i used to hate corporate radio too, and most new rock stations are still absolute crap playing watered down Nirvana sound a likes. But just this year there's a new station in Vancouver here called the PEAK that is surprising the shit out of me. They play a lot of the great new bands that we always talk about here on Obner, and that i never expected would ever get played on radio.

these bands are part of their regular playlist:

Modest Mouse, Bon Iver, Phoenix, Metric, Bell X1, Sufjan Stevens, The National, Broken Social Scene, Hayden, Afro-Celt Sound System, Feist, the Submarines, Andrew Bird, MGMT, Junkhouse, Sandbox, new Beck, new Tragically Hip, City and Colour, Pixies, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Tegan & Sara, Spoon, elbow, Bloc Party, Arcade Fire

maybe things are starting to change for the better in radio land. Is there a station like this in any of your hometowns?

No. We at least have four stations in Atlanta that play what I consider "rock" now:

Dave FM: Really wants to be a good station but is often dragged into mediocrity by the likes of Coldplay and Dave Mathews. Does play Wilco, Ryan Adams and the occasional MMJ tune.

Project 9-6-1: I pretty much hate this station for two reasons: They changed one of the great radio monikers in Atlanta (96 Rock) for no reason and two the music they play leans to what I believe is known as "active rock"...So you get the Linkin Park's, Disturbed's and that band that wears the masks of the world. The only thing that can get me to stop here is 1. pre Black Album Metallica or 2. anything off of Alice In Chain's Dirt

The "new" 99X: Repackaged version of the once allegedly influential alternative station...I actually try and listen when they play newer bands so I'm not the mid 30's guy just waiting to hear the horseshit from his youth but most of the ones they play tend to be whiny and pretty bad. This station is strangely even more depressing than the Project.

Rock 100.5: Started out great with deep cut classic and southern rock and the occasional hair metal tune thrown in but is now basically Dave without the good songs.

4/4 of these stations play Stone Temple Pilots and Red Hot Chili Peppers once an hour.

3/4 Play Coldplay twice an hour

4/4 play the new Pearl Jam single that I like.

Then there's the always entertaining Album 88.5 where I actually hear a lot of the bands that we talk about here, a good many of the ones that you guys talk about but I'm suspicious of (ie Grizzly Bear) and WAY too much mediocre indie hip hop.

So yeah, NPR and Sports Talk.

Escape Club, "Wild Wild West"

I've heard this twice in a week.

During the Jurassic Period (and I'm talking about before 98% of Obners were born), I lived outside ATL for a couple years- at that time, WREK was the best station I'd ever heard. Good times, good times.

I was just thinking about that song. Thinking about the line "headed for the 90s...", and trying to think of other songs that made references to future years/decades.

Should be replaced with 'Wild Wild West" by Kool Moe Dee

I always thought the name Mike Mike Sluggo was awesome. Same with El Dorado George.