#HistoryOfAlternative

1.19.2025 History of Alternative

January 19, 2025 | bphillips

Jane’s Addiction, Jimmy Eat World, Rancid and Veruca Salt in this set, album anniversaries for Alice In Chains, Arctic Monkeys, Belly, Meat Puppets, The Kooks and The Shins, cool covers from Blondie, Mike Ness and Siouxsie And The Banshees, plus U2, 4 Non Blondes, Urge Overkill and Against Me!

Another cool and innovative video from OK Go for their new song A Stone Only Rolls Downhill

January 16, 2025 | bphillips

The video, comprised of 64 videos filmed on 64 different phones, is presented as a moving mosaic. OK Go will play The Riv on April 25th. WATCH the video here.

1.12.2025 History Of Alternative

January 12, 2025 | bphillips

Blur, Blink-182, Buffalo Tom and The Cranberries in this set, album anniversaries for The Pretenders, Sugar Ray and Cage The Elephant, plus Primus, Helmet, Morrissey, The Ramones, Garbage and Sonic Youth

Gerard Way will voice a character in a new D&D pinball game

January 6, 2025 | bphillips

“Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye” will feature the voice of the My Chemical Romance lead singer. WATCH the trailer video here.

1.5.2025 History Of Alternative

January 5, 2025 | bphillips

Beck, Oasis, Veruca Salt and David Bowie in this set along with The White Stripes, Weezer and Bad Religion, cool covers from The Smashing Pumpkins and Red Hot Chili Peppers, plus U2, 311, L7, Nine Inch Nails and New Order.

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.

Beach Bunny performs “Vertigo” on WGN Morning News

December 27, 2024 | bphillips

WATCH: Beach Bunny performed “Vertigo” on WGN this morning ahead of their Thalia Hall shows this Saturday and Sunday.

Adam Sandler’s Hanukkah Song

December 26, 2024 | bphillips

Originally performed on SNL 30 years ago in 1994, Sandler’s holiday classic has had a few revisions over the years, but the song still holds up (some references you may need to google). Revisit the original song here.

12.22.2024 History Of Alternative

December 22, 2024 | bphillips

Green Day, Beastie Boys, The Clash and Juliana Hatfield in this set along with holiday tunes from Fall Out Boy, Fountains Of Wayne, Blink-182, The Ramones, The Killers and The Pogues, plus Christmas covers from U2, Jimmy Eat World, Weezer, No Doubt and My Chemical Romance.

WATCH: Hozier perform “Fairytale Of New York” on SNL

December 22, 2024 | bphillips

Hozier covered The Pogues’ Christmas classic and performed “Too Sweet” on last night’s episode. Check out the videos here.

12.15.2024 History Of Alternative

December 15, 2024 | bphillips

Radiohead, Depeche Mode, The Breeders and Jane’s Addiction in this set, album anniversaries for Nirvana and Peter Murphy, plus 311, Nine Inch Nails, The Stone Roses, Paramore, Rancid and K’s Choice.

Soul Coughing will release a live album

December 10, 2024 | bphillips

The cool 90s, Mike Doughty fronted band who recently played reunion shows will release a live album on April 5th.

System Of A Down will play Soldier Field in August

December 9, 2024 | bphillips

Tickets for the August 31, 2025 show with Avenged Sevenfold go on-sale this Friday. Check out the ticket info here.

12.8.2024 History Of Alternative

December 8, 2024 | bphillips

U2, Veruca Salt, Alice In Chains and Alkaline Trio in this set, album anniversaries for The Clash and No Doubt, plus Pearl Jam, Letters To Cleo, The Used, Matthew Sweet, Hot Hot Heat and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

WATCH: MGMT performing “Kids” back in 2003

December 6, 2024 | bphillips

The videos were recently uploaded from a person who found the footage on “an old drive” thought to have been “gone forever” showing Andrew VanWyngarden and Benjamin Goldwasse performing on the campus of Wesleyan University back in 2003. WATCH the videos here.

12.1.2024 History Of Alternative

December 1, 2024 | bphillips

Pearl Jam, The Ramones, STP and Veruca Salt in this set, album anniversaries for Incubus, Sum 41 and Rage Against The Machine, cool covers from Social D and The Soup Dragons, plus Blink-182, Nine Inch Nails, Bjork, Blind Melon and Dashboard Confessional.

11.24.2024 History Of Alternative

November 24, 2024 | bphillips

Beck, The Smiths, Alanis and Oingo Boingo in this set along with Radiohead, The Gaslight Anthem, Belly and The Breeders, album anniversaries for U2, Bad Religion and Pearl Jam, plus New Order, The Stone Roses, Buffalo Tom, Jimmy Eat World and PJ Harvey