Jason Thomas

Monday – Friday: 5-9pm
Host: XRT’s Eleventh Hour

Jason Thomas began his radio career at one of the country’s foremost modern rock stations, Live 105 (KITS) in San Francisco. OK, so his first job was answering the request line, tallying up the day’s requests for a nightly feature called, “Most Wanted,” but he was soon wowing the insomniacs of the Bay Area.[Read Jason's Full Bio]

New Music Thursday: Savages – ‘Shut Up’

It’s New Music Thursday at XRT. Is there a better day to post a brand new, rockin’ video in this space? I think not. Savages are a band you’ve been hearing on Monday night show, [...]

WXRT–2013/05/16

Prius Route to Rock, Vol 59: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Rodriguez, Farmers Markets

Yeah! How’s that warm air feeling on your skin? We’ve had quite the chilly spring so far in Chicago, but with the current warm-up we’re experiencing, spring fever should be in full effect this weekend. [...]

WXRT–2013/05/15

Midweek Concert Recommendation: Youth Lagoon at Metro

It’s warm outside. You feel a strong case of spring fever coming on, but the weekend is still out of reach. What to do? Luckily, you live in the third largest metropolitan area in the [...]

WXRT–2013/05/14

Vampire Weekend on SNL

Can’t wait to see ‘em perform their fantastic new album live at Lollapalooza? No worries, they were the musical guests on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. No, two live songs on a TV show [...]

WXRT–2013/05/12

What Do Catholics Think of Bowie’s ‘The Next Day’ Video?

Depends on who you talk to, I guess. I’m a Catholic on paper somewhere (but not practicing at all) and I couldn’t care less, but Catholic League blogger Bill Donohue is pretty upset by it. [...]

WXRT–2013/05/10

Prius Route to Rock, Vol 58: James Cotton, Black Moth Super Rainbow, METZ

We all know there there are some things that suck when it comes to living in a large population center like this one. Noisy neighbors in the apartment above you, traffic, expensive housing… Yes, these [...]

WXRT–2013/05/08

James Blake Performs ‘Retrograde’ on Letterman [Watch]

James Blake stopped by for a performance on Late Show with David Letterman last night and the song that he went with was the one that you’ve heard on XRT these past several weeks, “Retrograde.” [...]

WXRT–2013/05/07

Queens of the Stone Age Debut Music From ‘…Like Clockwork’ [First Listen]

We still have a month to wait for album #6 from California desert rockers Queens of the Stone Age, but an animated video trailer has surfaced that includes part of the forthcoming song, “I Appear [...]

WXRT–2013/05/06

Depeche Mode’s ‘Soothe My Soul’ Remixed [First Listen]

As reported earlier today at rollingstone.com, Depeche Mode’s “Soothe My Soul” has been remixed by Swedish House Mafia’s Steve Angello and producer/remixer extraordinaire Jacques LuCont. While the original track isn’t what you’d refer to as [...]

WXRT–2013/05/03

New Music Thursday: !!! – ‘Slyd’

Dancepunk, discopunk, whatever you want to call it, !!! have always done it as well as anyone. Rockers that want to make more danceable tunes (The Clash, Gang of Four) is a pretty simple concept [...]

WXRT–2013/05/02

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