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Alternative Chill

Station Description

Alternative Chill on Slacker Radio is the ultimate "Easy Listening for Hipsters." The station is a hybrid of Electronic Chill artists, singer/songwriters and Indie rock songs that dip into the ethereal. You can expect to hear Jeff Buckley, Thievery Corporation, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Nada Surf, Massive Attack, Air, Nick Drake, Portishead, Everything But the Girl and even some surprises like Billie Holiday or Pink Floyd! It's the perfect station to kick back and unwind, so, open a bottle of wine, light some candles and relax.

These Songs Will Play on "Alternative Chill"

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Trains

3:24

by Wampire

from Curiosity2013 Polyvinyl Records

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A Tout a L'heure

4:06

by Bibio

from À Tout À L'Heure2013 Warp Records Limited

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Hurricane

3:40

by MS MR

from Secondhand Rapture(P) 2012 Creep City Records

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Cross That Line

3:00

by Joshua Radin

from Wax Wings

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GMF

5:12

by John Grant

from GMF2013 Nevado Records

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You Belong to Me

3:31

by The Boxer Rebellion

from Promises2013 Absentee Recordings

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With Every Beat

by The Features

from The Features(C) 2013 Serpents and Snakes/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

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Step

4:10

by Vampire Weekend

from Modern Vampires of the City

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Shucks

3:31

by Dungeonesse

from Dungeonesse2013 Secretly Canadian

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Turn to White

4:20

by She & Him

from Volume 32013 Merge Records

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Checkout Luv

3:11

by I Monster

from Swarf2013 Twins Of Evil

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Architect

3:52

by Manchester Orchestra & Frightened Rabbit

from Architect2013 Warner Music UK Limited.

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She

3:23

by Laura Mvula

from Sing to the Moon(P) 2012 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited

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Trying to Be Cool

3:46

by Phoenix

from Bankrupt!(P) 2013 LOYAUTÉ under exclusive license to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC

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Childhood's End

3:46

by Majical Cloudz

from Childhood's End

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Without a Plan

4:16

by Lusine

from The Waiting Room2013 Ghostly International

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Darkness

4:36

by Du Tonc

from DarknessCheap Thrills

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Ingenue

4:28

by Atoms for Peace

from Amok2013 XL Recordings Ltd. under exclusive license from Unsustainabubble

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Big Light

4:43

by Houses

from A Quiet Darkness2013 Downtown Records

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Wedding Song

4:46

by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

from Mosquito

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Joy

2:27

by Iron & Wine

from Ghost on Ghost2013 Nonesuch Records Inc.

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Demons

3:29

by The National

from Demons

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Sweet Williams

3:39

by Tokimonsta

from Half Shadows

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Let It Go

4:16

by Fossil Collective

from Let It Go EP2012 Dirty Hit

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Broken

4:05

by Jake Bugg

from Jake Bugg

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On Your Own

4:20

by Fryars

from On Your Own2013 Warner Music UK LTD t/a 679

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Change

4:34

by Kopecky Family Band

from Kids Raising Kids

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Heaven

4:02

by Depeche Mode

from Delta Machine(P) 2013 Venusnote Ltd., under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment

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80s Comedown Machine

4:58

by The Strokes

from Comedown Machine(P) 2013 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

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Girl Who Got Away

3:21

by Dido

from Girl Who Got Away(P) 2012 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited

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Nices Wölkchen

5:28

by Dj Koze

from Amygdala2013 PAMPA RECORDS

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Song for Zula

6:06

by Phosphorescent

from Muchacho2013 Dead Oceans

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Smother

4:02

by Daughter

from Smother(P) 2012 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC

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Plastic Cup

2:56

by Low

from The Invisible Way2013 Sub Pop Records

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Cirrus

5:47

by Bonobo

from Cirrus

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The Deserters

3:23

by Rachel Zeffira

from The Deserters2013 Paper Bag Records

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One

2:39

by Mmoths

from Diaries2013 SQE Music

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Out of Hand

4:22

by Shlohmo

from Laid Out - EP(C) 2013 Friends of Friends

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Für Hildegard von Bingen

2:32

by Devendra Banhart

from Mala2013 Nonesuch Records Inc.

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A Drowning

6:48

by How to Destroy Angels

from Welcome oblivion(P) 2013 HTDA, LLC

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Conversation 16

4:16

by The National

from Conversation 16

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Open

3:34

by Rhye

from Woman

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You're the Only Thing in Your Way

3:07

by Cloud Cult

from Love2013 Earthology/The Rebel Group

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Aloha Moon

3:37

by Magic Wands

from Aloha Moon2012 Magic Wands Under Exclusive Worldwide License To Bright Antenna Records

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Bright Stars Burning

3:59

by Hey Marseilles

from Lines We Trace2013 Onto Entertainment

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Describe

4:34

by Blue Foundation

from In My Mind I Am Free Reconstructed2012 Dead Peopleʼs Choice LLC

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Retrograde

3:42

by James Blake

from Retrograde

4576610

Running for Cover

3:53

by Ivan & Alyosha

from Running for Cover2013 Missing Piece Records under license to Dualtone Music Group, Inc.

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Holding

2:38

by Young Man

from Vol. 12012 Frenchkiss Records

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Sleep Apnea

2:23

by Beach Fossils

from Clash the Truth2012 Captured Tracks

These Artists Will Play on "Alternative Chill"

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The xx

Atmospheric English indie pop group the xx formed in London in 2008 around the talents of Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim, Baria Qureshi, and Jamie Smith, when the bandmembers were still in high school.

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Phoenix

The French group Phoenix draw elements from their eclectic '80s upbringing to arrive at a satisfying blend of rock and synthesizers.

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Iron & Wine

Singer/songwriter Samuel Beam, who rose to prominence with a blend of whispered vocals and softly homespun indie folk, chose the moniker Iron & Wine after coming across a dietary supplement named "Beef Iron & Wine" while working on a film.

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MS MR

Shadowy New York-based chillwave duo MS MR first caught the public's attention with their infectious single "Hurricane," a dark yet sinfully melodic heartbreak anthem that blended the iciness of Phantogram and Bat for Lashes with the commercial grandeur of Adele and Florence and the Machine.

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Lusine

Texan Jeff McIlwain produces ambient/experimental techno that harks back to the era of classic early-'90s British techno (itself inspired by American sources in Detroit).

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The National

Although formed during the post-punk revival of the late '90s, the National took inspiration from a wider set of influences, including country-rock, Americana, indie rock, and Brit-pop.

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Thievery Corporation

Thievery Corporation make abstract, instrumental, mid-tempo dance music whose classification falls somewhere between trip-hop and acid jazz.

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Radiohead

Radiohead were one of the few alternative bands of the early '90s to draw heavily from the grandiose arena rock that characterized U2's early albums.

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Bonobo

With the experimental warmth of '60s French films and the pizzicato flavor of horizontal hip-hop, Simon Green's Bonobo project established the welcome niche of a pretension-free, post-party intellectual chillout.

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Depeche Mode

Originally a product of Britain's new romantic movement, Depeche Mode went on to become the quintessential electro-pop band of the 1980s.

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Coldplay

After surfacing in 2000 with the breakthrough single "Yellow," Coldplay quickly became one of the biggest bands of the new millennium, honing a mix of introspective Brit-pop and anthemic rock that landed the British quartet a near-permanent residence on record charts worldwide.

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I Monster

Best known for the loungy trip-hop track "Daydream in Blue," a 2001 hit that has a lengthy and convoluted history of its own, the British production duo I Monster specialize in psychedelic, electronic-tinged pop confections that are often based around samples from easy listening records and other unlikely sources.

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Discovered in the wake of the Strokes' popularity and the subsequent garage rock revival, New York's art punk trio the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are comprised of singer Karen O, guitarist Nicolas Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase.

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Dido

The electronic pop chanteuse Dido entered London's Guildhall School of Music at age six; by the time she reached her teens, the budding musician had already mastered piano, violin, and recorder.

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Joshua Radin

Though Joshua Radin enjoyed singing during his childhood, the Cleveland native never intended to be a professional musician.

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Atoms for Peace

The nameless lineup that became Atoms for Peace made its public debut at Los Angeles, California's Echoplex on October 2, 2009.

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Tokimonsta

Tokimonsta takes her name from “Toki,” the Korean word for rabbit, and the hyperbolic hip-hop term “monsta,” similarly, Tokimonsta looks as timid and innocent as a schoolgirl, and makes beats that are beastly enough in scope to compete with big hitters like Flying Lotus and Daedelus.

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How to Destroy Angels

Named after a 1984 Coil single, How to Destroy Angels features Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, former West Indian Girl singer (and Reznor's wife) Mariqueen Maandig, and Atticus Ross.

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Low

Formed in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1993, Low were perhaps the slowest of the so-called "slowcore" bands -- delicate, austere, and hypnotic, the trio's music rarely rose above a whisper, divining its dramatic tension in the unsettling open spaces created by the absence of sound.

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Dungeonesse

Dungeonesse were formed by the Art Department's Jon Ehrens and Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner to celebrate their mutual love for modern R&B and pop music.

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Shlohmo

Avant-garde hip-hop producer and Los Angeles native Henry Laufer goes by the alias Shlohmo. He started making music at the age of 14, and by 17 he was making cinematic beats in the same spirit as Flying Lotus, J-Roc, and Ras G.

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Wampire

Portland, Oregon's psychedelic pop duo Wampire consists of Rocky Tinder and Eric Phipps, childhood friends who began making music together while they were still in middle school.

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Bibio

Bibio is the folk-meets-electronica project of self-taught producer/multi-instrumentalist Stephen Wilkinson, from England's Black Country (aka the West Midlands).

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John Grant

John Grant began his career as frontman of the Czars, a Colorado-based band whose music split the difference between shoegaze, dream pop, and alternative country.

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The Boxer Rebellion

Boxer Rebellion's moody clatter drew from a cross-section of acts including the Verve, Radiohead, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

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The Features

The Features are a psychedelic rock outfit that plays fresh, off-kilter pop that sounds like a head-on collision between Ray Davies and Elvis Costello with the Elephan 6 Collective picking up the pieces and putting them back together in the American South.

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Vampire Weekend

Describing their sound as "Upper West Side Soweto," New York City's Vampire Weekend mix preppy, well-read indie rock with joyful, Afro-pop-inspired melodies and rhythms.

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She & Him

She & Him feature the somewhat unlikely pairing of country-folk artist M. Ward and actress/singer/songwriter Zooey Deschanel.

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Manchester Orchestra & Frightened Rabbit

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Laura Mvula

Laura Mvula, a native of Birmingham, England who trained at the city's Conservatoire, arrived in late 2012 with a unique orchestral pop sound -- a mix of classic pop, jazz, and soul with creative and accessible twists -- that attracted accolades months before the release of her first album.

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Majical Cloudz

The Canadian electronic art pop group Majical Cloudz began as the solo project of Devon Welsh. His home-recorded, lo-fi, synth pop experiments and danceable pop songs made during 2010-2011 were collected and released by Arbutus Records in 2011 as II.

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Du Tonc

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Houses

Houses' Dexter Tortoriello and Megan Messina hail from Chicago, but the roots of their dreamy electro-pop can be traced back to a potent three-month stay in Hawaii.

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Fossil Collective

Although the South Devon, U.K.-raised David Fendick and Stockton-on-Tees-born Johnny Hooker originally began making music together as part of the Leeds act Vib Gyor, by 2009 that group had disbanded and the duo began work on their own brand of folk-pop under the moniker Fossil Collective.

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Jake Bugg

Raised on a steady diet of the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and the brothers Gallagher, English singer/songwriter Jake Bugg blends the melodious, working-class swagger of the La's and the primal, bluesy simplicity of the White Stripes with the wry, weathered romanticism of Jens Lekman.

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Fryars

A one-man project out of London, England, FrYars -- that is to say, Ben Garrett -- got his start as a drummer for the Aneneomie before setting out on his own.

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Kopecky Family Band

Nashville's Kopecky Family Band isn't a family in the specific sense, but a close community of friends who generate a kind of diversely instrumented and melodic folk-pop together.

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The Strokes

Equally inspired by classic tunesmiths like Buddy Holly and John Lennon and the street-smart attitude and angular riffs of fellow New Yorkers Television and the Velvet Underground, the Strokes were also equally blessed and cursed with an enormous amount of hype -- particularly from the U.

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