

Deep Dark Tunnel
Sage Gillespie
Of the underground and emerging local scenes. You’re invited to the Tunnel to hang out with our artists as we listen to and discuss their latest tracks. We are the only college radio station to play Yabujin. Find us on WCRX 88.1 FM Chicago weekly on Thursdays from 7-9 PM!
Episodes
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Feb 23, 2024 • 34min
Podcast About List
Linked with the GOATs and now we’re a comedy podcast. This week we chatted with Cameron, Caleb, and Patrick from Podcast About List. We talk about their upcoming sketch tour, “World’s Biggest Army”, our favorite kind of hats, sham film jobs, and Marc Normand’s whereabouts. Make sure to catch them at Schubas on April 2nd!

Feb 14, 2024 • 14min
grace bloom
In the stu with the GOAT! We’re talking with Chicago singer-songwriter, grace bloom. Along with promoting their new single, “cautious optimism”, along with Chicago artist, Adelaide, we talk about the best food spots near Chi-town venues, and DIY dos and don'ts. TAP IN!!!

Feb 9, 2024 • 13min
Niontay
Yooooooooooo - we’re back talking to rapper and producer Niontay. We wish him a happy belated birthday and talk about being anti-cake, his upcoming nationwide tour with MIKE, 454, and El Cousteau, his EPs releases of 2023, shooting music videos on boats, and celebrating 50 years of Hip-Hop by cooking up in the stu.

Feb 2, 2024 • 17min
gum.mp3
Two weeks in a row let’s see if we can keep this up! In this episode, we chat with artist, DJ, and Eldia member gum.mp3 (that’s 3/3). We chat about his upcoming album, Black Life, Red Planet, his upcoming show at Schuba’s, the ethics of your vinyl, and what it’s like to have your song play in Switzerland.

Jan 26, 2024 • 9min
JEWELSSEA
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR SEES TUNNEL GALORE! On the first episode of the new year, we chat with Philadelphia artist and DJ, JEWELSSEA. We talk about the release of her debut album, culminations vs. combinations (Drake voice), Philly’s impact, and the CVS Snoopy plushie.

Dec 1, 2023 • 31min
Ted Kamal
Seasons greetings! We sit down with New York-based artist and DJ Ted Kamal to chat about his latest project Rhythm Heaven, touring with Pink Siifu, the commercialization of lo-fi beats, and his upcoming work.

Aug 18, 2023 • 10min
POLO PERKS <3 <3 <3
Wow! Time really does fly. Welcome back to the season three premiere of Deep Dark Tunnel! Welcoming us back we sit down with NYC drill pioneer POLO PERKS <3 <3 <3. We talk about being on tour with glaive and Oso Oso, his favorite Connecticut hotspots, the story behind the samples, and his Harold’s order. You can catch him at the Metro on August 18th (the day this comes out).

May 16, 2023 • 28min
Chris Stewart
GRIDLIFE Festival is returning for its tenth year at GingerMan Raceway in
South Haven, Michigan. Gridlife Midwest is a three day festival featuring,
racing, music, camping and more. Join Deep Dark Tunnel admin Molly Tramell
and Chris Stewart as they have a conversation about what this year at
Gridlife will entail.

Mar 10, 2023 • 15min
Hotline TNT
One of our favorite shows so far, this episode Sage chats with Hotline TNT fresh off their Chicago performance at Beat Kitchen. We talk about touring during the winter, keeping a foot in hardcore, and Nu Metal. We LOVE Nu Metal!!!

Feb 24, 2023 • 27min
William Crooks
Confirmed episode numero six! Molly and Sage crawl down the depths of the tunnel to talk with artist William Crooks about being secure in your own music, his love for botany, computer malfunctions, and many more!