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Friday, February 6, 2015

Soma Fm review



                                              SomaFM is a listener-supported, commercial-free[1] Internet-only streaming music station, which started broadcasting out of founder Rusty Hodge's basement garage in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. SomaFM broadcasts electronic music, indie rock and lounge music, among other genres. SomaFM began as a micro-power radio station broadcast at the Burning Man festival in 1999..... 
Some of the Stations-
StationGenreYear Added
Groove SaladDowntempo/chillout2000
Drone ZoneDrone2000
Secret AgentLounge/jazz with a 1960's spy theme2000
cliqhop idmIntelligent dance music2002
Indie Pop RocksIndie pop/indie rock2002
Beat BlenderHouse/downtempo/chillout2002
Sonic UniverseModern jazz/fringes of jazz/nordic jazz2008
LushTrip hop/downtempo2009
DigitalisSelf produced indie rock and electronic music2009
Space Station SomaAmbient space music2009
Illinois Street LoungeLounge2009
Boot LiquorAmericana2009
The TripClassic trance/progressive trance. Formerly known as "Tag's Trance Trip"2009
DoomedIndustrial/dark ambient2009
Mission ControlAmbient music mixed with the sounds of NASA's mission broadcasts and live shuttle coverage2009
PopTronElectropop/dance rock2009
CoversCover songs2009
Suburbs of GoaDesi/Arabic-influenced worldbeat2009
Underground 80sEarly 80s British synthpop and new wave2010
BAGeL RadioAlternative rock/post-punk/indie rock/noise pop. Formerly known as "480 Minutes".2011
South by SomaMusic by artists from the SXSW Festival2012
SF 10–33Ambient music mixed with the sounds of San Francisco public safety radio traffic2012
Black Rock FMThe prototype broadcast for 102.3FM in Black Rock City for the 2012 Burning Man Festival2012
Dub Step BeyondDubstepdub, and other bass driven electronic music2012
Folk ForwardIndie folk, alternate folk, and the occasional folk classics2013
EarwavesEarly electronic music/avant-garde music/computer music2013
Iceland AirwavesMusic by artists from the Iceland Airwaves festival2013
DEF CON RadioMusic from DEF CON's chill room, provided by SomaFM2013
Seven Inch SoulClassic soul music2014
Christmas RocksChristmas themed indie/alternative rockSeasonal
Xmas in FriscoEclectic Christmas themed musicSeasonal
Christmas LoungeChristmas themed lounge musicSeasonal
(Wikipedia)

Accessible through most wireless music players
Website: somafm.com - There are links below each channel's description to stream in a variety of file formats and bit rates. Choices include AAC at 128k, aacPlus at 64k and 32k, MP3 at 128k, and Windows Media at 128k and 32k. There's also pop-up player. As a rule, the higher the bit rate, the better the sound quality, though you may find the lower-bit-rate streams to be more reliable.
Visit somafm.com/mobile to learn how to tune in SomaFM stations on a variety of mobile devices. I use the TuneIn Radio app to play SomaFM stations on my iPhone. (Crutchfield)

This is my first random music service site that I am reviewing (Link to Site-).Soma Fm. The stations on here are great. There are as of now around 30 channels and SomaFm has a mobile app as well.. For those that enjoy having multiple sources to listen to music from, Soma Fm is a great addition. Boot Liquor is one of my favorite americana/ American roots stations out there, Earwaves is another favorite. There truly isn't one bad one in the bunch.  Rhett Taylor


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