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10.27.2024 History Of Alternative

October 27, 2024 | bphillips

A Halloween themed show featuring Ministry, Oingo Boingo, The Ramones, Bauhaus and The Cure, album anniversaries for Linkin Park, Smashing Pumpkins and Dinosaur Jr., plus Beck, L7, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Madness and Siouxsie And The Banshees.

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.

8.25.2024 History Of Alternative

August 25, 2024 | bphillips

The Replacements, Alice In Chains, The Breeders and Veruca Salt in this set, album anniversaries for Pearl Jam, Oasis, Queens Of The Stone Age, Cracker, OK Go, Coldplay and Death Cab For Cutie, plus Weezer, Nine Inch Nails, Marvelous 3 and Catherine Wheel.

7.28.2024 History Of Alternative

July 28, 2024 | bphillips

The Cure, Weezer, No Doubt and Against Me! in this set, album anniversaries for R.E.M., Sublime, The Strokes, Eve 6, The Smashing Pumpkins and Silversun Pickups, cool covers from Echo And The Bunnymen and Mike Ness, plus bands playing Lolla next weekend: The Killers, Deftones, Militarie Gun, Jungle and Wilderado.

7.7.2024 History Of Alternative

July 10, 2024 | bphillips

Sublime, Psychedelic Furs, Weezer and Siouxsie And The Banshees in this set, album anniversaries for 311, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The White Stripes, Bjork and Hard-Fi, plus Pearl Jam, Eve 6, Stroke 9, They Might Be Giants, Luscious Jackson and The Breeders.

3.31.2024 History Of Alternative

March 31, 2024 | bphillips

Green Day, Alice In Chains, Blondie and PJ Harvey in this set, album anniversaries for The White Stripes, Modest Mouse, Hot Hot Heat, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin and Blue October, plus Peter Murphy, The Cure, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Veruca Salt and Florence And The Machine.

2.18.2024 History of Alternative

February 18, 2024 | bphillips

R.E.M., The Cure, Oasis and Our Lady Peace in this set along with Alice In Chains, Alkaline Trio, Against Me! and Veruca Salt, album anniversaries for Jimmy Eat World and The Postal Service, plus U2, Nine Inch Nails, The Ting Tings and Soul Coughing.

1.14.2024 History Of Alternative

January 14, 2024 | bphillips

Radiohead, The Cure, STP and The Stone Roses in this set along with Depeche Mode, Paramore, Siouxsie And The Banshees and Garbage, album anniversaries for Spoon and They Might Be Giants, plus U2, 311, Nine Inch Nails, Our Lady Peace and Orgy’s cover of “Blue Monday”

10.29.2023 History Of Alternative

October 29, 2023 | bphillips

The Smiths, Social D, Depeche Mode and Soundgarden in this set, album anniversaries for U2, Foo Fighters and Dinosaur Jr., plus Halloween-themed tunes from The Ramones, Oingo Boingo, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Bauhaus, Siouxsie And The Banshees and more..

Riot Fest 101 playlist

September 10, 2023 | bphillips

The playlist from tonight’s two hour preview of the music you’ll hear next weekend in Douglass Park + listen to Riot Mike talk about all things Riot Fest with Brian Phillips here.

9.10.2023 History Of Alternative

September 10, 2023 | bphillips

Depeche Mode, Weezer, Veruca Salt and New Order in this set, album anniversaries for Muse, Jet, Arcade Fire, Barenaked Ladies, The Black Keys and Red Hot Chili Peppers, plus Riot Fest bands Foo Fighters, The Cure, Queens Of The Stone Age, AFI, The Used, Death Cab For Cutie, The Gaslight Anthem and Flogging Molly.

9.3.2023 History Of Alternative

September 3, 2023 | bphillips

Blink-182, Nine Inch Nails, Veruca Salt and Social D in this set, album anniversaries for Bad Religion, R.E.M., Hole, System Of A Down and Everlast, cool covers from STP and Smashing Pumpkins, plus Riot Fest 2023 bands The Cure, Queens Of The Stone Age, Death Cab For Cutie and Tegan And Sara.

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!

5.21.2023 History Of Alternative

May 21, 2023 | bphillips

Beastie Boys, Garbage, 311 and Nine Inch Nails in this set, album anniversaries for Radiohead, Soundgarden, The Cure, Gorillaz and A Perfect Circle, plus Riot Fest bands The Cure, Death Cab For Cutie, Foo Fighters, The Breeders, The Mars Volta, Frank Turner and The Breeders.

3.19.2023 History Of Alternative

March 19, 2023 | bphillips

Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, Blondie and Cake in this set, album anniversaries for Depeche Mode, Bloc Party, The Pixies, Our Lady Peace and Semisonic, cool covers from The Lemonheads and Love and Rockets, plus Veruca Salt, Rise Against, Pulp and Smash Mouth!!

11.27.2022 History Of Alternative

November 27, 2022 | bphillips

Beck, Beastie Boys, Blondie and Blink 182 in this set, plus Primus, Eve 6, Nine Inch Nails, Cake and Weezer (WATCH the awesome “Pork And Beans” video here) along with Rancid, The Smiths, Elastica and Echo And The Bunnymen.

9.4.2022 History Of Alternative

September 4, 2022 | bphillips

Beck, Nine Inch Nails, Weezer and The Breeders in this set, album anniversaries for R.E.M., Bad Religion, Hole, System Of A Down, Sugar and Everlast, plus Jimmy Eat World, Tori Amos and Wall Of Voodoo’s catchy 80’s earworm “Mexican Radio”.

7.17.2022 History Of Alternative

July 17, 2022 | bphillips

Beck, The Cure, Green Day and Oasis in this set, album anniversaries for Candlebox, Catherine Wheel, The Flaming Lips and The Hives, cool covers from Pearl Jam, Siouxsie And The Banshees and No Doubt, plus U2, Juliana Hatfield 3 and “Steal My Sunshine” from Len.

5.1.2022 History Of Alternative

May 1, 2022 | bphillips

Green Day, Beck, Soundgarden and The Smiths in this set, album anniversaries for Nine Inch Nails, Violent Femmes, Sonic Youth, Snow Patrol, Faith No More and Fall Out Boy, plus Social D, The B-52’s and “Sure Shot” from the Beastie Boys!