01 · Years online
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years online
Streaming since 2004
Edmonton's home for Canadian indie, punk and underground heavy music — blues to metal, 100% listener-requested. Run by on-air DJ Rocken Buddha, 12pm–4pm MST, every weekday, on a 100% listener-requested rotation of Canadian independent blues, indie, punk and heavy music.
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Mon–Fri · 12pm–4pm MST · Hosted by Rocken Buddha
The mandate
“For Canadian independent artists and listeners tired of mainstream rock rotations — Unity X Radio is a community-driven home for the long tail of blues, punk and heavy music that bigger chains and algorithm playlists tend to overlook.
No pre-baked rotation. The phones, the email and the DMs set the queue — the DJ just steers.
Plugged into Edmonton’s indie/punk/heavy scene first; global reach via web, apps and smart speakers.
One continuous arc, no genre walls. Tuesday is allowed to sound like Wednesday.
01 · Years online
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years online
Streaming since 2004
02 · Live on YouTube
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live videos on the YouTube feed
On-camera full sets from the booth.
Weekly rundown
Road-trip start.
Faster, louder, meaner.
Where the back-catalog rides shotgun.
Old cuts, deep cuts, forgotten cuts.
Anything you can name on a postcard.
Weekends?Open-format rotation of fresh Canadian indie and underground heavy. Submit a request — if it fits the mandate, it gets a slot.
One studio in Edmonton, five paths to your headphones. Switching apps is the only thing between you and the live stream + a request queue.
The station is evolving. Music, art, and editorial artifacts are building a direct-to-fan path that doesn’t wait for an algorithm or a label to notice.
» Music
The set, the request, the broadcast.
» Art
Zines, covers, posters, ticket-art.
Editor’s letter
“This isn’t a stream that happens to have merch bolted on. It’s the long tail of Canadian independent music — frozen into art, signed on-chain, and handed back to the fans who asked for it.”
Get in touch
One inbox handles everything — requests, interview pitches, merch, and the artifacts project. Reply usually within a day.