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4.6.2025 History Of Alternative

April 6, 2025 | bphillips

Beck, Blondie, Bjork and Box Car Racer in this set, album anniversaries for The Offspring, Modest Mouse, Third Eye Blind, Suzanne Vega and Hot Hot Heat, proper Nirvana tunes to honor Kurt Cobain, plus we must dwell on Rex Manning Day and play music from the movie Empire Records (The The, Gin Blossoms, Sponge, Edwyn Collins and The Buggles)

3.9.2025 History Of Alternative

March 9, 2025 | bphillips

Green Day, The Breeders, Nirvana and Veruca Salt in this set, album anniversaries for Soundgarden, Cracker, Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Bravery, AFI, Kaiser Chiefs and Tears For Fears, plus U2, 311, The Stone Roses and Luscious Jackson.

SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert will stream on Peacock and screen at some IMAX Regal Theaters

February 5, 2025 | bphillips

The concert next Friday from NYC’s Radio City Music Hall will feature Dave Grohl, Jack White, Eddie Vedder and many more. Check the full lineup here.

12.22.2024 History Of Alternative

December 22, 2024 | bphillips

Green Day, Beastie Boys, The Clash and Juliana Hatfield in this set along with holiday tunes from Fall Out Boy, Fountains Of Wayne, Blink-182, The Ramones, The Killers and The Pogues, plus Christmas covers from U2, Jimmy Eat World, Weezer, No Doubt and My Chemical Romance.

9.15.2024 History Of Alternative

September 15, 2024 | bphillips

Pearl Jam, The Pixies, Hole and Fiona Apple in this set, album anniversaries for Arcade Fire, Social D, Muse, Jet and Cake, plus music from Riot Fest 2024 bands: Beck, Fall Out Boy, Sum 41, St. Vincent, Sincere Engineer, Beach Bunny, The Offspring, Cypress Hill, Face To Face, Sublime and NOFX.

8.4.2024 History Of Alternative

August 6, 2024 | bphillips

Radiohead, Green Day, Paramore and The Breeders in this set, album anniversaries for Sponge, Gin Blossoms, 311, Arcade Fire and Sheryl Crow, plus Blink-182, Morrissey and music from the first day of MTV in 1981: The Buggles, Blondie, Split Enz and The Vapors.

7.14.2024 History Of Alternative

July 14, 2024 | bphillips

Oasis, Alice In Chains, Alanis and Blink-182 in this set, album anniversaries for Beastie Boys, Coldplay, The Hives, Candlebox, Catherine Wheel and The Flaming Lips, plus Depeche Mode, 311, Letters To Cleo, Buffalo Tom, Sleater-Kinney and Jane’s Addiction.

3.17.2024 History Of Alternative

March 17, 2024 | bphillips

U2, Nine Inch Nails, The Cranberries and Bjork in this set, album anniversaries for Depeche Mode, Modest Mouse, Morrissey, Dashboard Confessional and Radiohead, plus proper St Paddy’s Day tunes from Flogging Molly, The Pogues, U2, Dropkick Murphys and The Undertones.

2.4.2024 History Of Alternative

February 4, 2024 | bphillips

The Ramones, Oasis, Radiohead and Siouxsie And The Banshees in this set, album anniversaries for The Offspring, Cake, Incubus, Dinosaur Jr. and Pearl Jam, cool covers from STP and The Clash, plus The Cure, XTC, Hole, The Juliana Hatfield 3 and The Smithereens.

9.10.2023 History Of Alternative

September 10, 2023 | bphillips

Depeche Mode, Weezer, Veruca Salt and New Order in this set, album anniversaries for Muse, Jet, Arcade Fire, Barenaked Ladies, The Black Keys and Red Hot Chili Peppers, plus Riot Fest bands Foo Fighters, The Cure, Queens Of The Stone Age, AFI, The Used, Death Cab For Cutie, The Gaslight Anthem and Flogging Molly.

8.6.2023 History Of Alternative

August 6, 2023 | bphillips

Beastie Boys, Radiohead, Veruca Salt and STP in this set, album anniversaries for Arcade Fire, 311, Rise Against, Gin Blossoms and Midnight Oil, plus Lollapalooza 2023 acts: Red Hot Chili Peppers, The 1975, Lana Del Rey, Foals, Sofi Tukker, Billie Eilish, Declan McKenna and Portugal. The Man.

5.7.2023 History Of Alternative

May 7, 2023 | bphillips

Jane’s Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Veruca Salt and Our Lady Peace in this set, album anniversaries for 2 Weezer albums, The Cure, Sum 41, Spoon, Keane and Duran Duran, plus cool covers from Social D and Cowboy Junkies, Beastie Boys, Buffalo Tom and The Breeders.

1.8.2023 History Of Alternative

January 8, 2023 | bphillips

Radiohead, Social Distortion, Beck and David Bowie in this set along with Weezer, Spoon, Veruca Salt and Matthew Sweet, plus U2, 311, Marvelous 3, Nine Inch Nails, Good Charlotte and The Smiths.

12.11.2022 History Of Alternative

December 11, 2022 | bphillips

Weezer, Social D, Nine Inch Nails and Veruca Salt in this set along with Oasis, The Replacements, The Smiths and Soul Coughing, songs for No Doubt’s “Rock Steady” album anniversary along with The Cure, Alkaline Trio and songs from the Empire Records soundtrack. (WATCH a scene from the film here.)

11.6.2022 History Of Alternative

November 6, 2022 | bphillips

Weezer, Oasis, Our Lady Peace and The Cure in this set, album anniversaries for R.E.M, Rage Against The Machine, Foo Fighters, Fiona Apple, Alice In Chains and Alanis, plus Pearl Jam, The Pretenders, Public Image LTD and Flobots’ “Handlebars”.

9.11.2022 History Of Alternative

September 11, 2022 | bphillips

Green Day, Beastie Boys, The Cure and Alanis in this set, album anniversaries for Muse, Arcade Fire, Jet, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Black Keys, plus Riot Fest bands Alkaline Trio, Nine Inch Nails, Portugal. The Man, My Chemical Romance, Less Than Jake and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

8.7.2022 History Of Alternative

August 7, 2022 | bphillips

Beck, Oasis, Morrissey and Social D in this set, album anniversaries for 311, Arcade Fire, Midnight Oil, Bowling For Soup and Rise Against, plus Cake, Alanis, Hot Hot Heat and Weezer’s “El Scorcho”!

5.29.2022 History Of Alternative

May 29, 2022 | bphillips

Depeche Mode songs for the late Andy Fletcher along with Beck, Bowie, Social D and Oasis, album anniversaries for Beastie Boys, Smashing Pumpkins and Phoenix, plus The Replacements, The Prodigy and Echo And The Bunnymen’s cover of “People Are Strange”.

2.27.2022 History Of Alternative

February 27, 2022 | bphillips

The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, Blink 182 and 311 in this set along with Beck, The Breeders, Blondie and Brand New, album anniversaries for U2, PJ Harvey, Tears For Fears and Kaiser Chiefs, plus The Smiths, The Replacements and a proper nod to the late Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees.

1.9.2022 History Of Alternative

January 9, 2022 | bphillips

David Bowie, Oasis, Radiohead and Social D in this set along with Arcade Fire, Depeche Mode, Veruca Salt and Nine Inch Nails, cool covers from Siouxsie And the Banshees and Bowling For Soup, album anniversaries for Sugar Ray and Cage The Elephant, plus Soul Coughing, Tears For Fears and Echo And The Bunnymen.