I host The Friday Spin from noon to 3 pm CST every Friday afternoon. My show is an eclectic mix of new and old indie, world, alternative, punk, rock, jazz, prog, ambient, blues, soul, artist interviews, and anything else that tickles my fancy. If you enjoy Chicago blues, listen to the "Pre-Happy Hour Blues" at 1:55 pm, plus "Cover 3" at 2:25 pm, featuring one obscure original and three cool covers of songs you may or may not recognize. My show also features concert news, Rock & Roll birthdays, and plenty of music trivia. Oh yeah, and I love to play your requests, so submit them to via any of CHIRP's social media channels, my Facebook page ("@mikenikolich") or dj@chirpradio.org. If I can't work your request into today's show, I will do my best to get it on the air the following week.
Check out Mike's two most recent shows below:
5/3 - 2pm hour
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2:58pm
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The Doobie Brothers
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Busted Down Around O'Connelly Corners
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The Captain and Me (Warner Brothers)
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2:53pm
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Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band
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Afro Mandingo
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Sonbonbela (Sublime Frequencies)
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2:46pm
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The Gossip
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Real Power
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Real Power (Columbia)
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2:43pm
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Caleb Landry Jones
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Hey Dawn
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Hey Gary, Hey Dawn (Sacred Bones)
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2:42pm
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Rosali
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Rewind
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Bite Down (Merge)
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2:33pm
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The Wedding Present
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It's Not Unusual
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Bizarro (RCA)
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Track Notes: What's not to like about this Tom Jones cover?
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2:29pm
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Piroshka
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The Crystal Lake
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Covers of Covers (American Laundromat)
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Track Notes: Recorded originally by Grandaddy for their second LP, The Sophtware Slump. It was released as a single in 2000 and re-released in early 2001.
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2:26pm
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Gloria Jones
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Tainted Love
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Single (Champion Records)
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Track Notes: Written by Ed Cobb and recorded first by Gloria Jones, girlfriend of Marc Bolan of Trex. This song was released as a single in 1964. Glenn Campbell played guitar of this version when he was a session musician. This became a #1 hit for Soft Cell in 1981, released as 12" single that transitioned to a cover of the Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go?"
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2:24pm
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The Limiñanas
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Two Sisters
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I've Got Trouble In Mind Vol. 2 (Rare Stuff 2015/2018) (Because Music)
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Track Notes: The Liminanas take on the Kinks! Hope this did it for you, MR WX!
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Buy The Limiñanas I've Got Trouble In Mind Vol. 2 (Rare Stuff 2015/2018) at Reckless Records
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2:18pm
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Mark Alan Lofgren Local
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Ne'er Do Wells
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Black Moon Book 3 (Self Released)
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2:16pm
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Fontaines DC
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Starbuster
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Romance (XL)
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2:06pm
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Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials Local
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What You See Is What You Get
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Alligator Records—50 Years Of Genuine Houserockin' Music (Alligator)
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Buy Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials Alligator Records—50 Years Of Genuine Houserockin' Music at Reckless Records
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2:04pm
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Carolyn Wonderland
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Broken Hearted Blues
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Tempting Fate (Alligator)
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2:00pm
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Hot Tuna
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Bowlegged Woman, Knock Kneed Man
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Hoppkorv (Grunt)
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Track Notes: Jorma Kaukonen plays at Fitzgerald's in Berwyn this Saturday at 8 pm.
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5/3 - 1pm hour
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1:57pm
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The Cash Box Kings Local
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The Wine Talkin'
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Hail to the Kings! (Alligator)
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1:55pm
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Bullion
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Rare (featuring Carly Rae Jepsen)
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Affection (Ghostly International)
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Track Notes: Bullion is Nathan Jenkins, a UK producer and songwriter with credits on Carly Rae Jepsen, Ben Howard, Nilüfer Yanya and Avalon Emerson records among others. This is Jenkins' first solo record since 2020.
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1:51pm
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Cindy Lee
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Baby Blue
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Diamond Jubilee (Realistik)
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1:42pm
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Sam Evian
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Wild Days
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Plunge (Flying Cloud)
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1:41pm
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Trinket
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New Hobby
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New Hobby (Sad Club)
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1:35pm
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Ava Mendoza
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Sun Gun
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New Spells (Astral Spirits)
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1:34pm
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Aweful Local
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New Moon
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Single (Self-released)
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Track Notes: CHIRP artist interviews air on Wednesdays at 8:12pm and Fridays at 1:12pm, or check them out any time at chirp radio dot org slash podcasts!
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1:13pm
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Vices Local
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On the Surface
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American Consciousness (self-released)
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1:08pm
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Vessel
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Blonde
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Wrapped in Cellophane (Double Phantom)
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1:02pm
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Body Type
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Stingray
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EP2 (Partisan)
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5/3 - 12pm hour
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12:58pm
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Serengeti Local
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Ain't Touched the G
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KDIV (self-released)
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12:58pm
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Diagonal Local
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All We Need
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Tomorrow (Midwest Action)
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12:51pm
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Jeff Beck
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Blue Wind
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Wired (Epic)
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12:40pm
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King Crimson
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Frame By Frame
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Discipline (Polydor)
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12:36pm
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Drahla
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DC
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angeltape (Captured Tracks)
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12:35pm
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Non La
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Hold Me Down
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Like Before (Mint)
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