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11.26.2023 History Of Alternative

November 26, 2023 | bphillips

Alice In Chains, The Cure, Jimmy Eat World and The Replacements in this set with Blink-182, Nine Inch Nails and The Juliana Hatfield Three, cool covers from Social D, Siouxsie And The Banshees, No Doubt and The Happy Mondays, plus Beck, Cake, The Smiths, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Hot Hot Heat.

10.8.2023 History Of Alternative

October 8, 2023 | bphillips

Cake, Pearl Jam, Veruca Salt and Social D in this set, album anniversaries for No Doubt, Green Day, U2, 311, Radiohead, Rise Against, The Lemonheads, Soundgarden and Hot Hot Heat, plus Weezer, Our Lady Peace, Against Me! and Blur’s Parklife (watch the video here)

10.1.2023 History Of Alternative

October 1, 2023 | bphillips

STP, Local H, Depeche Mode and Yeah Yeah Yeahs in this set, album anniversaries for U2, Oasis, The Replacements, Green Day, Beck, Radiohead, Cake and Mumford And Sons, plus New Order, Blondie, Jimmy Eat World, Alanis and The Afghan Whigs

9.17.2023 History Of Alternative

September 17, 2023 | bphillips

Jane’s Addiction, Oasis, Primus, Paramore and Nine Inch Nails in this set, album anniversaries for Nirvana, Social D, Cake, Liz Phair, Pearl Jam and Green Day, plus bands playing Riot Fest today: The Cure, AFI and The Dresden Dolls.

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.

7.23.2023 History Of Alternative

July 23, 2023 | bphillips

Alice In Chains, The Cure, Blondie and Better Than Ezra in this set, album anniversaries for Cake, Eve 6, R.E.M., Beastie Boys’ “Paul’s Boutique” and Smashing Pumpkins’ “Siamese Dream”, plus U2, Our Lady Peace, Paramore and Good Charlotte.

5.28.2023 History Of Alternative

May 28, 2023 | bphillips

Weezer, Veruca Salt, Cake and Depeche Mode in this set, album anniversaries for Beastie Boys’ “Ill Communication” and The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Gish”, plus Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Liz Phair and The Donnas!

5.14.2023 History Of Alternative

May 14, 2023 | bphillips

Beck, Depeche Mode, Blondie and No Doubt in this set, album anniversaries for Weezer, Green Day, Linkin Park, Primus and The Fixx, cool covers from Cake and Talking Heads, plus Mother’s Day favs from Fountains Of Wayne, Chvrches, Scissor Sisters, Outkast and Danzig!

3.26.2023 History Of Alternative

March 26, 2023 | bphillips

Cake, Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails and L7 in this set, album anniversaries for Linkin Park, Social D, STP, Gorillaz, Taking Back Sunday and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, plus The Cure, Oasis, Siouxsie And The Banshees and Good Charlotte.

3.19.2023 History Of Alternative

March 19, 2023 | bphillips

Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, Blondie and Cake in this set, album anniversaries for Depeche Mode, Bloc Party, The Pixies, Our Lady Peace and Semisonic, cool covers from The Lemonheads and Love and Rockets, plus Veruca Salt, Rise Against, Pulp and Smash Mouth!!

3.5.2023 History Of Alternative

March 5, 2023 | bphillips

Weezer, The Cure, Beck and Veruca Salt in this set, album anniversaries for Soundgarden, Nine Inch Nails, 2 U2 albums, Evanescence and Kaiser Chiefs, plus Oasis, Depeche Mode, Siouxsie And The Banshees and Rage Against The Machine.

2.12.2023 History Of Alternative

February 12, 2023 | bphillips

Green Day, Cake, Garbage and Weezer in this set, album anniversaries for Blur, LCD Soundsystem and Social Distortion, cool covers from Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, 311 and Bow Wow Wow with some Valentine’s Day themed tunes from Depeche Mode, The Flaming Lips and more..

2.5.2023 History Of Alternative

February 5, 2023 | bphillips

Weezer, The Strokes, No Doubt and Nine Inch Nails in this set, album anniversaries for Pearl Jam, Cake, The Offspring, Dinosaur Jr. and Incubus, plus tunes from R&R HOF 2023 nominees The White Stripes, Rage Against The Machine And Joy Division.

1.1.2023 History Of Alternative

January 1, 2023 | bphillips

U2’s “New Year’s Day”, Blink 182, Nine Inch Nails and The Ramones in this set along with Weezer, Cake, Liz Phair and New Order, plus Oasis, The Flaming Lips, Letters To Cleo and “3 Strange Days” from School Of Fish.

12.25.2022 History Of Alternative

December 25, 2022 | bphillips

Beck, Beastie Boys, Social D and The Smiths in this set, holiday tunes from Blink 182, Billy Idol, My Chemical Romance, The Ramones, U2, No Doubt and Jimmy Eat World, plus Cake, Nada Surf and “Ghost Town” from The Specials.

11.27.2022 History Of Alternative

November 27, 2022 | bphillips

Beck, Beastie Boys, Blondie and Blink 182 in this set, plus Primus, Eve 6, Nine Inch Nails, Cake and Weezer (WATCH the awesome “Pork And Beans” video here) along with Rancid, The Smiths, Elastica and Echo And The Bunnymen.

11.20.2022 History Of Alternative

November 20, 2022 | bphillips

Weezer, The Replacements, Alice In Chains and alt-J in this set, album anniversaries for Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, Bad Religion, U2 and Sum 41, plus Nine Inch Nails, Veruca Salt, The Strokes, Soul Coughing and The Stone Roses.

10.9.2022 History Of Alternative

October 9, 2022 | bphillips

Beck, Beastie Boys, The Cure and Alanis in this set, album anniversaries for No Doubt, Soundgarden, Green Day, 311, Radiohead, Rise Against and The Lemonheads, plus Pearl Jam, PJ Harvey and Orgy’s cover of “Blue Monday’.

10.2.2022 History Of Alternative

October 2, 2022 | bphillips

Weezer, Depeche Mode, Blondie and Nine Inch Nails in this set, album anniversaries for Oasis, The Killers, Cake, The Replacements, Radiohead, Beck, U2 and Death Cab For Cutie, plus cool covers from No Doubt and Social D and “Steal My Sunshine” from Len.

9.18.2022 History Of Alternative

September 18, 2022 | bphillips

Weezer, Beastie Boys, The Smiths and Veruca Salt in this set, album anniversaries for Nirvana, Cake, Green Day, Nada Surf, Pearl Jam and Liz Phair plus tracks from the Smashing Pumpkins’ catalogue: “Eye”, “Ava Adore”, “Stand Inside Your Love”, “Drown” and “Thirty-Three”.