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Altrok Radio is an alternative rock web radio station, updated every day, that'll make you happy. Click here to start listening , or for more info, read on...

Why Did We Create Altrok Radio?

We (that is, myself and all the folks who've contributed their time and talent to Altrok Radio) finally figured out what's wrong with today's Alternative Rock radio:

Everything.

So we thought up Altrok Radio. We thought it'd be better if our station played new music from any scene that matters, as well as classics from the bands that Alternative radio forgot.

We respect artists that don't compromise, and stick with artists that never did.

When we go out of our way to find new music that matters, we rely on twenty-five years of real Alternative radio experience (during which we helped build one of the best bona-fide Alternative stations in the country) to help you make sense of it.

And we play it for you, twenty-four hours a day, in playlists we update every day, on our web radio station. All because we think, among the music we know you'll like, you'll want to hear something new that you might like.

Plus we do a quick national headline update every half hour on weekday mornings - because we want you to be informed, too..

Betcha wanna start listening...

...and if you click here, you'll be on your way.

(Enjoy the ride.)

A Special Note: Altrok Radio is a fully licensed Internet radio station. This means we pay money to keep our station in full compliance with current royalty policies as required by ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and the SoundExchange license required by the CARP recommendations made necessary by the DMCA.

That's a lot of acronyms, but the upshot is that we pay a larger share of royalties on the music we play than any other outlet. We do it because we believe in the artists we play and feel they should be compensated fairly for their efforts.

We do not, however, think it's fair that we, at a far lower (and in fact relatively non-existent) level of income, pay more per song played than standard radio does - a state of affairs that fully highlights the fact that major labels and terrestrial broadcasters have colluded to try to make Internet radio disappear.

We are completely in support of any effort that attempts to fix this rather obviously discriminatory practice.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

People who like to listen to good music

Adventurous music listeners who noticed all of the above about Alternative radio, and who want to hear challenging music that doesn't evaporate the moment after you've heard it.

If you're evangelistic about your tastes, even better - the more people know about Altrok Radio, the more of a chance it has to survive. Let everyone know!

People who like to write about good music

If you like to write about music, let me know - Altrok puts up a new Rant whenever there's a reason to put one up. Check the Altrok website for the rants we've aired in the past. You'll be in good company.

People who make good music

And if you're a band that wants to get played on Altrok Radio, I consider all submissions (though I can't promise to air them all.) You can message me with a site that has MP3s, or you can mail CDs or vinyl here:

Altrok
P.O. Box 1
Adelphia, NJ 07710
USA
Let us hear the noise you make!

Just Wanna Be Part Of A Community?

You can join the Altrok Group at Yahoo Groups ...

...show us all where you are in the world at Frappr ...

...but maybe it's best to start by adding Altrok Radio as a MySpace Friend. That'd be good, too.

Music:

Latest Additions:

Firstly, the important stuff:

Altrok Radio is at http://www.altrokradio.com

Please remember to tune in whenever you can - every hour you listen turns into more visibility for the station; we show up higher in search listings, and such like that. And if you'd like to help us keep the stream running, check out the advertisers if they appeal to you; your interest actually helps fund us.

This week, our Grinders (the stuff we play heavily) include music from:

- The Black Keys
- The Kooks
- The Locarnos
- Look See Proof
- We Are Scientists
- The Blacks

Plus we've got newly-added music:

- The Breeders - Bang On
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - We Call Upon The Author
- The Charlatans UK - Oh Vanity
- Does It Offend You Yeah - Being Bad Feels Pretty Good
- The Fashion - Like Knives
- Islands - The Arm
- Joe Jackson - King Pleasure Time
- Kara Keith - Kick This City
- Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong - Lonely Buoy
- The Mae-Shi - Young Marks
- Midnight Juggernauts - Shadows
- Reverend And The Makers - State Of Things
- Soundpool - Do What You Love
- The Whip - 'Trash'

Our Newly-Added Classics:

- ABC - That Was Then But This Is Now
- Blondie - Picture This
- Marshall Crenshaw - Little Wild One (No. 5)
- Dogs Die In Hot Cars - I Love You 'Cause I Have To
- Dramarama - Out In The Rain
- Electronic - Getting Away With It
- Fad Gadget - Collapsing New People
- Richard Hell & The Voidoids - (I Belong to The) Blank Generation
- Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind
- Sparks - Music That You Can Dance To

There's about 4500 songs rattling around our library now (your average rock station has about 500) and every day brings a new selection.

Want a piece o' that? Tune in!

Heroes:

I'm still missing John Peel terribly, but I'm happy that Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens, Zane Lowe and Rob DaBank are keeping the flame alive at BBC Radio 1. Everyone at WOXY deserves an absolute round of applause, not to mention my thanks for letting me be one of the folks that filled in the gap between the demise of their station and the start of their website. Let's not forget the guiding beacons of 1979's WPIX (the New 102, from Elvis to Elvis), WLIR/WDRE, WFMU, WFDU and WPRB.

And I must, of course, mention the people that got me in this in the first place: Tony Dell'Olio, Steve Maffei and Matt Pinfield at WRSU, and after Matt and I went to WHTG, our fearless leaders Rich Robinson, Mike Marrone, Chopper and Michael Butscher. That's what got this whole ball rolling.As for keeping it rolling...you, reading this, qualify as a hero. It was your many words of encouragement that led me to restart it after I thought all hope was lost.

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