Sirius' Left of Center

[WhySoSerious?]

I listen to this at work everyday. Just wondering if there's an XM equivalent?

[Ky]

What kind of stuff does this play?

[tico]

If you mean as in a political channel, there's America Left on Channel 167 or somewhere in that neighborhood.

One time, my uncle let me drive his car and he has XM in it. I listened to America Left and that's what made me want to get XM. Most of its programming is from Air America, but they also carry Ed Schultz from Jones Radio Network. Randi Rhodes is tape delayed at begin at 6pm Eastern.

[Matt4319]

Left of Center, according to the Sirius definition, is "like hearing college radio but never having to go to class". Artists played here include Interpol, Death Cab for Cutie, Snow Patrol, the Shins, Modest Mouse, Radiohead, Keane, the White Stripes, and Bright Eyes.

The closest XM equivalent is probably XMU, Channel 43.

[WhySoSerious?]

It's not a political channel.

It plays non-mainstream music, I guess most similar to college rock stations. Just a sampling of things I hear in a typical day that I've wound up buying on iTunes:

The Velvet Teen - Prize Fighter
Ben Lee - Catch My Disease
The Dears - Lost in the Plot
Rilo Kiley - Portions For Foxes
Pitty Sing - Radio
Say Anything - Alive with the Glory of Love

[danwxman1]

golden said:

If you mean as in a political channel, there's America Left on Channel 167 or somewhere in that neighborhood.

One time, my uncle let me drive his car and he has XM in it. I listened to America Left and that's what made me want to get XM. Most of its programming is from Air America, but they also carry Ed Schultz from Jones Radio Network. Randi Rhodes is tape delayed at begin at 6pm Eastern.

I don't know how you can get XM for left-wing political talk.

Only Sirius carries Air America's full schedule and a seperate left-wing talk channel. That's one of the main reasons I chose Sirius over XM.

[Slinky]

XMU is similar but leans more heavily on currents and album cuts than Left-of-Center. They also go a bit more obscure and have less repetition.

[Tayzlor]

Each time I get in my car, without fail, I hear that British Sea Power song. Every time. It's a decent song but they don't play enough Fiery Furnaces.

I appreciate listening to the mandatory Morrissey/The Smiths on my way to school in the mornings. I'm not being sarcastic, the DJ does it on purpose and has been for quite a while.

[tobedawg]

Is it on the "Cookin' with Pappy Show?".. Pappy is great!

[[upsilon]™]

I have it on my favorites on my satellite tv. I mostly put it so I can listen to The Arcade Fire, since for some reason they aren't played on Alt Nation. I haven't heard Keane on it as of yet.