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4.20.2025 History Of Alternative

April 20, 2025 | bphillips

Green Day, Veruca Salt, Pearl Jam and Our Lady Peace in this set, album anniversaries for Beastie Boys, The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Ramones and Rage Against The Machine, plus U2, Nine Inch Nails, a few ‘420’ flavored tunes, along with Blondie, Bloc Party and The Breeders.

2.16.2025 History Of Alternative

February 16, 2025 | bphillips

A Valentine’s Day themed show with “love” tunes from Beck, Depeche Mode, Paramore and The Pretenders, plus Pearl Jam, Paul Westerberg, Weezer and Mazzy Star, cool covers from Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cake and Bow Wow Wow along with Blink-182, The 1975, Haircut 100 and Zero 7.

10.20.2024 History Of Alternative

October 20, 2024 | bphillips

Beck, Veruca Salt, Depeche Mode and Peter Murphy in this set, album anniversaries for Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, My Chemical Romance, Foo Fighters and Incubus, plus Bad Religion, Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth and Good Charlotte.

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.

6.23.2024 History Of Alternative

July 10, 2024 | bphillips

Weezer, Veruca Salt, Social D and Soul Coughing in this set, album anniversaries for Rancid. Sonic Youth, Cage The Elephant and Limp Bizkit, cool covers from Foo Fighters and Cowboy Junkies, plus Pearl Jam, PJ Harvey, The Replacements and The Stone Roses.

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”.

2.11.2024 History Of Alternative

February 11, 2024 | bphillips

Social D, Beck, Pearl Jam and Paramore in this set with Valentine’s Day themed tunes from Depeche Mode, Dashboard Confessional, Joy Division, The Buzzcocks, The Cure and more, plus cool covers from Cake, Madness and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

12.31.2023 History Of Alternative

December 31, 2023 | bphillips

Pearl Jam, Garbage, Rancid and New Order in this set along with Beck, Beastie Boys, Bjork and Buffalo Tom, album anniversaries for Live and Cowboy Junkies, plus 311, Nine Inch Nails, Fiona Apple, Urge Overkill and U2’s “New Year’s Day” (watch the video here)

9.24.2023 History Of Alternative

September 24, 2023 | bphillips

Beastie Boys, 311, The Cure and Yeah Yeah Yeahs in this set, big album anniversaries for Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Depeche Mode, Weezer, STP, They Might Be Giants and Blind Melon, plus Dinosaur Jr, Radiohead, PJ Harvey and Orgy’s cover of “Blue Monday”.

7.30.2023 History of Alternative

July 30, 2023 | bphillips

Weezer, The Cure, Garbage and Sinead O’Connor in this set, album anniversaries for The Strokes, Sublime, Sponge, Sheryl Crow and Silversun Pickups, plus music from the first day of MTV (8/1/81) Split Enz, The Vapors, The Pretenders and The Buggles’ “Video Killed The Radio Star” (watch the video here)

6.25.2023 History Of Alternative

June 25, 2023 | bphillips

Weezer, Oasis, Beastie Boys and The Breeders in this set, album anniversaries for Sonic Youth, Rancid, Cage The Elephant and The B-52’s, plus 311, XTC, The Stone Roses, Garbage and Against Me!

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)

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.

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.

8.28.2022 History Of Alternative

August 28, 2022 | bphillips

Weezer, Social D, Alanis and Radiohead in this set, album anniversaries for Pearl Jam, Oasis, The Breeders, Death Cab For Cutie, Blur, Queens Of The Stone Age, Cracker and The Cure, plus Blink 182, Bad Religion and Wheatus’ “Teenage Dirtbag”.

6.26.2022 History Of Alternative

June 26, 2022 | bphillips

Beck, Beastie Boys, Depeche Mode and Radiohead in this set, album anniversaries for Sonic Youth, Rancid, The B-52s and Sugar Ray, plus XTC, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mike Ness’ cover of “Don’t Think Twice” and cha-cha-cha: it’s “Tangerine Speedo” season.

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!

11.21.2021 History Of Alternative

November 21, 2021 | bphillips

Radiohead, The Ramones, Weezer and Nine Inch Nails in this set along with The Smiths, Beastie Boys and Bjork, album anniversaries for Pearl Jam, Sum 41, Fugazi and Bad Religion, plus Social D, XTC, The Cure and “Steal My Sunshine” from Len.

8.22.2021 History Of Alternative

August 22, 2021 | bphillips

Beck, Nine Inch Nails, The Cure and Weezer on the show along with Jimmy Eat World, Elastica, The Ramones and Morrissey, album anniversaries for Rancid, Jane’s Addiction, The Strokes and Sneaker Pimps, plus OK Go, INXS and Pearl Jam’s jam from the Singles soundtrack.

4.18.2021 History Of Alternative

April 18, 2021 | bphillips

Beck, Blondie, Beastie Boys and Bad Religion in this set along The Ramones, STP, Social D and Against Me!, plus Oasis, The Clash and “There is A Light That Never Goes Out” from The Smiths.