I am sure a lot of us Lemmings have known about SomaFM forever. But i always like to show new people !
In a similar vein, two other listener-supported commercial-free sites that I listen to are Radio Paradise and JEMP. (Although you’ll have to really really like Phish to like JEMP.)
I’ve been listening pretty much exclusively to radio paradise for over two decades. I love it. I thank the OP for reminding me about soma too.
I thought that was a joke then I opened it and saw phish basically every six songs. Hell yeah if you love phish
Been a while since I last listened to SomaFM, they have a couple of good channels for sure.
Indie pop rocks is my go to when I don’t know what I’m in the mood for.
And their Xmas stations are always great
I have a SomaFM sticker on the back of my car right now! Love them. Been listening for a long time. Discovered some of my now favorite artists from Groove Salad and Lush.
Still very fond of WBOR from when I was following the Internet Roadtrip
Heck ya! LEFTTT
Do these have actual human djs? Not a criticism, just wondering
The curation is human yes. There are prerecorded snippets of the djs throughout the day.
Sadly I doubt there are many 24/7 live DJs today. Though I’d love that job!
I’ve actually encountered a lot of free radio streams with human DJs for at least the majority of the day. Two off the top of my head:
https://www.thelotradio.com/ (this one even has a camera on the DJ)
They have curators, who create the playlist and select the songs, but they are not live mixing or selecting what’s is going to play. In each of the stations you can check the bio of the people behind the music selection.
Yeah Rusty Hodge is the original I think but there are a bunch covering the different stations
Thanks for reminding me
Used to listen to it all the time, and there to to know great music. My SomaFM t-shirt is still going strong but is going to become a pijama any day soon.
Their underground 80s station was a regular listen for me about 10 years ago. Glad to see they’re still going!
They need $12k funding in the next four days.
I just dropped 20 bucks! Always worth it for over 2 decades of Secret Agent.
I started listening to that station in high school. In the 90s.
90’s? You listening via a time warp? Station went online in 2000.
Or are you talking about Rusty’s micro-FM station that he ran from his basement in '99.
Did it? Man, my memory must be a bit fuzzy…
LOL! Yeah… It’s okay, we’ve all been there at one time or another.
I had just discovered soma fm in the fall of 2000 as I’d hit on listening to radio stations from around the world, and I used the old MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet (now rebranded as radio-locator.com) to find stations that offered streams.
It was an epiphany that there were stations that ONLY were on the web as I was mostly hunting down terrestrial broadcast stations (one of my faves at the time was a New Zealand student station - Radio-active 88.6 - it still exists!) and once I’d found a mac version of Winamp that opened .pls links, I was off and running.
It was a heady time to be there as it all unfolded. The sense of discvovery was sharp… more than it is now, that’s for sure.
Always updoot SomaFM.
Cliqhop, Suburbs of Goa, Groove Salad, and Drone Zone really expanded my exposure to genres like ambient, drone, lounge, neo soul, world beats, and electronic. I feel I became a more well-rounded enjoyer of music because of this station, and it deserves all the attention and donations it can get.
Left coast 70s is my go-to to test a new client audio install. It has never offended anyone and is always “fresh”.
i also like sub.fm
I love coding to groove salad.
Groove Salad is my absolute favorite to get in the zone and work. Very few vocals, which I prefer as hearing vocals and trying to read is annoying for me.
