10 Internet Radio Stations You Should Be Listening To Right Now

6. Newtown Radio

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Newtown Radio

Are you a fan of experimental or avant-garde music? What about hip-hop or disco? Or new wave, noise rock, post-punk or garage rock? Based in Brooklyn, Newtown Radio is the best place to listen to the rawest stuff around without having to put up with the generic output of more mainstream rock stations. They cover a wind range of other styles too, of course, including the weirdest sounds coming out of independent blogs, and that makes Newtown Radio one of the most worthwhile music stations online.

They collaborate frequently with institutions like the Museum of Modern Art, Impose Magazine and BrooklynVegan, and this impressive list of contacts has been built up because of their reputation for consistently putting out eclectic and fascinating selections of music. New York has long been the hub of international art discussion, curation and production, and Newtown is the radio station that many of these key artists use a vehicle to promote the weirdest and most interesting sounds inspiring them.

It's community focused too, and is "dedicated to sharing the great music that the neighborhoods around Newtown Creek create and enjoy" - so you know you're not just getting a selection of generic music that every station could easily stick on its playlist. Instead, listeners get increasingly weird and wonderful exclusives, all day long.

 
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