2.18.2024 History of Alternative

Hour 1

  • R.E.M. – Pop Song 89
  • Vampire Weekend – Harmony Hall
  • Alice In Chains – Down In A Hole
  • Berlin – The Metro
  • The Killers – Read My Mind
  • The Stone Roses – She Bangs The Drums
  • The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road
  • Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Scooby Snacks
  • Nine Inch Nails – Down In It
  • Wang Chung – Dance Hall Days
  • Garbage – When I Grow Up
  • Morrissey – First of The Gang To Die
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Zephyr Song

Hour 2

  • They Might Be Giants – Don’t Let’s Start
  • Placebo – Pure Morning
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Ava Adore
  • Echo And The Bunnymen – People Are Strange
  • The Strokes – Someday
  • Veruca Salt – Number One Blind
  • The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
  • Against Me! – Thrash Unreal
  • Jimmy Eat World – Lucky Denver Mint
  • The Charlatans UK – The Only One I Know
  • No Doubt – Excuse Me Mr.
  • alt-j – Left Hand Free
  • U2 – With Or Without You
  • Keane – Is It Any Wonder?

Hour 3

  • XTC – Generals And Majors
  • Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
  • Weezer – My Name Is Jonas
  • Psychedelic Furs – The Ghost In You
  • Our Lady Peace – Starseed
  • The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name
  • Talking Heads – Burning Down The House
  • Oasis – Live Forever
  • The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
  • The Clash – This Is Radio Clash
  • Rage Against The Machine – People Of The Sun
  • Hole – Malibu
  • Depeche Mode – People Are People

Hour 4

  • Presidents Of The USA – Peaches
  • Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up To Dry
  • Foo Fighters – DOA
  • Blondie – One Way Or Another
  • Local H – All The Kids Are Right
  • The Bravery – An Honest Mistake
  • The Smithereens – Only A Memory
  • Tegan And Sara – Back In Your Head
  • Soul Coughing – Super Bon Bon
  • Green Day – Holiday
  • Missing Persons – Destination Unknown
  • Alkaline Trio – Mercy Me
  • Catherine Wheel – Crank

Vampire Weekend new album and 2024 tour

New Music Friday: IDLES, Pearl Jam, and more!

Every Friday, Case the Producer rounds up the most exciting new tunes in music and serves them up in one easy-to-find blog for you, the Q101 Crew Members.

Friko: Where We’ve Been, Where We Go From Here

Chicago’s very own Friko have been turning heads for quite awhile now thanks to their gorgeous approach to indie rock. Where We’ve Been, Where We Go From Here marks a new high-point for the burgeoning artists.

Friko come to the Metro on March 1. Get tickets here.

IDLES: TANGK 

Unapologetic and hostile, yet somehow sincere and sensitive, British punks IDLES have done it again with their fifth full length record, TANGK (pronounced “Tank”). No band has brought such a brutal approach to tackling toxic masculinity in the past, and as a result, IDLES have cultivated a worldwide following. While this record is still packed with chest-thumping, anthemic tunes that could fill a soccer stadium, there are moments on this record where IDLES sound…happy? Could it be?

IDLES storm the Aragon Ballroom on September 18.

Laura Jane Grace: Hole In My Head 

Known for her years leading the charge for punk icons Against Me!, Laura Jane Grace is back with an incredible solo record, Hole In My Head. Just as she’s done throughout her entire career, Grace writes with an intensity and honesty that most songwriters can only dream of. The title track, a jaunty earworm that clocks in at just over 90 seconds, is the tip of the iceberg. Grace turned in one of the best records of 2024 with Hole In My Head.

Pearl Jam: Dark Matter

Don’t worry about what I have to say about the new Pearl Jam track, listen to what the aforementioned Laura Jane Grace has to say about the new track on Q101’s First Listen.

Prize Horse: Under Sound 

The Minneapolis trio better known as Prize Horse have been slugging their way through DIY venues for the last few years. With a raw, grungy sound that isn’t for the weak of heart, Prize Horse has developed a dedicated fanbase that can’t wait to see what’s next in-store for the band. Luckily, they don’t have to wait any longer, as Prize Horse has unearthed their debut album, Under Sound.

Royel Otis: Pratts & Pain 

Royel Otis may be from Australia, but they are closing in on world domination. Thanks to their newsworthy cover of “Murder On the Dancefloor” and the success of “Oysters In My Pocket”, this two-piece is destined for big things. Pratts & Pain continues what could be a monstrous 2024 for the group.

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The Weekend Q101

Chicago Auto Show Continues (Friday-Sunday) 

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. The Chicago Auto Show kicks off on Saturday and runs through February 19. Held in McCormick Place, the Chicago show features multiple world and North American Introductions and the complete range of domestic and imported passenger cars, trucks, sport-utility vehicles, minivans, and experimental and concept cars. You can purchase tickets here.

10,000 Maniacs at City Winery (Friday, Saturday)

10,000 Maniacs return to Chicago for the first time since 2022 for an intimate series of shows at City Winery. Their run of shows, which began on Thursday and concludes on Saturday, have sold out.

Laura Jane Grace at Sleeping Village (Friday) 

Laura Jane Grace heads to Sleeping Village on Friday night for a celebration of her new record, Hole In My Head. This show is sold out, but if you can find a way to get a ticket, we can’t recommend it enough.

Chance the Rapper at Ramova Chicago (Friday) 

Chance the Rapper is a co-owner of the newly reopened Ramova Theater and thus, he’s kicking off the new era of a venue with a bang. The rapper will play in front of an intimate audience in a venue that has been closed since 1985.

Blackhawks host the Senators (Saturday) 

Bedard is back and thus, the Blackhawks have life! They’ll host Ottawa on Saturday night.

Argyle Lunar New Year Celebration (Saturday) 

Uptown’s annual Lunar New Year Celebration kicks off the Chinese New Year with dazzling dragons, dancers, drummers and more. The parade starts at 1pm at Argyle Street and Winthrop Avenue. More than 20 local community groups will be in attendance and there will be dancers and performers as well as family-friendly activities to enjoy between 10am-4pm.

Lunar New Year Celebration in Chinatown (Sunday) 

The parade will begin at 1:00 p.m. at the intersection of 24th Street and Wentworth Avenue and travel north on Wentworth towards the viewing stand at Cermak and Wentworth.

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Nickelback documentary will hit movie theaters next month

The official Nickelback documentary, Hate to Love: Nickelback, will be in theaters March 27th and 30th.

Illinois Attorney General orders Dolton to release spending records

Our favorite character is back again, and this time we’re seeing signs that her empire is crumbling.

WGN reported that Dolton is being forced to release their financial statements. After months of refusal, the Illinois Attorney General is making sure the public knows what they deserve to know. They said, “In the opinion, the Village of Dolton is directed to respond as soon as possible to the request,” a spokeswoman for Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said in an email. “The village has 35 days after the issuance of the opinion to either comply or contest the opinion in court.”

The opinion was dated Feb. 9.

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IDLES recreate Coldplay’s ‘Yellow’ for ‘Grace’

IDLES have released the official video for their song ‘Grace’, which is an AI recreation of Coldplay’s iconic ‘Yellow’ video, but with Chris Martin singing the lyrics.

Here’s the original ‘Yellow’ video.

The founder of Pop-Tarts has passed away

We lost a titan of industry last night.

Bill Post, the founder of Pop-Tarts, has passed away at the age 96. Post created the breakfast snack in 1964 and revolutionized the breakfast industry as a result. The product, named after the “pop-art” movement of the time, was such a hit from the jump that Kellogg’s could not keep it on the shelves.

As of 2024, there are over 20 full-time Pop-Tart flavors, including hot fudge sundae, wild berry, raspberry, and grape.

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Pearl Jam announce new album and 2024 tour

McDonald’s receives DoorDash order for one single salt packet

Maybe technology was a mistake.

A TikTok has gone viral after a McDonald’s worker filmed themselves fulfilling an order that was for a single salt packet. The TikToker opened a McDonald’s bag and she dropped the single packet of salt in. Paige then folded the bag and sealed it with two McDonald’s stickers on each side. After that, she was all done.

It is unknown at this point what the financial toll of this order was.

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2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees

Inductees will be announced in April. The 39th annual induction ceremony is set for this fall in Cleveland, the home of the Rock Hall’s museum. The nominations are voted on by more than 1,000 music historians, industry professionals and inducted artists. Artists become eligible for nomination 25 years after the release of their first recording.

Reliving the moment that the Bears drafted Mitch Trubisky over Patrick Mahomes

The year was 2017. We were living in the wake of “Envelopegate” at the Oscars, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were nearing their engagement, Portugal. The Man had just dropped “Feel It Still”, and the Bears were moments away from making a horrible, horrible mistake.

With the second pick in the 2017 draft, the Bears opted not to take the quarterback from Texas Tech, instead hitching their wagon to Mitch Trubisky of North Carolina.

Since then, Mahomes has won 3 Super Bowls in 5 years, including going back-to-back for the first time since the 2003-2004 Patriots.

The Bears are now scouting their replacement for Trubisky’s replacement.

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2.11.2024 History Of Alternative

Hour 1

  • The Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love?
  • Incubus – Love Hurts
  • Pearl Jam – State Of Love And Trust
  • Madness – It Must Be Love
  • Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine?
  • Shades Apart – Valentine
  • Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
  • Portishead – Sour Times
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – Love Rollercoaster
  • Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
  • Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend
  • Band Of Horses – No One’s Gonna Love You
  • ABC – The Look Of Love
  • Louis XIV – Finding Out True Love Is Blind

Hour 2

  • New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
  • Muse – Undisclosed Desires
  • Green Day – Nice Guys Finish Last
  • Gene Loves Jezebel – The Motion Of Love
  • Paul Westerberg – Waiting For Somebody
  • Dashboard Confessional – Hands Down
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers – Is This Love
  • Divinyls – I Touch Myself
  • The White Stripes – We’re Going To Be Friends
  • Squeeze – Another Nail In My Heart
  • Cake – I Will Survive
  • The Flaming Lips – Do You Realize??
  • The Pretenders – Message Of Love
  • The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition

Hour 3

  • Nirvana – Love Buzz
  • Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug
  • Lit – Miserable
  • The Smiths – Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
  • The Black Keys – Howlin’ For You (from The Lounge)
  • The Murmurs – You Suck
  • The Smithereens – A Girl Like You
  • Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Perfect
  • Devo – Girl U Want
  • Beck – Think I’m In Love
  • Jill Sobule – I Kissed A Girl
  • The Cure – Love Cats

Hour 4

  • The Darkness – I Believe In A Thing Called Love
  • Echo And The Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar
  • Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
  • O.M.D. – Dreaming
  • Paramore – That’s What You Get
  • Depeche Mode – Strangelove
  • Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Possess Your Heart
  • Garbage – #1 Crush
  • Social Distortion – Bad Luck
  • A Flock Of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song
  • Blink-182 – Dammit
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps

New music featuring The Black Keys, The Strumbellas, and more!

Every Friday, Case the Producer rounds up the most exciting new tunes in music and serves them up in one easy-to-find blog for you, the Q101 Crew Members.

The Black Keys: I Forgot To Be Your Lover

The Black Keys are back with another new track! Following up on last month’s “Beautiful People (Stay High)”, the duo bring us “I Forgot To Be Your Lover”, a two minute bop that sounds like a return to form.

Brittany Howard: What Now

The former Alabama Shakes front-woman, Brittany Howard, is back with her second studio album. Following 2019’s Jaime is no easy task, but Howard shows that she’s up to the challenge with What Now. Clocking in at 12 tracks in just under 40 minutes, Howard’s voice is stunning throughout. We are so thrilled to have her back, making music once again.

The Chisel: What A F*cking Nightmare

Oi oi! UK’s hottest street punks, The Chisel, are back with their second studio album. Following their marvelous debut, Retaliation, is no easy task, but the beautifully titled What A F*cking Nightmare is a worthwhile follow-up. If you’re a fan of acts like Rancid or The Bouncing Souls, The Chisel are made for you.

Declan McKenna: What Happened to the Beach? 

English singer-songwriter Declan McKenna, who hit it big with 2017’s smash-hit “Brazil“, is back with a new album in What Happened to the Beach? McKenna’s brilliant approach to songwriting is present yet again with this terrific addition to his discography.

The Strumbellas: Time Believer 

Hey, The Strumbellas are back! Part Time Believer marks the band’s first full-length release since 2019 and we’re so glad the wait is finally over.

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The Weekend Q101

University of Chicago Folk Festival (Friday-Saturday) 

Join the University of Chicago for two days of folk music and fun this weekend. Get all of the information you need about both the performances and workshops here.

World of Chocolate (Friday)

Satisfy the sweet tooth for a good cause at this annual fundraiser benefiting AIDS Foundation Chicago. Guests will be able to sample sweet treats from the city’s best chocolatiers, as well as enjoy light bites, an open bar and a punchboard with mystery prizes. More than 15 local chocolatiers and chefs will also compete for a variety of titles determined by a panel of judges–including Best Small Business, Best Libation and Best Sweet.

Blackhawks host the Rangers (Friday) 

Can the Blackhawks stop the bleeding and get a win? Not likely, as they bring the dominant New York Rangers to town on Friday night for what should be a thrilling night of hockey.

Kevin Nealon at The Comedy Vault in Batavia (Friday, Saturday) 

SNL alum Kevin Nealon will be in Batavia this weekend for a pair of shows. Tickets are still available for shows on both Friday and Saturday.

Puppy Speed Dating at Dovetail Brewery (Friday) 

Join the Chicago Canine Rescue and its adoptable puppies for a “speed dating” event at Dovetail brewing. There will be fun photo ops for you and the pups, drinks, a raffle, quirky pet portraits by Waterpop and more. All proceeds from the raffle and $1 from each beer sale will benefit CCR.

Lunar New Year at Navy Pier (Saturday) 

Navy Pier transforms its Aon Grand Ballroom into a festive, family-friendly celebration of the Lunar New Year. Welcome the arrival of spring and the Year of the Dragon with local performers and artists, traditional and contemporary music, food vendors and much more.

Chicago Auto Show (begins Saturday) 

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. The Chicago Auto Show kicks off on Saturday and runs through February 19. Held in McCormick Place, the Chicago show features multiple world and North American Introductions and the complete range of domestic and imported passenger cars, trucks, sport-utility vehicles, minivans, and experimental and concept cars. You can purchase tickets here.

Crosses at Concord Music Hall (Monday/Tuesday) 

Chino Moreno (Deftones) brings his electric-alternative act, Crosses, to Concord Music Hall for a pair of shows on Monday and Tuesday. While the Tuesday show is sold out, limited tickets remain for Monday. Grab a pair here.

Listen to Brian & Kenzie’s interview with Moreno below.

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Brand new renderings for proposed White Sox stadium in the 78

It actually might be happening.

At this time last month, the most realistic move for the White Sox was to Nashville. Now, in the matter of weeks, there is real momentum for the White Sox to uproot to the South Loop in the “new” 78th neighborhood. Last night, renderings were revealed of the Chicago White Sox and developer Related Midwest’s proposal to bring a new ballpark to the plot of land near the South Loop known as ‘The 78,’ which was first shared with WGN News.

The project also proposes the creation of 10,000-plus construction jobs to build the new ballpark, and 22,000-plus permanent jobs in total after construction is finished.

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Brigitte Calls Me Baby releases stunning live performance of “The Future Is Our Way Out”

Chicago’s very won Brigitte Calls Me Baby is back with a new video. On the heels of the incredible “Impressively Average”, which you first heard on Q101, the band has dropped a live performance of the sublime “The Future Is Our Way Out”.

The release of this video coincides with the announcement that the band will be playing Lincoln Hall on June 21.

You can watch Case the Producer’s exclusive interview with the band below.

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Woman returns two-year-old couch to Costco because she “just didn’t like it anymore”

Costco is a wonderful place. It’s the land of opportunity and exploration. It’s also, as it turns out, the land of forgiveness.

Jackie Nyugen went viral on TikTok after she brought her old couch back to Costco for a return. Nguyen explained to the store that she did not have the original receipt, but recalled the date on which she had originally purchased the couch. That allowed a Costco to process the transaction and issue a full refund to Nguyen. 

Per their website, Costco’s return policy is very generous.
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“Skilling It”, “CTRL-SALT-DELETE” top list in Chicago’s second snowplow naming competition

For the second year in a row, the city of Chicago has turned to its citizens to come up with the funniest and most creative names for the city’s snowplows. After 10,000 votes from people in the city, the results are in. The winners are:

  1. Skilling It
  2. CTRL-SALT-DELETE 
  3. Casimir Plowaski
  4. Ernie Snowbanks
  5. Mies van der Snow
  6. Bad, Bad Leroy Plow

The winners were picked from a list of 50 finalists, after Chicagoans were given the chance to submit names for snowplows in January.

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boygenius, Paramore clean up at Grammy Awards

Last night at the 2024 Grammy Awards, Q101 artists boygenius and Paramore took home a number of awards. For the supergroup boygenius, who consists of Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers, they won Best Alternative Music Album for the record, which became a runaway hit in 2023. The standout single from that album, “Not Strong Enough”, also took home Best Rock Song.

As for Paramore, their return-to-form album This Is Why took home Best Rock Album, beating out the likes of Foo Fighters and Metallica. The title track also beat out Arctic Monkeys and Lana Del Rey, to name a few, for Best Alternative Music Performance.

Taylor Swift took home Album of the Year for Midnights, Miley Cyrus took home Record of the Year for “Flowers”, and Billie Eilish took home Song of the Year for “What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”].

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