The playlist from tonight’s two hour preview of the music you’ll hear next weekend in Douglass Park + listen to Riot Mike talk about all things Riot Fest with Brian Phillips here.
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.
Depeche Mode, Jane’s Addiction, Alice In Chains and Rage Against the Machine in this set along with Blur, Blondie, Sponge and The Smiths, plus New Order, The Waterboys and a swanky jam from Edwyn Collins off the Empire Records soundtrack.
A Riot Fest preview with tunes from Rancid, Blink 182, The B-52’s, Less Than Jake and The Violent Femmes, plus Depeche Mode, The Smiths, “Punk Rock Girl” from The Dead Milkmen and a refresher course in popularity from Nada Surf.
Weezer, Pearl Jam, Depeche Mode and Garbage along with a timely April song from Sublime lead this set along with Our Lady Peace, Face To Face, XTC and cool covers from the Smashing Pumpkins, They Might Be Giants and The Lemonheads.
These songs take us back to the days when iPhones hadn’t been invented, scrunchies were cool, and The Simpsons were just getting started… *nostalgic sigh*
We “Just Can’t Get Enough” of Depeche Mode 😉 (if you didn’t get that reference, you should probably brush up on your Alt Rock history…starting with this playlist)
