“We know what you’ve come for: Music, and lots of it.” For no-nonsense, straight-ahead alt-rock with touches of top-pop, Chicago-based Wide Radius is a good choice. Today we’ve been nodding to The Imagineers, Braid, Everclear, Lorde (there’s the pop), Garbage, Audioslave, All That Remains, and more. Continue Reading
Doing some driving this weekend? The right car music can make weekend chores enjoyable. Feel-good, upeat, top-down tunes can evoke a cross-country jaunt even if you’re just going to the store for milk. Or sitting at your desk, if your imagination is vivid enough. This is caffeine-substitute music, good for anytime you need a strong, uplifting beat. Continue Reading
Do you ever wish your classic rock station were … less classic? Obviously, lovers of the genre don’t mind hearing the same music over and over for years on end. But there is a deeper level to rock oldies that can result in a sweet moment of recognition: “Oh yeah! I haven’t thought about that song in ages!” Continue Reading
The Oscars Radio is the perfect weekend station leading up to the Academy Awards on Sunday night. The stream includes presentations and acceptance speeches leading into those songs, like Cuba Gooding’s famous acceptance speech for Jerry Maguire. Continue Reading
Billing itself as “The Internet’s Premiere Jazz Station,” Blue Plate Radio plays a mix of straight-ahead and smooth-tinged jazz. More than just a globally-distributed playlist stream, Blue Plate assumes a role as gatekeeper of the local jazz scene in New Haven, CT, and promoter of artists performing in the area. Continue Reading
Reluctantly leaving behind our POTD celebration of Beatlemania, we needed something remarkable to distract us. We found the perfect stream to carry us away from cloying nostalgia: Radio Oloron. This French-originating stream is surprising, satisfying, and addictive. Continue Reading
As with yesterday’s POTD, we are celebrating Beatlemania, 50 years later. today’s Pureplay of the Day revisits a past selection: All Beatles & Stones Radio, an iHeartRadio pureplay station. The station has been renamed “24/7 Beatles” for an undetermined time. Continue Reading
The whole world is celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Beatles performing on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, considered the start of Beatlemania. Well, part of the world, anyway, and mostly people of a certain age. Continue Reading
Faisal Sultan is the founder and owner of FRISKY radio, a 12-year-old EDM pureplay station. He worked for several years at AOL, as an engineer and product lead for ShoutCast, Winamp, and AOL Radio. We spoke with Faisal Sultan about how he built his pureplay station, how the business is framed, and his feelings about the ShoutCast product he helped create. Continue Reading
FRISKY is a capricious name for an Internet station that plays serious electronica. listeners get a beautiful stream at a high bitrate of 128 (MP3 or AAC) — actually two streams, the main FRISKY channel, and the newer CHILL stream. Founder Faisal Sultan comes from AOL, where he was a product lead on ShoutCast, Winamp, and AOL Radio. Continue Reading
It’s New Year’s Eve, and the question is this: Look back, or look forward? Sentiment or anticipation? The station was founded by Ron Lisk, who nurtured a lifelong love of radio and classic rock in college and with an indie low-power station before webcasting came along. Continue Reading
Going for purity in today’s Pureplay, we suggest the energetic, multi-rhythmic, authentic Mexican sounds of SalsaMexico. Brassy, percussive, skirt-swirling tracks will have you shimmying at your desk if you’re working this week. Ray Perez, Gelberto Santa Rosa, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Impact Crea, and much more. Continue Reading