Thanks to Matt Welch and Kate Sullivan for the tip about Indie 103.1. I'm listening to it now, and in the space of a couple of hours they've played the Cramps, the Beastie Boys (Paul's Boutique!), the B-52's, Iggy Pop, the Flaming Lips, Soundgarden, the Polyphonic Spree, The Faint, Wreckless Eric, The Network, Nick Lowe, the English Beat, the Buzzcocks, G. Love and Special Sauce (unfortunately), the Modern Lovers, that new Phantom Planet song that I really like and no not the one on The O.C., some kind of underground rap or something, BRMC, Devo, and some other stuff I didn't recognize. Even Nirvana's "School," which, as Sullivan points out, nobody ever plays. And they play phone messages from listeners who hate the new format, which is kind of funny. ("I liked the techno and pop better, you guys suck now." And this is from a full-grown adult.) The weirdest thing is, it's Clear Channel! Check it out.
(Corvids review to come... Holy shit, they just played Gary Jules, and then another idiot phone message, and now it's the Pixies. Holy shit.)
Posted by Jim Treacher at January 15, 2004 06:23 PM