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| SUPPORT Y-ROCK ON XPN AND WIN R.E.M. TICKETS! |
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Streaming radio is one of the most expensive things we do at WXPN and we're only able to make Y-Rock On XPN.org commercial free because our listeners support us.
When you become a member of XPN & Y-Rock On XPN with your pledge of just $35 you can pick up the brand new Y-Rock t-shirt and all the benefits of membership.
And everyone who pledges before our fund drive begins on May 15th will be automatically entered to win two seated tickets to the R.E.M. show with Modest Mouse and The National at the Mann Center on June 18th. Click here for contest details and to make your online gift >>
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VOTE FOR THE WEEKLY 11 & ENTER TO WIN MY MORNING JACKET TICKETS! |
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Every Thursday night at 9pm, Y-Rock On XPN counts to 11 - the top 11 alternative/modern/indie rock songs of the week based on your votes!
VOTE NOW FOR YOUR FAVORITE NEW SONGS! |
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Everyone who votes for the May 15th Weekly 11 will be registered to win a pair of tickets for An Evening With MY MORNING JACKET on Friday, September 5th at Festival Pier!
Tickets Available Now >> |
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PHANTOM PLANET LIVE @ Y-ROCK ON XPN THIS FRIDAY
Our old friends Phantom Planet are back with a great new album, Raise The Dead, and this Friday evening, they'll take some time out from their tour to stop by the Y-Rock Studios to chat with Jim McGuinn and play a few songs live on the air. Tune in Friday night at 8:30 on 88.5 XPN or online at YRockOnXPN.org. |
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| Also tune in Thursday night at 8:30 for Josh T. Landow's interview with British Sea Power plus songs from their Free At Noon concert! |
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NEW AT Y-ROCK ON XPN: DAYTROTTER RADIO
Every Wednesday night at 10:30, Y-Rock On XPN presents Daytrotter Radio! Tune in as Sean Moeller from Daytrotter.com will bring you live performances every week recorded at their studios in Rock Island, Illinois. This week's show includes live music from Tokyo Police Club, Ben Lee, Time Fite, and Pepi Ginsberg. For more info on Daytrotter Radio and to download this week's show, click here >> |
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BLACK KIDS / DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH? FREE AT NOON
Join us this Friday, May 16th for the next Y-Rock & XPN Free At Noon Concert with Black Kids & Does It Offend You, Yeah? at World Cafe Live! If you want to come check it out on your lunch break, all you have to do is RSVP here to get on the guest list! And if you miss it at noon, listen for the playback at 4pm Friday online at YRockOnXPN.org. |
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XPONENTIAL MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008
4 Days... 3 Stages... Over 40 Artists! The XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru returns to Wiggins Park on the Camden Waterfront July 10th-13th featuring Y-Rock bands like The Redwalls, The Shackeltons, Zolof The Rock ‘N Roll Destroyer, Beth Orton, Fooling April, The Loved Ones, The Mint, and more XPN artists! Tickets go on sale to the general public May 22, but XPN Members can get them now! Click here for details >> |
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Y-Rock On XPN is independent alternative radio from the University of Pennsylvania, and now we're giving Penn students a chance to be Y-Rock DJ's! Every Thursday night from 7-8, a different Penn student will host an hour's worth of their favorite songs online at YRockOnXPN.org.
Tune in this Thursday night to hear our next Penn student DJ, Andrew Ettenger play some of his favorite bands like Man Man, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The White Stripes, The Black Keys & more... |
| If you're a student at Penn, you can submit your playlist for consideration here >> |
NINE INCH NAILS RELEASES ANOTHER NEW ALBUM!
Trent Reznor dropped a bomb today! In addition to announcing this summer's Nine Inch Nails tour, he announced that he is giving away a surprise new NIN album, The Slip. Keep listening to Y-Rock to hear tracks from The Slip and you can download it for yourself from NIN.com. Check back here next week for our review of The Slip. |
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RADIO TAKEOVERS NOW ON DEMAND:
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE & ART BRUT
If you missed them the first time, you can now hear Radio Takeovers from Queens of The Stone Age's Josh Homme and from Art Brut streaming on demand. Check them out anytime you want at the Y-Rock Takeover Archives. |
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yPOD: DAVID BAZAN
Check out a new edition of the yPod, Y-Rock On XPN's podcast featuring an interview with David Bazan of Pedro The Lion, plus in-studio solo acoustic performances of his songs "Cold Beer And Cigarettes" and "Please Baby Please."
Get The yPod here. |
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