| Zero In | 10/07/2008 | FOCUS ON SOME GREAT MUSIC. The Sea and Cake, Matthew Sweet, Beth Orton, The Northwoods, Paul McCartney, Jeremy Mesersmith, Crosby Loggins, Aimee Mann, The Coal Men, CSNY, Martin Sexton, Martinez & Guthrie, Bill Ricchini, Etienne de Rocher, Amy Sky. | Listen in iTunes |
| You've Arrived | 3/24/2010 | IT'S OK TO SHOW OFF. YOU'VE EARNED IT. A playlist of congrats will help you celebrate. Dolores O'Riordan, Kasabian, Switchfoot, Laura Veirs, Yes, Bethany Dillon, Fanfarlo, The Wallflowers, Kris Allen, Santana, Headlights, OneRepublic, Needtobreathe, Dave MatthewS Band, U2. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| You're Both In | 2/27/2010 | FINALLY DONE. Album you've been waiting for 'The Ladder' by ANDREW BELLE. Sneak peek at album coming soon by BROKEN BELLS. Great tracks by SUBMARINES, THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES. New to valslist THE TEMPER TRAP, MASSIVE ATTACK. Flashback w DIRE STRAITS, CLIMAX BLUES BAND, HEART. Beatles cover by IAN CUSSICK & Heiko Effertz. Val's faves LAURA VEIRS, CITIZEN COPE. Big sound by GALACTIC, DARDEN SMITH. World tune BAABA MAAL. JUST LISTEN | Listen in iTunes |
| You Rocked Our World | 7/01/2009 | ALL MICHAEL. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| XY Chromosome (guest list by Tom) | 4/26/2010 | AN ALL FEMALE CAST. AND THEY ROCK. Natalia Zukerman, Trina Hamlin, Daphne Willis, Dance Hall Crashers, Chrissie Hynde, Patrice Pike & Wayne Sutton, My Dear Disco, Theresa Andersson, Adrianne, Diana Krall, Loretta Lynn, The Ditty Bops, Erin McKeown, Imogen Heap, Diane Birch. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Wreck and Rebuild | 4/18/2007 | LIFE UNDER CONSTRUCTION - Background music. Teitur, Papas Fritas, Guster, Goat, R.E.M., Bruce Cockburn, John Mayer, Shawn Colvin, The Shins, Crosby/Stills/Nash, Keane, The Decemberists, Carbon Leaf, Breaks Co-Op, Mark Farina & Sean Hayes. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Wrap Music | 12/19/2008 | MUSIC TO WRAP PRESENTS TO. The National, Pictures and Sound, Jaymay, Greg Laswell, Leon Russell, Neil Finn, Tracy Chapman, Maroon 5, Ashley MacIsaac, Marvin Gaye, Gipsy Kings, Shane Alexander, Stacia Petrie, War Stories, Paul Weller. | Listen in iTunes |
| Whatever | 4/20/2007 | ANYTHING GOES. Piers Faccini, Elliott Smith, Pete Yorn, Juana Molina, Jethro Tull, Guster, Coldplay, Paolo Nutini, CSNY, Laura Veirs, Dave Matthews Band, Nick Drake, The Shins, John Mayer, Rose Smith. JUST LISTEN.
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| We're In Charge Here | 3/31/2010 | FOR MIDCHIX EVERYWHERE. We keep things going - you can thank us later. Maritime, Freelance Whales, Bethany Dillon, Lady of the Sunshine, Thin LIzzy, Greg Laswell, Yes, Ben Folds, Andrew Belle, Zach Heckendorf, Vetiver. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Unscripted. | 7/26/2008 | YOU WRITE THIS ONE. Albert Hammond Jr., Beck, Blind Pilot, Kathleen Smith, Supertramp, OneRepublic, The Go-Betweens, Angus & Julia Stone, Jason Kechely, Dan Fogelberg, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Jonah Smith, Sam Prekop, Matt Duke, Musiq Soulchild. | Listen in iTunes |
| Une Soiree | 8/10/2007 | TRANSLATION: PARTY. The Bravery, JJ Cale, Peter Gabriel, Collective Soul, Marc Cohen, Tom Petty, Sufjan Stevens, The Stills | Listen in iTunes |
| Uncle Phil's Dusties 2 (vintage tracks from 60s) | 5/17/2010 | FLASHBACK TO THE 60s. HOW OLD WERE YOU? Remember these: Deep Purple, The Hollies, The Dave Clark Five, The Troggs, The Small Faces, Tommy James & The Shondells, Cream, Buffalo Springfield, Jaggerz, The Cyrkle, The Zombies, Simon & Garfunkel, Love, The Ventures, Mountain. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Uncle Phil's Dusties (vintage tracks from the 60s) | 4/27/2010 | UNCLE PHIL TAKES US WAY BACK. HOW MANY DO YOU REMEMBER? Steppenwolf, Dave Mason, Canned Heat, The Troggs, Cat Stevens, Buffalo Springfield, The Castaways, The Five Americans, Count Five, Sugarloaf, Graham Nash, Simon & Garfunkel, Status Quo, The Knickerbockers, Grand Funk Railroad. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Two Walls and a Door | 7/11/2009 | MY SPACE. Great Lake Swimmers, The Northwoods, The Guggenheim Grotto, Genesis, Pieta Brown, Loudon Wainwright III, PJ Harvey, Joe Walsh, Noah and the Whale, Harlem Shakes. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Twist & Shout | 4/25/2010 | MUSIC EVERY WHICH WAY. Sea Wolf, John Butler Trio, Broken Bells, Calexico, Firefall, The Morning Benders, Plants and Animals, Gregory Alan Isakov, Ken Block, Supertramp, Casey Desmond, Bishop Allen, Cotton Jones, Haley Bonar, David Garrett. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Twilight | 7/21/2007 | PURE BLISS. Jack Johnson, Eliot Morris, Gregory Douglass, Alice Peacock, Sufjan Stevens, Alana Davis, Gomez, Ceci Bastida, Of Montreal, Spoon, Stereophonics, Gomez, CSNY, The Alternate Routes, Andrew Bird, Neil Young. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Tuned and Ready to Play | 6/30/2008 | PERFECT PITCH - WHATEVER YOUR GAME. My Morning Jacket, Coldplay, Tori Amos, Elbow, CSNY, The Alternate Routes, Morcheeba, Ray Charles, America, Bird York, Vampire Weekend, Jamie Cullum, James Otto. | Listen in iTunes |
| Top Down | 4/01/2008 | TURN UP THE VOLUME AND DRIVE. Gomez, Paddy Casey, Katie Herzig, David McMillin, Young Love, Greg Laswell, CSNY, Just Jack, John Vanderslice, Angie Mattson | Listen in iTunes |
| To You Who Called | 8/13/2008 | BOLD. BRAVE. BEAUTIFUL. Carrie Rodriguez, Slow Runner, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, melpo mene, The National, Traffic, Neil Halstead, The Tragically Hip, The Watson Twins, Dr. Dog, Cloud Cult, Liam Finn. | Listen in iTunes |
| TNK Tomorrow Never Knows | 12/30/2008 | SAMPLER OF SCHUBA'S TNK MUSIC FEST '09: The Republic Tigers, Tulsa, Bishop Allen, The Donkeys, Colourmusic, Cursive, Pretty Good Dance Moves, Lost In The Trees, Bear Hands, All the Saints. | Listen in iTunes |
| Tidal Wave | 10/20/2008 | POWERFUL SURGE OF GREAT MUSIC. Lee Rogers, Goat, Peter Bradley Adams, Mazzy Star, Carbon Leaf, David Byrne/Brian Eno, Breaks Co-Op, Kid Theodore, Minus the Bear, Wang Chung, Sheryl Crow, Citizen Cope, Elijah Aaron, Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers, Joan As Police Woman | Listen in iTunes |
| The Sunday Times | 11/08/2008 | TO INFORM AND ENTERTAIN. Mark Geary, Blitzen Trapper, Spoon, Alice Peacock, The Allman Brothers Band, Scatteredtrees, Travis, AM & Meiko, Ben Lee, Simon & Garfunkel, Q-tip, Dido, Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, Camila, Stephen Kellogg. | Listen in iTunes |
| The Shoot | 7/03/2010 | FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING. New to valslist: Seabird, Luna, Via Tania, Sean Paul. Faves: Andrew Belle, Rogue Wave, Solid Gold, Vampire Weekend, Josh Ritter, John Mellencamp, ADELE, One eskimO, Carbon Leaf. Vintage tracks: Billy Joel, Journey. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| The Guy In Charge | 6/12/2008 | MUSIC FOR THE TOP DOG. Coldplay, The Kooks, Vampire Weekend, Steve Miller Band, The Clarks, Mudcrutch, Jason Reeves, R.E.M., Big Blue Ball, Cat Stevens, Tristan Prettyman, The Kin. | Listen in iTunes |
| The Back Story | 2/15/2010 | THERE ALWAYS IS ONE. Intro by Phoenix - Fell in love w Alberta Cross at Lolla last summer. Brand new one by Citizen Cope - entire album fantastic. THE xx - how good are they? Sooo good. Love this LCD Soundsystem - off their beaten track for a nice surprise. Flashback by Yes. Prince gets loud but I love it. You'll press replay for Roman Candle and Throw Me the Statue. Very eclectic surprise ending by Emily Wells - it'll draw you in. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Ten. Nine. Eight... | 1/01/2009 | HELLO 2009. The Killers, Owl City, Dido, Justin Klump, Stevie Wonder, Tracy Chapman, Ben Harper, Stellar Road, Meiko, Elton John, Filligar, Tom Waits, Olle Nyman, Calvin Marty and the Sunken Ship. | Listen in iTunes |
| Teach Your Parents Well | 7/03/2010 | SHARE YOUR MUSIC SCENE. Brand new Macy Gray, Jackie Greene, The Fray, Metronomy. Faves: Chris Isaak, Donald Fagen, Santigold, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Moody Blues, Laura Veirs, Kings of Convenience, Eddie Vedder. New to valslist: Brandon Flowers, The Sadies, Jose Gonzalez. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Taking Requests | 5/20/2009 | JUST WHAT YOU ASKED FOR. Umphrey's McGee, Grand National, Telekinesis, Dixie Chicks, Eric Clapton, Kris Allen, Horse Feathers, Robbie Dupree, The Submarines, Etta James, Phoenix, William Fitzsimmons, The Veils, Tori Amos, nico stai. | Listen in iTunes |
| Tag You're It | 6/19/2008 | SUMMERTIME. PLAYTIME. Coldplay, Ed Harcourt, Ari Hest, Rod Stewart, Priscilla Ahn, Ali Farka Toure, Griffin House, Gemma Hayes, Eagles, Fleet Foxes, Erro, Babyface, Eliot Morris, Ben Harper. | Listen in iTunes |
| Sugar Daddy | 6/13/2010 | FOR THE SWEET SIDE OF HIM. The Drawing Room, The Mother Hips, Damien Jurado, OneRepublic, Steve Miller Band, Infant Sorrow, Motion City Soundtrack, Matisyahu, Joshua Radin, Cat Stevens, Ingrid Michaelson, Dave Barnes, Aqualung, Merrie Amsterburg, Nil Lara. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Speed Bump | 5/17/2007 | TAKES OFF WITH A PUNCH, SOFT LANDING. The Kooks, Modest Mouse, Winterpills, ALO, Cat Stevens, Wilco, The Samples, Frou Frou. JUST LISTEN.
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| Something Old Something New | 7/03/2010 | ADD NEW MUSIC, KEEP THE OLD. A playlist of alternating vintage tracks with new artists who have a similar vibe. Carly Simon/Pieta Brown. Eagles/Down The Line. Paul & Linda McCartney/One eskimO, Joni Mitchell/Laura Veirs. Prince & The Revolution/Zero 7. Daryl Hall & John Oates/The Avett Brothers. Neil Young/The Black Keys. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| So They Tell Me | 1/15/2008 | A SUITE BLEND OF SLOW, FAST, OLD, NEW. Spoon, Mark Knopfler, Say Hi To Your Mom, David Gray, U2, Chris Isaak, Paolo Nutini, Michael Merenda, Paul van Dyk, Blue Merle. | Listen in iTunes |
| Snowed Under | 12/20/2007 | THIS WILL WARM THINGS UP. Freedy Johnston, AM, George Harrison,4hero, Youssou N'dour, Bob Marley, Iron & Wine, Andrew Bird, Two Loons for Tea, Angie Mattson. | Listen in iTunes |
| Slow and Sultry | 1/18/2010 | SLOW DOWN AND SWAY. Keaton Simons, Etta James, Ari Hest, Rickie Lee Jones, The Pentagons, Dave Specter & Steve Freund, Taylor Swift, Ernie Halter, Mary J. Blige, Classics IV, Nora O'Connor, Martin Sexton, Lizz Wright, Andrew Bird, Todd Kessler. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Slight Detour | 3/07/2007 | TAKE THE SCENIC ROUTE. The Fray, Dido, Trevor Hall, The Cure, Jonah Smith, Tori Amos, Graham Nash, Zero 7 (PS: Zero 7 - best chill music in a long time.) JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Say Thank You | 11/26/2008 | THANKS TO THE MUSIC GIVERS. Brendan James, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Haley Bonar, The Killers, Pure Prairie League, Honeycut, Coldplay, Citizen Cope, Foreigner, R.E.M., Etienne de Rocher, David Gray, Winterpills, The Fray. | Listen in iTunes |
| Roller Coaster Ride | 5/31/2009 | THRILL IS A GOOD THING. Delta Spirit, Deer Tick, nico stai, Serena Ryder, Eric Clapton, Beck, Gomez, Parachute, Ben Gibbard & Feist, Derek & The Dominos, Neptune Quartet, Willy Porter, Paper Arrows, The Virgins, Phish. | Listen in iTunes |
| Quick Ride Downtown | 7/06/2010 | STEP OUT. New to valslist: Junip. Avi Buffalo. Elefant. Jann Klose. Owen Pallett. Bill Leverty. Faves: Guitar Republic. Band of Horses. Laura Veirs. Gorillaz. Paul Duncan. Local Natives. Dar Williams. Vintage: Bill Leverty. Colin Hay. Daryl Hall & John Oates. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Possibly Definitely | 7/13/2007 | FOR THE OPTIMIST IN YOU. Lucid 3, John Butler Trio, Leroy Bell, Nelly Furtado, Susan Vega, Aqualung, Feist, Stevie Wonder, Ryan Adams, Ben Harper, Christopher Jak, Paul/Linda McCartney, Tadhg Cooke, Piers Faccini, The Magic Numbers. JUST LISTEN.
| Listen in iTunes |
| Opposites Attract + - | 5/17/2010 | UNLIKELY COMBOS MAKE SWEET MUSIC. New to valslist: 30db (uber talent), The Lemonheads, Jimi Hendrix, Christopher Cross (vintage), The Rescues (acapella perfect). Faves: J.J.Cale, Pieta Brown (must hear), Freedy Johnston, Harry Manx, Sting (w strings), Four Tet, William Fitzsimmons (unlikely cover), Fanfarlo, Casey James/Michael Lynche, Jackson Brown & David Lindley (from Spanish tour). JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| On The Runway (workout/dance mix) | 9/30/2009 | STRUT YOUR STUFF. (music from the Northwestern Settlement House charity event "Style Under the Stars" Fashion Show) Great workout / dance music. Ashlee Simpson, Moby, A.R.Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire), Lady GaGa & Colby O'Donis, Kaskade, Starsound, Nelly Furtado, Michael Jackson, Boozoo Bajou, Beyonce, Earth Wind & Fire, Black Eyed Peas, Timbaland feat Justin Timberlake, The Isley Brothers, Vitamin String Quartet, Chris Brown. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Olive, Millie and a Butterfly | 8/19/2009 | A VERY COOL STORY. Phoenix, Soft Black, Grizzly Bear, AM, Stevie Wonder, Alberta Cross, Hanne Hukkelberg, The Robert Cray Band, The Wooden Birds, Steely Dan, Neko Case, Dave Matthews Band, Gary Go, The Beta Band, Andrew Bird. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Nth Degree | 7/01/2007 | GREAT SOUND THAT GOES ON AND ON. The Decemberists, Citizen Cope, The Police, Gran Bel Fisher, Greg Laswell, America, Ray LaMontagne, Travis, The Feeling, Counting Crows, America, Jon McLaughlin, Anders Parker, Alexi Murdoch, Laura Pausini. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Night Owl | 7/28/2007 | IT'LL KEEP YOU UP LATE. Travis, Arcade Fire, Nick Drake, The Fray, Robin Thicke, Etienne de Rocher. JUST LISTEN.
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| New You | 10/27/2007 | NEW SOUNDS - NEW YOU: Band of Horses, Dan Leigh, Grateful Dead, Lee Rogers, Au Revoir Simone, Turin Brakes, Yonder Mountain String Band, Tracy McMillan. | Listen in iTunes |
| Movin' to 2010 | 12/18/2009 | 2010: I'M READY FOR YOU. El Ten Eleven, Mackabella, Gringo Star, OneRepublic, The Police, Passion Pit, Hockey, Snow Patrol, Switchfoot, Bryan Ferry, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Fanfarlo, Zero 7, Sonic Youth, Bad Lieutenant, Rooney, Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard, Joe Cocker. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Mood Swing | 7/19/2010 | FOR ALL OF YOUR YOUS. New tunes from The New Pornographers, Fanfarlo, Court Yard Hounds, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, and more. Valslist faves: David Gray, Jackson Browne & David Lindley, The Album Leaf, Anathallo, Damien Jurado, Needtobreathe, Stephen Stills, Angus & Julia Stone, Doves, Blitzen Trapper, Mimicking Birds. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
| Minutiae | 12/10/2007 | IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS... Matt Pond PA, The Sea and Cake, Robert Plant/Alison Krauss, Supertramp, Steve Earle, Sea Wolf, Mike Doughty, Ryan Adams, Dan Wilson. | Listen in iTunes |
| Merci | 9/04/2009 | BEAUCOUP: Sonia Dada, Mindy Smith, Stellar Road, Matt Hires, John Fogerty/Don Henley/Timothy B.Schmit, AM, Whitney Houston, Jones Street Station, A.A. Bondy, CSNY, Tyrone Wells, Jessica Sonner, Stars of Track and Field, Gary Go, Eric Bibb. JUST LISTEN. | Listen in iTunes |
