AltRockIsDead.com

The domain name is ironic and probably defensible. AltRockIsDead.com proves the opposite by existing - streaming 90s and 2000s alternative rock to audiences who grew up with Nirvana and Pixies and still prefer that to contemporary radio. The station's operating within internet radio's fundamental advantage: it can serve small, specific audiences without commercial pressure. Alt rock fans exist, radio doesn't serve them anymore, so this station fills that gap. The programming includes the expected classics - Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Pavement - but also contemporary artists working in adjacent st…