Monday, February 27, 2023

Interview: Defcee

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Image by Michael Salisbury  A couple of weeks back I got to talk with Chicago-local hip-hop artist Defcee for the CHIRP Radio Artist Intervi...

Album Review: brad allen williams - œconomy

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I appreciate what guitarist and producer Brad Allen Williams is doing on œconomy , his first solo release for Colorfield. As a capable wingm...

Album Review: Spiral XP - It's Been a While

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  A concrete, thick pour of feedback can help cover up the deficiencies of an otherwise unremarkable song. Everyone knows this. It's why...
Thursday, February 9, 2023

Album Review: Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek - DOST 2

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I didn't have much of a reference point for Anatolian rock before I encountered Altin Gün a few years back... now I'm not sure how I...
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Album Review: Short Fictions - Every Moment of Every Day

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Every Moment of Every Day is the second LP from Pittsburgh emo band Short Fictions. As a mark of authenticity, and almost a right of passag...
Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Interview: Ester

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Image by Ash Dye Had the opportunity to talk with a phenomenal Chicago-local singer and songwriter this week for the CHIRP Radio Artist Inte...
Monday, February 6, 2023

Album Review: Trouble's Afoot - Woke Up Dark

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Trouble's Afoot is one of the many outlets of Queens-based musician Jordan Cooper. His LP Woke Up Dark was released in May of 2022, but...
Saturday, February 4, 2023

Album Review: French Class - EP

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EP is the first release by Manitobian musician Megumi Kimata under the name French Class. It has a charming and unruly quality typical of ho...

Album Review: calendar year - a life cycle

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The cover of the Indianian screamo/skramz/weird emo project Calendar Year's EP A Life Cycle is too cute. I don't know that it is hum...
Thursday, February 2, 2023

Album Review: Rose Gray - Higher Than the Sun

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It makes perfect sense for a dance-pop artist to eventually produce a space-themed album of some sort. Club lighting resembles stars and cos...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Album Review: Grass Is Green - Vacation Vinny

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It's important for me to memorialize Vacation Vinny in some way as we near its 10-year anniversary. Released in 2014, it was the Grass ...
Monday, January 30, 2023

Interview: Tommy Kessler

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Image by Katlyn Sansone Wentzel Had the pleasure of speaking with man about town, Tommy Kessler for the CHIRP Radio Artist Interview Series ...

Album Review: Aquakultre - Don't Trip

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Don't Trip was supposed to be a five-song EP. It still has a kind of humbleness to it. The kind that you might expect from a smaller, t...
Saturday, January 28, 2023

Album Review: California Cousins - Secret Footage

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What's a better surprise than a "new" California Cousins LP? A fresh 10-speed bike for your birthday? A crisp $100 bill from a...
Friday, January 27, 2023

Album Review: Joan Torres's All Is Fused - Embrace Form

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It's good to be yourself. Whoever that happens to be, it's worth taking stock of and appreciating the simple pleasure of being that ...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Album Review: Mamalarky - Pocket Fantasy

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Pocket Fantasy could be either a dream come true or the worst nightmare for someone with synesthesia. Dream because it is an uncanny but si...
Monday, January 23, 2023

Interview: Walker

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Photo by James Werner I continue to meet some very cool people doing this podcast for CHIRP Radio. Case in point, local singer/songwriter/mu...

Album Review: Stay Inside - Blight

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I can't tell you where Stay Inside is headed, but I can tell you where they're at. The Brooklyn band released their debut LP Viewing...
Sunday, January 22, 2023

Album Review: The Trend - Sgt. Pepper II

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The Trend live in an at-capacity theater in my head. I've been watching grainy videos of rock stars from the early '80s all evening ...
Thursday, January 19, 2023

Album Review: Will Sessions - Electromagnetic Reality

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Detriot instrumentalist and instigators Will Sessions have proven their skill and tenacity over the past decade after debuting as the backin...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Album Review: Maylee Todd - Maloo

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There is a line from an animated anthology of  Matrix  tie-ins ( The Animatrix , © Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2003)) that's been h...
Monday, January 16, 2023

Interview: Footballhead

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Image courtesy of the artist. Talked with an up-and-coming rock star for the CHIRP Radio Artist Interview Series this week. Ryan Nolen is Fo...

Album Review: Ichiko Aoba - Windswept Adan

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I appreciate the logic of a thematic album set on an island having an expansive and spacious sound. Windswept Adan , the seventh album by Ja...
Thursday, January 12, 2023

Interview: Daydream Plus

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Photo by Payson Power Daydream Plus is one of those projects that strikes you as emblematic of a certain style and ethos, but the more you d...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Album Review: Thanks for Coming - You Haven't Missed Much

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Thanks for Coming's first LP with Danger Collective is steadfastly and deceptively modest as a direct corollary of its delicate nature. ...
Monday, January 9, 2023

Metal Monday: Belushi Speed Ball, Foot, Limousine Beach & Mortal Relic

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For the first Metal Monday of 2023 we're keeping it on the lighter side. Metal can be a dark and depressing place, with themes of deprav...