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Pirate Cat www.piratecatradio.com

If you can't receive this "unlicensed, low-power community radio station" on your hi-fi, you can still access stereo streams of beyond-cool programming that includes hardcore punk, Balkan folk throwdowns, über-doom experimentalism, ghoulish deathrock, international news perspectives, and — of course — "Drinks with Tony."

West Add Radio www.westaddradio.com

Augmenting the 93.7 FM terrestrial station, the WAR Web site provides streaming music, podcasts, and MP3s of on-air band interviews. Metal, techno, punk, hip-hop, indie, Krautrock, whatever — hear the DJs who spin at city club nights like Donuts! and Green Gorilla Lounge without having to fork over a fin for the cover charge.

Bagel Radio www.bagelradio.com

DJ Ted promises "the newest and best indie rock on the planet." That means 24/7 broadcasts of Bay Area bands like Rogue Wave, Rademacher, Mates of State, and Mist & Mast, plus legions of nonlocal artists.

Maximumrocknroll Radio www.maximumrocknroll.com/radio

The East Bay's punk purists spit 60 minutes of unadulterated underground thrash — everything from '77 to 2K7 — in your ear via podcast every week.

sfSoundRadio www.sfsound.org/radio.html

The keepers of the avant-garde faith in the Bay Area, sfSoundRadio is the place to hear locals blow free-jazz saxophone tornadoes, conduct electro-acoustic chamber experiments, and stage equipment-bashing noise brawls.

Pacific Noise www.pacificnoise.com

Pacific Noise's short video interviews and live snippets are more than just a great way to check out new local indie and postpunk bands in action — they're practically a public service.

SomaFM www.somafm.com

This modest hub of 13 substations offers an appealing mix of alt-country, indie rock, retro exotica, multihued techno grooves, and even "dark and scary music for tortured souls." Small but sweet. Except for that torture part, of course.

radiOM www.radiom.org

The people behind the Other Minds music festivals have archived years' worth of performances by, interviews with, and documentaries about avant-jazz, neoclassical, and all-around-experimental music composers and performers. "Om" is right: For cerebral music fans, this site is nirvana.

Noisescape TV www.noisescapetv.com

Watch interviews and live performances culled from the goth- and rivethead-friendly cable-access show (airing first and third Tuesdays on SF channel 29). Who else is gonna show the live video for "Jesus Was a Zombie"?

KUSF www.kusf.org

Kicking around for more than 30 years, the college alternative station is practically an indie-rock grandpa. But the old guy is hep to the new tech — streams of metal, hip-hop, reggae, jazz, electronica, and beyond are an easy click away.