What are your favorite SomaFM channels?

[kentauros]

I know I suggest y'all listen to this wonderful station often, but I really can't emphasize it enough: SomaFM is the best thing on the airwaves, even if it's online only. Commercial radio doesn't compare, public radio can compare for some of it. These guys blow them all out of the water! I should know, I've had both public and commercial radio shows. And though I had the most fun of my life with my radio show on KPFT, it still wasn't as high in music quality as these guys.

Yes, I know, some of y'all won't find a single channel that fits your tastes. That's fine. I may be getting older and haven't listened to commercial radio on purpose since 1977, yet I do like some modern music. If it wasn't for online stations, especially SomaFM, I wouldn't listen to radio at all, not even public radio.

C'mon! Give 'em a listen. You may just find them your go-to radio station from now on



Here are the channels:

Christmas Rocks!
Have your self an indie/alternative holiday season!

Christmas Lounge
Chilled holiday grooves and classic winter lounge tracks. (Kid and Parent safe!)

Xmas in Frisko
SomaFM's wacky and eclectic holiday mix. Not for the easily offended.

Groove Salad
A nicely chilled plate of ambient/downtempo beats and grooves.

Lush
Sensuous and mellow vocals, mostly female, with an electronic influence.

Earwaves
Spanning the history of electronic and experimental music from the early pioneers to the latest innovators.

Deep Space One
Deep ambient electronic, experimental and space music. A soundtrack for inner and outer space exploration.

Drone Zone
Served best chilled, safe with most medications. Atmospheric textures with minimal beats.

PopTron
Electropop and indie dance rock with sparkle and pop.

DEF CON Radio
Music for Hacking. From DEF CON 21 in Las Vegas.

Dub Step Beyond
Dubstep, Dub and Deep Bass. May damage speakers at high volume.

Space Station Soma
Tune in, turn on, space out. Spaced-out ambient and mid-tempo electronica.

Mission Control
Celebrating NASA and Space Explorers everywhere.

Indie Pop Rocks!
New and classic favorite indie pop tracks.

Folk Forward
Indie Folk, Alt-folk and the occasional folk classics.

BAGeL Radio
What alternative rock radio should sound like.

Digitalis
Digitally affected analog rock to calm the agitated heart.

Sonic Universe
Transcending the world of jazz with eclectic, avant-garde takes on tradition.

Secret Agent
The soundtrack for your stylish, mysterious, dangerous life. For Spies and PIs too!

Suburbs of Goa
Desi-influenced Asian world beats and beyond.

Boot Liquor
Americana Roots music for Cowhands, Cowpokes and Cowtippers

Illinois Street Lounge
Classic bachelor pad, playful exotica and vintage music of tomorrow.

The Trip
Progressive house / trance. Tip top tunes.

cliqhop idm
Blips'n'beeps backed mostly w/beats. Intelligent Dance Music.

Iceland Airwaves
Music from bands who will be performing at Iceland Airwaves (explicit)

Covers
Just covers. Songs you know by artists you don't. We've got you covered.

Underground 80s
Early 80s UK Synthpop and a bit of New Wave.

Beat Blender
A late night blend of deep-house and downtempo chill.

Doomed
Dark industrial/ambient music for tortured souls.

Black Rock FM
From the Playa to the world, for the 2013 Burning Man festival.

SF 10-33
Ambient music mixed with the sounds of San Francisco public safety radio traffic.


Here are my favorites:
Groovesalad
Illinois Street Lounge
Secret Agent
Lush
Suburbs of Goa

[kentauros]

1. ~~~

bumping for the pre-weekend crowd

(been listening to Lush all day )

[Liberal Veteran]

2. Drone Zone. Doomed. Digitalis. -nt

[kentauros]

3. I like Digitalis and Drone Zone.

Can't say I'm always in the right mood for Doomed, though. Same with Earwaves, even if I do like experimental music

[vanlassie]

4. Kick to try later

[kentauros]

7. You can also save this to your DU bookmarks

[Jesus Malverde]

5. Groove Salad, Secret Agent, Christmas lounge and Def Con

Groove salad the most for years...

and 10-33 when stuff goes down...

[kentauros]

6. I've never listened to 10-33

probably because I'm not in San Francisco. Mission Control is fun for that kind thing, though. And I like your other choices. Normally I don't listen to Lush, but found it quite good lately. Groovesalad I do like most other times

I still have a difficult time getting people I know to try SomaFM. Even at restaurants where I know the owners, they stick with what they've got (such as Sirius' The Spectrum, which is mostly top-100 crap from the 60s to the present.) Even when I've let them listen on a wifi player I use, none are willing to change. Oh well, I'll keep cranking up Groovesalad or Lush to drown out the Spectrum