SomaFM

Listener supported, commercial-free radio broadcasting 30+ channels from San Francisco to the world. Since 2000.

URL: https://somafm.com
Tune In: https://somafm.com/player24/

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somafm_at_sfba.social@momostr.pink

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Last Notes

2026-07-29 23:12:34 UTC

Getting down to the end of the month, so we're doing a little quiet fundraising drive. Any donation helps: https://somafm.com/donate/ We take credit cards and Paypal. Thanks for making SomaFM possible for over 26 years now!

2026-07-19 21:01:03 UTC

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: Howard Givens, Madhavi Devi, Craig Padilla, Loneward, James Shain, Michael Mantra, Har
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-07-19 16:01:02 UTC

Today on Drone Zone it's Long Form Sunday, featuring works by: Louigi Verona, Buho, Another Neglected Hobby, Robert Rich, Wolfgang Gsell
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-07-14 21:55:03 UTC

"I've been listening to Soma FM for several years. A few weeks ago, my dog passed away after a long illness. I read a study showing that dogs prefer soft rock and reggae to other musical styles, so I decided to tune in to Left Coast 70s and Heavyweight Reggae (two channels I never listened to before) whenever I was with him in his final weeks. Thank you so much for making our last weeks together a little better. I've set up a monthly donation, and I'll order a mug as a keepsake." -- Dan
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2026-07-14 18:58:02 UTC

"I just went through a cross-country move, 13 hours away from my family, and SomaFM has been like an old friend keeping me company along the way. Been enjoying Groove Salad Classic and Left Coast 70s. Keep doing y'all's thing - you're a bright light for so many of us -- el
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2026-07-13 21:55:01 UTC

"I discovered Internet Radio on a whim on the Elisa music player last year. Listening to SomaFM on my phone, computer, and car has been such a great addition to my music listening experience. Love from Missouri" -- Caleb

2026-07-13 20:47:10 UTC

We have a hardware issue on our SF-1033 channel that was keeping the live police audio from being mixed in. We have made a stop-gap repair for now, and it should be back to normal in the next 24 hours.
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2026-07-13 18:58:02 UTC

"DEFCON and Vaporwaves are highly underrated stations. Excellent operation you have over there. Thanks again" -- T
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2026-06-15 23:13:11 UTC

Love this track playing on Space Station Soma now so much, "Desert Dwellers - Seeing Things (Eat Static Remix)" what a great collab!
https://somafm.com/spacestation

2026-06-14 21:01:02 UTC

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: Eguana, Horizontal Excursions, James Shain, Steve Brand, Esa Ruoho
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-06-14 16:01:02 UTC

Today on Drone Zone it's Long Form Sunday, featuring works by: Robert Rich, Color of Time, Steve Roach, Matt Borghi, Simon Slator
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-06-13 21:55:00 UTC

We get some strange promo emails:
"Hey there, been looking at SomaFM Christmas Rocks! and thought your audience would connect with this one.
Paul The Silver just dropped his debut single Throw A Light On - guitar-driven, big chorus, lots of energy. Sits in the Kings of Leon / The Killers lane. Fits right in with indie programming. "
Suspect this is AI-tool driven, because no human would submit non-Holiday music to a station called "Christmas Rocks"

2026-06-13 18:58:00 UTC

Thanks again to all our supporters! You make SomaFM possible! We love you!

2026-06-13 05:20:26 UTC

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We know, and we're here for you ❤️

2026-06-12 21:55:00 UTC

"You have not refreshed your Underground 80’s playlist in years. We all know there are all sorts of other period songs that work on that channel but it’s the same shit over and over. Then you ask for money?"

2026-06-11 18:58:02 UTC

Current state of mind
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2026-06-10 18:58:02 UTC

The new Echo Season album is spectacular! You should buy it now!
https://synphaera.bandcamp.com/album/residual-signals
They describe it as "An exploration of cosmic forces and the phenomena that they leave behind across the past, present, and future" and Rusty says it's "Pure mid-tempo ear-candy"
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2026-05-31 21:01:01 UTC

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: Robert Rich, Eguana, The Flashbulb, Forrest Fang, Autohypnosis
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-05-31 16:01:02 UTC

Today on Drone Zone it's Long Form Sunday, featuring works by: Another Neglected Hobby, Steve Roach, vidnaObmana, Jaja, Robert Rich
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-05-04 20:55:59 UTC

Tuesday (tomorrow) is Cinco de Mayo, so we are celebrating Mexican-American culture on our specials channel, featuring an eclectic mix of our favorite Mexican and Latino music, old and new, traditional and alternative. Tune in and it will feel like a party!
You can listen here:
https://somafm.com/player24/specials
The regular programming on Specials (which includes Surf Report, Afternoon Jazz, Wavepool, and more) will return Friday.

2026-05-03 21:01:01 UTC

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: SPARTALIEN, Hildur Gudnadottir, AUME, peter savage, Howard Givens & Craig Padilla
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-05-03 16:01:03 UTC

Today on Drone Zone it's Long Form Sunday, featuring works by: Steve Roach, Louigi Verona, Jaja, Shane Morris, Robert Rich
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-04-30 05:12:41 UTC

DEF CON Radio's DJ kampf is representing SomaFM in the DEF CON Singapore chill room today
#defcon
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2026-04-28 18:58:00 UTC

Just another FUCK YOU to TuneIn for the intrusive ads they're adding to hardware players now. Use our free apps with no ads. Or use a player that lets you put in a streaming URL (which we post on each channel's home page).
TuneIn was just sold for $175 million, and of course none of that was shared with the people who actually produce the content, pay the royalties and streaming costs. They provide a directory, that's all.

2026-04-28 18:34:56 UTC

"Dear Elise:I have been listening to your curated music on somafm for two decades and time is nigh that I express my gratitude. You have introduced me to countless artists whose music is squarely in my heavy rotation. More importantly, during my darkest days, your music made me feel less alone. My world, if not the world, is better because of you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart." - Dien
https://somafm.com/player24/indiepop
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2026-04-22 18:58:01 UTC

I was ecstatic when I discovered that SomaFM was still running after having lost it for a few years after Winamp stopped doing their stream server thing. Keep the good times rolling, please please please! :) -- Cody

2026-04-21 21:55:01 UTC

I love SomaFM since 2004 in my student years. My favorite stations are "indie pop rocks" and "lush". There are so many songs I can sing along. Thank you for your great music selection!! I don't like the music from commercial radio but when I listen to SomaFM and my daughter come in she recognizes some songs she also knows (current songs). I'm happy that we love some same songs. I wish you all the best - please stay on air!! -- Susann from Heligoland

2026-04-19 21:01:01 UTC

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: Steve Roach & Serena Gabriel, SAVO, Disturbed Earth, Mark Harris, Sam Rosenthal
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-04-19 17:51:53 UTC

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probably to appease US TV audiences

2026-04-19 17:37:35 UTC

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That attack is happening via all sorts of services- invites/declines, mailing list signups, etc.

2026-04-19 16:01:03 UTC

Today on Drone Zone it's Long Form Sunday, featuring works by: Steve Roach, Environments, Oenyaw
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-04-19 03:54:29 UTC

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wasn’t dissing them. They were ahead of their time. Spectacle is a good thing

2026-04-19 00:52:34 UTC

Milli Vanilli rolling over in their graves* while watching some of the acts at Coachella...
* yes they're not dead yet, just a euphemism.

2026-04-12 19:52:36 UTC

Some heavy downpours coming through SF this morning... #sfwx #sanfrancisco
(TL of the KPIX Salesforce Tower cams)
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2025-10-03 02:04:57 UTC

Network issues on the "internet backbone" are interfering with our streams for some listeners in Europe, Canada and the East Coast of the US. It started around 5pm Pacific time, and is ongoing. We are working with our bandwidth providers to get the issue resolved, and moved most of our traffic to servers that are on a different backbone in the mean time.

2025-09-19 05:14:30 UTC

It’s actually raining in SF right now.
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2025-08-11 21:50:01 UTC

De-enshittifying the internet since 2000 (or at least trying to)

2025-08-10 17:26:21 UTC

We are back at DEF CON in Las Vegas broadcasting live on https://somafm.com/player24/live/
Starting with Merin MC right now, and later Rusty
Going until about 3pm today #defcon33
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2025-08-08 17:52:42 UTC

We are live from DEF CON in Las Vegas with Merin MC with kampf, rusty and djdead coming up later in the day. Tune in at https://somafm.com/player24/station/live or the SomaFM Live channel in your app
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2025-06-04 19:41:46 UTC

SAVE THE DATE! SomaFM 25th Anniversary party in San Francisco on Sep 20th, 2025. More details and ticket info in the coming weeks!
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2025-05-20 18:24:06 UTC

That feeling when you send 900 people a fundraising message that says:
"We’re aiming to raise ,000 by the end of May" because of a typo :(

2025-04-16 21:55:20 UTC

Things you won't find on SomaFM:
"branded experiences"
"influencer activations"
"experiential marketing"
Things you will find:
"good music"
"no advertising"

2025-03-10 23:38:41 UTC

At the #FediverseHouse at #SXSW for the @npub1psa…j5uh takeover. Support independent media!
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2025-02-26 23:12:15 UTC

We've changed our Web Player and Song History / Top Artists pages to now do a web search for the song/artist rather than default to Amazon.

2025-02-17 21:43:55 UTC

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Thanks for the folks who tracked this down on HN and pressured the guy remove our streams and embed public SoundCloud tracks instead!

2025-02-17 09:45:00 UTC

A tech bro decided to "launch" a product using our streams without so much as talking to us or getting our permission. Costing us real $$ in royalties, taking credit for the audio from our streams.
I guess the AI companies have normalized this kind of behavior.

2025-02-05 21:13:33 UTC

You may get momentarily kicked off a stream as we do some security updates today. Some clients will reconnect automatically, others you may need to hit stop and play again to reconnect.

2025-01-24 19:16:57 UTC

If you find yourself in Tokyo in the next couple months:
https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en/exhibitions/RS/

2025-01-14 18:22:04 UTC

Good thing we don't have investors or shareholders. That way, we can focus on what's good for our listeners and humanity rather than what benefits our shareholders.

2024-12-30 21:58:23 UTC

Just a reminder, if you haven't donated this year, we're still hoping you will. We are entirely supported by our listener's donations.
https://somafm.com/donate
Thank you for making SomaFM possible for almost 25 years now!

2024-12-03 17:45:29 UTC

In todays email:
2 nice people (and supporters) sent holiday wishes and thanks.
One person angry there are sounds in our Mission Control channel that wake him up when he's sleeping (not a supporter)
Another person wants us to "update" our channel logos with "fresh, new AI images" (also not a supporter)
Just another day with the inbox :)

2024-12-02 21:21:10 UTC

We have 5 (FIVE!!!) Holiday & Christmas channels this year again. You can find them all here:
https://somafm.com/holiday/

2024-10-28 03:13:43 UTC

"Currently on the CA Zephyr, barreling through desert watching the Nevada sunset, while listening to Groove Salad Classic. Thank you Rusty and gang for the soundtrack. What a time to be alive." -- john
(The California Zephyr is a passenger train from the SF area to Chicago)

2024-10-27 20:39:40 UTC

"I listen SomaFM for about 15 years. I mostly listen groove salad, deep space one and drone zone. This great selection of music accompanies me through a great life and I can never imagine living without it. Thank You" - Znojmo, Czech Republic