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Chances are you don’t think about independent radio much. Having access
to non-commercial radio is like having an older brother or sister who
always knows about cool stuff before you do. College and non-commercial
radio has long been a breeding ground of taste, culture, and
personality. Poll any band, label honcho or commercial radio
personality, and you’ll find that a huge, almost ridiculous number of
‘em got their start at a college station. Recognizing that, Toyota
Yaris and Urban Outfitters joined together and created a program that
supports and publicizes the importance of non-commercial radio. Thus,
Free Yr Radio was born.

Free Yr Radio was built to support indie radio through a series of
events developed to generate awareness and funds for a handful of
stations.

The
whole shebang kicked off at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas on
March 14, with a party and show featuring The Rapture, The Pipettes,
and DJ Dave P.

In spring a bunch of music’s most beloved
indie bands are performing free afternoon shows at Urban Outfitters
stores in each of our partner station markets. After the bands perform
they’ll huddle with us and tell us how they would customize a Yaris. We
are giving a bunch of Yarises to the stations to use to generate
much-needed funds from their listeners.

Free Yr Radio will
roll into fall with a CD which will be released and sold exclusively
through Urban Outfitters stores and catalogs. All the proceeds from the
CD will be divided evenly among our fine partner stations.

There
are other cool things throughout the program, like the online video of
the bands’ shows you’ll be able to embed in your MySpace page, or the
button-making lab which will travel to each of our local stops, but the
real point of Free Yr Radio is to give back to the stations which have
given us all so much.

Tune in and Free Yr Radio.

The tracklisting of the CD is:

Klaxons – ‘Golden Skans’ (Erol Alkan’s Ekstra Spektral Edit)
The Ponys – ‘Hara Kiri’ (Live)
Voxtrot – ‘Stephen’ (Live)
The Long Winters – ‘Commander Thinks Aloud’ (Live)
Annuals – ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ (B-side)
Man Man – ‘Easy Eats’ (Live)
The Rapture – ‘Crimson Red’ (Bonus track)
Rogue Wave – ‘Publish My Love’ (Live)
Tapes ‘N Tapes – ‘Cowbell’ (Live)
Dinosaur Jr. – ‘Yer Son’ (B-side)
Grizzly Bear – ‘Little Brother’ (Live)
El-P – ‘Poisenville Kids No Wins’ (Live)
Dntel – ‘The Distance’ – Metronomy Remix (B-side)
Sonic Youth – ‘World Looks Red’ (Live)