What Pandora "Radio Stations" Do You Listen To?

Pandora is not available to Canuckistanis.

 

It's funny. I replaced the iPod app on my iPad with Pandora. I'd rather listen to Pandora than pay music off of iTunes.

 

You've got Target. don't get greedy.

 

So, what do you listen to?

 

Breaking Benjamin. Linkin Park. Those types of bands.

 

I never use Pandora or listen to music in shuffle mode. I'd much rather listen to a boring old album. Maybe it's just me, but there's something rewarding about listening to a record all the way through.

I don't like surprises -- even the pleasant ones -- when I'm listening to music.

 

and Labatts Blue

 

I like the Nancy Bea Hefley station during Dodgers season.

 

Lupe Fiasco, LadyHawke, The Sounds. That's about it.

 

Every time I would start a new station on Pandora, it would give me a couple decent bands I had never heard of, but it seemed like it rarely played the band for which I named the station and kept repeating the same handful of songs. Thanks, Pandora, but I don't need to hear Two Cow Garage on my DBT station every sixth song. I finally got an iPod now, and given my incredible taste in music, it's much more satisfying than Internet radio.

 

I get what you're saying there. I always love to hear an album from beginning to end. Such composition sometimes seems like a lost art these days.

But Pandora and shuffle are great for "radio" situations: A long day of chores, hours of remedial work or a trip to the gym.

My personal faves:
-- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. I'm not particularly a fan, but the station overall is a solid mix of ska and high-energy rock 'n' roll.
-- Gogol Bordello. Makes great toe-tapping background music.
-- NWA. With so many solo acts to which it can branch out, it's my go-to rap radio.

 

Don't forget to massage the station. (That sounded dirty.) When you don't like a song, let Pandora know. It helps to refine stations.