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Rec'd on 📻 Favorite independent or college radio station near you?

With all due respect to ruffianbandwidth the University of Minnesota's Radio K is the classic model of the college alternative radio station The Current wishes it could be. (I still dig Mac Wilson's show tho). the Twin Cities is lucky enough to maintain more than one very cool radio station.
Radio K plays new bands who sometimes sound like old bands. An actual eclectic mix of genres. Random metal every now and again. College kids who, all these years later, keep spinning Jeff Buckley.
I'm always shazaming this station. It gives me hope that indie music still has a future.
My favorite thing is listening to the dj reading the top 5 songs of the week and feeling old because I have never heard of any of the bands but they all have hilarious names and song titles.
My other favorite thing is when a 20 year old dj plays Texas is the Reason followed by Braid in the middle of a "classic 00s emo" set.

@fightwithknives

Mar 23, 2024

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@joepeters

much love to Radio K, but WMCN clears Radio K for college radio, sorry, a little biased, I used to work there, and I'm a little jaded that First Ave only works with them and screws us over for tickets, but it's okay bc we have our own venue now in Saint Paul

Mar 23, 2024

@fightwithknives

joepeters because my adult friend circles here are almost all UMN and MCAD-centered I never think about Macalester. But now I will check it out. delightful!

Mar 24, 2024

@ruffianbandwidth

Touché. Granted, I've only lived in the twin cities a few years, and am in my 30s, so I didn't even know Radio K existed haha Now I will need to check it out. Thanks for the rec!

Mar 23, 2024

@fightwithknives

ruffianbandwidth enjoy it! and know that The Current used to be better, but maybe that's just nostalgia

Mar 23, 2024

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