Depeche Mode, Social D and Green Day along with one-hit wonders (Kajagoogoo, Len) and music from the Empire Records soundtrack (The The, Edwyn Collins) round out this set of Devo dome hat approved 80s and 90s tunes!
Leading with a track from Nirvana’s “Nevermind” released 27 years ago, UK imports (Oasis, The English Beat, James), solid ska horns (Goldfinger, Less Than Jake) and a classic shredder from Hum make up this set of retro goods.
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).
Solid set of retro 80s and 90s tunes complete with two cool covers, a Canadian beach party jam and crash course in guitar shredding from Professor J Mascis.
“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.
Music from the bands who played the first Lollapalooza 27 years ago (Jane’s Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Violent Femmes, Siouxsie And The Banshees) plus a proper nod to Hello Nasty for this set of classic 80s and 90s tunes.
Joining the El Scorcho, Freedom Of Choice, 4th Of July (sorta) weekend with two hours of classic 80s and 90s tunes (…and a cool cover of an 80s classic with a 90s ska punk touch!)
Based on the surprise cover of “Africa,” we have this new t-shirt available from Weezer. Also available is this list of Top 10 Alt tees that I totally made up off the top of my head.
