Colorado Springs outfit.
Cheap Perfume
Don't Care. Didn't Ask
Thu 10/08 · 12PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
12:56 PM
Euro Stomper
From Sydney. "A sonic partnering of saxophonist Kirsty Tickle and percussionist Jonathan Boulet, Party Dozen is a project loosely based around improvisation." (Bandcamp profile)
Party Dozen
21 Bum Salute (out 11/6)
12:53 PM
Transgression
2025 debut LP. Based in Lyon, France.
The Transatlantics
The Transatlantics
12:46 PM
The Kamikaze Millionaire
LOCAL
Danger Noodle
Happy Ghost Day Surprise
12:41 PM
Maggie's Farm
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume II
12:32 PM
Home
LOCAL
FURY
Black Magic
12:29 PM
I'm Pretty Sure I Can See Molecules
LOCAL
Troubled Hubble
Making Beds in a Burning House
12:24 PM
piper has a flashlight
Team Work
Somebody's Gotta Do It
12:19 PM
Dirty Photographs
The Bonnevilles
Dirty Photographs
12:15 PM
Ampersand
Arab Strap
Half-Told Tales
12:08 PM
All The Rage
Wishy
Nature's Pill
12:06 PM
Converts
Protomartyr
Hotel Usona
12:02 PM
The Mission
Barbie Army
Barbie Army – Barbies Don't Bleed (Retrospective 1986-1990)
Thu 10/01 · 2PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
2:57 PM
Jigsaw Puzzle
The Rolling Stones
Beggars Banquet
2:52 PM
I Play The Records
LOCAL
Green
Green
2:46 PM
Umami Syntonic
LOCAL
Imelda Marcos
Tatlo
2:46 PM
Heroes in Jeans
LOCAL
Cooler By The Lake
Summer's Over
2:42 PM
Draggin' The Line
for Paul In Woodlawn - sweeet pick- thanks Paul!
Tommy Jamesw
The Very Best Of Tommy James & The Shondells
2:38 PM
Flyin' Blind
LOCAL
By request ...
Mannequin Men
Mannequin Men
2:33 PM
Alatau
Otyken
single
2:28 PM
Snakes of Hydra
Allah-Las
Sirenas
2:21 PM
21st Century
Improvement Movement
Your Perfect Real Life
2:18 PM
Yr Op-Ed Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore
Lex Walton
ULTIMATE LOVE FOREVER
2:17 PM
Mad World
for Cindy in North Center - thanks for the request and for listening
Tears for Fears
Mad World: The Collection
2:08 PM
Casablanca
Susanna Hoffs
The List
2:06 PM
i burnt my tongue with f-icience this morning
Team Work
Somebody's Gotta Do It
2:05 PM
New Beginning
Automatic
Excess
2:05 PM
We Don't Wanna Be Prisoners
1984 release from Swiss band.
Chin Chin
We Don't Wanna Be Prisoners ep
Thu 10/01 · 1PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
1:58 PM
Cheers To The Future
Zombeaches
Cheers To The Future
1:56 PM
Leavin (featuring Manny)
LOCAL
DJ Rashad
Double Cup
1:45 PM
Let's Get Started
LOCAL
Frisbie
Subversive Sounds of Love
1:42 PM
Heavy Metal
First new music from Brooklyn band in 2 years
Thick
single
1:34 PM
Bang Bang Bang
Lambrini Girls
No Refunds
1:31 PM
Billy Came Back
This Is Lorelei
The Singer in My Band
1:28 PM
Me And My Only
1-800-Mikey
In Yun
1:22 PM
Ziggy is an Alien
LOCAL
Vinto Van Go
Charms and Trips
1:22 PM
Last Remaining
LOCAL
Playing @ the Friendly Tap / : 6733 Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn, IL tomorrow night! Thanks Ann!