Welcome to Wave 1049 Online!

We are Savannah and Hilton Head's alternative for the best music ever, with a library of thousands of songs that you're going to love along with many that you already do! If ordinary radio stations aren't doin' it for you, then click a listen-link in the upper right-hand corner of any page on the site to enjoy the freshest indie / alternative rock radio you'll find anywhere. To download an app for your smartphone, click here.

We play:

• New Music first
• Music written and performed by people with actual, discernable talent
• Alternative & Indie Pop/Rock for discriminating listeners
• Mostly upbeat, positive songs

We do not play:

• much Classic Rock
• Typical bar-scene music or Top 40
• Artists who can't sing without AutoTune
• Rap
• Music which is incendiary, misogynistic, or hateful

We also feature lots of video content, as you can see, and we'll keep you up to speed with new releases by Wave artists and other music-related news. Follow us on Twitter and/or Facebook (left side of the page) to stay up-to-date.

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Here's a fairly new artist that you need to know about

Laura Mvula is a soul/jazz singer from Birmingham. England. She cites English R&B group Eternal as an influence, but her harmonies are reminiscent of Imogen Heap. She also cites Jill Scott, Erykah Badu and Lauren Hill as influences.

She has a degree in composition from the Birmingham Conservatoire, and is the director of the Lichfield Community Gospel Choir.

Her EP She was released in November, 2012, and her debut full-length CD, Sing to the Moon dropped on March 4th, 2013.

If pop music makes you fear for the future of mankind, then Laura Mvula is someone you want to get to know. An hour on her website is very well-wasted.

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"Open up your heart to me. The sun won't shine if you're not looking."

She is the female voice on Gotye's Somebody that I used to Know. Her performance on that song clearly demonstrates that she's got pipes, her performance of Cameo Lover (first video, right) shows that she's got moves, and her performance of Withdraw shows that she's got soul, vocal range, and that there's so much more to her than the ordinary bubble-gum pop or X-rated non-music that we've got from so many pop stars since the advent of the Disco era, the beginning of the end of listenable, enjoyable pop radio, at least in the U.S. Kimbra is a welcome respite from the poorly conceived, poorly written noise that we get from so many pop stars nowadays, and a most welcome addition to the library on this station. She also plays a pretty mean guitar.

Watch the first video to fall in love with her, and the second to be blown away. If you're easily moved, you may want to watch it alone. You've been warned. Then, there's Warrior, which shows a heavy Mark Foster influence, à la Foster the People. Too much awesome rolled into one artist. Two artists, as Mark's pretty awesome, too. A-Trak? We'll get back to you on that.

"I'm ready to shake these stars from me, but I can't withdraw your heart from mine..."

While you're here, check out Joss Stone covering Broken Bells' The High Road. 2 clips for this presentation, the first an in-studio acoustic performance, the second a live, full band performance Under the Bridge in London. Toward the end of the first clip, she discusses her methods of music selection and her personal requirement that process of making music be "not work." Fine performances, both.

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Are you a bad driver?

Don't be silly... of course you are! Inefficient, dangerous, not paying attention, throwing money away over some seriously bad driving habits. It's not your fault, though. It's because the driver's manual really sucks!

That, and because you're not applying the simple, rudimentary physics that you learned in high school — you were paying attention, right?

But the question is what has this got to do with the puppy?

More...

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Taylor Mali — What Teachers Make

"Those who can, do, while those who can't teach." Not something you want to say to this guy!

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Wave 1049 Online is an independently owned, local Internet radio station built on the foundation laid by the former Wave 104.9, Hilton Head, which ceased operation on November 1st, 2006.

We play 56+ minutes of music per hour, more than any commercial FM station, all 100% digital and static-free.  Unlike nationally-oriented Internet radio services, we are focused on our local communities - because we are part of the local community, just like you.

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Got a smartphone? Listen on the go! Click the iPhone or BlackBerry link in the upper right-hand corner to learn about TuneIn, an awesome Internet radio application for the iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry platforms.

Or, just click here...

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For home and office listening convenience, consider an Internet radio. They're a about the size of a clock-radio, but they sound sooo much better. They use your home or office wireless network to listen to just about any Internet radio station in the entire world, including Wave 1049 Online, at the push-of-a-button. No need to boot-up the computer. You can even easily connect one of these to your home stereo for static-free, awesome digital sound!