Below is my playlist for The Quest on CHIRP Radio Sunday, March 4, 2012 9AM-12PM. Tracks can be streamed individually on tumblr:

11:55AM Ry All We Got Drive (self-released)
11:51AM Sufjan Stevens Futile Devices (Shigeto Remix) single (Ghostly International)
11:45AM Plants and Animals Lightshow The End of That (Secret City)
11:43AM TOPS TOPS Theme Tender Opposites (Arbutus)
11:39AM The Dears Demons (Cassettes Won’t Listen remix) single (Bella Union)
11:33AM Smith & Burrows Wonderful Life single (PIAS)
11:30AM Gabriel & The Hounds Who Will Fall on Knees? Kiss Full of Teeth (Ernest Jenning)
11:22AM Chicago Beginnings The Chicago Transit Authority (Columbia)
11:18AM School of Seven Bells The Night Ghostory (Ghostly International)
11:15AM Lower Dens Batman Batman 7″ (Gnomonsong)
11:09AM Delta Spirit Yamaha Delta Spirit (Rounder)
11:03AM Portico Quartet Laker Boo Portico Quartet (Real World)
10:58AM Dr. Dog How Long Must I Wait Be the Void (ANTI-)
10:50AM Four Tet A tribute to Jef Gilson single (Isma’a)
10:45AM Tennis Origins Young & Old (Fat Possum)
10:40AM Mimicking Birds The Loop Mimicking Birds (Glacial Pace)
10:32AM Console Leaving a Century (Marek Hemmann Remix) single (Disko B)
10:29AM Ernest Gonzales Beneath the Surface Natural Traits (Friends of Friends)
10:26AM Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Breakdown Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Shelter)
10:21AM Sixfingerz We Are Dying Bust Free 8 (Cold Busted)
10:17AM The Twilight Sad Sick No One Can Ever Know (FatCat)
10:13AM Korallreven Sa Sa Samoa An Album by Korallreven (Acephale)
10:09AM Andreas Vollenweider Mandragora Down to the Moon (CBS)
10:05AM Cursive The Sun and Moon I Am Gemini (Saddle Creek)
10:01AM Megan Reilly Sew the Threads Into Your Heart The Well (Carrot Top)
09:55AM Kelpe Inklitter See-A-Sound (Fremdtunes)
09:52AM Whitejacket The Modern Hollows and Rounds (self-released)
09:49AM Tall Firs Brand New Love (Sebadoh cover) single (self-released)
09:43AM Bowerbirds Tuck the Darkness In The Clearing (Dead Oceans)
09:39AM Zoot Woman It’s Automatic Living In A Magazine (Wall of Sound)
09:30AM Trentemøller Miss You (Nils Hoffmann Bootleg Remix) single (self-released)
09:27AM Dustin Wong Purple Slipped Right Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads (Thrill Jockey)
09:24AM The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Wind Cries Mary Are You Experienced (Track)
09:17AM Lambchop Gone Tomorrow Mr. M (Merge)
09:13AM The Chap Well Done You Well Done Europe (Lo)
09:08AM Damien Jurado This Time Next Year Maraqopa (Secretly Canadian)
09:00AM Luke Abbott Brazil (Gold Panda remix) Brazil single (Border Community)

Below is my playlist for The Quest on CHIRP Radio Sunday, February 26, 2012 6AM-9AM. Tracks can be streamed individually on tumblr:

8:54AM Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames Hoping Machine New Multitudes (Rounder )
8:52AM Shigeto Huron River Drive Lineage (Ghostly International)
8:47AM Barry Adamson Destination (Mush remix) I Will Set You Free (Central Control)
8:43AM Hannah Cohen The Crying Game Child Bride (Bella Union)
8:40AM Tim Fite I Hope Yer There Ain’t Ain’t Ain’t (ANTI- )
8:35AM Air France Collapsing Outside Your Doorstep No Way Down (Sincerely Yours)
8:30AM Pretty Good Dance Moves Movement 2 LIMO (Mad Dragon)
8:25AM Supertramp Crime of the Century Crime of the Century (A&M)
8:21AM FM Belfast Underwear How to Make Friends (World Champion)
8:17AM Perfume Genius Normal Song Put Your Back N 2 It (Matador )
8:13AM David Vandervelde I Will Be Fine Waiting for the Sunrise (Secretly Canadian)
8:09AM Chrome Sparks Soul (Christopher Norman remix) single (self-released)
8:03AM Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny Dodecahedron Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose (Mute)
8:00AM Hauschka Ping Salon Des Amateurs (FatCat)
7:57AM villagers g h o s t f o a m single (self-released)
7:52AM Mux Mool Hand on the Scantron Planet High School (Ghostly International)
7:50AM Corduroi Glow Worm Future Adventures (Mush)
7:43AM Neon Indian Suns Irrupt Era Extraña (Mom + Pop)
7:40AM Andre Williams Dirt Hoods and Shades (Bloodshot)
7:36AM Lissy Trullie Self-Taught Learner Self-Taught Learner (Downtown )
7:31AM Zoon Van Snook Lomograph (Fujiya & Miyagi Remix) (Remixes From) The Nutty Tree (Mush)
7:28AM Marvin Gaye Trouble Man Trouble Man (Tamla)
7:24AM Evan Voytas When We Could All Float Away Feel Me EP (Dovecote)
7:16AM Errors Pleasure Palaces (Brassica Remix) single (Rock Action)
7:14AM The Caretaker So Run Down Extra Patience (After Sebald) (self-released)
7:10AM Bound Stems Happens to Us All Otherwise The Family Afloat (Flameshovel)
7:06AM Ernest Gonzales When Synchronicity Prevails Natural Traits (Friends of Friends)
7:02AM Trust Sulk TRST (Arts & Crafts)
6:58AM Ships Piano Seasons 2 single (self-released)
6:53AM Todd Terje Swing Star Pt. 1 It’s the Arps EP (Smalltown Supersound)
6:47AM Ital Only For Tonight (Original Instrumental Mix) Only For Tonight (100% Silk)
6:41AM Mark Lanegan Band St. Louis Elegy Blues Funeral (4AD)
6:36AM Bogdan Irkük A.K.A. Bulgari The Distant Message The Distant EP (Rollerboys )
6:30AM AM & Shawn Lee Somebody Like You (Fort Knox 5 Remix) single (ESL)
6:26AM Coasting Delusions of Grandeur You’re Never Going Back (M’Lady’s)
6:22AM Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Carry On Déjà Vu (Atlantic)
6:19AM Shearwater Immaculate Animal Joy (Sub Pop)
6:16AM Baby Dayliner At Least Critics Pass Away (Brassland)
6:08AM Lambchop Gone Tomorrow Mr. M (Merge)
6:05AM Shigeto Soaring Lineage (Ghostly International)
6:00AM Oliver Tank Last Night I Heard Everything in Slow Motion Dreams (Yes Please)

Below is my playlist for The Quest on CHIRP Radio Sunday, February 19, 2012 6AM-9AM. Tracks can be streamed individually on tumblr:

8:57AM Cursive This House Alive I am Gemini (Saddle Creek)
8:54AM Hard Mix Earth single (self-released)
8:50AM AM & Shawn Lee Somebody Like You (Fort Knox 5 Remix) single (ESL)
8:46AM Ólafur Arnalds Poland Another Happy Day OST (Erased Tapes)
8:38AM The Twilight Sad Dead City No One Can Ever Know (FatCat)
8:35AM Zoey Van Goey The Best Treasure Stays Buried The Cage Was Unlocked All Along (Chemikal Underground)
8:29AM Burial Shell of Light (Shlohmo Remix) single (self-released)
8:25AM Damien Jurado Maraqopa Maraqopa (Secretly Canadian)
8:23AM The Beach Boys God Only Knows Pet Sounds (Remastered with Bonus Tracks) (Capitol)
8:18AM Jonquil It’s My Part Point of Go (Dovecote)
8:14AM Broadcast 2000 Rouse Your Bones’ (Zoon van snooK Remix) single (Gronland )
8:09AM Nicolas Jaar With Just One Glance You (feat. Scout Larue & Will Epstein) single (self-released)
8:04AM John Talbabot Ono y Sangre fIN (Permanent Vacation)
8:01AM Peter Broderick It Starts Hear It Starts Hear (Bella Union)
7:57AM Xiu Xiu Hi Always (Polyvinyl)
7:53AM Phenomenal Handclap Band Following Form & Control (Tummy Touch)
7:49AM 1000names Milky Plastic Invisible Architect (Project Mooncircle)
7:45AM Tennis It All Feels the Same Young & Old (Fat Possum)
7:41AM Band of Horses Factory Infinite Arms (Fat Possum)
7:34AM Joris Delacroix La Mat (Aka aka & thalstroem remix) La Mat (Woh Lab)
7:28AM Francois & The Atlas Mountain Les Plus Beaux E Volo Love (Domino)
7:25AM The Beatles I Saw Her Standing There Please Please Me (Parlophone)
7:18AM Blondes Lover Blondes (RVNG, Intl.)
7:14AM Hannu Pop Hintergarten (Kesh)
7:09AM Dr. Dog How Long Must I Wait Be the Void (ANTI-)
7:04AM Hayden Calnin Everything That Is Good single (self-released)
7:00AM The Megaphonic Thrift Fire Walk with Everyone The Megaphonic Thrift (Sonic Unyon)
6:51AM Marek Hemmann Infinity Infinity EP (Freude am Tanzen)
6:46AM Princeton Andre Remembrance of Things to Come (Rallye)
6:43AM Islands Hallways A Sleep & A Forgetting (ANTI-)
6:39AM Jonathan Krisp Fluge In Ford Fiesta Fire Bird (Cookshop)
6:31AM Dustin Wong Toe Tore Oh Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads (Thrill Jockey)
6:27AM Stevie Wonder Sir Duke Songs In the Key of Life (Tamla)
6:22AM First Aid Kit Emmylou The Lion’s Roar (Wichita)
6:18AM John Grant I Wanna Go to Marz Queen of Denmark (Universal)
6:09AM Gavin Russom Night Sky (Roll The Dice Remix) Night Sky 12 (DFA)
6:05AM Bright Moments Milwaukee Protocol Natives (Luaka Bop)
6:00AM Aether Solace single (self-released)

Below is my playlist for The Quest on CHIRP Radio Sunday, February 12, 2012 6AM-9AM. Tracks can be streamed individually on tumblr:

8:50AM Arcade Fire The Suburbs (Ripa‘s re-edit) single (self-released)
8:43AM Craig Finn Apollo Bay Clear Heart Full Eyes (Vagrant)
8:40AM Sharon Van Etten Ask Tramp (Jagjaguwar)
8:37AM Talkdemonic Summer Glass Ruins (Glacial Pace)
8:31AM Owen No Place Like Home Ghost Town (Polyvinyl)
8:24AM Fleetwood Mac You and I Part I single (Warner Bros.)
8:21AM Lazerbeak Mighty Jungle Lava Bangers (Doomtree)
8:19AM Air Cosmic Trip Le Voyage De La Lune (Astralwerks)
8:14AM Portishead Glory Box single (Go! Discs)
8:05AM Junior Boys You’ll Improve Me (Caribou Remix) You’ll Improve Me Remixes (Domino)
8:01AM Shigeto Please Stay Lineage (Ghostly International)
7:59AM The Magnetic Fields Andrew in Drag Love at the Bottom of the Sea (Merge)
7:54AM Hauschka Two AM Salon Des Amateurs (Fat Cat)
7:52AM Coasting Portland You’re Never Going Back (M’Lady)
7:45AM Heartless Bastards Marathon Arrow (Partisan)
7:38AM Pantha Du Prince Lay In A Shimmer Black Noise (Rough Trade)
7:30AM City Calm Down Dare Dare | Burn Slow [EP] (self-released)
7:27AM Cloudbirds Hawks Cloudbirds (Movings)
7:23AM America Three Roses America (Warner Bros.)
7:18AM Mark Lanegan Band Gray Goes Black Blues Funeral (4AD)
7:14AM Twin Sister Ginger Vampires With Dreaming Kids (self-released)
7:08AM Aether Born single (self-released)
7:06AM John K. Samson www.ipetitions.com/petition/rivertonrifle/ Provincial (ANTI-)
7:00AM King Creosote & Jon Hopkins Running On Fumes Diamond Mine (Matador)
6:58AM Conforce Elude Escapism (Delsin)
6:50AM SOARING e.g. Raven (Rallye)
6:43AM Boredoms Arrow Up Vision Creation Newsun (Birdman)
6:41AM Guided by Voices Chocolate Boy Let’s Go Eat the Factory (Guided By Voices, Inc.)
6:38AM Dr. Dog The Ark Fate (Park the Van)
6:29AM Jason Urick Ageless Isms I Love You (Thrill Jockey)
6:25AM The Rolling Stones She’s a Rainbow Their Satanic Majesties Request (Decca)
6:20AM Shearwater You as You Were Animal Joy (Sub Pop)
6:15AM The Feelies Slipping (Into Something) The Good Earth (Bar/None)
6:10AM The Pines If By Morning Dark So Gold (Red House)
6:05AM Kelpe Inklitter (design by Graphic Surgery) See-A-Sound (Fremdtunes)
6:00AM Falcon Lake How Will I Know (Whitney Houston Tribute) single (self-released)

Below is my playlist for The Quest on CHIRP Radio Sunday, February 5, 2012 6AM-9AM. Tracks can be streamed individually on tumblr:

8:56AM Genesis Afterglow Wind & Wuthering (Atco)
8:48AM Isan Eastside (Steinbrüchel’s Neben Remix) Eastside (Kesh)
8:42AM Tindersticks A Night So Still The Something Rain (Constellation)
8:39AM Bishop Morocco Old Boys Old Boys EP (Arts & Crafts)
8:34AM of Montreal Gelid Ascent Paralytic Stalks (Polyvinyl)
8:28AM Errors Pleasure Palaces Have Some Faith in Magic (Rock Action)
8:25AM Senor Coconut and His Orchestra Around the World (Intro) Around the World (Nacional)
8:19AM Chairlift Wrong Opinion Something (Columbia)
8:13AM Wade Nichols Wonda Rode Again single (self-released)
8:07AM Matthew Dear In the Middle (I Met You There) (featuring Jonny Pierce) Headcage EP (Ghostly International)
8:01AM Jonquil It’s My Part (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix) It’s My Part single (Blessing Force)
7:55AM Royal Baths Black Sheep Better Luck Next Life (Kanine)
7:51AM Sweet Billy Pilgrim Brugada Crown and Treaty (Samadhisound)
7:46AM Hauschka Cube Salon Des Amateurs (FatCat)
7:43AM Charles Bradley Heart Of Gold Heartaches And Pain (Daptone)
7:37AM Fred Falke 808 PM At The Beach Part IV (Work it Baby)
7:32AM Ernest Gonzales Beneath The Surface Natural Traits (Friends of Friends)
7:27AM Leonard Cohen Famous Blue Raincoat Songs Of Love And Hate (Columbia)
7:20AM City Calm Down Burn Slow Dare | Burn Slow [EP] (self-released)
7:16AM Porcelain Raft Put Me to Sleep Strange Weekend (Secretly Canadian)
7:12AM Neutral Milk Hotel Two-Headed Boy In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (Merge)
7:05AM Trailer Trash Tracys Candy Girl Ester (Domino)
7:00AM The Middle East Ninth Avenue Reverie I Want That You Are Always Happy (Spunk)
6:55AM Cut Copy Pharaohs & Pyramids Zonoscope (Modular)
6:51AM Sandro Perri Love & Light Impossible Spaces (Constellation)
6:46AM Air Seven Stars (featuring Victoria Legrand) Le Voyage Dans La Lune (Astralwerks)
6:37AM Bloc Party Signs (Pantha du Prince remix) single (self-released)
6:30AM Co La Egyptian Peaches Daydream Repeater (NNA Tapes)
6:28AM Guided by Voices The Unsinkable Fats Domino Let’s Go Eat the Factory (Guided By Voices, Inc.)
6:24AM Crosby, Stills & Nash Southern Cross Daylight Again (Atlantic)
6:21AM Adrian Younge Presents Venice Dawn It’s Me Something About April (Wax Poetics)
6:17AM Speck Mountain Blood is Clean Summer Above (Burnt Brown Sounds)
6:12AM Penguin Prison Multi-Millionaire Penguin Prison (Downtown)
6:07AM Nada Surf When I Was Young The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy (Barsuk)
6:00AM baklu dobre mysli Demo B (self-released)

Below is my playlist for The Quest on CHIRP Radio Sunday, January 29, 2012 6AM-9AM. Tracks can be streamed individually on tumblr:

8:52AM James Blake Limit To Your Love (Daniel Bortz Edit) R.Y.* & D.B.* Take Care / Limit (keinerechte)
8:46AM Los Nombres Loving You Los Nombres (Numero Group)
8:43AM First Aid Kit Blue The Lion’s Roar (Wichita)
8:36AM The American Analog Set It’s All About Us The Golden Band (Emperor Jones)
8:31AM The Echocentrics Raise Up Echoland: A Tribute to Timbaland EP (Ubiquity)
8:24AM Led Zeppelin Since I’ve Been Loving You Led Zeppelin III (Atlantic)
8:18AM Nada Surf Teenage Dreams The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy (Barsuk)
8:14AM Cass McCombs That’s That Dropping the Writ (Domino)
8:10AM Coasting Delusions of Grandeur You’re Never Going Back (M’Lady)
8:04AM Robag Wruhme Donnerkuppel Donnerkuppel 12 (Juno)
7:57AM Footprintz Utopia Utopia (Visionquest)
7:55AM Lazerbeak Wild Life Legend Recognize Legend (Doomtree)
7:52AM Jay-Z feat. Blue Ivy Carter Glory single (self-released)
7:46AM Blithe Field Crushing Two Hearted (Lefse)
7:42AM Radar Eyes I Am Radar Eyes (HoZac)
7:39AM Calico Horse Idioteque (Radiohead cover) single (self-released)
7:33AM Mazzy Star Common Burn Common Burn single (Rhymes Of An Hour)
7:27AM James Brown Forever Suffering The Payback (Polydor)
7:22AM Nicolas Jaar Problem With the Sun Space Is Only Noise (Circus Company)
7:20AM Cloud Nothings Stay Useless Attack on Memory (Carpark)
7:17AM Fredrik Black Fur Na Na Ni (The Kora Records)
7:11AM Todd Terje Swing Star Pt. 1 It’s the Arps EP (Smalltown Supersound)
7:04AM Kisses Kisses (Joe Goddard of Hot Chip Remix) Remixes (The Heart of The Nightlife) (This Is Music)
6:59AM Lower Spectrum Closed Lower Spectrum (self-released)
6:56AM Zomby Labyrinth Nothing (4AD)
6:50AM Funk D’Void Sueno For Somebody Volume Freak (Soma)
6:45AM The Twilight Sad Sick No One Will Ever Know (FatCat)
6:39AM The Ting Tings Great DJ (Calvin Harris Remix) single (Columbia)
6:34AM The Roots Tip the Scale (featuring Dice Raw) undun (Def Jam)
6:29AM David Bowie Space Oddity Space Oddity (Mercury)
6:24AM Shearwater Breaking The Yearlings Animal Joy (Sub Pop)
6:16AM Cinematic Orchestra Time and Space Ma Fleur (Domino)
6:11AM Nite Jewel One Second of Love One Second of Love (Secretly Canadian)
6:06AM Dimlite You Very Rich Believer Grimm Reality (Now-Again)
6:00AM Phole Brombaer Globo III Globo (Three Sixty)

Below is my playlist for The Quest on CHIRP Radio Sunday, January 22, 2012 6AM-9AM. Tracks can be streamed individually on tumblr:

8:56AM Phil Collins In the Air Tonight (Cosmo Black Remix) single (self-released)
8:51AM Christopher Norman Connect Me single (self-released)
8:45AM Air Seven Stars (featuring Victoria Legrand) Le Voyage Dans La Lune (Astralwerks)
8:41AM Conforce Elude Escapism (Delsin)
8:37AM Fujiya & Miyagi Collarbone Transparent Things (Deaf Dumb & Blind)
8:30AM The Great Society Mind Destroyers Mystic Warriors Spirit Smoke (Sloow Tapes/Commune Records)
8:27AM The Doors End of the Night The Doors (Elektra)
8:23AM Cloudbirds Hawks Cloudbirds (Movings)
8:15AM Tortoise High Class Slim Came Floatin’ In Beacons of Ancestorship (Thrill Jockey)
8:11AM Zoot Woman Lonely By Your Side [Unplugged] Zoot Woman – Unplugged (zwr)
8:07AM The Pines If By Morning Dark So Gold (Red House)
8:04AM Lovisa Negga Kärlek Eller Inbillning (Christopher Norman Remix) single (self-released)
7:54AM Jason Urick Ageless Isms I Love You (Thrill Jockey)
7:50AM Pastels/Tenniscoats Vivid Youth Two Sunsets (Geographic)
7:47AM Guided by Voices Chocolate Boy Let’s Go Eat the Factory (Guided By Voices, Inc.)
7:38AM LCD Soundsystem North American Scum (Onastic Dub remix) North American Scum single (DFA)
7:34AM John K. Samson www.ipetitions.com/petition/rivertonrifle/ Provincial (Anti/Epitaph)
7:27AM Steely Dan Deacon Blues Aja (ABC)
7:21AM Tindersticks Slippin’ Shoes The Something Rain (Constellation)
7:17AM Polar Bear Peepers Peepers (The Leaf Label)
7:10AM Aeroc For Sake R+B=? (Ghostly International)
7:07AM Sandro Perri Futureactive Kid (Part 1) Impossible Spaces (Constellation)
7:03AM Hauschka Radar single (self-released)
6:59AM DJ Food In Orbit Every Monday Magpies, Maps & Moons EP (Ninja Tune)
6:52AM Milezo Kid Chants (Corduroi Remix) single (self-released)
6:48AM Charles Bradley Heartaches And Pain Heartaches And Pain single (Dunham)
6:41AM DeVotchKa How It Ends How It Ends (Cicero)
6:34AM Sepalcure See Me Feel Me Sepalcure (Hotflush)
6:31AM Darkness Falls Noise on the Line Alive in Us (hfn)
6:26AM Ronnie Montrose My Little Mystery Open Fire (Warner Bros.)
6:22AM Porcelain Raft Put Me to Sleep Strange Weekend (Secretly Canadian)
6:18AM Angus & Julia Stone Paper Aeroplane Chocolates and Cigarettes (EMI/CAPITOL)
6:11AM Arms And Sleepers Tusk The Organ Hearts (Expect Candy)
6:07AM Canyons When I See You Again Keep Your Dreams (Modular)
6:00AM Moholy-Nagy Brute Neighbors Like Mirage (Temporary Residence Ltd.)

Below is my playlist for The Quest on CHIRP Radio Sunday, January 8, 2012 6AM-9AM. Tracks can be streamed individually on tumblr:

8:58AM Field Music A New Town Plumb (Memphis Industries)
8:52AM Four Tet Moma We Are The Works In Progess (Asa Wa Kuru)
8:50AM Pallers The Kiss The Sea of Memories (Labrador)
8:42AM Eleanor Friedberger Inn of the Seventh Ray Last Summer (Merge)
8:37AM Stateless Bloodstream Stateless (!K7)
8:34AM Oh Mercy Doldrums Great Barrier Grief (Capitol)
8:34AM Paranoid Castle You Don’t Understand Champagne Nightmares (Fake Four Inc.)
8:26AM Santana Oye Como Va Abraxas (Columbia)
8:19AM The Rapture It Takes Time to Be a Man In the Grace of Your Love (DFA)
8:14AM Röyksopp The Alcoholic Senior (MB3)
8:09AM Lovisa Negga Kärlek Eller Inbillning (Christopher Norman Remix) single (self-released)
8:07AM Gardens & Villa Thorn Castles Gardens & Villa (Secretly Canadian)
8:02AM Lost Animal Buai Raskol Ex Tropical (Sensory Projects)
7:56AM yourfeetstoobig Young Birch hunter/gather (self-released)
7:51AM Polmo Polpo Dreaming (…Again) Song of the Silent Land (Constellation)
7:46AM Future Islands Balance On the Water (Thrill Jockey)
7:39AM PVT Epsilon O Soundtrack My Heart (Warp)
7:33AM Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Dream On single (self-released)
7:29AM Gui Boratto The Third III (Kompakt)
7:26AM The Beatles Taxman Revolver (Apple)
7:23AM The Drums Money Portamento (French Kiss)
7:14AM Tycho Send And Receive (Chachi Jones Remix) Past Is Prologue (Ghostly International)
7:09AM Magic City Your Eyes Little Bits EP (Feel Trip)
7:05AM Low Try To Sleep C’mon (Sub Pop)
7:01AM Oliver Tank What Have I Become (Flash Forest Remix) single (self-released)
6:55AM Fujiya & Miyagi Minestrone Ventriloquizzing (Yep Roc)
6:50AM Cloud Nothings No Future (No Past) Attack on Memory (Carpark)
6:45AM Jens Lekman An Argument with Myself An Argument with Myself EP (Secretly Canadian)
6:38AM Chromatics I Want Your Love Night Drive (Italians Do It Better)
6:33AM Tenniscoats Doun Doun Doun Tokinouta (Majikick)
6:30AM The Antlers Corsicana Burst Apart (Frenchkiss)
6:28AM Buffalo Springfield Pay the Price Buffalo Springfield (Atco)
6:21AM Mogwai White Noise Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (Sub Pop)
6:16AM Akron/Family The Lightning Bolt Of Compassion Meek Warrior (Young God)
6:07AM Tim Hecker Sketch 1 Dropped Pianos (kranky)
6:00AM Brombaer & Fljóta Translated to sound Translated to sound EP (self-released)

Below is my playlist for The Quest Christmas Special and Countdown of the Best Songs of 2011 on CHIRP Radio Sunday, December 18, 2011 6AM-12PM. Tracks can be streamed individually on tumblr:

11:57AM Destroyer Chinatown Kaputt (Merge)
Notes: 1st Best Song of 2011
11:54AM Ween Silent Night A Merry Little Christmas (Elektra)
11:51AM She & Him The Christmas Waltz A Very She & Him Christmas (Merge)
11:49AM AM Christmas Time Is Here Holiday Happiness & Cheer EP (Filter US)
11:45AM Adrian Younge Sound Orchestra It’s Me Something About April (Wax Poetics)
11:37AM Roll the Dice Calling All Workers In Dust (The Leaf Label)
Notes: 2nd Best Song of 2011
11:32AM Röyksopp Le Cantique de Noël single (self-released)
11:30AM Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Bigger Than Yr Yard Tape Club (Polyvinyl)
11:25AM Hayden Calnin Summer City EP (self-released)
Notes: 3rd Best Song of 2011
11:21AM Eligh & Amplive Guides Therapy at 3 (Legendary Music)
11:17AM Hard Mix Now Her Defaults (Dovecote)
Notes: 4th Best Song of 2011
11:13AM In Tall Buildings The Way to a Monster’s Lair In Tall Buildings (Whistler)
11:07AM Xyzr_Kx Cranes Secession in Astropolis (Actually, Records)
11:01AM Gruff Rhys Slashed Wrists This Christmas Atheist Xmas EP (PIAS)
10:54AM Brief Candles Small Streets Fractured Days (Guilt Ridden Pop)
10:49AM Lost Animal Lose The Baby Ex Tropical (Sensory Projects)
Notes: 5th Best Song of 2011
10:41AM Cass McCombs The Same Thing Humor Risk (Domino)
10:38AM BitRobot She’s an Android Nebula (self-released)
Notes: 6th Best Song of 2011
10:33AM The Band Christmas Must be Tonight Islands (Capitol)
10:29AM Adanowsky You are the One (with Devendra Banhart) Amador (Everloving)
10:25AM Gotye Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) Making Mirrors (Samples n’ Seconds)
Notes: 7th Best Song of 2011
10:19AM Atlas Sound Te Amo Parallax (4AD)
10:14AM Portico Quartet Ruins single (Real World)
Notes: 8th Best Song of 2011
10:10AM The Raveonettes The Christmas Song Maybe This Christmas Tree (Nettwerk)
10:05AM Canyons Sun And Moon Keep Your Dreams (Modular)
10:01AM Bob & Doug McKenzie The Twelve Days Of Christmas Great White North (Mercury)
9:54AM Kathleen Edwards Mint Voyageur (MapleMusic)
9:50AM Karl Blau Celebrate by Singing Max 12″ (K)
Notes: 9th Best Song of 2011
9:45AM Extentions This Love of Mine Eccentric Soul: The Nickel & Penny Labels (Numero Group)
9:36AM Explosions in the Sky Let Me Back In Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
Notes: 10th Best Song of 2011
9:29AM The Dø The Wicked & The Blind Both Ways Open Jaws (Six Degrees)
9:26AM Nils Frahm Familiar Felt (Erased Tapes)
Notes: 11th Best Song of 2011
9:22AM Ellen & The Escapades By the Fire Side With You single (self-released)
9:18AM Los Campesinos! By Your Hand Hello Sadness (Arts & Crafts)
9:13AM James Blake I Never Learnt to Share James Blake (ATLAS)
Notes: 12th Best Song of 2011
9:09AM Greg Lake I Believe in Father Christmas Works Volume 2 (Atlantic)
9:05AM Cloud Control This is What I Said Bliss Release (Ivy League Records)
9:02AM My Morning Jacket Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas iTunes Session EP (ATO)
8:57AM Owen The Armoire Ghost Town (Polyvinyl)
8:51AM Porn Sword Tobacco Always Enjoy The Silence Vol. 2 (Mule Electronic)
Notes: 13th Best Song of 2011
8:46AM Julian Casablancas Christmas Treat Phrazes For The Young (RCA)
8:42AM The Roots Kool On (featuring Greg Porn & Truck North) undun (Def Jam)
8:37AM Robag Wruhme Ende Thora Vukk (Pampa)
Notes: 14th Best Song of 2011
8:34AM Smith & Burrows The Christmas Song ft. Agnes Obel Funny Looking Angels (PIAS)
8:30AM David Lynch Good Day Today Crazy Clown Time (PIAS)
8:26AM Beirut The Rip Tide The Rip Tide (Pompeii)
Notes: 15th Best Song of 2011
8:19AM Nada Surf When I Was Young The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy (Barsuk)
8:14AM Luke Abbott Brazil Holkham Drones (Border Community)
Notes: 16th Best Song of 2011
8:04AM Sigur Rós Sæglópur Inni (XL)
8:01AM Chuck Berry Run Rudolph Run B-side to Merry Christmas, Baby (Chess 1714)
7:56AM Kurt Vile (so outta reach) So Outta Reach EP (Matador)
7:52AM The Berg Sans Nipple Change the Shape Building The Erosion (Team Love)
Notes: 17th Best Song of 2011
7:47AM The Black Keys Dead And Gone El Camino (Nonesuch)
7:39AM Moonface Fast Peter Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I’d Hoped (Jagjaguwar)
Notes: 18th Best Song of 2011
7:34AM DJ Food Discovery Workshop Magpies, Maps & Moons EP (Ninja Tune)
7:26AM The Field Then It’s White Looping State of Mind (Kompakt)
Notes: 19th Best Song of 2011
7:22AM Woods Christmas Time is Here single (self-released)
7:17AM Oneohtrix Point Never Replica Replica (Software)
7:14AM Loney, Dear My Heart Hall Music (Polyvinyl)
Notes: 20th Best Song of 2011
7:05AM Sandro Perri Changes Impossible Spaces (Constellation)
7:03AM Christabel and the Jons I’d Like You For Christmas The Christmas Album (self-released)
6:58AM Justice Parade Audio, Video, Disco (Elektra)
6:52AM The Drift Dark Passage Blue Hour (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
Notes: 21st Best Song of 2011
6:48AM George Harrisson Ding Dong, Ding Dong single (Apple)
6:45AM Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears Get Yo S*** Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is! (Lost Highway)
6:39AM Tycho A Walk Dive (Ghostly International)
6:37AM Julian Koster Jingle Bells The Singing Saw At Christmastime (Merge)
6:31AM Jacaszek Goldengrove Glimmer (Ghostly International)
6:27AM Tame Impala Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind? (Erol Alkan remix) Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind? 12″ (Modular)
Notes: 22nd Best Song of 2011
6:21AM Holy Ghost! I Wanted to Tell Her I Wanted to Tell Her Single (Green Label Sound )
6:14AM Josh T. Pearson O’ Holy Night Last Of The Country Gentlemen bonus CD (Rough Trade)
6:10AM Rob Crow Sophistructure He Thinks He’s People (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
6:06AM Talkdemonic Palace Walk Ruins (Glacial Pace)
Notes: 23rd Best Song of 2011
6:00AM Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Christmas All Over Again A Very Special Christmas (A&M)

Below is my playlist for The Quest on CHIRP Radio Sunday, December 11, 2011 6AM-9AM. Tracks can be streamed individually on tumblr:

8:57AM Phondupe Aviary West single (self-released)
8:54AM The Tough Alliance Leg 1 Escaping Your Ambitions (Sincerely Yours)
8:49AM James Blake Love What Happened Here Love What Happened Here EP (R&S)
8:47AM Ty Segall My Sunshine Singles 2007-2010 (Goner)
8:43AM Korallreven Sa Sa Samoa An Album by Korallreven (Acephale)
8:36AM Faux Pas Renfield’s Dream Waterfalls (self-released)
8:30AM Mina Tindle Os Argonautas (demo) single (self-released)
8:27AM patten Ice GLAQJO XAACSSO (No Pain in Pop)
8:24AM The Beatles Tomorrow Never Knows Revolver (Capitol)
8:19AM Pterodactyl Nerds Spills Out (Brah)
8:15AM Mock & Toof From Kashima Tuning Echoes (Tiny Sticks)
8:10AM Oliveray You Don’t Love Wonders (Erased Tapes)
8:06AM Canyons When I See You Again Keep Your Dreams (Modular)
8:03AM Ólafur Arnalds Lag Fyrir Ömmu Living Room Songs (Erased Tapes)
7:54AM Eduardo Castillo Casaradio Afro Balearic EP (Juno)
7:51AM The Dø Too Insistent Both Ways Open Jaws (Six Degrees)
7:48AM AM & Shawn Lee City Boy Celestial Electric (ESL)
7:43AM Giraffage Moments Comfort (self-released)
7:40AM DRC Music K-Town (featuring N’Gotshima and Bebson) Kinshasa One Two (Warp)
7:37AM The New Pornographers Myriad Harbour Challengers (Matador)
7:29AM Kurt Vile The Creature So Outta Reach EP (Matador)
7:23AM Pink Floyd Mother The Wall (EMI)
7:19AM Cass McCombs Love Thine Enemy Humor Risk (Domino)
7:15AM The Sea and Cake The Moonlight Butterfly The Moonlight Butterfly (Thrill Jockey)
7:11AM Kimbra Two Weeks + Head Over Heels (Grizzly Bear + Tears For Fears mashup) single (self-released)
7:07AM She & Him Christmas Day A Very She & Him Christmas (Merge)
7:04AM Gold Panda Through Clouds An Iceberg Hurled Northward Through Clouds (DJ-Kicks) (!K7)
6:59AM Christina Vantzou Super Interlude Pt. 2 No. 1 (kranky)
6:54AM Explosions in the Sky A Song For Our Fathers How Strange, Innocence (self-released)
6:44AM Lau vs. Adem Imporsa (Silver Columns Remix) Ghosts EP (self-released)
6:41AM Zomby Labyrinth Nothing (4AD)
6:38AM Fleet Foxes White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
6:32AM Daedelus An Armada Approaches (Cruise from Here to the Afterlife Remix, Conducted by the James Pants Sea Faring Orchestra) Stones Throw x Dublab collaborative 45 The Sounds of Symmetry (Stones Throw)
6:29AM The Decemberists I 4 U & U 4 Me (Home Demo) Long Live the King EP (Capitol)
6:26AM Fleetwood Mac Never Going Back Again Rumours (Warner Bros.)
6:22AM Los Campesinos! By Your Hand Hello Sadness (Arts & Crafts)
6:15AM Wilco Art of Almost The Whole Love (dBpm)
6:10AM Sobrenadar Peri Physeos Physeos EP (Absent Fever)
6:04AM Kathleen Edwards Change the Sheets Voyageur (MapleMusic)
6:00AM Yawning Gulf Untitled single (self-released)