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Program Directory

Indie Rock

  • Live on KEXP

    Live Music record­ed local­ly and dis­trib­uted around the world. Brought to you by KEXP.

    Under the Nee­dle is a week­ly series fea­tur­ing the best of KEXP’s live in-stu­dio per­for­mances. With finan­cial sup­port from the Cor­po­ra­tion for Pub­lic Broad­cast­ing, KEXP is mak­ing this week­ly series avail­able at no cost to col­lege and com­mu­ni­ty sta­tions from across the coun­try. Each show is also archived and avail­able on this site. KEXP hosts over 400 in-stu­dio ses­sions each year, includ­ing a range of gen­res and a mix of well-estab­lished and up-and-com­ing artists. Kevin Cole and his staff choose among these ses­sions to bring an eclec­tic mix of incred­i­ble live per­for­mances to Under the Needle.

  • Lizard Music

    Search­ing the end­less seas of record­ed music for the good stuff”… empha­sis on strange and unique music, but real­ly, any­thing goes… songs that your lizard might enjoy.

  • Night Light

    Bring­ing you the lat­est in neo soul, funk, indie pop and elec­tron­ic tunes, with an empha­sis on wom­en’s voices. 

  • No Lone Aesthetic (NLA)

    TBA

  • Pastoral MIDI

    Dreamy, vin­tage, under­ground, and out-there sounds from Cana­da and around the world. Explor­ing the cos­mos of synth pop, rock, AOR schlock, ita­lo, folk, exper­i­men­tal, indie, ambi­ent, house, soul, tech­no, shoegaze, dream pop, and every­thing in between. 

  • Post-Everything

    A com­men­tat­ed deep dive into choice cuts of post-punk, post-hard­core, and post-rock, and every­thing in-between: the noisy, the art­sy, the aggres­sive, the spacey.

  • Prick Up Your Ears

    no/​new wave, (post)punk, indie rock(?), and good ol’ pop songs

    Insta­gram: @prick_picks

    Spo­ti­fy Playlist: HERE

  • Punks In Parkas

    Join Pen­ny Lane every Thurs­day night at 9 PM CST for Punks in Parkas.

    Punks in Parkas, which hit the air in the Spring of 2005, is an ever evolv­ing musi­cal jour­ney, focus­ing on the best of the Mod gen­era, along with a good help­ing of jazz, funk, soul, orig­i­nal R&B, psych, garage rock and more.

    Fol­low Pen­ny Lane on Twit­ter and Insta­gram. Also be sure to give Punks in Parkas a like on Facebook! 

    Read mus­ings on love, life, muisc, and more by Pen­ny Lane on The Felo­nius Spunk blog!

  • Revolution Radio

    UMFM’s answer to Brave New Waves, Rev­o­lu­tion Radio is an eclec­tic mix of punk, new wave, ska and reg­gae, with even some Brit pop thrown in for good measure!

    Your host Twist spins a com­bi­na­tion of clas­sic and new­er tracks from each genre, plus a healthy dose of local music.

    Be part of the Rev­o­lu­tion every Tues­day, from 4 to 5:30, on UMFM 101.5 !!

  • Ryan Inc.

    Wel­come and thank you for tun­ing into Ryan Inc., your one stop shop for all the weird, wacky music of our won­der­ful world. 

  • Seasons

    Wel­come to Sea­sons!

    Like Sea­sons peo­ple change and so does their moods. This show is moody and is inspired by the weath­er. The show intends to deliv­er the songs that will help you find the cozi­ness that you need no mat­ter how you feel and where you might be. The songs are picked week­ly for each episode with a theme and the songs are select­ed to fit the time and the weather. 

    The Music picked for the show are from new Indie artists, Video Games, Visu­al Nov­els, Inter­na­tion­al Music, Film, The­atre, and more!

    So do not hes­i­tate to send your favourite song to get fea­tured that you think fits a moody and chill evening vibe! 

  • Signal Distortion

    sig­nal dis­tor­tions’ — a week­ly dis­play of all things inter­net-core: rang­ing from digi­core, mid­west emo, plugg, hyper­pop, elec­tropop, shoegaze, break­core, indie rock, and more cel­e­brat­ed by the youth of the web

  • Sixties Expressions

    Six­ties Expres­sions will bring you all the music the 1960s had to offer! Hav­ing no genre or lan­guage bounds such artists played could include The Rolling Stones to Fran­coise Hardy and Frank Sina­tra and even The Oscar Peter­son Trio. Some shows will have spe­cif­ic themes such as dif­fer­ent pop cul­ture move­ments like the British Inva­sion or polit­i­cal­ly inspired anti-war music. 

  • Ska Party

    We play ska and all of its hyphen­ations every week on our own radio show, Ska Party!

  • Suburban Home

    Your home for every­thing melod­ic punk and emo, with a sprin­kle of what­ev­er mixed in

    Your host Fish will play an array of select­ed tracks span­ning mul­ti­ple punk/​hardcore/​indie rock sub­gen­res across numer­ous decades, plus some locals! Through­out the show are fun facts about the musi­cians, news about bands com­ing to town or news about new releas­es com­ing out, or just about what­ev­er else I can think of. Some­times I’ll even get a spe­cial guest to inter­view about their music-relat­ed career, whether it be as a musi­cian or a photographer.

    The show is pret­ty unpre­dictable, and I will play absolute­ly any­thing no mat­ter how big or small they are. Turn it up to 11 and join our sub­ur­ban fam­i­ly on Wednes­days at 1pm, on UMFM 101.5


    Vis­it my Youtube for more inter­views as part of the Sub­ur­ban Home: At Home series — https://​www​.youtube​.com/​@​subur…

    I want to be stereo­typed, I want to be clas­si­fied

  • Sunlit Youth

    it’s like indie/​alternative rock with a hint of classics

  • Thank God It's Free Range!

    Thank God It’s Free Range! Join host (and UMFM Pro­gram Direc­tor) Michael Elves as he starts the week­end off with a run­down on upcom­ing shows; inter­views with local, nation­al and inter­na­tion­al artists; and all sorts of good music. Here on 101.5 UMFM, the week­end starts now!

  • the adults are talking

    trust me, I’ve nev­er done this before…

  • The Batcave

    Join your host Dra­c­uli­na for a hour of dark­ness and despair, play­ing the best of 80’s dark­wave, syn­th­pop, goth­ic and so much more.

    I Like Spi­ders, loss and rain I’m only hap­py when I’m in pain”

  • The Ever Deadly Hour

    An indige­nous music show­case fea­tur­ing the best songs and styles, both new and old, from across Tur­tle Island.