SomaFM Reviews and Details

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Social recommendations and mentions

• The lost joy of music piracy

  Can I offer you a SomaFM[0] in these trying times? They're entirely listener supported and the music they play is - to my knowledge - entirely human curated. I've found many tracks and artists new to me, with some artists not even having a presence (or a very small one) on Spotify. Their curation is so good that they've become a significant resource I go to when seeking out new music. It feels like a warm hug from... - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago

• Music for Programming

  For programming, I cannot recommend Soma FM [1] highly enough. There are a huge number of stations, most lyric-free (as to reduce the potential for flow interruption). [1] https://somafm.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• First, Make Me Care

  Check out KEXP and SomaFM. KEXP in particular is a great way to discover new music that you might not normally listen to. https://www.kexp.org/ https://somafm.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• How Spotify Made Me Self Host

  My other favorites, especially for coding, are SomaFM (Groove Salad or DEFCON substations)[1] and SceneSAT[2]. [1] https://somafm.com [2] https://scenesat.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Radio Garden

  Anyone looking for a commercial-free, listener-supported "radio" station would be remiss not to check out https://radioparadise.com -- it is truly a rare-gem in our over-commercialized world. And we can't talk about music streaming on the Internet without mentioning one of the originals -- https://somafm.com -- still going strong. I support both of these stations because their "business model" is so refreshing,... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Blocklist for AI Music on YouTube

  Soma fm has some good online radio stations: https://somafm.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Spotify Killed Lo-Fi Hip Hop

  I'd like to do a tangential mention of SomaFM, web radio that does electronic chill and mood music very well and has survived for a long time on donations. https://somafm.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• When do we stop finding new music?

  I've been using http://somafm.com and it's really the only thing that got me back into listening to music. ( https://radio.garden is also interesting ). - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• How the greatest MP3 player undid itself (2017)

  I just had a flashback to using Winamp with multiple .m3u/.pls playlists for local and streaming content I had collected and curated. I always liked Bagel Radio and probably first heard about it from the old Penny Arcade forums or on one of the offshoots of their forums whose name I now forget. I also quite liked nearly all of Soma FM's stations, especially the Indie Pop Rocks station, but I feel that Bagel Radio... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Demoscene and Video Game Music Streaming Radio Links

  Not a Demoscene radio per se, but SomaFM is also a donation-funded internet radio that's well aligned with demoscene listeners like me: electronic, chill, downtempo music which goes well with coding sessions. I've been listening to them for decades now. https://somafm.com. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• I lost Whamageddon while I was taking these photos of Leany McLeanyTree last night. Seriously, Last Christmas started playing right as I walked up to it.

  I almost never hear that dreck, thankfully, but lost the LDB Game really early on. (TBH, I no longer try to win—I actually like listening to Department Store Christmas on somafm.com.). Source: over 2 years ago

• How to Discover New Music

  I'll second that! WFMU is the best! Broadcasting since forever across the river from Manhattan. Yoko Ono and Matt Groening are known listeners. "Bad Animals" is my favorite. For funk and hiphop, look at https://www.wefunkradio.com/ for the guest DJ every Friday night. And Soma FM has lots of amazing curated streams. Hands-down, THE best holiday mixes, with several hours of all the versions of aulde lange syne on... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Is taking three 1-hour showers a day that big of a deal?

  I totally get how relaxing the shower is... The hot water is like a warm blanket that is just so satisfying. However, I'd like to recommend an alternative "therapy" for achieving a similar realm of relaxation. Earbuds, somafm.com (so many good choices, but Synphaera is great for zoning out), and a weighted blanket. Give it a try. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Ask HN: What focus/coding music are you listening to these days?

  Generally (and for the last 20 years or so), the excellent SomaFM[1]. Mostly DefCon and Groove Salad with some Synphaera[2], AAC streams all saved in a playlist in Strawberry, has been my regular goto. Otherwise, I've been on a Synthwave/chillwave kick, since it reminds me of my younger years (80's/90's... rose-tinted glasses and all that). The Midnight; Brian Eno; Tycho; Tangerine Dream; etc... Or whatever comes... - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Is di.fm down?

  Another alternative, though not exclusively electronic music: https://somafm.com. Source: about 3 years ago

• Do you still listen to your old music collection now that streaming services are so ubiquitous?

  I listen to a couple of streaming radio station like SomaFM and Funky Radio. I still have a couple of crates of records that someday I want to rip to MP3, but so far, someday has never arrived. of. Source: about 3 years ago

• Renter-sound

  Noise-cancelling headphones will help drown out conversation for sure. Even regular music in the background should help—something with a beat and soft lyrics. SomaFM has some great stations for unobtrusive daytime background noise (I like Secret Agent and Lush). Source: about 3 years ago

• Redditors who listen to music while you work - what’s your go to mix to focus?

  I'll plug SomaFM radio whenever I can. SomaFM is probably my all-time favorite platform for music... Aside from my own library. They have several channels that would fit the ambient/chill vibe. Groove Salad, DEF CON radio, Drone Zone, Deep Space One, Synphaera Radio and a couple more ambient/chill. Along with many other genres. Source: about 3 years ago

• Just switched to Vivaldi, from Opera GX. However any plug ins for background music?

  I put https://somafm.com/ in the sidebar and use it for background music. I usually listen to Drone Zone. Source: about 3 years ago

• [TOMT] [online radio] [2010 +/- 5or6] Do any Australians remember which online radio channels internode used to offer?

  Https://somafm.com/ However I still don't know how to put the channels directly from here into my Winamp player. Yes I still use Winamp :-p. Source: about 3 years ago

• Lofi air traffic control – LAX

  Came here to mention SomaFM and am glad to see many other comments about it. Don't forget to support! https://somafm.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago