Today's hits, tomorrow's voices — radio for the sound of now.
A curated network of 12 genre stations, hand-built playlists, and live DJ sessions streaming in lossless audio. Press play and let the algorithm hand the aux cord to a real human.
Six stations tuned to where culture is going next.
Each stream is a complete world — its own DJ rotation, color palette, and editorial voice. Pick a lane or let our crossfade mix them into a single cinematic listen.
Indie Pop Atlantic
Shimmering guitars, off-kilter hooks, and the bedroom-pop artists breaking out of Brooklyn, Lisbon, and Seoul this season.
Tune inLo-Fi Study Hall
Soft piano loops, vinyl crackle, and instrumental hip-hop selected for long focus sessions. New mix every Sunday at 9pm ET.
Tune inLate Night Jazz
Standards, spiritual jazz, and neo-soul-leaning improvisation hosted by Aida Vela from a Brooklyn brownstone studio.
Tune inHyperpop Rising
Glossy, maxed-out production from PC Music alumni, SoundCloud diggers, and the new wave of Glasgow-via-LA producers.
Tune inSunset Soul
Crate-digged R&B, slow-burn funk, and boogie reissues sequenced for golden-hour drives and rooftop cookouts.
Tune inFuture Bass Lab
Forward-leaning electronic — drum & bass, garage, and bassline experiments from producers who send demos to our inbox.
Tune inFeatured tracks, hand-picked by people with taste.
No algorithmic echo chamber. Every song on this list was argued over, debated, and ultimately championed by a named human editor.
"An album that refuses to be background music."
Solène Marchand's Soft Architecture arrived quietly in October and has since become the most-shared record across our editorial Slack. It is the rare contemporary record that rewards both earbuds and a serious pair of speakers — read our 1,200-word liner-notes-style review.
Read the reviewLive shows, all the time.
Drop in mid-mix or block a calendar invite. Every show is recorded, archived for 30 days, and available on demand to subscribers.
Built like a magazine. Streamed like a station.
We treat radio as an editorial product, not a content firehose. Here is what that looks like in practice.
Human curation
Every station has a named music director with a public profile and a public playlist. No black-box algorithm decides what you hear next.
Studio-grade audio
320 kbps AAC with dynamic range preserved, not crushed. We pay mastering engineers to re-master tracks for broadcast when the source allows.
Independent artists first
Over 70% of rotation comes from artists with under one million monthly listeners. We pay above industry rate and report plays transparently.
No ads inside songs
Sponsorships live in DJ-read breaks with full disclosure — never mid-song. The music stays the music, the way it was meant to be heard.
What listeners are saying back.
Real messages from the Trending Radio listener Slack, the App Store, and a few letters we still get in the mail.
I work in a bookshop and I keep Trending Radio on all day. The Morning Tides show has become the unofficial soundtrack of our staff meetings — and I've discovered four of my favorite new artists this year alone.
Most streaming services feel like they already decided what I want to hear. Trending Radio feels like a friend handing me a record and saying "trust me on this one." It is the only app I open before Instagram.
As an emerging artist, getting on Trending Radio's Late Night Jazz rotation changed the trajectory of my year. The plays were real, the audience was engaged, and Mara actually emailed me back. That almost never happens.
Press play. Stay a while.
Trending Radio is listener-supported, independent, and ad-light. Tune in on the web, grab the iOS or Android app, or read our latest long-form writing in the blog.