j. so so otm
They're doing a lot better job of it than most public radio stations, in my opinion.
there are at least three public radio stations in mpls that do 10000x better
not to mention the college station
― budo jeru, Monday, 20 May 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
Kicking myself for voting "Such Great Heights" before noticing the obvious winner, the unbearably corny Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes "Home", the only song on this list which makes me IRL cringe with embarrassment when I hear it.
To those who doubt me I ask you, which other songs on this list have a spoken word interlude where the singers deploy cartoonishly affected fake southern accents to discuss how in love they are?
― One Eye Open, Monday, 20 May 2019 18:18 (four years ago) link
not being terribly up on regional American radio I'd never heard of this station before but 6 Music (BBC digital station) cater to much the same audience in the UK afaict
googled to see if they'd done a similar list and this one from 2013 is p lol in its similarity, both in terms of how many actual same picks there are and the fact nearly every post itt could apply to 6 Music with only the names changed
― Terry Major-Ball Will Tell You (DJ Mencap), Monday, 20 May 2019 18:23 (four years ago) link
My understanding is that 6music list was voted for by listeners, I think even 6music wouldn't be corny enough to vote Clocks to #1 if it was just staff and DJs.
― Matt DC, Monday, 20 May 2019 18:29 (four years ago) link
143 Animal Collective My Girls142 Spoon Inside Out141 Florence + The Machine Shake It Out140 The Darkness I Believe in a Thing Called Love139 Foster the People Pumped Up Kicks138 Jet Are You Gonna Be My Girl137 Alt-J Breezeblocks
This section is hilarious.
― Matt DC, Monday, 20 May 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
xxp 6music is a far better station, whatever you think of it.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Monday, 20 May 2019 18:34 (four years ago) link
yeah that seems a fair assessment looking at the Current schedules and what playlists are available. seems to be very light on specialist programming
― Terry Major-Ball Will Tell You (DJ Mencap), Monday, 20 May 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 1 June 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Thank god for Radio K, KMOJ, and KFAI
― Dan I., Saturday, 1 June 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 2 June 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
this thread is the corniest and youve been told.
― Hunt3r, Sunday, 2 June 2019 03:10 (four years ago) link
actually i mean it. the corniest thing, it’s here.
― Hunt3r, Sunday, 2 June 2019 03:11 (four years ago) link
KMOJ is a treasure
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 2 June 2019 03:29 (four years ago) link
#4 in these results is entirely new to me. i've never heard of trampled by turtles or wait so long. it is.....not great.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 2 June 2019 04:00 (four years ago) link
Arcade Fire should win this for Wake Up.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 2 June 2019 04:31 (four years ago) link
Too late Moka
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Sunday, 2 June 2019 04:45 (four years ago) link
Kicking myself for not noticing “Home” on the list when I voted. Just goes to show everyone’s voice is important , one vote can change the world.
― One Eye Open, Sunday, 2 June 2019 05:32 (four years ago) link
Trampled By Turtles is an outlier on this list - an acoustic/bluegrass-y jam band that is "big" in its world, but its world is not the same world as the other 49 artists here. (maybe there are a couple other worlds represented, but you know what I mean.)
given that, i would say that Trampled By Turtles' presence on this list is largely driven by the fact that they're from Minnesota ... home of The Current.
― alpine static, Sunday, 2 June 2019 11:18 (four years ago) link
Yeah, Trampled by Turtles got my vote. I wish Minnesotans could hear some of their music the way the rest of the world hears it
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Sunday, 2 June 2019 15:14 (four years ago) link
which is funny because normally minnesotans are super obsessed with what the rest of the world thinks of them
― j., Sunday, 2 June 2019 20:33 (four years ago) link
a very palpable hit
― Dan I., Monday, 3 June 2019 01:28 (four years ago) link
I can't believe I missed a thread where we were bagging on the Current!
Anyway, i'm not sure whether The Current deserves all this snarkiness...
I would argue they do and the reason isn't exactly their playlist, which is terrible, but unlike the other light-FM adult pop station in town Cities 97 which is easily ignored, is that the Current plays what they play but they act like they are WFMU. That sometimes around 6 PM they play a 20 yr old Guided By Voices song and they act like OMG FUCK THE MAN THE COPS WANT TO SHUT DOWN OUR EDGY STATION!!
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 3 June 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
Yeah, Trampled by Turtles got my vote. I wish Minnesotans could hear some of their music the way the rest of the world hears it― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Sunday, June 2, 2019 10:14 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkwhich is funny because normally minnesotans are super obsessed with what the rest of the world thinks of them― j., Sunday, June 2, 2019 3:33 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Sunday, June 2, 2019 10:14 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― j., Sunday, June 2, 2019 3:33 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This exchange should be played on a loop during the entire state fair
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 3 June 2019 16:30 (four years ago) link
Tired: Indie rock is played outWired: Indie rock backlash is played out
AAA Radio, forevah!
― enochroot, Monday, 3 June 2019 19:27 (four years ago) link
That sometimes around 6 PM they play a 20 yr old Guided By Voices song and they act like OMG FUCK THE MAN THE COPS WANT TO SHUT DOWN OUR EDGY STATION!!LOL
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 00:16 (four years ago) link
I don't have any real beef with AAA radio except when public or community broadcasters adopt the format because what's the point. CBC Radio 2's general non-classical programming seems to have m/l gone that way a lot of the time and just why. Someone has to think of the children.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 14:00 (four years ago) link