Brian Phillips

8.3.2025 History Of Alternative

August 3, 2025 | bphillips

Weezer, Nine Inch Nails, Garbage and Paramore in this set, album anniversaries for Sponge, 311, Sheryl Crow, Midnight Oil, Arcade Fire and Say Anything, plus music from the first day of MTV on 8/1/81: Blondie, The Buggles, The Specials, Split Enz, The Pretenders and Elvis Costello & The Attractions.

7.27.2025 History Of Alternative

July 27, 2025 | bphillips

The Ramones, Weezer, Veruca Salt and Rage Against The Machine in this set, album anniversaries for R.E.M., Beastie Boys, Sublime, Smashing Pumpkins, The Strokes, Cake and Tegan And Sara, plus Lollapalooza 2025 artists: Bleachers, Foster The People, Rufus Du Sol, Clairo, Cage The Elephant and Korn!

7.20.2025 History Of Alternative

July 20, 2025 | bphillips

Weezer, Luscious Jackson, Jane’s Addiction and Oasis in this set, album anniversaries for Fiona Apple and Eve 6, cool covers from Mike Ness and Love And Rockets, plus Pearl Jam, Midnight Oil, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, They Might Be Giants and Unwritten Law.

7.13.2025 History Of Alternative

July 13, 2025 | bphillips

The Cure, Liz Phair, Blind Melon and The Stone Roses in this set, album anniversaries for 311, Beastie Boys, The Flaming Lips, Candlebox, The Hives and Barenaked Ladies, plus Pearl Jam, Dinosaur Jr., Liz Phair, The Pretenders and The English Beat.

7.6.2025 History Of Alternative

July 6, 2025 | bphillips

Alice In Chains, Oasis, Veruca Salt and Oingo Boingo in this set, album anniversaries for Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bjork, Coldplay and The Darkness, plus 311, Rancid, Letters To Cleo, Primus and Paramore.

6.29.2025 History Of Alternative

June 29, 2025 | bphillips

Beck, Radiohead, Liz Phair and The Breeders in this set, album anniversaries for the Singles Soundtrack, The Prodigy, The White Stripes and Hard-Fi, plus U2, Blink-182, 311, Marvelous 3, Nine Inch Nails, Blondie and Weird Al Yankovic!

6.22.2025 History Of Alternative

June 22, 2025 | bphillips

Beck, Blondie, Buffalo Tom and The Replacements in this set, album anniversaries for STP, Rancid, The Flaming Lips, Limp Bizkit and The B-52’s, plus Social D, The Cure, PJ Harvey, Hot Hot Heat and Weezer’s “El Scorcho”.

6.15.2025 History Of Alternative

June 15, 2025 | bphillips

Green Day, Jimmy Eat World, No Doubt and The Donnas in this set, album anniversaries for Alanis Morissette, Nirvana, The Killers, Beck, Blink-182, Brand New, Beastie Boys, The White Stripes and Nada Surf, plus Pearl Jam, Oingo Boingo, New Order and Throwing Muses.

6.8.2025 History Of Alternative

June 8, 2025 | bphillips

Depeche Mode, The Pixies, Blondie and Blur in this set, album anniversaries for STP, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Coldplay, My Chemical Romance, Radiohead and Smash Mouth, plus Blink-182, Nine Inch Nails, New Found Glory, Letters To Cleo and Korn.

6.1.2025 History Of Alternative

June 1, 2025 | bphillips

Pearl Jam, The Pretenders, XTC and Local H in this set, album anniversaries for Blink-182, Sublime, The Lemonheads, Beastie Boys, Smashing Pumpkins, Talking Heads, Weezer and Iggy Pop, plus 311, Bjork, Bad Religion, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies and Against Me!

5.25.2025 History Of Alternative

May 25, 2025 | bphillips

Weezer, The White Stripes, The Breeders and Oingo Boingo in this set, album anniversaries for Phoenix, Soundgarden, The Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, The Cure, Travis and A Perfect Circle, plus u2, Nine Inch Nails and Riot Fest bands: Green Day, Alkaline Trio and Rilo Kiley.

5.18.2025 History Of Alternative

May 18, 2025 | bphillips

Beck, Beastie Boys, Blondie and Jane’s Addiction in this set, album anniversaries for Foo Fighters, Soundgarden, The National, Passion Pit and The Black Keys, plus 311, L7 and bands playing Riot Fest 2025: Bad Religion, Sex Pistols, Green Day, James and The Ataris.

5.11.2025 History Of Alternative

May 11, 2025 | bphillips

Nirvana, Depeche Mode, Fiona Apple and Sonic Youth in this set, album anniversaries for Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Clash, Death Cab For Cutie, Duran Duran, Keane and 2 Weezer albums, plus Happy Mother’s Day “mom” tunes from Fountains Of Wayne, Tracy Bonham, CHVRCHES, Panic! At The Disco and Danzig.

5.4.2025 History Of Alternative

May 4, 2025 | bphillips

Beck, Beastie Boys, U2 and Luscious Jackson in this set, album anniversaries for The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, Fall Out Boy, Vampire Weekend and The Stone Roses, tunes for the late Jill Sobule and Mike Peters, plus Riot Fest 2025 bands Green Day, Weezer, All Time Low, James, Drpokick Murphys and Camper Van Beethoven.

4.27.2025 History Of Alternative

April 27, 2025 | bphillips

Radiohead, The Cure, Rancid and Letters To Cleo in this set, album anniversaries for Live, Porno For Pyros, The Posies, Taking Back Sunday and Cypress Hill, plus tunes from Riot Fest 2025 bands: Green Day, Weezer, Bad Religion, Helmet and Alkaline Trio.

4.20.2025 History Of Alternative

April 20, 2025 | bphillips

Green Day, Veruca Salt, Pearl Jam and Our Lady Peace in this set, album anniversaries for Beastie Boys, The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Ramones and Rage Against The Machine, plus U2, Nine Inch Nails, a few ‘420’ flavored tunes, along with Blondie, Bloc Party and The Breeders.

4.13.2025 History Of Alternative

April 13, 2025 | bphillips

Beastie Boys, Bad Religion, Fiona Apple and Afghan Whigs in this set, album anniversaries for The Pixies, Violent Femmes, Hole, Hum and Foo Fighters, plus Blink-182, 311, Gang Of Four, Eve 6, Stroke 9, The 1975, Haircut 100 and Apollo 440

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)

3.30.2025 History Of Alternative

March 30, 2025 | bphillips

The Cure, Sublime, Talking Heads and Blondie in this set, album anniversaries for Beck, Linkin Park, The White Stripes and Juliana Hatfield, plus U2, Green Day, Throwing Muses, Local H and The Stone Roses.

3.23.2025 History Of Alternative

March 23, 2025 | bphillips

Beck, Buffalo Tom, Veruca Salt and The Replacements in this set, album anniversaries for Our Lady Peace, Queens Of The Stone Age, Social D, STP, Taking Back Sunday and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, plus Pearl Jam, The Pixies, Tori Amos, Joy Division and The Gaslight Anthem.