What's In Your Deck? #4
Your Weekly Top 5 Radio Picks
This week I picked up a lot of new music, at least new to me, but I found myself tuning into the internet a lot and listening to mostly news and just tuning around while I worked. I do this a lot, here’s some of my favorites.
Do any of you listen to internet radio? Let us know below...
1. Air America, Airamericaradio.com
As most of you know, Air America is Al Franken’s new syndicated radio station that leans to the left in a minefield of right wing terror baiting. In an attempt to balance out our AM airwaves, Franken and co.--which includes Chuck D., Mark Riley, Davey D. and Janeane Garofalo--present a real alternative to the Rush Limbaughs of the world. It’s only on the air in a handful of markets, but that should change soon. Until then, give them a try on the internet or on Sirius satellite radio. Unfiltered with Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead, Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Rachel Maddow airs every morning from 9am-noon on the east coast and it’s generally a fun listen. Definitely one of the better shows. Saturday nights, Kyle Jason, Chuck D, Martha Diaz and Davey D host Bring the Noise from 10pm-midnight and they present a pretty much hip hop based, but wide array of new music. It’s interesting. I want to see where they take the whole thing. I need this in my car.
2. Hard Knock Radio, Kpfa.org, Hardknockradio.com
Now this is some after school radio. I’m serious dog, Hard Knock Radio has the formula down right. Designed to appeal to the hip hop generation, this insightful talk show airs on 94.1 FM KPFA in the Bay Area from 4-5pm Monday through Friday. That’s 7-8pm in New York and so on. Hosts Davey D., Weyland Southen, Anita Johnson and Tsadae Abeba Neway present political, social and community news and views to an audience that doesn’t normally get spoke to about such thangs. It’s intelligent and it speaks to the youth like no other show I have ever heard on the radio. Through interviews with politicians, hip hop activists, artists and community leaders, Hard Knock Radio gives the people what they want; Information, music and insights they surely won’t hear on typical urban radio.
3. BBC 1Xtra, Bbc.co.uk/1xtra
There’s so much going on musically in the world right now, and so few radio stations are trying to document it. 1Xtra is a lone pioneer in the game. Broadcasting from London via the BBC’s website to the entire world, 1Xtra presents the freshest hip hop from the US and Europe generally, cold ass R&B and garage shows and urban music from around the world. The shit goes 24 hours a day and you can almost always tune in and hear something you haven’t heard within ten minutes. This is radio. Maybe not flawless, but extremely progressive amidst the shit we have to listen to over here. I guess it is on Digital Radio in the UK, not the regular band yet. My favorites are Semtex for hip hop and the grimy new UK shit, Femme Fatale for the UK garage and the Panjabi Hit Squad just blows my mind. All shows are archived for a week and are available on demand for free.
4. Democracy Now, Democracynow.org
Democracy Now is better than Air America, if you really want to get radical and find out some good shit. Amy Goodman is intense, possibly the most radical voice on the radio. And Juan Gonzalez is a brilliant radio journalist. It’s broadcast on over 200 stations across the country and many cable access channels as well. Known as the War and Peace Report, Democracy Now presents the other side of the news, every day, just like Bill O’Reilly and all them fools on Fox. It wouldn’t hurt anybody to ingest a little of this on their way to work, before the endless barrage of bullshit attacks you.
5. World Radio Network, Wrn.org
I listen to this a lot on actual radio in Houston cuz Rice University’s station KTRU runs this whenever they don’t have a DJ on the air. Which is generally early in the morning during the week, perfect for me. They play English language news broadcasts from all over the world. Radio Netherlands, Radio Budapest, Radio Australia, CBC, Channel Africa and China Radio International are some of my favorites. Tune in live on the website anytime and see what you get.
So what radio shows are you tuning into?
You can also listen to what's in Matt Sonzala's deck by checking out Damage Control Radio every Wednesday nite/Thursday morning 12am-3am on 90.1 FM in Houston. Listen to the live stream at kpft.org or kpftx.org.
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posted by: ohsokool @ 05/06/04: 08:08 AM EST
Sugatreats is pretty dope. It airs in NYC on 90.3 FM WHCR, every Monday from 8PM - 12 Midnight in NYC. The show also broadcasts worldwide at www.whcr.org
You wont find the same 10 songs in rotation either. New artists, and new sounds every week from genuine singers, musicians and mc's who set trends, as opposed to following the crowd and a short buck.
Yea..shameles plug, but f'real - if I dont plug my sh*t - who else will?
:)
posted by: big family @ 05/06/04: 03:03 PM EST
If you litsen to 1Xtra, you should check out Radio 1. Gilles Peterson, Trevor Nelson and the One World radio show play some great artists that barely register in the states.
Also check out Choclate City w/ Garth Trinidad on KCRW.
posted by: MattSonzala @ 05/06/04: 04:04 PM EST
Oh hell yes Big fam I love Radio 1, I listen to John peel a lot actually. And all the shows you mentioned are greatly superior to anything we have over here. I listened to KCRW a lot =in Los Angeles this past weekend. They knowhow to do raido, I tell you whut. And I have heard Sugatreats as well. WHCR is no joke ohsokool. Thanks for responding! Where is everybody today?
posted by: Fastlance @ 05/07/04: 09:09 AM EST
Okay for me it's
Dirtysouthradio.com - I listen to this about all day cause I live up north and dont get as much as a chance to check out whats hot and going down in the south, and I allways hear new songs that I never heard and it's a unique listen everytime.
RinseFM.com - This is the best underground UK station in london with award winning DJ's and MC's, If you like 1xtra, you would want to hear this as it's the raw side of the UK. This used to be home to Rolldeepcrews Dizzy Rascal and Wiley until they got big, but dizzy checks in once and a while for a live show!
Secrect Sound Service s-s-s-.ch - If you need to relax and just want to hear chill vibes and not some crazy everyday music I go here, to zone out instantly playing acid jazz to down tempo drum and bass and every thing to get your mind right, this ones a must check out
and for everything else I just check out randomstations at winamp.com
peace.
posted by: News @ 05/07/04: 05:05 PM EST
Morning Briefing:
Gasping for Air America? Two more top dogs at the liberal talk network
Air America Radio -- co-founder and chairman Evan Cohen and vice
chairman and investor Rex Sorensen -- resigned Thursday. Their departure
came one day after the fledgling company failed to pay its 100 writers
and producers on Wednesday. Last week, its checks to on-air talent
including Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo and Randi Rhodes reportedly
bounced. John Sinton, the network's president, said the company is "on a
wild ride" but intends to stick around. Asked whether replacements for
Cohen and former chief executive Mark Walsh, who resigned last week,
would soon be announced, Sinton replied, "I wouldn't hold my breath."
(Chicago Tribune)
SO IS PEACE AND EQUALITY WRONG OR WHAT? DOES AMERICA NOT WANT PEACE AND EQUALITY? ARE WE ALL RICH REPUBLICANS OR DO WE JUST NOT CARE????
posted by: MannyNote @ 05/09/04: 02:02 AM EST
BBC 1xtra rocks ......
posted by: Frank @ 05/10/04: 04:04 PM EST
I'm not too much into radio anymore, unless its some sports talk in the ride to and from work. Its pretty scary that I don't check for radio much anymore (commercial or otherwise), seeing as how radio used to damn near rule my existence. Commercial radio doesn't move me much, although I'm not mad at what they do and I find that working a 9-5 has really made it more difficult for me to stay up to listen to community hip-hop radio, which tends to air late on weeknights in my market. I need to check Air America out, sounds interesting.
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