2012 Grammy Nominees

Here are the nominated Alternative and Rock artists, songs and albums for the 2012 Grammy Awards:

Record Of The Year:
Bon Iver - Holocene
Mumford And Sons - The Cave
Adele - Rolling In The Deep

Album Of The Year:
Adele - 21
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

Song Of The Year:
Mumford & Sons - The Cave
Adele - Rolling In The Deep

Best New Artist:
Bon Iver

Best Rock Album:
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You
Wilco - The Whole Love

We need your help here

Hello everyone, costs at Alt-Chi are starting to become a burden. The reason for this is mostly the cost of internet streaming, and now other things that keep this station online. Unlike the others (Q101.com, Pandora, etc) we don't sell advertising to broadcast. This entire thing is done on our own money. This is not a problem, however at times it can become stressful, especially when it's a one man operation.

If you enjoy Alt-Chi, please consider making a small donation. $2-$5 will go a long way here. If you have Paypal, and are willing to donate a small amount ($2-$5) to help our costs, please E-Mail info@alternativechicago.info All donations will go straight into the monthly streaming fee that we pay to broadcast. Thanks!

FYI, Alt-Chi's Total Monthly Operation Costs: Streaming $35/month. Other: $25/month.

Brian Sherman Voiceover

Alternative Chicago (Alt-Chi) came on the air June 30th 2011 not long after the news that Q101 was going off the air became reality.

Our purpose was to fill a void. The void Q101 left. Alternative rock music, along with local artists for Chicago. The only difference? It's on the internet instead of the FM Radio.

As an independant internet station, we make absolutely no money. We spend money. I am actually one person. I pay out streaming fees, play music, and ask for imput. I do this in memory of Q101, and most importantly for the love of this music, and for the fans of this music in the Chicagoland area. You know who you are. There is a passion here that is very strong.

Every radio station has a voiceguy, a pre recorded voice saying the station's name in between songs. From the time we launched, that guy was myself.

This fall, a longtime Q101 personality Brian Sherman (who is unfortunately still looking for work) started his own voiceover business Brian Sherman Voiceover. Brian Sherman is a very talented person, and I am pleased to be in business with him. He is now the main station voice on Alternative Chicago.

So not only do you get great alternative music on Alt-Chi, you now have a familiar voice saying the station name. Hopefully in some way or some form, this will make you feel at home here.

If you, or anyone else needs some voicework, such as commercial reads, promotions, narration, get ahold of Sherman today! His website is http://www.brianshermanvo.com/

And as always, thanks for listening to Alt-Chi.

Second Week Of October

Hey everybody, welcome to the second week of October. Weather has been pretty nice huh?

Anyway, we got some more new music for you this week on Alt-Chi

Evanescence with their song "My Heart Is Broken"

Also, Florence + The Machine with "Shake It Out"

Let us know what you think of these songs. You can always just leave us a comment on our Facebook Page, or call or text (773) 770-5344

Thanks again for listening to Alt-Chi, alternativechicago.info!

New Music: Week Of October 3rd 2011

Alt-Chi strives to play new music. You usually hear a brand new song once every other hour. New songs are added occationally, either by their popularity, requests from listeners, or if we personally think you might like it. As always, we take polls on our Facebook page about new songs, so the ones that get the lowest amount of votes will likely be dropped first.

Here is the new music for this week:
Cake - Mustache Man
Coldplay - Paradise
Death Cab For Cutie - Stay Young, Go Dancing
Fitz And The Tantrums - Don't Gotta Work It Out

Thoughts? Let us know. Either E-Mail us, tell us on Facebook and of course call or text (773) 770-5344
Requests? Same deal

Welcome to the Alt-Chi Blog

Hey guys, we figured it was time to start a blog for Alt-Chi aka http://www.alternativechicago.info/
On this blog, we will post some random stuff, like news stories, music news, and some of the stuff that is going on at the station, such as new music and all that. We invite you to follow us here on our blog.

And always remember, you can keep in contact with us on Facebook www.facebook.com/alternativechicago at our website http://www.alternativechicago.info/ or by calling or texting (773) 770-5344

Thanks for listening and welcome to the blog!