SomaFM

Community supported online radio, (from their website) Over 30 channels of commercial-free, human-curated radio programming focusing on non-mainstream music.

It’s been my go-to for years. Groove Salad is my current and steady jam, but Boot Liquor, Underground 80s, Digitalis, and 7inch Soul all get regular plays.

One I have listened to off and on for nearly 20 years now is Radio Paradise.

Radio Paradise

It’s not an exclusively Alternative station, but a fairly wide ranging mix of classics, b-sides, world, electronic, etc. All fairly low-key but interesting.

They introduced me to so many bands over the years. And it is rare to not hear something I fall in love with any time I turn them on.

Double J - ABC (Australia)

Listen live/homepage

List of programs

Back in the late 80s and early 90s, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, or ABC, morphed its Sydney based radio station 2JJ into a “national youth broadcaster” called Triple J. In 2002, they started a channel called dig that was announcer-less (I think). This really only existed on digital TV on digital radios and online. I don’t imagine many people listened because of access to these modes of listening.

Fast forward to 2014/15, dig morphed into Double J, with a lineup of presenters, both radio DJs and musicians, and a mixture of older and more recent music. As I typed this, they played Wild Nothing, Kojey Radical, Hüsker Dü and Daft Punk on the morning show. This is presented by Karen Leng, who I first encountered on the awesome show she used to have on 3RRR. In many ways, it’s quite similar to BBC Radio 6 Music.

Live at the Wireless. It’s worth checking this program that has new and old, live recordings from over the years Eleven. The heavier side of rock The J Files Audio documentaries

Pinned this for the rest of the week to get some great recs.

Radio is a Foreign Country, they have their own website, but it has never really worked for me. Music from all around the world.

Also recommend Radio Garden, which lets you listen to radios from all over the world. Sometimes it has featured “posts” with channel recommendations from people, like Brian Eno and such. It’s one of the best things on the internet. They have an app as well.

3RRR (AKA Triple R), Melbourne, Australia

• Live stream at their home page
• List of programs that can be listened to, on demand.

Starting off as the station of RMIT (University) in Melbourne with an Educational licence in 1976, it became closely associated with the Melbourne post punk and new wave subcultures…e.g Nick Cave etc. It’s now part of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia and funded by community sponsorships and public subscribers (I am one). It’s not just music and there’s a lot of variety, with talk/educational shows on subjects ranging from marine biology, gardening, the arts, cooking, philosophy, science and lots in-between.

Here are some specific music shows that might suit this community that you can listen to on demand:

• Local And/Or General. Australian and NZ music
• Respect the Rock
• Teenage Hate. Punk, garage, hardcore, noise and psych with an emphasis on Australian releases and bands
• The Australian Mood. New and old Oz stuff
• The International Pop Underground
• The Distant Sky AU/NZ music
• The Golden Age of Piracy Eclectic stuff featuring influences of guests of the show
• Live Wire. Live music
• Far and Wide UK Indie

MainFM

MainFM is a little station based in a country town/city called Castlemaine, on the lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung people, in Victoria, Australia.

My favourite/the only show I really listen to on this station is It’s a Jangle Out There. Its web page has links to the archive of previous episodes to listen to and playlists of tracks.

The show is hosted by a long time acquaintance of mine who has played in a couple of really good, jangly indie bands. The most notable was The Sugargliders, who put out several releases on the legendary (to some) label, Sarah Records.

I haven’t listened to the show One Crowded Hour but it looks like it could be one to try out, as well…and it looks like there are some other shows that would play interesting tunes.

Ongoing History of New Music hosted by Alan Cross is an excellent podcast. It’s the longest running music history documentary radio program in Canada. The show chronicles the history of alternative rock, from its roots in punk and new wave to the modern day.

I know a few:

Website | MP3 Stream

Kerrang! Radio is a specialist digital rock music radio station owned and operated by Bauer and forms part of the Kiss Network. It is based in Britain.

Punk Around

Stream

I don’t know much about this station. I think I found it on Gemini, but I couldn’t find any information on TLGS or Veronica-II. Good music, though.

GothVille Radio

Stream

This station plays goth rock, goth metal, darkwave, gravewave, and I believe witch house. Good stuff.

Just added a post about the Blue Monday episode of Song Exploder, so thought I would stick a comment here about the SE podcast, too

3PBS FM, Melbourne, Australia

It would be remiss of me to not mention 3PBS, a community station that is “dedicated to nurturing, inspiring and championing Melbourne’s diverse music community”. There’s dozens of shows covering many types of music.

Live stream

How to listen

Program list with (hard to spot) Listen again links on the show page

it’s been about 4 days, gonna un-pin. Some great recs in here! Thanks everyone!

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