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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: vansmack on February 09, 2004, 01:50:00 pm
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While in LA this weekend, I finally got a chance to hear Clear Channel's new "Independent" radio Station ( Indie 103.1 (http://www.indie1031.fm/main.html))this weekend and I'll tell you, I was impressed. At first I was leary of another attempt to unseat infinity Boradcasting's KROQ as LA's "alternative" radio station, but with Clear Channels money, maybe this will do it (wow, did I just say that? Somethig positive to come from Clear Channel?). If not, it will at least change the playlist at KROQ and hopefully influence other stations across the nation.
There are a few playlists on the internet, but they pale in comparison to what I heard over the weekend:
Death Cab
Grandaddy
Love and Rockets (not Ball of Confusion)
Ramones
Interpol ("The New," which I thought was bitchen)
REM (Perfect Circle)
Pixies
Broken Social Scene
The Shins (not, So Says I)
BRMC
Jeff Buckley
The Libertines
Supergrass
Polyphonic Spree
Bright Eyes
Thrills
Stills
Atmosphere
Johnny Cash
elefant
Minor Threat
And about 15 other bands that probably only Pollard and Jag know.
Anyhow, you can listen live (http://www.indie1031.fm/listenlive.html) to the new station.
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Any station that plays Johnny Cash AND Minor Threat can't be too bad.
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Looks like they're going for the "Classic Alternative" sound, with a dash of new stuff.
Ramones -- We Want the Airwaves
Bob Marley -- Roots, Rock, Reggae (Remix)
Cult -- Love Removal Machine
Crystal Method -- (The new one)
Beck -- Golden Age
NoFX -- Franco Unamerican
Nirvana -- On a Plain
Peaches & Iggy Pop --
Replacements -- Alex Chilton
X -- White Girl
Chicks on Speed --
Catherine Wheel -- Crank
White Stripes -- Hello Operator
Smithereens -- Blood and Roses
Buzzcocks -- What Do I Get
Lion Rock -- Rude Boy Rock
Bauhaus -- Passion of Lovers
Two reggae tunes in a little over an hour -- no complaints from me.
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While it sounds like they play some good tunes, the phrase "Clear Channel indie radio" is like the mother of all oxymorons.
Jumbo Shrimp
Military Inteligence
Postal Service
Living Dead
Head Butt
Clear Channel Indie Radio
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Since when is Johnny Cash "indie"?
And if they are playing Johnny Cash, how about some other great older country artists like Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and George Jones?
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The idea of the station, the fact that it's Clear Channel, and the playlist just go to show how "indie" has now been completed co-opted by moneyed interests, a.k.a. capitalism.
"Indie cred"? Doesn't mean a damn thing to me.