Jake Fogelnest came to fame at the wee age of 14 in January of 1994 when he started Squirt TV from his New York City bedroom. The show, which debuted on public access, was written, produced and directed by Jake, and featured his opinions on music, film and television. These days, he is one of those random dudes who makes sarcastic comments on VH1’s "I Love The…" series. OK, he does a bit more than that. He’s also worked on the writing staff of VH1's Best Week Ever, and has written numerous articles for Spin, Alternative Press and Jane magazine. He's directed music videos alongside Spike Jonze, and served as the Assistant Director for Sarah Silverman's one-woman show Jesus Is Magic at Joe's Pub. Best of all, he can be seen for eleven seconds in Gigantic: A Tale Of Two Johns, the documentary on They Might Be Giants.
When she's not struggling with life's big existential questions (Why are we here? Is there a God? How does Morrissey get his hair like that? Arctic Monkeys: overrated, or deserving of the hype?), Jenny Eliscu is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, where she has worked since 1999. That gig has afforded her the opportunity to break bread with everyone from the Kings of Leon to Pete Townshend to Motley Crue to Mariah Carey, whose apartment is so ridiculously gaudy it could make a person dry heave. On SIRIUS XMU, she gets to indulge her longheld über-geekish fixation on indie rock and where there's no danger of being pooped on by Mariah's Jack Russell terrier.
Josiah Mon – Fri 6pm-12am ET
Sat 7pm-12am ET
Sun 6pm-11pm ET
Growing up amid the soul-numbing monotony of Hot 100 radio ain't easy. Thankfully, Josiah's young mind was freed in 2000 upon a chance listening to Radiohead’s Kid A. He was quickly swept downstream by indie's crosscurrents and washed ashore at SIRIUS XM seven years later -- tired, hungry, and still holding out for that My Bloody Valentine reunion. Josiah is a passionate concert violinist of 20 years and has played in several Washington, D.C. based quartets and large ensembles. But when the sun goes down, the tunes get weird. Listen to him alternate between chilling out (Massive Attack, Elliott Smith, Sigur Ros) and freaking out (LCD Soundsystem, Justice, Hot Chip).
This is North America’s indie rock station. The channel offers those with adventurous taste in music an accessible yet interesting mix of new and established indie artists. It is always ahead of the curve whether it’s playing groundbreaking new music first or being the first station in the country to turn the airwaves over on a daily basis to the web’s most influential MP3 bloggers.
