Material Issue

9.3.2023 History Of Alternative

September 3, 2023 | bphillips

Blink-182, Nine Inch Nails, Veruca Salt and Social D in this set, album anniversaries for Bad Religion, R.E.M., Hole, System Of A Down and Everlast, cool covers from STP and Smashing Pumpkins, plus Riot Fest 2023 bands The Cure, Queens Of The Stone Age, Death Cab For Cutie and Tegan And Sara.

6.4.2023 History Of Alternative

June 4, 2023 | bphillips

STP, Green Day, Garbage and The Cranberries in this set, album anniversaries for Sublime, The Lemonheads, Blink-182, Smashing Pumpkins, Coldplay, The White Stripes and Talking Heads, plus The Cure, Catherine Wheel and Baz Luhrmann’s “Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen”. (watch the video here)

4.16.2023 History Of Alternative

April 16, 2023 | bphillips

Beck, Social D, Sonic Youth and The Replacements in this set, album anniversaries for The Pixies, Rage Against The Machine, Live, The Cure and Depeche Mode, plus Pearl Jam, Garbage, Material Issue and we did it all for…Limp Bizkit! (revisit the Nookie video 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”.

9.18.2022 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”.

7.24.2022 History Of Alternative

July 24, 2022 | bphillips

Blink 182, 311, U2 and Nine Inch Nails in this set, album anniversaries for Cake, Eve 6, Fiona Apple, Taking Back Sunday, the Pumpkins’ “Siamese Dream” and Beastie Boys’ “Paul’s Boutique”, plus Veruca Salt, Urge Overkill, Our Lady Peace and Echo And The Bunnymen’s cover of “People Are Strange”.

6.5.2022 History Of Alternative

June 5, 2022 | bphillips

The Smiths, Sponge, Nine Inch Nails and Beck on the show along with album anniversaries for Blink 182, Sublime, Talking Heads, White Stripes, Weezer, Catherine Wheel and The Lemonheads, plus Veruca Salt, Local H, Material Issue and timeless words of wisdom from Baz Luhrmann.

4.3.2022 History Of Alternative

April 3, 2022 | bphillips

Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Beck and Bad Religion in this set along with Soundgarden, Spoon and Soul Coughing, album anniversaries for The Offspring, White Stripes, Blue October, Hot Hot Heat and Third Eye Blind, plus Alanis, Alice In Chains and “Ava Adore” from the Smashing Pumpkins!

12.19.2021 History Of Alternative

December 19, 2021 | bphillips

Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Garbage and Jimmy Eat World in this set along with Cake, The Cure, Alanis and Liz Phair, album anniversaries for The Clash and Peter Murphy, plus holiday tunes from The Ramones, No Doubt, U2, Blink 182 and The Eels

11.7.2021 History Of Alternative

November 7, 2021 | bphillips

The Smiths, Radiohead, Garbage and They Might Be Giants, album anniversaries for Fiona Apple, R.E.M., Fatboy Slim and Alice In Chains, plus Buffalo Tom, The Cure, Veruca Salt and Orgy’s cover of “Blue Monday”.

8.29.2021 History Of Alternative

August 29, 2021 | bphillips

Blink 182, Beck, Beastie Boys and Billy Idol on the show along with album anniversaries for Pearl Jam, Oasis, The Breeders and Death Cab For Cutie, cool covers from The Clash, Chili Peppers and Echo And The Bunnymen, plus Sublime, Siouxsie And The Banshees and “Singing In My Sleep” from Semisonic.

7.4.2021 History Of Alternative

July 4, 2021 | bphillips

Beck, Nine Inch Nails, Oasis and Sublime in this set along with The Ramones, STP, INXS and XTC, plus Devo, Cake, “Pork And Beans” from Weezer, “American Music” from the Violent Femmes and “4th Of July” from the band X.

5.2.2021 History Of Alternative

May 2, 2021 | bphillips

Bowie, Beck, Beastie Boys and Social D lead this set along with Depeche Mode, Veruca Salt, Oasis and They Might Be Giants, plus The Cure, 311 covering The Cure and the world’s greatest party band – The B-52s!

3.7.2021 History Of Alternative

March 7, 2021 | bphillips

Beastie Boys, STP, Muse and Fiona Apple in this set along with Depeche Mode, Dinosaur Jr, Nine Inch Nails and 311, plus Morrissey, Garbage, Letters To Cleo and a proper nod to late reggae icon Bunny Wailer.

1.31.2021 History Of Alternative

January 31, 2021 | bphillips

Beck, Bad Religion, Green Day and Local H in this set along with The Replacements, Tears For Fears, Veruca Salt and Paramore, plus Depeche Mode, Dinosaur Jr. and Orgy’s cover of “Blue Monday”.

12.6.2020 History Of Alternative

December 6, 2020 | bphillips

Alice In Chains, Radiohead, Green Day and Oasis in this set along with Nine Inch Nails, Joy Division, Fiona Apple and Primus, plus Soul Coughing, The Smiths, Material Issue and Bjork!

10.18.2020 History Of Alternative

October 18, 2020 | bphillips

Jane’s Addiction, Soundgarden and The Strokes along with Beck, Rage and Jimmy Eat World in this set with Depeche Mode, The White Stripes, New Order and Good Charlotte, plus “Teenage Dirtbag” from Wheatus and all 9 glorious minutes of Green Day’s “Jesus Of Suburbia”.

8.2.2020 Alt_Backspace

August 2, 2020 | bphillips

The Cure, Oasis, STP and 311 lead this set along with Local H, Pavement and Material Issue. Plus, MTV launched 39 years ago this weekend, so music from the first day of “music television” from The Buggles, Blondie, The Pretenders, The Vapors and Split Enz.

5.10.2020 Alt_Backspace

May 10, 2020 | bphillips

The Smiths, Radiohead, Beck and Weezer lead this set along with Garbage, The Pretenders, Siouxsie And The Banshees plus The Cure, Material Issue, “Mother Mother” from Tracy Bonham and the mother of all gloom-rock mother tunes from Mr. Glenn Danzig!

3.1.2020 Alt_Backspace

March 1, 2020 | bphillips

Oasis, Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode lead this set along with XTC, L7 and STP plus Pavement, Material Issue, Bad Religion and “Radiation Vibe” from Fountains Of Wayne.