Beck, Beastie Boys, The Stone Roses and The Replacements with R.E.M., DMB and 311 in this set of retro goods. Plus, PJ Harvey, The Smiths and a Semisonic song NOT “Closing Time”.
Social D, Beck, Oasis and Nine Inch Nails along with The Smithereens, Face To Face, Material Issue and some mandatory Morrissey for the first show of 2019.
The Smiths, Beck and Local H lead this set of retro goods along with The Pixies, Letters To Cleo and The Stone Roses. Plus, a cool cover from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged set recorded 25 years ago (11/18/93)
A solid set spotlighting songs from Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame nominees Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, The Cure, Devo and Roxy Music, plus album anniversaries from Green Day, The Lemonheads and Cake!
Since you’re reading this, I assume you survived Riot Fest! What better way to cap off an incredible weekend of music than with 2 hours of music discovery. Here’s what I played this week on Queued Up. Definitely check out the Tom Morello remix of Grandson’s “Blood // Water”! -wALT
A retro set with some artists playing Riot Fest next weekend (Beck, Gary Numan, Killing Joke), a catchy accordion tune released 30 years ago (Peek-A-Boo) and one of Eddie Vedder’s favorite non-Pearl Jam songs (Buffalo Tom).
A Labor Day weekend 80s and 90s set complete with tunes from 2 albums released 24 years ago, a visit from one of Bono’s on-stage personas from the Zoo TV tour and the mezmerizing vocals of Polly Jean Harvey.
“You’ll never look at music the same way again” said VJ Mark Goodman when MTV launched 37 years ago this week (8.1.81) with videos from The Buggles, Split Enz, The Pretenders, Talking Heads and The Vapors.
