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Guitars, riffs and alternative sounds

Rock, Indie & Alternative radio

Listen live to rock, indie and alternative radio from the UK and around the world. Jump into Pop Rock, Blues, Indie, Metal / Hardcore, Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock or Ska.

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Big hooks with a guitar edge

Pop Rock radio stations

Find pop rock radio mixing accessible melodies, mainstream hits, guitar-led anthems and crossover favourites.

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Blues, blues rock and roots

Blues radio stations

Listen to blues radio covering electric blues, traditional blues, blues rock, roots music and guitar-led classics.

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Indie, alternative and left-field favourites

Indie radio stations

Browse indie and alternative stations playing guitar music, Britpop, post-punk, modern alternative and less predictable sounds.

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Heavy riffs and harder sounds

Metal / Hardcore radio stations

Find metal and hardcore radio spanning heavy metal, thrash, death metal, metalcore, grindcore and other harder styles.

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Classic, modern and alternative rock

Rock radio stations

Browse rock radio covering classic rock, modern rock, indie rock, alternative rock, hard rock and guitar-led favourites.

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Rock & roll, rockabilly and early classics

Rock & Roll radio stations

Listen to rock & roll radio with early guitar classics, rockabilly, old-school favourites and music rooted in the original rock sound.

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Punk, pop-punk and post-punk

Punk Rock radio stations

Discover punk radio covering classic punk, punk rock, pop-punk, post-punk and fast, attitude-heavy guitar music.

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Ska, 2 Tone and rocksteady

Ska radio stations

Find ska radio playing classic ska, 2 Tone, rocksteady and related upbeat styles from the UK and around the world.

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From blues roots to modern alternative

Explore rock radio by style

Rock radio stretches from blues and early rock & roll through punk, metal, indie and modern alternative. Keeping those sounds in separate sections makes it much easier to find a station that fits the mood instead of treating every guitar-led format as the same thing.

Stations can appear in more than one section when they play several related styles. An indie-rock station may also appear under Rock, while a station mixing punk and ska may appear in both sections.

Pop Rock 2 stations
Blues 2 stations
Indie & Alternative 57 stations
Metal / Hardcore 17 stations
Rock 154 stations
Rock & Roll 8 stations
Punk Rock 3 stations
Ska 5 stations