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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2026-08-09 01:46:49 UTC

Great time today at DEF CON, thanks to everyone that came by and said hi, so great to meet all of you! And wonderful to see all our #defcon friends year after year.
We'll be back tomorrow 9am-3pm pacific (maybe later) so you've got one more chance to listen live on https://somafm.com/live/

2026-08-08 18:31:15 UTC

Happy Saturday from Las Vegas! Right now Merin MC live from DEF CON in Las Vegas; coming up later: Rusty, kampf and djdead later. Tune in at https://somafm.com/live/

2026-08-08 00:19:30 UTC

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We were very influenced by those stations too in our SoCal youth days

2026-08-08 00:02:38 UTC

(oops, we're still live until 6pm, not 5pm! Can't cut djdead's set short)
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2026-08-07 23:57:12 UTC

That's it for our live broadcast today from the DEF CON Chilloiut Lounge! Thanks to DJ Synth Ack, Merin MC, Rusty, kampf and djdead for all the tunes today! We'll be back tomorrow at 9am(ish) Pacific time on SomaFM Live... see you then!
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2026-08-07 21:43:01 UTC

We continue our broadcast from DEF CON in Las Vegas, live from the Chillout Lounge. If you're at DEF CON, come by and say hello. We've got stickers!
Currently on the decks, kampf, followed by djdead at 4pm pacific. Tune in on our Live channel! https://somafm.com/live/
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2026-08-06 23:43:45 UTC

We made it to DEF CON! While the chill room only formally opened at 4pm, here's Merin MC spinning for the registration room. We'll be live tomorrow on our Live channel from 10am-6p Pacific Fri-Sat, 10am-3pm on Sun: https://somafm.com/live/
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2026-08-06 06:04:51 UTC

Thursday at DEF CON should be interesting as it seems the chillout lounge is being used also for registration in the morning!
That gives us a large captive audience to have fun with!!!

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 18:58:02 UTC

"DEFCON and Vaporwaves are highly underrated stations. Excellent operation you have over there. Thanks again" -- T
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2026-07-12 21:01:02 UTC

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: Mr. Dreamstream, Steve Roach & Serena Gabriel, Matt Borghi, Jeff Talman, Jaja
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-07-12 21:00:39 UTC

We have updated our streamservers to improve their reliability, but it's possible we may have introduced some bugs our testing didn't reveal. If you're having any issues, email dj @ somafm .com and let us know the details (app/browser version, device type, etc) Thanks!

2026-07-12 16:01:02 UTC

Today on Drone Zone it's Long Form Sunday, featuring works by: Steve Roach, Disturbed Earth & Shane Morris, Robert Rich, Phase47, Michael Peters
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-06-30 21:55:01 UTC

Just a reminder: We do not accept AI music submissions (e.g. Suno, etc) as SomaFM is a human-centered radio network. We especially hate AI agents repeatedly submitting AI music to us. If you're a developer, don't do this.

2026-06-28 21:01:02 UTC

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: Robert Rich, Tom Middleton, Max Corbacho, Si Robinson & Jim Mortimore, Matt Borghi
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-06-21 22:37:45 UTC

Getting reports that some Alexa users can't get to our App. If that's the case, try saying "Alexa end early access" and our app will work again. We are working on an update that's compatible with future Alexa updates.

2026-06-21 21:01:01 UTC

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: White Origins, Scott Lawlor, Martin Sturtzer, Mathias Grassow & Eyes cast down, Simon Slator
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-06-21 16:01:02 UTC

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

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

2026-06-06 18:45:32 UTC

We still have a few Women's style DEFCON 31 Chillout tshirts left... only $25!
https://store.somafm.com/products/def-con-31-chillout-lounge-shirt?variant=40242958663793
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2026-05-23 08:44:23 UTC

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we’ve tried to keep our streams open and easily accessible on principle
Not sure how long we will be able to keep doing that though
Which is really sad and leads to more enshittification of the Internet

2026-05-18 21:31:50 UTC

Projekt Records label boss and good friend of SomaFM, Sam Rosenthal, is doing a kickstarter to release Black Tape For A Blue Girl: The Rope (40th anniversary edition), and just needs a few more backers to get it funded:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samrosenthal/therope

2026-05-17 21:01:01 UTC

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: Eguana, Kent Sparling, Scott Lawlor, Phobos, Wings Of An Angel
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-05-17 16:01:02 UTC

Today on Drone Zone it's Long Form Sunday, featuring works by: Louigi Verona, theadelaidean, dreamSTATE, Robert Rich, Har
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-05-12 22:02:20 UTC

A problem with our website "Old Player" not playing Groove Salad 2 has been fixed (we forgot to include a 128k MP3 stream, which the old player uses)
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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 22:20:42 UTC

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not today. Got a really big one the other day tho.

2026-04-12 22:18:06 UTC

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that’s kind of what it was! Squall lines blowing across the city.

2026-04-12 21:01:00 UTC

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: Another Neglected Hobby, Perpetual Ocean, Jaja, Autohypnosis
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

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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2026-04-12 16:01:03 UTC

Today on Drone Zone it's Long Form Sunday, featuring works by: Louigi Verona, theAdelaidean, Remote Vision, Cousin Silas
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-04-12 07:25:13 UTC

Watching Worship on the Coachella feed. Does it really take 4 dudes to work some CD decks? The spectacle is the visuals and lighting design tho.

2026-04-11 00:33:41 UTC

Happy (and relieved!) that Artemis II has returned successfully!

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