Mike was an original member of the CHIRP board of directors, a former vice-president of the CHIRP board, and he now is a board member emeritus.
About Mike Bennett
Mike was an original member of the CHIRP board of directors, a former vice-president of the CHIRP board, and he now is a board member emeritus. He got his start in radio in high school at Hinsdale Central's WHSD, and then moved on to WIDB at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. His radio dreams were deferred as he detoured into retail music and then took a U-turn to law school. Even while working as an attorney at the Illinois State Appellate Defender, Mike stayed in touch with the music scene, writing reviews on the web for Pop Palace, Fufkin.com and his own blog, Hablo Ennui. His favorites include Sparks, Sweet, Cheap Trick, Judee Sill, The Fall, Dolly Parton, Didjits, Jamila Woods, Buck Owens, CHAI, Ted Leo, Neko Case, XTC, The Zombies, Silvana Estrada, Bo Diddley and many, many others.
Recent Playlists
Sat 11/07 · 11AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
11:54 AM
Enough
December 16 at Lincoln Hall
Emma Ruth Rundle
These Killing Times
11:48 AM
Vinegar Swimming Pool
World News
In Purgatory
11:45 AM
Wicked Ways
Garbage
Version 2.0
11:42 AM
The Stinking Rose
Party Dozen
21 Bum Salute
11:36 AM
Sensational
Wishy
Nature's Pill
11:33 AM
Cherry Sky
MINNIE
HER
11:30 AM
A Bala Nunca Fez Amigos/Dursang Sur Les Mains (feat. Sages Comme des Sauvages)
Ana Lua Caiano
Devagar Que A Vida E Curta
11:24 AM
If Only When
LOCAL
Pink Frost
single
11:22 AM
I Don't Care
Magnapop
Rubbing Doesn't Help
11:18 AM
See No Evil
R.I.P. Richard Lloyd
Television
Marquee Moon
11:13 AM
ddr
Yaeji
single
11:08 AM
Bop Til You Drop
LOCAL
Mucca Pazza
BOP DROP
11:04 AM
Lost
Meat Puppets
II
11:01 AM
Change Your Mind
Bully
Lucky For You
Sat 11/07 · 10AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
10:57 AM
enough
Dawn Richard
Creole Culture
10:52 AM
Literary World
BODEGA
All Inside Aquarium
10:48 AM
Runaway
Deee-Lite
Infinity Within
10:44 AM
Nightmares
1983
A Flock of Seagulls
Listen
10:40 AM
Double A (Start Yr Singing)
LOCAL
Yr Knives
BeginYrSinging
10:35 AM
Pretty in Pixels
Penelope Isles
3
10:33 AM
ONEXONE (featuring RICH JONES)
LOCAL
Request from Matthew in Berwyn
Air Credits
BREATHE WELL+
10:29 AM
Curse
Hannah Jadagu
single
10:23 AM
RRRomeo
girl ultra
RRRomeo
10:19 AM
dear ivy
Request for Kevin
she's green
swallowtail
10:17 AM
Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um
LOCAL
Major Lance
The Very Best Of Major Lance
10:14 AM
Left Adrift
6th LP
Django Django
Doveland
10:07 AM
Lifted Truck
LOCAL
Hard Femme
Lo-Fem
10:04 AM
Fear
Sault
'NINE'
10:00 AM
Our Guessing Game
1971
The Moody Blues
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Sat 11/07 · 9AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
9:57 AM
Tongue In Chic
Ishmael Butler
Shabazz Palaces
It's A Style Sport
9:51 AM
Stranger Things
April 8 at Empty Bottle
Fenne Lily
Win Win
9:48 AM
Talk Me to Mendocino
1975
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
9:44 AM
Jealousy
Pet Shop Boys
Behaviour
9:41 AM
Ojos de Luneta
Paper Jam
This and That
9:36 AM
Chewing Gum
LOCAL
Sen Morimoto
Time Is On Your Side
9:33 AM
Any Old Time
Glen Campbell
Sings for the King
9:30 AM
Broad Shoulders
LOCAL
Kelly Reed
Broad Shoulders
9:25 AM
Lay on Plastic Moment
Starcleaner Reunion
Umbrella
9:21 AM
Pieces
Brooke Combe
Dancing at the Edge of the World
9:18 AM
Hairshirt
R.E.M.
Green
9:14 AM
Octoberland
Bradford Cox - first new song from project in 15 years
Atlas Sound
single
9:08 AM
I'm On Standby
16th LP
Eels
Cookie Happened
9:03 AM
I'll Be Waiting for You
1995
P.M. Dawn
Jesus Wept
9:01 AM
We Two Are a Moon
Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop
Love Letter for Fire
Sat 10/31 · 11AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
11:54 AM
Song of Mana
Dummy
do you love the color of the sky?
11:49 AM
Railway 2
Gizmo
All Your Worships
11:45 AM
I Have Known Love
Silver Apples
Silver Apples/Contact
11:43 AM
Guess I'm Stuck in the Dark
Heartworms
single
11:38 AM
He Said She Said
Inkblot Page
Guide These Eyes
11:35 AM
Shivering Sand
Mega City Four
Shivering Sand
11:31 AM
Love Triangle (feat. Caroline Polacheck and Sebastian)
Angèle
Instinct
11:24 AM
Over And Over
Teenage Fanclub
Do Not Dare To Dream
11:22 AM
Bits and Pieces
LOCAL
Request from Kim. Playing at Day of the Dowd tomorrow.
Naomi Ashley
Love Bug
11:19 AM
Angel Eyes
1979
Roxy Music
Manifesto
11:14 AM
Sunday
Allstate Arena May 16
Queens of the Stone Age
Perfecth
11:07 AM
Secret Admirer
LOCAL
Able Baker
Able Baker
11:04 AM
Hoverin'
The Amps
Pacer
11:01 AM
Love Is Like a Rock
R.I.P.
Donnie Iris
King Cool
Sat 10/31 · 10AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
10:57 AM
EVERY NEW DAY
Hannah Cole
Switchbacks
10:51 AM
Wine and Violet
The Lemon Pipers
Jungle Marmalade
10:45 AM
Why Not Dream
Alchemical Sisters
Alchemical Sisters
10:43 AM
Skyline
Delilah Holliday
Fat Cat
10:39 AM
Decadence is Hard Work
Soft Cell
Danceteria
10:26 AM
Safe And Sound
LOCAL
Gerald Dowd
Father's Day
10:23 AM
Candy Croce (Where Are You Tonight)
The DIFF
Whats The DIFF
10:20 AM
Evaline Make Believe
LOCAL
Split Single
Metal Frames
10:09 AM
Together (featuring Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza & Prentiss)
The Avalanches
No Bad Memories
10:05 AM
Can't Make Love
Wall of Voodoo
The Index Masters
10:00 AM
Demons
Allison Russell
The Returner
Sat 10/31 · 9AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
9:56 AM
Love Takes Miles
Cameron Winter
Live at Carnegie Hall
9:51 AM
Life Inside the Hourglass
Biita Houdei
This Bed Was Made For Me
9:48 AM
Evening Song
Jan. 21 at Schubas as part of the Tomorrow Never Knows festival
Wendy Eisenberg
Bent Ring
9:45 AM
Holding Pattern
Real Estate
In Mind
9:41 AM
Close My Eyes (feat. Suki Waterhouse)
Lous and the Yakuza
single
9:36 AM
Precious Moments
LOCAL
V.V. Lightbody
Period Piece
9:34 AM
at a bad time
MAITA
want
9:31 AM
Well Wisher
Clinic
Wild in the Streets
9:26 AM
Everything Has Changed
Mar. 19 at Lincoln Hall
Danielle Ponder
Everything Has Changed
9:22 AM
Just Like a Woman
LOCAL
1969
Bonnie Koloc
Beginnings
9:17 AM
Sartorial Eloquence
1980
Elton John
21 at 33
9:14 AM
How I Needed You
March 7 at Lincoln Hall
THAO
Show Me
9:07 AM
Satanás
Karen y los Remedios
Bestiaria
9:03 AM
Baby Come Close
Smokey Robinson
Smokey
Sat 10/31 · 8AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
8:59 AM
Everything That Helps You Sleep
Julien Baker
Turn Out the Lights
Sat 10/24 · 11AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
11:53 AM
Ten
Myra Lee
Capture The Flag
11:47 AM
Fire and Brimstone
Death Valley Girls
Welcome to Earth
11:44 AM
Dolphins
This Perfect Day
C-60
11:41 AM
lalalalala (feat. Lynks)
Lucky Iris
single
11:35 AM
Lavender – Gospel
Metro Nov. 19
Protomartyr
Hotel Usona
11:32 AM
Barbarellas
The Photos
The Photos
11:30 AM
Monsters Go Away
LOCAL
10/30 at Phyllis' Musical Inn
The Goldstars
The Halloween Album
11:24 AM
Recovery
LOCAL
Vinto Van Go
Charms and Trips
11:20 AM
Running Out of Time
Hard Feelings
Hard Feelings
11:18 AM
Respect
Otis Redding
Live on the Sunset Strip
11:15 AM
Conversation with Shiv (AKA liquid k song)
March 16 at Thalia Hall
Caroline Rose
Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall
11:08 AM
Don't Want to Know
World News
In Purgatory
11:05 AM
Borrowed Time
1972
Fanny
Fanny Hill
11:00 AM
Bellbottoms
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Orange
Sat 10/24 · 10AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
10:56 AM
The Hardest Thing
Nov. 14 at The Riv
Julia Jacklin
The Gem
10:49 AM
Warp Core Dubdown
LOCAL
BassKase
Dub Space Nine
10:46 AM
Good Man
Angie Stone
Love Language
10:43 AM
It Doesn't Matter
Co-written by Stephen Stills and Chris Hillman
Firefall
Firefall
10:40 AM
Just Kidding
Feb. 24 at Schubas
Claud
Me and the Music
10:35 AM
In The Morning
Nov. 12 The Empty Bottle
Improvement Movement
Your Perfect Real Life
10:32 AM
We No Be Machine
Onipa
We No Be Machine
10:29 AM
Sweat
LISA
Press Play
10:24 AM
Happiness Anytime
Leon Bridges
Happiness Anytime
10:20 AM
Tables of Green Fields
LOCAL
The Bachs
Out of The Bachs
10:17 AM
Si Tu Dois Partir
1999. If You Gotta Go, Go Now.
Lloyd Cole
Pop Romantique
10:15 AM
The One
Outset Nov. 5
Tune-Yards
single
10:09 AM
Pray 4 Me
Boy Harsher
Get Mean
10:04 AM
Sugah Daddy
D'Angelo and The Vanguard
Black Messiah
10:00 AM
There Goes a Tenner
Kate Bush
The Dreaming
Sat 10/24 · 9AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
9:56 AM
Same Hand
LOCAL
Winefred RT
Anything Better To Do
9:50 AM
Of Amber
Jacob Alon
In Limerence
9:47 AM
Nothing Compares to You
Britti
Hello, I'm Britti
9:44 AM
It'll Never Happen Again
Tim Hardin
Tim Hardin 1
9:42 AM
Luminosity
First LP after 34 years in existence
The Cat's Miaow
When You Smiled and Turned Away
9:37 AM
The Same Old Place
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Same Place
9:33 AM
A Song Thats Sings Itself
Sparks
Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat
9:30 AM
Moves Like a Drunk
LOCAL
Sen Morimoto
Time Is on Your Side
9:25 AM
Yesterday
Vacations
Pursuit of Anything
9:22 AM
Wild and Blue
R.I.P.
John Anderson
Wild and Blue
9:19 AM
Grey Skies
Ken Pomeroy
Cruel Joke
9:15 AM
Move in My Direction
5th LP, recorded at same time as 2024's Small Changes
Michael Kiwanuka
Fudge
9:07 AM
In Motion (featuring Knox Fortune)
LOCAL
Resavoir
Above the Clouds
9:04 AM
How Will I Know (featuring Aisha Morris)
Stevie Wonder
A Time to Love
9:01 AM
Groupie (Superstar)
Delaney & Bonnie And Friends
D & B Together
Sat 10/17 · 11AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
11:54 AM
Opera
M83
I Wrote You A Letter
11:47 AM
Smile and Wave
Fat Dog
Cancel Me (I'm Tired)
11:44 AM
Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat
This Bob Dylan cover is dedicated to Kevin who donated in my name during the CHIRP Fall Fundraising Drive.
Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Sings
11:41 AM
I Do
Teens in Trouble
single
11:36 AM
Hell of a time
Metro Oct. 30
Quadeca
Life 1
11:33 AM
Chemical Imbalance
LOCAL
The Ponys
Laced With Romance
11:29 AM
Touch the Perfect Speed
3rd LP
dummy
Do You Love the Color of the Sky?
11:22 AM
All The Bars
LOCAL
Able Baker
Able Baker
11:18 AM
Take It or Leave It
1977
The Runaways
Queens of Noise
11:16 AM
Letter from America
This Proclaimers cover is dedicated to Heather in Humboldt Park for her donation during my fall fundraising show
Gallus
single
11:13 AM
Let Me Sell You a Dream
David Byrne & Daniel Pemberton
single
11:07 AM
It's Alright
Beabadoobee
Pylon
11:05 AM
I Can't Turn You Loose
This Otis Redding cover is dedicated to Michael in Savoy, IL for his donation in my name during CHIRP's Fall Fundraising Drive.
James Carr
A Man Needs A Woman
11:00 AM
People Who Died
This Jim Carroll Band cover is dedicate to Sacha in Avondale for their donation in my name during my fall fundraising show
Against Me!
Songs That Saved My Life
Sat 10/17 · 10AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
10:56 AM
curse
alexalone
nomoreshoegaze
10:50 AM
The Kid With the Crown
Oct. 27 at Thalia Hall
This Is Lorelei
The Singer in My Band
10:47 AM
I Feel Like Going On
1985
Al Green
He is the Light
10:43 AM
Say You'll Be There
This Spice Girls cover is dedicated to Lynette in Andersonville for her donation during my fall fundraising show
Fancy Hagood
BABY JAKE
10:41 AM
La Falda
Judeline
single
10:36 AM
Wishing Bone
Freak Slug
Amulet
10:33 AM
Breaking Me Down
LOCAL
Donnie Vie
Beautiful Things
10:29 AM
Mythic Figure
Flora Hibberd
Mammoth
10:22 AM
Have A Shout
Imperial Teen
All Over You
10:20 AM
Sugar B aby
Jackie Frisco
The Girls' Scene
10:17 AM
Beautiful Stranger
This Madonna track is dedicated to Doug in Santa Monica for his donation in my name.
250cc
single
10:14 AM
All the Time in the World (feat. Rivers Cuomo, Vegyn, & Baby Marlboro)
4th LP, first in six years
The Avalanches
No Bad Memories
10:05 AM
Swallow The Key
LOCAL
Altamira
How To Get Off The Ground
10:02 AM
Domino Dancing
This Pet Shop Boys cover is dedicated to Keith in Logan Square for his donation during my show.
The Reds, Pinks and Purples
And Now a Storm Is Breaking in My Heart
Sat 10/17 · 9AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
9:56 AM
Haze
LOCAL
Paige Kizer
Unconditional
9:51 AM
Shadow Twin
Sixth solo LP
Frankie Rose
HILA
9:47 AM
Elements
1984
Black Uhuru
Anthem
9:43 AM
Cold
This Annie Lennox cover is dedicated to Ann in Berwyn for her donation in my name.
Rose Cousins
single
9:40 AM
Take Steps
Vegtable
Hit By a Car
9:35 AM
Permanence
LOCAL
Medical Miracle
Permanence
9:33 AM
Meet Me at No Special Place
Mose Allison
I Don't Worry About a Thing
9:30 AM
Memory
June McDoom
Follow the Light
9:25 AM
Bread & Butter
Your Old Droog
Bread & Butter
9:21 AM
Just for a Thrill
LOCAL
Gia Margaret on lead vocals
On Big Shoulders
On Big Shoulders
9:19 AM
Androgynous
This Replacements cover is dedicated to Dave in Lake County for his donation in my name.
Jenny on Holiday
Quicksand Heart - Extra Baggage
9:15 AM
Pipe Dreams
Jan. 30 at The Vic
Richard Thompson
Hippies, Thugs and Dreams
9:08 AM
Guardian Angel
Paul Spring
Barnstorm
9:04 AM
River Man
This Nick Drake cover is dedicated to Annette in Ravenswood Manor for her donation in my name during the CHIRP Fall Fundraising Drive
Seu Jorge
The Other Side
9:01 AM
Basket Case
This Green Day cover is dedicated to Valerie in Batavia for her donation on my show
Mad/No/Mad
single
Sat 10/10 · 11AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
11:52 AM
Checking Out
Protomartyr
Hotel Usona
11:46 AM
Do Yourself A Favor
Empty Bottle Oct. 21
The Tubs
Hard Life
11:43 AM
Rock Myself to Sleep
1989
Katrina & The Waves
Break of Hearts
11:40 AM
Warrior Spirit
April 17 at House of Blues
The Interrupters
single
11:35 AM
7x7
Joel Cusumano
Appendix
11:33 AM
Hot Head (feat. David Yow)
This Captain Beefheart cover goes out to Frank in Thomasville, GA for his donation in my name.
Orcutt Shelley Miller
single
11:29 AM
Made My Bed
Danielle Ponder
Everything Has Changed
11:23 AM
Shift
Oct. 27 Lincoln Hall
Wishy
Nature's Pill
11:20 AM
One Man's Prison
LOCAL
Liz Lands
Move With the Groove
11:17 AM
Damaged Goods
This Gang of Four cover is dedicated to Paul in Greensboro, NC
IDLES
The Problem of Leisure*
11:15 AM
Master Mademoiselle
Deerhoof
Divine Schism
11:10 AM
Oh Master, Let Me Walk With Thee
LOCAL
TV Buddha
Hallelujah Anyway
11:08 AM
I Love My Leather Jacket
This cover of The Chills is dedicated to Chris in Downers Grove for his donation in my name during the CHIRP Fall Fundraising Drive
Miriam Clancy & Dion Lunadon
single
11:02 AM
Smalltown Boy (A Refugee Song)
This Bronski Beat cover is dedicated to Matthew in Berwyn for his donation during my fundraising show
LONDON PLANE
single
Sat 10/10 · 10AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
10:58 AM
Break Me
Boy Harsher
Get Mean
10:53 AM
Ain't no Getting Rid of me Yet
Shamir and Ben Pierce
Big Benny Bailey
Business Spice
10:50 AM
Generation Rumble
Dave Edmunds
D.E. 7th
10:45 AM
Freedom
This Wham cover is dedicated to Judith in Sheridan Park for her donation during my fundraising show
The Supernaturals
All of a Sudden
10:42 AM
Only Fans
Dawn Richard
Creole Culture
10:38 AM
Pillow Fight
Oct. 16 at Salt Shed
Tinashe
Popstar
10:35 AM
Three Time Loser
Request from Eavan
Bonnie Raitt
Sweet Forgiveness
10:31 AM
Everything (ft. Patterson Hood)
Nov. 21 at Hard Rock Live in Gary, IN
Wynonna
The Hard Truth
10:27 AM
Invitation
LOCAL
Kate Renegade
Could Do!
10:24 AM
Here's Some Dances
Eight Minutes
The ABCs of Kid Soul
10:19 AM
Hotel California
This Eagles cover is dedicated to Kristen for her donation in my name.
Bandit Voyage
DADDY CORE
10:15 AM
Don't Stop the Music (with Nick Hakim, Robert Glasper)
Meshell Ndegeocello
Synonym
10:07 AM
Step Into Your Shoes
LOCAL
Stephen Kohler
single
10:05 AM
I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song
This Jim Croce cover is dedicated to my dad for his donation in my name during the CHIRP Fall Fundraising Drive.
Miranda Lambert
Crisco
10:01 AM
Celebrity Skin
This Hole cover is dedicated to Jett in Winter Haven, FL for his donation in my name.