Indie 103.1

HUGE FAN of this station! The fact that this station is no longer on the airwaves is a huge disappointment! At least they’re online and I’m thankful for that!
Along with the more popular indie bands, it also puts the not so popular ones into the spotlight as well. I was introduced to a lot of great music because of this station and I never thought that there would ever be an alternative from today’s Top 40 music until I discovered this station many years back.
Thank you for sticking around! I greatly appreciate it!

So my friend won tickets to go see Molotov. So we took a road trip to L.A. My butt hurts so much from driving in my car. This guy started to laugh his ass off just because I couldn’t parallel for crap. haha .that’s how you know I’m not from LA trick. I kind of got nervous because I didn’t know if the staff was going to ask me questions in Spanish since the show was in Spanish and I don’t know Spanish. haha luckily the lady in front just ask for my confirmation number and my picture I.D. I got a kicked out it because she’s probably wondering” why is a asian girl here for a spanish band.” haha all well. all that matters is I got the tickets. right? Nice scenery though. I was in awe all over the buildings.

Jayda K.
wow, you’re honestly confused.
it was taken down due to their pressure o’ playing more mainstream music.
THAT’S why they’re not a station anymore; not because o’ their choosing.

Minus a star for not being an FM station anymore.
There is nothing more depressing than turning on 103.1 FM now-​a-​days and hearing non-​English mumble jumble instead of Ben Kweller.
*tear, tear, sniff*

Great online station. When I streamed this station, I hear cool stuff from Iggy Pop, The Modern Lovers, Generation X, Richard Hell, Aggrolites, etc. I think it was the Retrograde show that played that awesome music.
I wish San Diego has the same kind of format. 91X is (since its inception) almost a clone of KROQ, and FM ⁹⁴⁄₉ generally plays the same thing («grunge bands», bands now shunned by hipsters, RHCP, etc.), its morning talk show is loathed by hardcore alt. radio listeners, and laid off SD’s version of Dickey Barrett (on the plus side, has a local showcase, 8 O’Clock Albums, Big Sonic Chill, 4 O’Clock Blues Break, Coup d’Etat, and Swami).
It would have had one more star, but the terrestrial station is now playing Mexican banda music and they have no more Dicky Barrett.

Indie 103.1!!! Once was the best thing on radio in the LA area. I loved how the more affluent an area you went, the radio signal just got fuzzier. They seemed to cover all the parts of LA that really matter to me, and the music they played introduced me to some of the best bands that I still listen to today and hope to catch concerts with.
Seeing how ever radio station plays the same thing these days, English and Spanish radio, its hard to believe that there was no space for such a unique station on air.
Passport Approved! Native Wayne! AHH! such great hours of music that made my days so much more sunnier than they already were.
Indie 103.1 is still going strong, online that is. Look em up, stream em, its not the same indie 103.1 i know but the essence hasn’t changed.
1031!!!

I wish San Diego had a radio station as good as Indie. SD tries hard… real hard… but it is not the same. My favorite station here has a couple of good shows, but when it comes to listening to good, cutting-​edge, diverse music during the work day… not so much.
When the format changed and Indie became an internet-​stream only, I will admit that I boycotted for a little bit. But then I came lurking again, just to check in and see if the flame was still lit for me. Yes, there were embers before, but now the fire roars on.
I miss Jonesey so much, but I still listen to Wino Wednesday and Free Legal Radio with Joe Escalante. I love that you still play The Stone Roses when no one else does. I love that you turned me on to The Horrors, MSTRKRFT, Little Dragon, and the Magic Wands. I love that you play the Gossip too.
While I must sacrifice good radio on my road trips to L.A., I will be here from 9 – 5, Monday — Friday, making my work day worth working.

«Mama El Mechon. Prendeme El Mechon»…WTF
About two months ago I came back to L.A. after working the fall and winter at Mammoth Ski Area (OK…it wasn’t all work but mostly) and heard the above words on my Indie 103.1…
I leave for a couple of months and L.A. is in radio caos. I double checked to make sure my iPod was disconnected and the radio station was right. Yup, everything was right except for utter displeasure… like losing a member of your family… total shock.
I stopped listening to radio a few years back because of the loop most stations are on… whoring music (mostly bad music) and what not… but Indie 103.1 woke me out of my lobotomy and infused me with that L.A. spirit… the one that says fuck the world I’m going to do what is right, what is true, and what is fun.
I was actually listening to songs I didn’t know… what a concept… and listening to DJ’s that actually had an opinion and not a script… it was like «Pop Rocks» to my ears…
My brother told me later that their were some problems at the station and they had to change the programming… BUT…huge BUT… you could still listen to them on the internet…
3 months later finds me a happy man that could still listen to the best compilation of great music even if it’s on podcasts (old broadcasta) and on the intenet at their website… BUT it should be on the airwaves.
Viva Indie 103.1!

Best station that ever graced the airwaves, Sirius Chill station is closely behind, but I miss them. Luckily I can listen through the computer, but it makes my drives so long without Indie around, thank Buddha for IPODs.

Congrats, Angelinos, you are truly morons. You apparently prefer the same 40 songs over and over and over again.
I turned on the radio the other day, and flipped from one station DIRECTLY to the next, only to hear the EXACT same Beyonce track being played simultaneously on both.
Again, congrats, LA for letting this station die. Your despicable herd mentality knows no bounds and is literally taking the food out of the mouths of hard working musicians.

R.I.P.
How I’ll miss Jonesy.
and a special nod to Joe Escalante & TK
the station started out great… but recently it started to try to go all KROQ on us… didn’t they realize that the reason we loved it is because they weren’t playing green day?
I hope the station goes to sirius/​xm — with the original vision… not the commercialized weaker version from recently.

Makes sense that it can now be known as «what used to be Indie 103.1», since they seemed to only play music that used to be indie but is no longer.

They should have sold there soul to pop music like KROQ and then maybe, they might have lasted. But when all is said and done I am down one less radio station that I can bare and one step closer to getting satellite radio

I used to love Indie.
Then they got rid of Dickey Barret. They still had Joe Escalante, and he took over in the mornings, but there was still sadness.
Now they got rid of Joe in the morning. TK is cool and all, but what made Indie Indie is now… not so cool.
Sadness.

The station gets a one star. But much like any fast food place, while I may hate it, I still listen to it every now and then.
Why do I dislike this station now? Well, they killed just about any credibility of being «INDIE» by killing off a lot of quality programs to stick to the standard top 40’s (be it of alternative rock) sort of play list.
They have become a KROQ Jr. It was the specialty shows that made indie special. Getting rid of Crystal Methods’ Community Service, Chris Morris’ Watusi Rodeo and scaling down camp freddy were all just signs that this station was going the road that KROQ did long ago.

Big dejected sigh. Joe Escalante isn’t doing the morning show anymore. I can’t tell you how MEH this is. Not only was his show name a reference to a Morrissey song (‘The Last of the Famous International Morning Shows’), but he managed to be funny, real, intelligent, modest, and entertaining without falling into the realm of ‘self-​congratulating douche’. All is not lost though: he’s still doing Barely Legal Radio (Fridays @ 9am), giving free show biz legal advice. Super informative. Where else will I find a morning host who’s a punk bassist and a former entertainment attorney?
At least ‘Harmony in my Head’ with Henry Rollins is still on the air (Saturdays @ 8−10p). He can tickle my brain with an obscure classical track, then take a brick of an old school punk song and smash me to bits, and then pacify me with a happy African song sung in ‘click’ (Xhosa) language. I have to admit, his high energy and enthusiasm has me totally laughing in admiration sometimes as he geeks out over his beloved music picks. It’s best described as eloquent ranting. I don’t know of another show where a host rabidly rattles off the playlist BEFORE the songs are played just to make sure you absolutely know what you are listening to. That is excellent radio, my friends.

Best show ever: Complete Control Radio.
Saturdays 10 – 12.

Save for «Feel My Heat» Mondays at 7 p.m. and «Deep Sonic Heaven» many nights from 10 p.m. to midnight, Indie is a real crap-​shoot. The DJs talk waaaaay too much. Many of them could benefit from Improv classes because the banter is often painful to listen to.
However, I have been pleasantly surprised, at times, by some of the random stuff that gets played. Hearing old songs is like seeing a former friend again. And since late ‘80s-​early ‘90s indie-​rock gets no love on mainstream radio, it’s especially dear when it’s played here.

This is the station I’m always tuned in to when I’m in LA. However sometimes I re-​check the station b/​c I think I’m listening to KROQ.
Please more rock less talk though.
The bay area needs this station.

Less talk, more rock was so Indie 103.1.
Until the DJs began to talk.
Now I feel like I have invisible friends in my car leeching on me for rides; the type who won’t stop talking to each other. The point of the conversations is that there is no point to be made! It’s like staying at a party for way too long, listening to trite anecdotes and band names being dropped; and yet you just can’t leave! You give them the benefit of the doubt that their conversations will lead somewhere until you’re offered a more compelling distraction and go home.
I recently turned the radio off after the first thirty seconds of Jonesy’s Jukebox when Jonesy whined: «I don’t want to do this today. Ugh… (pause). I really don’t want to do this… (long pause). I don’t… want… to… do… this…» You stupid cow. I would DO ANYTHING to have my own radio show and play the music I’d like to share. The dead air time is like a spit on the face of every listener and is a reflection to what kind of pricks this radio station airs. I wish prickness wasn’t synonymous with good music taste and this station makes me feel a little in despair.
Speaking of synonymous, their taste in good music is also in par to my music taste and I appreciate their good music. I wouldn’t mind being the ideology of a quiet DJ because I’m not a prick. (Hire me?) Politically speaking, if corporate radio can do anything it knows how to do well, it’s to make more regulations and gag its DJs and strictly play music the DJs select to play. Corporation, I hope this message is relayed back to you.

Before this radio station came to L.A.
One could only cringe at what other radio DJ’s would play
Jonesy rescued the airwaves with his Jukebox
Trying to re-​live his youth? Maybe, but his music collection still rocks!
In the mornings I can get my sports and weather in a pinch
With funny reports from Timothy Olyphant and David Lynch
In my youth I liked the Vandals & had a crush on ( Unilocal’s own) Joe Escalante
Now I can get his legal advice — it’s informative & muy importante!
If you like to shoegaze they’ve got Darren Ravell
And don’t forget the local music scene with Mr Shovel…
Indie’s brought good music back to the airwaves, that’s for sure
For all of us in their 30’s who miss listening to The Cure
And the best part of Indie? IMO– You don’t have to agree
Is the morning show sidekick, Party Girl Stacey!!!