woxy sold...

I dunno…take a look at the KEXP charts below, and tell me you don't see a lot of indie rock on it.

KEXP tends to go much deeper into the albums when it comes to song selection. WOXY only appears to play two or three cuts over and over.


Jan 19 - Jan 25, 2004

Artist - Title (Record Company)
1. Air - Talkie Walkie (Astralwerks)
2. Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder (Merge)
3. Karminsky Experience Inc. - The Power of Suggestion (Eighteenth Street Lounge)
4. Aqualung - Still Life (B-Unique)
5. The Strokes - Room on Fire (RCA)
6. Mo' Horizons - and the new bohemian freedom (Stereo Deluxe)
7. Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway (Jetset)
8. Telefon Tel Aviv - Map of What is Effortless (Hefty)
9. The More - The More (self-released)
10. Her Space Holiday - The Young Machines (Mush)
11. The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart (Vice)
12. Elbow - Cast of Thousands (V2)
13. Soul Position - 8 Million Stories (Rhymesayers/Fat Beats)
14. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop)
15. Sea Ray - Stars at Noon (The Self-Starter Foundation)
16. The Pleased - Don't Make Things (Big Wheel Recreation)
17. Cloud Cult - Aurora Borealis (Earthology)
18. Skywave - Synthstatic (Blisscent/Alison)
19. The Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed (4AD)
20. Seachange - Glitterball ep (Matador UK)
21. The Damnwells - Bastards of the Beat (Sixthman)
22. Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots (Stones Throw)
23. DrugMoney - Mtn Cty Jnk (Hybrid)
24. The Crystal Method - Legion of Boom (V2)
25. John Vanderslice - Cellar Door (Barsuk)
26. Eddie Spaghetti - The Sauce (Mid-Fi)
27. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner (Matador)
28. The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? (Alien 8)
29. Shawn Smith - Shield of Thorns (self-released)
30. The Holmes Brothers - Simple Truths (Alligator)
31. Tex La Homa - If Just Today Were To Be My Entire Life (Hybrid Electric)
32. Doves - The Lost Sides (Heavenly)
33. Jason Collett - Motor Motel Love Songs (Arts & Crafts)
34. 22-20s - 05/03 (Astralwerks)
35. Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell, pts. 1 & 2 (Lost Highway)
36. The Dirtbombs - Dangerous Magical Noise (In The Red)
37. Girlsareshort - Earlynorthamerican (Upper Class)
38. Well - The New Standard Biscuit (Lunch)
39. Coco B's and Eskimohunter - The Fast-Trak Holy Nova Symphony (Grand Theft Autumn)
40. The Flaming Lips - Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell (Warner Bros)
41. Boozoo Bajou - Remixes (Stereo Deluxe)
42. Stephin Merritt - Pieces of April (Nonesuch)
43. Kinky - Atlas (Nettwerk)
44. Heather Duby - Come Across the City (Sonic Boom)
45. Tenki - View of an Orbiting Man (Future Apple Tree)
46. Myracle Brah - Treblemaker (Rainbow Quartz)
47. Johnny Cash - Unearthed sampler (American)
48. Blessed Light - Love Lights the Way (Mill Pond)
49. (Various) - Wellspring: A Benefit for Bread for the City (Sonic Boomerang)
50. The Mountaineers - Messy Century (Mute)

Originally posted by redsock:

Originally posted by Mr. Mentally Retarded:
Well kids, there's still kexp for those of you whose work doesn't block it…

Oh yeah, meant to get on your case…woxy was a damn fine station for those of us who enjoy "indie rock". KEXP is ok, but a lot of their programming isn't so great. For you to say woxy sucks; that is just hard to imagine, cause even if you don't like indie-rock, the fact that a station still exists that plays it, is something in itself – a very positive thing. And it wasn't a college station. No wonder Mark get's on your case so much…you're too close-minded.

Originally posted by Mr. Mentally Retarded:
I dunno…take a look at the KEXP charts below, and tell me you don't see a lot of indie rock on it.

KEXP tends to go much deeper into the albums when it comes to song selection. WOXY only appears to play two or three cuts over and over.

[/QB]

I'm not saying KEXP is bad, or that they don't play indie rock…but it's a college station, so they have times where there is types of music i don't like on, like hip-hop, or i've even heard classical on there before. This is fine, its cool to be diverse, but I prefer at least the same general format all the time.

It's actually a public funded commercial free station, not a college station.

If I wanted radio with the same format all the time, I'd just tune into any of the other thousands of radio stations.

Originally posted by redsock:

Originally posted by Mr. Mentally Retarded:
I dunno…take a look at the KEXP charts below, and tell me you don't see a lot of indie rock on it.

KEXP tends to go much deeper into the albums when it comes to song selection. WOXY only appears to play two or three cuts over and over.

I'm not saying KEXP is bad, or that they don't play indie rock…but it's a college station, so they have times where there is types of music i don't like on, like hip-hop, or i've even heard classical on there before. This is fine, its cool to be diverse, but I prefer at least the same general format all the time. [/QB]

Perhaps I can be pointed in the direction of other good internet radio then. What other stations play the kind of indie, pitchfork approved music that gets played on Woxy and KEXP?

I have tried others, things like radioparadise, but it is far too middle aged, and backward focused. 3wk is OK, I guess…….

Originally posted by mark e smith:
Perhaps I can be pointed in the direction of other good internet radio then. What other stations play the kind of indie, pitchfork approved music that gets played on Woxy and KEXP?

I have tried others, things like radioparadise, but it is far too middle aged, and backward focused. 3wk is OK, I guess…….

http://www.accuradio.com/#

http://www.live365.com/stations/mdunn6

http://www.somafm.com/recent/?indiepop

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

http://www.live365.com/stations/mdunn6

A local!

damnit, those are all blocked by my work.

www.wfmu.org
and

www.kcrw.org are not however. Though i imagine they're too eclectic for some

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by mark e smith:
Perhaps I can be pointed in the direction of other good internet radio then. What other stations play the kind of indie, pitchfork approved music that gets played on Woxy and KEXP?

I have tried others, things like radioparadise, but it is far too middle aged, and backward focused. 3wk is OK, I guess…….

http://www.accuradio.com/#

http://www.live365.com/stations/mdunn6

http://www.somafm.com/recent/?indiepop

Originally posted by redsock:
I prefer at least the same general format all the time.

you're too [sic] close-minded

Originally posted by Celeste:

Originally posted by redsock:
I prefer at least the same general format all the time.

you're too [sic] close-minded

I saw that coming…let me explain…

In RI where I'm originally from, there is a fairly decent station, WBRU. They play good stuff, till 2 am, then they switch to blues or jazz. And i like blues and jazz, but not to listen to it on the radio, i prefer it live.

And then, all of sunday they play R+B. It always bugged me. Playing eclectic music isn't the issue. Mix in electronica, dance, metal, bluegrass, jazz, whatever, but don't be an indie station and then play two hours of jazz standards or suddenly do hip hop for a night. Stick with whatever it is you're doing. KCRW is cool, but only for the shows i like. And thats fine, they don't claim to be anything other than bastions of good music, which they are.

My main point was that whether or not Rhett loves indie-rock, and i'm sure he loves some of it, he has to appreciate what WOXY was doing, and just cause they didn't play alt-country or whatever the hell the two of you listen to, it's ridiculous to claim it sucks, which he has on many an occasion.

I never said it sucked.

My initial comment was a joke.

I tried listening to WOXY and found that I didn't like much of what they play. Though a small minority of it I liked quite a bit.

Truthfully, KEXP is best listened to when I can go through the archives and weed out the music I don't want to hear. Though that means I have to stop and start it rather than letting it play continously.

Originally posted by mark e smith:
Perhaps I can be pointed in the direction of other good internet radio then. What other stations play the kind of indie, pitchfork approved music that gets played on Woxy and KEXP?

I have tried others, things like radioparadise, but it is far too middle aged, and backward focused. 3wk is OK, I guess…….

i considered setting up my own internet radio station, but almost had a heartattack when i saw the fees you have to pay the riaa, ascap, bmi in order to do so. even for a non profit venture. and because i'm not a college student with no assets to my name, i prefer not to be sued into poverty. the last time i looked there was no hobbyist loophole for setting up one's own stream. maybe one of the more enlighten forumites who follows such things could shed some light on the current situation…. because between markie, pollard, myself and others we could create a killer playlist.

Originally posted by Mr. Mentally Retarded:
31. Tex La Homa - If Just Today Were To Be My Entire Life (Hybrid Electric)

Ah, Tex La Homa. A fine band that I'd like to see.