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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.

2.23.2025 History Of Alternative

February 23, 2025 | bphillips

Nirvana, Oasis, Blondie and Depeche Mode in this set, album anniversaries for U2, PJ Harvey, Jimmy Eat World, Kaiser Chiefs and Tears For Fears, plus Pearl Jam, Urge Overkill, Chevelle, Alkaline Trio and Siouxsie & The Banshees.

12.29.2024 History Of Alternative

December 29, 2024 | bphillips

STP, Incubus, Paramore and Luscious Jackson in this set along with Green Day, Morrissey, AFI and The Replacements, cool covers from Cowboy Junkies and Echo & The Bunnymen, plus Pearl Jam, PJ Harvey, Material Issue, Local H, Oasis and Oingo Boingo.

11.10.2024 History Of Alternative

November 10, 2024 | bphillips

Weezer, Depeche Mode, STP and Blondie in this set along with Morrissey, Matthew Sweet, The Smithereens and Mazzy Star, plus Pearl Jam, XTC, Urge Overkill, The Pixies, Paramore and Material Issue.

9.1.2024 History Of Alternative

September 2, 2024 | bphillips

Pearl Jam, Beck, The Breeders and Oasis in this set, album anniversaries for R.E.M., Bad Religion, The Cure, System Of A Down, Sugar, Kasabian and The Naked And Famous, plus Depeche Mode, The Pixies, The Cramps, The Cranberries and Luscious Jackson.

7.7.2024 History Of Alternative

July 10, 2024 | bphillips

Sublime, Psychedelic Furs, Weezer and Siouxsie And The Banshees in this set, album anniversaries for 311, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The White Stripes, Bjork and Hard-Fi, plus Pearl Jam, Eve 6, Stroke 9, They Might Be Giants, Luscious Jackson and The Breeders.

4.21.2024 History Of Alternative

April 21, 2024 | bphillips

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”.

1.28.2024 History Of Alternative

January 28, 2024 | bphillips

Beck, Foo Fighters, The Breeders and The Cure in this set, album anniversaries for The Replacements and Green Day’s “Dookie”, plus U2, Eve 6, Nine Inch Nails, Korn, Social D, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Echo And The Bunnymen and The Pixies.

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.