Alternative Rock radio stations

Here are 33 working alternative rock stations, gathered from 12 countries. The busiest are Zeppelin 106.7, KEXP, Virgin Radio Italy and Caspian Business Radio BOSS. Every one of them was tested, so you will not hit a dead stream.

Most alternative rock stations come from Brazil (3), Greece (2), The United States Of America (2), Italy (2), Germany (2) and The Netherlands (2). They broadcast mainly in english, italian and german. Stations tagged alternative rock often carry related tags too — most commonly rock, classic rock, indie rock and alternative — so the same station may appear on several genre pages.

13 of these stations stream at 192 kbps or better, the highest being Indie X FM at 320 kbps, which is worth choosing if you are listening on speakers rather than a phone. By format the mix is MP3 (22), AAC+ (6) and AAC (5).

Genre tags only tell you so much: two alternative rock stations from different countries can share a label and almost nothing else. That is worth using rather than working around.

Nothing is needed beyond the browser — no app, no account, no payment. Press play on any alternative rock station and it starts. The heart icon saves a station to your favourites, kept in your own browser and shown at the top of every page here. For stations that broadcast it, the track currently playing appears in the player at the bottom of the screen.