#HistoryOfAlternative

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.

Keanu Reeves will play a villain in a new Weezer “mockumentary”

April 18, 2025 | bphillips

The project is described as a cross between ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ and ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’. Fun fact: Weezer’s first gig, back in 1992, was opening for Keanu’s band, Dogstar.

Woman sings “All The Small Things” at karaoke unaware Tom DeLonge was there watching, waiting…

April 16, 2025 | bphillips

WATCH: the viral video of the California woman wearing a very interesting t-shirt belting out the Blink-182 classic here.

Billy Joe Armstrong joins The Go-Go’s at Coachella for a performance of “Head Over Heels”

April 14, 2025 | bphillips

WATCH the video of the cool collaboration along with Coachella 2025 performances from The Prodigy and Jimmy Eat World here.

4.13.2025 History Of Alternative

April 13, 2025 | bphillips

Beastie Boys, Bad Religion, Fiona Apple and Afghan Whigs in this set, album anniversaries for The Pixies, Violent Femmes, Hole, Hum and Foo Fighters, plus Blink-182, 311, Gang Of Four, Eve 6, Stroke 9, The 1975, Haircut 100 and Apollo 440

4.6.2025 History Of Alternative

April 6, 2025 | bphillips

Beck, Blondie, Bjork and Box Car Racer in this set, album anniversaries for The Offspring, Modest Mouse, Third Eye Blind, Suzanne Vega and Hot Hot Heat, proper Nirvana tunes to honor Kurt Cobain, plus we must dwell on Rex Manning Day and play music from the movie Empire Records (The The, Gin Blossoms, Sponge, Edwyn Collins and The Buggles)

3.30.2025 History Of Alternative

March 30, 2025 | bphillips

The Cure, Sublime, Talking Heads and Blondie in this set, album anniversaries for Beck, Linkin Park, The White Stripes and Juliana Hatfield, plus U2, Green Day, Throwing Muses, Local H and The Stone Roses.

3.23.2025 History Of Alternative

March 23, 2025 | bphillips

Beck, Buffalo Tom, Veruca Salt and The Replacements in this set, album anniversaries for Our Lady Peace, Queens Of The Stone Age, Social D, STP, Taking Back Sunday and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, plus Pearl Jam, The Pixies, Tori Amos, Joy Division and The Gaslight Anthem.

3.16.2025 History Of Alternative

March 16, 2025 | bphillips

St. Paddy’s Day tunes from Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, The Pogues and The Undertones highlight this week’s show along with U2, The Cranberries, Morrissey and Sinead O’Connor, album anniversaries for Depeche Mode, Radiohead and Modest Mouse, plus Pearl Jam, Green Day and cool covers from Blondie and Foo Fighters.

Everclear announce 30th anniversary tour for the album Sparkle And Fade

March 12, 2025 | bphillips

Local H and Sponge will open the November 2nd show at Thalia Hall.

3.9.2025 History Of Alternative

March 9, 2025 | bphillips

Green Day, The Breeders, Nirvana and Veruca Salt in this set, album anniversaries for Soundgarden, Cracker, Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Bravery, AFI, Kaiser Chiefs and Tears For Fears, plus U2, 311, The Stone Roses and Luscious Jackson.

WATCH the trailer for Range Life: A Pavement Story

March 5, 2025 | bphillips

Joe Keery plays Stephen Malkmus in Range Life: A Pavement Story. It’s not a straightforward biopic, but more of a parody of one. Check out the trailer here.

3.2.2025 History Of Alternative

March 2, 2025 | bphillips

Beastie Boys, Beck, Bjork and Bleachers in this set along with The Cure, Weezer, Tool and Elastica, album anniversaries for U2 and Evanescence, cool covers from Save Ferris and Talking Heads, plus 311, STP, Hot Hot Heat, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Pixies.

Cypress Hill will release a live album & concert film with the London Symphony Orchestra

February 26, 2025 | bphillips

“Cypress Hill and the London Symphony Orchestra: Black Sunday Live at the Royal Albert Hall” will screen in theaters at the end of March, while the live album will be released on June 6th. Check out a preview of the song “Illusions” here.

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.

Mark Hoppus announces a book tour for his memoir Fahrenheit-182

February 19, 2025 | bphillips

“An Evening with Mark Hoppus and All Things Fahrenheit-182″ comes to Park West on April 16th. Check the ticket link here.

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.