Online radio — namely *free* online radio — has taken a turn for the awesome lately with it’s wide-reaching, genre-mixing, in-depth focus on live music. It seems that I’m always seeing music bloggers linking to live in-studio sets by their favorite band or linking to the direct stream of the concert and that’s great for all of us. Whether it’s WOXY, NPR, WXPN, or KEXP, I hardly care. Point is: it’s awesome. Confirmed.

Here’s a bunch of stuff going on in the very near future…

KEXP.org In-Studio Performance Schedule [link]

Hot Chip (LIVE from NYC) Thursday November 2, 7:00am
Forward Russia (LIVE from NYC) Thursday November 2, 9:00am
Tokyo Police Club (LIVE from NYC) Thursday November 2, 11:00am
Fields (LIVE from NYC) Thursday November 2, 1:00pm
Low Frequency Stereo (LIVE from NYC) Thursday November 2, 2:30pm
The Shackletons (LIVE from NYC) Friday November 3, 7:00am
Archie Bronson Outfit (LIVE from NYC) Friday November 3, 9:00am
White Whale (LIVE from NYC) Friday November 3, 11:00am
The Shins (LIVE from NYC) Friday November 3, 1:00pm
Jamie Lidell Saturday November 4, 3:00pm
Four Easy Pieces (LIVE from High Dive) Saturday November 4, 6:30pm
The Hands (LIVE from High Dive) Saturday November 4, 8:00pm
The Slip Tuesday November 7, 9:30am
Page France Tuesday November 7, 12:00pm
Viva Voce Wednesday November 8, 12:00pm
Aaron Mannino Saturday November 11, 6:00pm
Beat Senseless Saturday November 11, 8:00pm
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Sunday November 12, 2:00pm
Frank Black Monday November 13, 12:00pm
The Grates Friday November 17, 12:00pm
Feral Children Saturday November 18, 8:00pm

NPR.org Live Concert Series [link]

Recent streaming concerts include The Decemberists, Wilco, Jenny Lewis, Built to Spill, and more…

11/03 – Joan Osborne
11/06 – The Black Keys
11/10 – Arlo Guthrie
11/19 – OK Go
11/20 – Cat Power

WOXY Lounge Acts

Upcoming performances:

11/3 Charlotte Martin 3:00pm
11/6 Pernice Brothers 3:00pm
11/7 Chin Up Chin Up 12:30pm
11/30 The Scourge Of The Sea 1:00pm

They’re got a killer archive of shows available for streaming or download — you should be enjoying that right now.

What else did I miss?