Alternative Sounds For Your Head

10/02/2025

Radioruta not on the air tonight. WXAV is having technical difficulties! Sorry!!! Back on the air next Wednesday night at 7pmCT!

09/24/2025

Hello! Radioruta is under the weather and will not be on the air tonight! She will rest up and be back on Wednesday October 1st!! Listen to WXAV online at www.wxav.com!!!

Featured News New Local Show ‘773 Sounds’ Debuts in Fall Peter KretenJuly 1, 2025 WXAV 88.3FM proudly announces the launch of a brand new show called 773 Sounds. It will focus on the local Chicago music scene. "Local music as at the heart of...

09/19/2025

Radioruta Playlist 9.17.25 Riotfest bands

Navy Sheets - The Hold Steady
Mirror Kisses - The Cribs
The Boys Of Summer - The Ataris
Don't Let Me Cave In - The Wonder Years
Let It Roll - All Time Low
Emerald City - The Tossers
The Popular Music - Superchunk
Pyramid Power - Shonen Knife
Wires And Waves - Rilo Kiley
Numb Yourself - Citizen
The Sun & The Moon - The Pogues
Do You Wanna Dance? - The Beach Boys
My Gap Feels Weird - Superchunk
Skeleton - The Front Bottoms
The Invisible Man - The Damned
Mr Chainsaw - Alkalline Trio
Troublemaker - Green Day
The Wheel - IDLES
Growing Up - The Linda Lindas
What's The Trick - Jack White
Drip Feed - The Effigies
Lose Your Head - Bad Religion
Punk Band - Smoking Popes
Say It Ain't So - Weezer
Los Angeles - Blink 182
Bad Scene Everyone's Fault - Jaw Breaker
What Is Life - Weird Al
Sound - James
She's The One - The Ramones
We Go Dancing - Sparks

09/17/2025

Tonight! Riotfest preview!! Tune in as radioruta plays the bands who will b at Riotfest this coming weekend! Listen from 7pmCT to 9pmCT! Listen .com, Live365, Audacy, and 88.3FM!

09/13/2025

radioruta 9.10.25
Like Dylan In The Movies - Belle & Sebastian
Magic Marker - Craig Finn
Cute Thing - Car Seat Headrest
Holy - Mac DeMarco
Wicked Blood - Sea Wolf
Medicine - Broken Bells
All The Sounds Of Summer - Ages & Ages
Kesha In My Car - Kicked By A Hand
The Real Me - Fastball
Going Out - Supergrass
Rent I Pay - Spoon
Lazy Lawrence - Levitation Room
Yellow Bike - Pedro The Lion
The Man You Are - Pretenders
Time Is Right - The Feelies
Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
This Must Be The Place - Talking Heads
On The Sunshine - Spiritualized
Eternal Life - Jeff Buckley
Blue Blood Blues - Dead Weather
Skim - Torres
Go With The Flow - Queens Of The Stone
Payday - Yard Act
President Gas - Psychedelic Furs
The EMI Song - Alex Chilton
Go Out - Blur
Berlin Got Blurry - Parquet Courts
Rumble In Brighton - Stray Cats

09/10/2025

Radioruta on the air tonight from 7pmCT to 9pmCT! She's got a great indie/alternative playlist for u!! Listen .com Audacy, TuneIn radio, Live365, and 88.3FM!

09/06/2025

radioruta playlist 9.3.25
Kid Who Stays In The Picture - Hot Hot Heat
Encyclopedia Of Classic Takedown - AC Newman
Rushmere - Mumford & Sons
Plane Crash - Liam Finn & Eliza Jane
Everybody Laughs - David Byrne
Devotion - Hot Chip
Into The City - Teenage Fanclub
On The Radio - Spoon
Is She Weird - Pixies
Honest James - Thurston Moore
Dead Man's Float - The Taxmen
You Had Your Soul With You - The National
Circle - Mikal Cronin
Sheet Metal Moon - Ike Reilly
Last Half Hour - The Vaselines
Double Exposure - Kelly Stoltz
What's The Rumpus? - Jack White
The Sun & The Moon - Cursive
UV Ray - Jesus & The Mary Chain
Frontwards - Pavement
The Runaway - Tall Heights
Crystal Breath - Kim Deal
Lost - The Cure
Heal The Star - J Mascis
Get Away - Dr Dog
1000 Seasons - The Rentals
Lust - The Raveonettes
This Charming Man - The Smiths

09/03/2025

Radioruta back on the air tonight!!! She's got a great indie/alternative playlist for you!! Listen from 7pmCT to 9pmCT. Listen .com, 88.3FM, TuneIn radio, Audacy and Live365!!

07/25/2025

radioruta playlist 7.23.25
Radio radio - Elvis Costello
Constance - Corin Tucker Band
These Elbows - Ages & Ages
On My Own - Whitney
Wild - Cate Le Bon
I Go Alone - The Thermals
The Passenger - Art Brut
Dead End Roads - Foreign Resort
Other Voices - LCD Soundsystem
Everybody Laughs - David Byrne
Guns Of Brixton - The Clash
Ham Sandwich - The Heligoats
Punchin Bag - Cage The Elephant
Elena - Chastity Belt
Algiers - Afghan Whigs
California Kids - Weezer
The Planner - Eagle Johnson
Red Light - The Strokes
The Wizard - Black Sabbath
Turn The Bow - Local H
Hey Scensters! - The Cribs
Watch The Sunrise - Big Star
Supersonic Rocket Ship - The Kinks
Terrible Love - The National
Handshake Drugs - Wilco
Cure For Pain - Morphine
Into The Twilight - NIN

07/23/2025

Radioruta on the air tonight from 7pmCT to 9pmCT!! She's got a great indie/alternative playlist ready for you!! Listen .com, TuneIn radio, 88.3FM!!!

07/07/2025

radioruta playlist 7.2.25 Time Songs
Times Like These - Foo Fighters
All The Time - Milwaukee
Big Time Nothing - St Vincent
Broke Up The Time - The Futureheads
Dance Off Time - Plain White T's
Fine Time - New Order
One Time Too Many - Phoenix
Minor Times - Frankie Rose
It's About Time - The Lemonheads
Is It Time - World Party
Hard Times - Guster
End Times - eels
Borrowed Time - Parquet Courts
A Thousand Times - School Of Seven Bells
A Thousand Times - Hamitlon Leithauser
All This Time - Heartless Bastards
All Time Loser - Miles Nielsen
Big Time - Angel Olsen
First Time - Vance Joy
A Question Of Time - Depeche Mode
Modern Times - Black Keys
One Time Too Many - PJ Harvey
Anytime - Cheap trick
Big Time - Peter Gabriel
Time's Up - Living Colour
Time For Heroes - Libertines

06/26/2025

Sorry!! Radioruta returns to the airwaves on July 2nd!!! Keep listening to WXAV radio @ wxav.com!! We appreciate your support!!!

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