Mike Bennett

Show schedule

Saturday 9am–12pm

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 05/30 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:54 AM	Song Of Sorrow August 14 at the Auditorium Theatre	Tori Amos	In Times Of Dragons
11:44 AM	Desdemona LOCAL August 14 at Salt Shed	American Football	American Football (LP4)
11:41 AM	Get Away	Yuck	Yuck
11:41 AM	Uma Vida A Manos	Ana Lua Caiano	single
11:34 AM	Heart-Go	Touch Girl Apple Blossom	Graceful
11:32 AM	Advice	Sly & The Family Stone	A Whole New Thing
11:29 AM	Too Soon LOCAL	Go Time!	11
11:25 AM	BLEACH	Ecca Vandal	LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW
11:21 AM	Baby Loves You LOCAL	Enuff Z'Nuff	Strength
11:16 AM	Animal	LUMP	Animal
11:14 AM	Salve for Every Sore	Iceage	For Love of Grace & The Hereafter
11:07 AM	Liars Tale	Kneecap	Fenian
11:05 AM	Phenomenal Woman At Sleeping Village June 3	Laura Mvula	The Dreaming Room
11:01 AM	Operator's Manual	Buzzcocks	Love Bites

Sat 05/30 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:58 AM	No More Wine (Eyn Kol Vayn) LOCAL	David Safran	A Few Lines Later
10:53 AM	Forced Position July 10 at Empty Bottle	Cola	Cost of Living Adjustment
10:50 AM	While You're Out Looking for Sugar	Honey Cone	Take Me With You
10:46 AM	Periodically Triple Or Double	Yo La Tengo	Popular Songs
10:42 AM	Mammoth	Flora Hibberd	single
10:37 AM	(Looking Through) Rose Colored Glasses June 18 at SPACE	Mikaela Davis	Graceland Way
10:34 AM	Sunny Afternoon	The Kinks	Face to Face
10:31 AM	Drive LOCAL June 27 at Opus	Reva K	Welcome to 20 Something
10:25 AM	City Lights Emma Gerson, from San Francisco	lucky break	made it!
10:22 AM	QQ	Tei Shi	Valerie
10:19 AM	Ranking Full Stop	The English Beat	I Just Can't Stop It
10:16 AM	Leave the Light On First LP in eight years	The Greenberry Woods	It's All Good, Sugar
10:09 AM	Pinnochio	Future Islands	From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth
10:06 AM	Add Up My Love	Clairo	Charm
10:00 AM	I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) R.I.P.	Sonny Rollins	Way Out West

Sat 05/30 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:57 AM	Adam CHIRP Radio welcomes Jesca Hoop to Schubas on June 24.	Jesca Hoop	Long Wave Home
9:50 AM	Dark Circles (featuring Fenne Lily) Guy who created and hosted Song Exploder. At Lincoln Hall tonight	Hrishikesh Hirway	In the Last Hour of Light
9:48 AM	J'ai Mis Un Tigre Dans Ma Guitare	Jacques Dutronc	Et Moi Et Moi Et Moi: Jacques Dutronc 1966-1969
9:45 AM	Breakfast in Bed	Shelby Lynne	Just a Little Lovin'
9:41 AM	FURTHER WE FALL Syrian-Areminian-American	KÁRYYN	PHYSICS UNIVERSAL LOVE LANGUAGE (PULL)
9:37 AM	Council of Elders LOCAL	Charles Joseph Smith	Collected Works and War of the Martian Ghosts
9:34 AM	Iowa City Blues LOCAL	The Autumn Defense	Circles
9:30 AM	Needle	Mynolia	single
9:25 AM	Any Day Now	Brother Wallace	Electric Love
9:22 AM	Why Don't We... 2001	Linus of Hollywood	Let Yourself Be Happy
9:18 AM	Inner City Blues	Zara McFarlane	Sweet Whispers Celebrating Sarah Vaughn
9:14 AM	Momma Gets By	Paul McCartney	The Boys of Dungeon Lane
9:07 AM	Punch Drunk Love Out 9/4	Personal Trainer	Human Assholes
9:02 AM	Gigolos Get Lonely Too	The Time	What Time Is It?
9:00 AM	White Mustang	Lana del Rey	Lust for Life

Sat 05/23 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:54 AM	Dear Robin Bears & Love Cloud '24 LOCAL	Fire-Toolz	Lavender Networks
11:48 AM	Archipelago	Los Pulpitos	Tentacletek
11:46 AM	That's a Man's Way	Wilson Pickett	In the Midnight Hour
11:41 AM	How to Swim LOCAL Josh Fox and Sean Dixon	Don't Break My House	The Tiger Waits
11:37 AM	Blum House Columbus, OH	Winston Hightower	100 Acre Wood
11:34 AM	Get Up and Go	The Go-Go's	Vacation
11:31 AM	Not Gone	Kelley Stoltz	If You Don't Know, Buy Now!
11:25 AM	Future Country	Pigeon	OUTTANATIONAL
11:22 AM	Precision Auto	Superchunk	On the Mouth
11:17 AM	Doreen R.I.P. Ike Willis	Frank Zappa	You Are What You Is
11:14 AM	What's Done is Done	Jorja Smith	single
11:09 AM	Shock Me LOCAL	A.M. Slingers	To the Nines
11:05 AM	Cops and robbers June 19 at Radius	underscores	Wallsocket
11:03 AM	Savory	Jawbox	For Your Own Special Sweetheart

Sat 05/23 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:57 AM	Old Familiar Way LOCAL Out May 29	Rachel Swain	Neon Lullaby
10:50 AM	For Me (featuring Charlie Wilson)	Angelique Kidjo	Hope
10:47 AM	I'll Be an Alien LOCAL June 12 Glencoe Library and w/Liam Davis June 18 at Akiba Schecter	Justin Roberts	Recess
10:44 AM	Rain at the Drive-In	NRBQ	Grooves in Orbit
10:41 AM	Vibrate High (feat. Lina Loi) Hilary Mwelwa	Hil St Soul	Nasalifya (Thank You)
10:35 AM	Lost and Found Sleeping Village May 26	Junior Varsity	Ready
10:32 AM	Let's Do the Rocksteady (ft. Aimee Interrupter)	Rhoda Dakar	Rhoda Dakar Sings The Bodysnatchers
10:30 AM	Coming Out to Find You May 30 at Hey Nonny	The Imperial Sound	single
10:22 AM	Occasional Brushes Against the Guardrails LOCAL	BassKase	Soul Moisturizer
10:19 AM	The Bsbysitter	Betty Wright	Hard to Stop
10:17 AM	Tall Guys	Maren Morris	Humble Quest
10:13 AM	Wire	Little Barrie	Gravity Freeze
10:05 AM	A Dull Knife (featuring Harmony Index)	Jump Source	Fold
10:02 AM	54 46, That's My Number	Toots & The Maytals	Time Tough: The Anthology
10:00 AM	Dios Es Un Stalker June 20 United Center	Rosalía	LUX

Sat 05/23 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:57 AM	Trouble	Dida Pelled	I Wish You Would
9:51 AM	Line Cincinnati band	Spoils	Mile Wide Inch Deep
9:49 AM	Gatekeeper	Feist	Let It Die
9:45 AM	Lonely Is (As Lonely Does)	The dB's	Like This
9:42 AM	The More Empty Bottle June 21	Thee Marloes	Di Hotel Malibu
9:37 AM	Everyone Around Me Dancing LOCAL	Gia Margaret	Singing
9:35 AM	Under The Table With Her Request from Matthew in Berwyn	Sparks	Indiscreet
9:31 AM	to sister (feat. Ganavya and Brandee Younger)	Aja Monet	the color of rain
9:26 AM	butterflies	runo plum	Bloom Again
9:22 AM	Chaila	Denise Chaila	Go Bravely
9:19 AM	Sing Slowly Sisters	Robin Gibb	Saved By the Bell
9:16 AM	Sins of the Father LOCAL	Moses Sumney & Kara Jackson	Is God Is
9:09 AM	Crystal Ball LOCAL Empty Bottle June 7, album out June 9	Sports Boyfriend	Slice of Life
9:06 AM	List of Burdens	Rosanne Cash	10 Song Demo
9:01 AM	A Song For You LOCAL	Donny Hathaway	Donny Hathaway

Sat 05/16 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:52 AM	Alfie	deary	Birding
11:47 AM	New Patterns LOCAL	Morvern Hum	Elastic Dream
11:45 AM	C.T.A.-102	The Byrds	Younger Than Yesterday
11:42 AM	Yassify Me	Telehealth	Green World
11:37 AM	Still Life	Suitor	Saw You Out with the Weeds
11:34 AM	Cast a Shadow	cub	Brand New Waves session: Cub
11:30 AM	Carry the Light	Peter Frampton	Carry the Light
11:23 AM	Pieces	Robber Robber	Two Wheels Move the Soul
11:20 AM	Familiarity Breeds Contempt	Suran Song in Stag	Cowboys and Indians
11:17 AM	Time for Action	Secret Affair	Glory Boys
11:14 AM	Chakzilla LOCAL	Chaka Khan	single
11:07 AM	I Didn't Mean to Change My Mind	Prism Shores	Softest Attack
11:04 AM	Make It Right	SASAMI	Squeeze
11:01 AM	E.L.O. Kiddies LOCAL R.I.P. Jack Douglas	Cheap Trick	Cheap Trick

Sat 05/16 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:58 AM	Knife In The Heart	Lykke Li	The Afterparty
10:52 AM	Again? LOCAL	Buffy	single
10:49 AM	Do It Again (feat. LIZ)	FEMM	Tokyo Ex Machina
10:45 AM	Lettin' It Loose 1982	Heatwave	Current
10:42 AM	Amiright LOCAL Lead singer Claudia Ferme	Facing	single
10:37 AM	Guess LOCAL Request	Friko	Something Worth Waiting For
10:33 AM	Roller Coaster	Myracle Brah	Bleeder
10:30 AM	Whole World (feat. Ledisi) Oct. 24 Thalia Hall	Tank and the Bangas	The Last Balloon
10:23 AM	Camellia	Cult Objects	Amulet
10:20 AM	What Are You Waiting For	Kendra Morris	I Am What I'm Waiting For
10:17 AM	Patches 1970. Passed away this week at the age of 90. R.I.P.	Clarence Carter	Patches
10:14 AM	All Sinners Metro June 2	Kevin Morby	Little Wide Open
10:08 AM	Miracles LOCAL	Kate Upton	single
10:04 AM	Can't Do Much	Waxahatchee	Saint Cloud
10:00 AM	St. James Infirmary LOCAL	Lou Rawls	Lou Rawls Live!

Sat 05/16 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:57 AM	Coats Thalia Hall Sept. 18	Aldous Harding	Train on the Island
9:53 AM	3AM in San Francisco	Lolo Zouaï	Reverie
9:50 AM	Big Bang Blues (feat. Breanna Barbara) 2021	Lonely Guest	Lonely Guest
9:45 AM	Don't Change Your Plans	Ben Folds Five	The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
9:41 AM	falling	Yumi Jun	single
9:36 AM	Searching for Heaven Out 6/19	Swamp Dogg	Swamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife
9:34 AM	Will Your Lawyer Talk to God? 1964	Kitty Wells	Especially for You
9:30 AM	Unspoke LOCAL Alaskan-Irish	Park Hills Circle	All of a Sudden
9:24 AM	Class Reunion	Beatrix	We Swallowed The Sky
9:19 AM	A Lot's Gonna Change	Weyes Blood	Titanic Rising
9:16 AM	When the Morning Comes	Daryl Hall & John Oates	Abandoned Luncheonette
9:14 AM	Firestorm Sept 23 at Chop Shop	Dua Saleh	Of Earth & Wires
9:06 AM	Love Theme LOCAL	Charles Joseph Smith	Collected Works and War of the Martian Ghosts
9:03 AM	Cleva	Erykah Badu	Mama's Gun
9:00 AM	Watch Your Step	Elvis Costello & the Attractions	Trust

Sat 05/09 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:53 AM	Resurrected	A Place To Bury Strangers	Rare and Deadly
11:47 AM	Just Say No!	Eaves Wilder	Little Miss Sunsine
11:44 AM	Worry LOCAL	Split Single	Amplificado
11:41 AM	SMALL TALK	ill peach	single
11:38 AM	Contact	Choncy	Trademark
11:33 AM	My Best Friend	The Marshall Tucker Band	Running Like the Wind
11:31 AM	Lovely Day	Chinese American Bear	Dim Sum & Then Some
11:25 AM	Suffering (Mike's way)	Teen Suicide	Nude descending staircase headless
11:21 AM	Lies (Live)	Chvrches	The Bones of What You Believe
11:18 AM	Arnold Layne	Pink Floyd	The First 3 Singles
11:15 AM	Relief	Broken Social Scene	Remember the Humans
11:09 AM	Always Tainted LOCAL	Brother Derek	Bootlickers, UNITE!
11:05 AM	Magnetized	Garbage	Strange Little Birds
11:01 AM	I Can Survive	Triumph	Progressions of Power

Sat 05/09 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:58 AM	Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)	They Might Be Giants	The World Is to Dig
10:52 AM	Tiger On Glass	Marc Valentine	Uncommon Side Effects
10:49 AM	Chequered Love	Kim Wilde	Kim Wilde
10:45 AM	Do What I Do (feat. Charlie Wilson)	Jam & Lewis	Volume One
10:42 AM	Girl's Girl	MUNA	Dancing on the Wall
10:37 AM	Calcium LOCAL	Accessory	Dust
10:34 AM	Your Secret	Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3	...tick...tick...tick
10:31 AM	Multiplied	Luna Li	single
10:23 AM	Nice & Edgy	Jump Source	Fold
10:19 AM	I've Got to Have All of You	Gloria Scott	So Wonderful
10:16 AM	Mary Mary LOCAL	The Butterfield Blues Band	East West
10:14 AM	My Heart is In Your Hands Tonight	The Lemon Twigs	Look for Your Mind!
10:06 AM	Foam The Field LOCAL	National Photo Committee	Red Hot Photo Committee
10:02 AM	I Play the Kora	Les Amazones d'Afrique	République Amazone
10:00 AM	I Wish You Wouldn't Say That	Talking Heads	Tentative Decisions: Demos and Live

Sat 05/09 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:56 AM	Rotten LOCAL	Gia Margaret	Singing
9:52 AM	Sunny, I Was Wrong	Joe Pernice	Sunny, I Was Wrong
9:49 AM	So My Darling	Rachel Chinouriri	What a Devastating Turn of Events
9:45 AM	Innocence	Cloud Eleven	Sweet Happy Life
9:41 AM	Murmurate LOCAL	Lunar Ash	single
9:37 AM	Memory	Bread And Butter	Tokyo Pulse
9:33 AM	My Life Alone LOCAL	Whitney	Forever Turned Around
9:30 AM	The Saint	Amy Grant	The Me That Remains
9:25 AM	Cosmic Ride	Angelo De Augustine	Angel In Plainclothes
9:20 AM	Kiss The Specifics	Joan As Police Woman	The Deep Field
9:18 AM	Moonlight and Music	The Persuasions	Chirpin'
9:14 AM	Ramon	Laurie Anderson with Sex Mob	Let X=X (Live)
9:07 AM	Worthy of Love	The Reds, Pinks and Purples	Acknowledge Kindness
9:04 AM	ZORA LOCAL	Jamila Woods	LEGACY! LEGACY!
9:00 AM	Long, Long Day	Paul Simon	One Trick Pony

Sat 05/02 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:53 AM	Run Red Lights LOCAL	Cult Canyon	Smoke Tricks
11:47 AM	Landline	King Tuff	MOO
11:44 AM	Sad Sad Sad	The Rolling Stones	Steal Wheels
11:40 AM	I Feel Fantastic	8485	single
11:36 AM	Sauna	Jessie Ware	Superbloom
11:33 AM	Get Outa My Pagoda	Chris Spedding	The Very Best of Chris Spedding
11:30 AM	Standing Room	Sub*T	How My Own Voice Sounds
11:22 AM	Losey Boulevard	Seasaw	single
11:19 AM	Ghost Run Free	The Lemon Twigs	Everything Harmony
11:16 AM	Microminiature Love	Michael Yonkers Band	Microminiature Love
11:12 AM	Keep it Real (feat. Manca Trampus)	Laibach	MUSICK
11:05 AM	Deadlift LOCAL	Stuck	Optimizer
11:02 AM	Shakin' Rock 'n' Roll Tonight	The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	Plastic Fang
11:00 AM	Nice to Know You + Sugababes	PinkPantheress	Fancy Some More?

Sat 05/02 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:56 AM	Free #1B (featuring Cisco Swank) LOCAL	Marquis Hill	Beautifulism (Sweet Surrender) EP
10:50 AM	Romany Blue	The Bevis Frond	Horrorful Heights
10:48 AM	Stand Up	Del Shannon	The Liberty Years
10:45 AM	The World, So Madly LOCAL	Ratboys	Singin' to an Empty Chair
10:42 AM	Hotline	Mikayla Geier	single
10:37 AM	Cinnamon Baby LOCAL	Dr. Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine	Semantics
10:33 AM	The Only One	Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever	Sideways to New Italy
10:30 AM	Emotional Memory	Melanie C	Sweat
10:25 AM	July (featuring Jorja Smith)	Wesley Joseph	Forever Ends Someday
10:22 AM	I Don't Even Care LOCAL	The Flat Five	Another World