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5.26.2024 History Of Alternative

5.26.2024 History Of Alternative

Depeche Mode, Oasis, The Cranberries and Social D in this set, album anniversaries for Beastie Boys, Smashing Pumpkins, Phoenix and Gorillaz, plus U2, Nine Inch Nails, Psychedelic Furs, The The, The Smiths, The Smithereens, a few songs of “summer” and Violent Femmes’ “American Music”.

5.19.2024 History Of Alternative

5.19.2024 History Of Alternative

Beck, Rise Against, STP and Paramore in this set, album anniversaries for Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Everclear, Tool, Soundgarden, Travis and The National, plus Pearl Jam, Urge Overkill, Liz Phair, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Good Charlotte

5.12.2024 History Of Alternative

5.12.2024 History Of Alternative

Beastie Boys, Blondie, Sublime and They Might Be Giants in this set, album anniversaries for The Clash, Death Cab For Cutie, Primus, Green Day, Spoon, Keane and 3 different Weezer albums, plus a few Happy Mother’s Day “Mom” tunes from Fountains Of Wayne, twenty one pilots, U2, Panic! At The Disco and “Mother” from Danzig!

RIP Steve Albini

RIP Steve Albini

The iconic and storied recording engineer of Nirvana’s “In Utero”, The Pixies’ “Surfer Rosa” and many other projects died of a heart attack today at 61. Read some of the tributes and relive his story on NOT taking royalty points on the In Utero album here.

blur: To The End documentary

blur: To The End documentary

The documentary which centers around the band’s 2023 reunion tour will be released this summer. WATCH the trailer here.

5.5.2024 History Of Alternative

5.5.2024 History Of Alternative

Oasis, Weezer, Hole and Fiona Apple in this set, album anniversaries for Nine Inch Nails, Fall Out Boy, The Cure, New Order, The Stone Roses, Sonic Youth and The Dandy Warhols, cool covers from Nirvana and Mike Ness, plus Jimmy Eat World, XTC, Morrissey and The Pretenders.

4.28.2024 History Of Alternative

4.28.2024 History Of Alternative

The Cure, Social D, Bjork and Nine Inch Nails in this set, album anniversaries for The Ramones, Cypress Hill, Porno For Pyros, The Posies and Taking Back Sunday, plus The Replacements, Sonic Youth, The Breeders, R.E.M. and Buffalo Tom.

Full tracklist for the Talking Heads tribute album revealed

Full tracklist for the Talking Heads tribute album revealed

“Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense” will include performance from Paramore, girl in red, The National and Lorde. Check out girl in red’s cover of “Girlfriend Is Better” here. The album will be available May 17th.

4.21.2024 History Of Alternative

4.21.2024 History Of Alternative

Beck, Blondie, Pearl Jam and Jane’s Addiction in this set, album anniversaries for Beastie Boys, Live, R.E.M. and World Party, cool covers from Sublime, Echo And The Bunnymen and The Smashing Pumpkins, plus PJ Harvey, The Smithereens, Nine Inch Nails and all 9 minutes of Green Day’s “Jesus Of Suburbia”.

4.14.2024 History Of Alternative

4.14.2024 History Of Alternative

Beck, Beastie Boys, Oasis and The Juliana Hatfield 3 in this set, album anniversaries for Rage Against The Machine, The Cure, The Pixies and Depeche Mode, cool covers from Social D, Siouxsie And The Banshees and Dynamite Hack, plus L7, Stroke 9, Third Eye Blind and The Replacements.

4.7.2024 History Of Alternative

4.7.2024 History Of Alternative

Nirvana, Alice In Chains, No Doubt and They Might Be Giants in this set, album anniversaries for Foo Fighters, Violent Femmes, Hole, Modest Mouse and The Cult, plus it’s Rex Manning Day (April 8th) so plenty of tunes from Empire Records (Gin Blossoms, The The, Edwyn Collins, Sponge and The Flying Lizards.

3.31.2024 History Of Alternative

3.31.2024 History Of Alternative

Green Day, Alice In Chains, Blondie and PJ Harvey in this set, album anniversaries for The White Stripes, Modest Mouse, Hot Hot Heat, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin and Blue October, plus Peter Murphy, The Cure, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Veruca Salt and Florence And The Machine.