The Smithereens

8.20.2023 History Of Alternative

August 20, 2023 | bphillips

Weezer, The Cure, Blur and Alice In Chains in this set, album anniversaries for Depeche Mode, Dinosaur Jr., Rancid, Jane’s Addiction and Jack’s Mannequin, plus Nine Inch Nails, They Might Be Giants, Letters To Cleo and cool covers from Soup Dragons and Siouxsie And The Banshees.

8.13.2023 History Of Alternative

August 13, 2023 | bphillips

Weezer, Nine Inch Nails, Beastie Boys and Blondie in this set, album anniversaries for Garbage, Rancid, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Eels, plus Social D, Urge Overkill, The Breeders and Green Day’s “Jesus Of Suburbia” (watch the video here)

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)

7.23.2023 History Of Alternative

July 23, 2023 | bphillips

Alice In Chains, The Cure, Blondie and Better Than Ezra in this set, album anniversaries for Cake, Eve 6, R.E.M., Beastie Boys’ “Paul’s Boutique” and Smashing Pumpkins’ “Siamese Dream”, plus U2, Our Lady Peace, Paramore and Good Charlotte.

7.16.2023 History Of Alternative

July 16, 2023 | bphillips

The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, The Breeders and Bad Religion in this set, album anniversaries for The Flaming Lips, The Hives, Candlebox and Catherine Wheel, cool covers from Talking Heads, Orgy and Echo And The Bunnymen, plus The Pixies, Garbage and They Might Be Giants.

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!

6.4.2023 History Of Alternative

June 4, 2023 | bphillips

STP, Green Day, Garbage and The Cranberries in this set, album anniversaries for Sublime, The Lemonheads, Blink-182, Smashing Pumpkins, Coldplay, The White Stripes and Talking Heads, plus The Cure, Catherine Wheel and Baz Luhrmann’s “Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen”. (watch the video here)

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.

4.23.2023 History Of Alternative

April 23, 2023 | bphillips

Weezer, STP, The Breeders and Dinosaur Jr in this set, album anniversaries for Beastie Boys, R.E.M., Radiohead, Taking Back Sunday, World Party and The Posies, plus Porno For Pyros, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (watch the Heads Will Roll video here) and Rage Against The Machine.

3.5.2023 History Of Alternative

March 5, 2023 | bphillips

Weezer, The Cure, Beck and Veruca Salt in this set, album anniversaries for Soundgarden, Nine Inch Nails, 2 U2 albums, Evanescence and Kaiser Chiefs, plus Oasis, Depeche Mode, Siouxsie And The Banshees and Rage Against The Machine.

2.19.2023 History Of Alternative

February 19, 2023 | bphillips

Beck, Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails and Veruca Salt in this set along with The Cure, Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Replacements and Letters to Cleo, plus Alanis, Alice In Chains, alt-J, The Stone Roses, Keane and “Scooby Snacks” from Fun Lovin’ Criminals.

1.29.2023 History Of Alternative

January 29, 2023 | bphillips

Jimmy Eat World, Radiohead, Beck and The Breeders in this set, album anniversaries for Pavement and Green Day’s “Dookie”, plus Depeche Mode, Rancid, Our Lady Peace, Garbage, Vampire Weekend and Fountains Of Wayne. WATCH: the “Stacy’s Mom” video here.

1.15.2023 History Of Alternative

January 15, 2023 | bphillips

Pearl Jam, They Might Be Giants, Alanis and Alice In Chains in this set along with Green Day, Morrissey, Spoon and The Ting Tings’ “That’s Not My Name”, plus U2, Beck, Face To Face, Hot Hot Heat, The Cranberries and Orgy’s cover of “Blue Monday”.

1.1.2023 History Of Alternative

January 1, 2023 | bphillips

U2’s “New Year’s Day”, Blink 182, Nine Inch Nails and The Ramones in this set along with Weezer, Cake, Liz Phair and New Order, plus Oasis, The Flaming Lips, Letters To Cleo and “3 Strange Days” from School Of Fish.

12.18.2022 History Of Alternative

December 18, 2022 | bphillips

Beck, The Ramones, Green Day and Veruca Salt in this set along with The Cure, STP and Sonic Youth, album anniversaries for The Clash and Peter Murphy, plus Jane’s Addiction, Depeche Mode, Urge Overkill and No Doubt.

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.

11.13.2022 History Of Alternative

November 13, 2022 | bphillips

Depeche Mode, The Ramones, Beck and Jimmy Eat World in this set, album anniversaries for U2, Bush and Audioslave, cool covers from Pearl Jam and Mike Ness, plus Nine Inch Nails, The B-52’s, Morrissey and Luscious Jackson.

10.23.2022 History Of Alternative

October 23, 2022 | bphillips

Beck, The Breeders, Nine Inch Nails and 311 in this set, album anniversaries for Linkin Park, Smashing Pumpkins, Incubus, Stone Temple Pilots, Foo Fighters and Amy Winehouse, plus The Cure, Blondie, Buffalo Tom, Blur’s “Parklife” and They Might Be Giants.

10.2.2022 History Of Alternative

October 2, 2022 | bphillips

Weezer, Depeche Mode, Blondie and Nine Inch Nails in this set, album anniversaries for Oasis, The Killers, Cake, The Replacements, Radiohead, Beck, U2 and Death Cab For Cutie, plus cool covers from No Doubt and Social D and “Steal My Sunshine” from Len.

8.28.2022 History Of Alternative

August 28, 2022 | bphillips

Weezer, Social D, Alanis and Radiohead in this set, album anniversaries for Pearl Jam, Oasis, The Breeders, Death Cab For Cutie, Blur, Queens Of The Stone Age, Cracker and The Cure, plus Blink 182, Bad Religion and Wheatus’ “Teenage Dirtbag”.