The Smiths

10.18.2020 History Of Alternative

October 18, 2020 | bphillips

Jane’s Addiction, Soundgarden and The Strokes along with Beck, Rage and Jimmy Eat World in this set with Depeche Mode, The White Stripes, New Order and Good Charlotte, plus “Teenage Dirtbag” from Wheatus and all 9 glorious minutes of Green Day’s “Jesus Of Suburbia”.

10.11.2020 History Of Alternative

October 11, 2020 | bphillips

Oasis, Pearl Jam, Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails in this set along with Beck, Green Day, Veruca Salt and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, plus The Smiths, Local H, Social D and A Perfect Circle.

10.4.2020 Alt_Backspace

October 4, 2020 | bphillips

Weezer, Pearl Jam and Dinosaur Jr drive this set along with Bad Religion, New Order, Soul Coughing and The Cure, plus 311, They Might Be Giants, Alanis and The Smiths.

9.13.2020 Alt_Backspace

September 13, 2020 | bphillips

Weezer, Pearl Jam, Oasis and The Smiths lead this set along with STP, XTC, Billy Idol and The Cure, plus Urge Overkill, Veruca Salt, Catherine Wheel and a refresher course in popularity from Nada Surf.

9.6.2020 Alt_Backspace

September 6, 2020 | bphillips

Depeche Mode, Jane’s Addiction, Alice In Chains and Rage Against the Machine in this set along with Blur, Blondie, Sponge and The Smiths, plus New Order, The Waterboys and a swanky jam from Edwyn Collins off the Empire Records soundtrack.

8.23.2020 Alt_Backspace

August 23, 2020 | bphillips

Nine Inch Nails, The Clash and Depeche Mode lead this set along with 311, Third Eye Blind, XTC and Urge Overkill, plus Faith No More, The Afghan Whigs, Bjork and “Scooby Snacks” from Fun Lovin’ Criminals. Zoinks!

8.9.2020 Alt_Backspace

August 9, 2020 | bphillips

Jane’s Addiction, Depeche Mode and Pearl Jam drive this set along with early Green Day, Beck and Face To Face, plus The Smithereens, The Stone Roses, Suzanne Vega and a ska punk cover of an 80s classic from Save Ferris.

8.2.2020 Alt_Backspace

August 2, 2020 | bphillips

The Cure, Oasis, STP and 311 lead this set along with Local H, Pavement and Material Issue. Plus, MTV launched 39 years ago this weekend, so music from the first day of “music television” from The Buggles, Blondie, The Pretenders, The Vapors and Split Enz.

7.26.2020 Alt_Backspace

July 26, 2020 | bphillips

Green Day, Weezer, The Smiths and Nine Inch Nails in this set along with Soundgarden, Sneaker Pimps and Matthew Sweet, plus The Replacements, Rage, They Might Be Giants and “Super Bon Bon” from Soul Coughing.

7.19.2020 Alt_Backspace

July 19, 2020 | bphillips

Depeche Mode, Beck, The Smiths and Garbage in this set along with L7, Stroke 9, Local H and O.M.D., plus Love And Rockets, The Pixies and a refresher course in popularity from Nada Surf.

7.12.2020 Alt_Backspace

July 12, 2020 | bphillips

Green Day, The Replacements, New Order, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin are here along with The Smiths, Veruca Salt, Beastie Boys and Bad Religion plus Dinosaur Jr., 311, Violent Femmes and Smash Mouth!

6.28.2020 Alt_Backspace

June 28, 2020 | bphillips

The Smiths. Beck, Depeche Mode and Blur in this set along with Garbage, Duran Duran, Devo, Blondie and The Buzzcocks, plus Erasure, Placebo, Husker Du and Kajagoogoo.

6.14.2020 Alt_Backspace

June 14, 2020 | bphillips

Alice In Chains, Depeche Mode and Weezer in this set along with The Smiths, Pearl Jam, Veruca Salt and Reel Big Fish along with Bjork, 311, Marvelous 3 amd “3 Strange Days” from School Of Fish.

5.31.2020 Alt_Backspace

May 31, 2020 | bphillips

Oasis, Depeche Mode and STP lead this set along with The Smiths, Radiohead, Buffalo Tom and XTC plus New Order, Screaming Trees from the SINGLES soundtrack and songs of summer from Fountains Of Wayne and Sublime.

5.24.2020 Alt_Backspace

May 24, 2020 | bphillips

Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins and Soundgarden lead this set along with The Smiths, Nine Inch Nails and Third Eye Blind plus The Cure, Blur, Beck and a hypothetical commencement speech delivered by Baz Luhrmann.

5.10.2020 Alt_Backspace

May 10, 2020 | bphillips

The Smiths, Radiohead, Beck and Weezer lead this set along with Garbage, The Pretenders, Siouxsie And The Banshees plus The Cure, Material Issue, “Mother Mother” from Tracy Bonham and the mother of all gloom-rock mother tunes from Mr. Glenn Danzig!

4.19.2020 Alt_Backspace

April 19, 2020 | bphillips

Radiohead, Green Day and Garbage lead this set along with The Smiths, Soul Coughing, 311 and The Cure, plus Matthew Sweet, Adam Ant, Buffalo Tom and “Major Tom” from Peter Schilling.

4.12.2020 Alt_Backspace

April 12, 2020 | bphillips

Beck, Alice In Chains and Our Lady Peace lead this set along with Depeche Mode, The Smiths and Jane’s Addicion plus Liz Phair, Luscious Jackson, Primus and a cool cover from Echo And the Bunnymen.

3.29.2020 Alt_Backspace

March 29, 2020 | bphillips

Pearl Jam, Depeche Mode, Green Day and Bad Religion lead this set along with They Might Be Giants, Social D and XTC, plus New Order, Nada Surf, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin and Reel Big Fish cover an 80’s classic.

3.22.2020 Alt_Backspace

March 22, 2020 | bphillips

Oasis, Weezer and Jane’s Addiction lead this set along with Veruca Salt, STP and INXS plus, the Beastie Boys, Mistah Billy Idol and a nod to the 30th anniversary of Depeche Mode’s “Violator” album,