I'm resurrecting this thread, because I want to talk about Alt Nation. And I thought it would be interesting to note that in 2021, Madison - who was annoying the shit out of listeners in 2008 - is still annoying them in 2021. Nothing ever changes in SiriusXM world.
But what I really want to say, is that it appears I'm no longer an Alt Nation kind of guy. For a while, I stopped listening to new music, because of the lack of a commute. But recently, I've been making a point of checking out new music on XMU, which I used to listen to on my commutes. It sounds about like what I remember.
But then I thought about how I'd split my time between XMU and Alt Nation. So for a week, I've been listening to Alt Nation. There used to be a big overlap between the 2 channels; maybe a third of the artists got played on both. But now, there's no overlap. Alt Nation is all teen Emo music. It's all bands with names that are made of misspelled words - mostly missing letters. And they still play Vance Joy!!! I mean, holy fuck! Who thinks that Vance Joy is alternative?
I discovered Muse and Tame Impala through Alt Nation, many years ago. Doesn't seem like that's gonna happen anymore.