I got a request from my parents this week. Â Bet you can guess which one it is.
Next Friday, I’m on for an extra hour.  You can hear me on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 7 – 10 pm Central time next week.
9:55 PM Damien Jurado Nothing is the News from Maraqopa (Secretly Canadian)
9:49 PM David Berkeley Hurricane from Strange Light (Straw Man)
9:46 PM Superchunk It’s So Hard to Fall in Love from Tossing Seeds (Singles 89-91) (Merge)
9:40 PM The Twilight Sad Kill It In The Morning from No One Can Ever Know (FatCat)
9:37 PM Casiotone For the Painfully Alone Nashville Parthenon from Etiquette (Tomlab)
9:33 PM Lene Marlin Here We Are from Twist the Truth (EMI)
9:28 PM Joanna Newsom Occident from Have One On Me (Drag City)
9:25 PM Laura Gibson Milk-Heavy, Pollen-Eyed from La Grande (Barsuk)
9:22 PM Hem Crazy Arms from No Word From Tom (Nettwerk)
9:18 PM Daniel Knox Redhanded from Disaster (H.P. Johnson)
9:15 PM The Pines Chimes from Dark So Gold (Red House)
9:08 PM Quiet Company Fashionabel from Shine Honesty (Northern)
9:04 PM Pete Yorn Strange Condition from musicforthemorningafter (Columbia)
9:02 PM Shearwater Breaking the Yearling from Animal Joy (Sub Pop)
8:58 PM Justin Townes Earle Harlem River Blues from Harlem River Blues (Bloodshot)
8:54 PM First Aid Kit Emmylou from The Lion’s Roar (Wichita)
8:50 PM Gillian Welch Six White Horses from The Harrow & The Harvest (Acony)
8:46 PM Minipop Fingerprints from A New Hope (Take Root)
8:42 PM Amanda Palmer Leeds United from Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Roadrunner)
8:38 PM Mark Lanegan Band Gray Goes Black from Blues Funeral (4AD)
8:34 PM Virgin Forest Big Old Mama from Easy Way Out (Partisan)
8:30 PM Toby Keith Red Solo Cup from Clancy’s Tavern (Show Dog/Universal)
8:26 PM The Lawrence Peters Outfit The Wind from What You Been Missin’ (self-released)
8:23 PM Dustin Wong Route Through Eyebrow from Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads (Thrill Jockey)
8:19 PM Andrew Bird The Crown Salesman from Break It Yourself 7″ (Mom + Pop)
8:14 PM Faun Fables Hear the Grinder Creak from Light of a Vaster Dark (Drag City)
8:07 PM Catherine MacLellan Again from the Start from Water in the Ground (True North)
8:05 PM Big Deal Swoon from Lights Out (Mute)
8:01 PM Jenny Owen Youngs Born to Lose from An Unwavering Band of Light (self-released)