Smells Like Alternative

Summer will officially arrive this Saturday, but with this beautiful weather, summer has been here for a while. With that, let’s do a chill summer playlist from alternative rock bands. Just to prove that the 90’s were more than drugs, depression and rainy days.
Hope you enjoy.
Blind Melon – Tones of Home

Beck – Tropicalia
Foo Fighters – Ain’t it the Life
Weezer – Island in the Sun

Pearl Jam – Gremmie Out of Control
311 – Outside
The Lemonheads – Mrs. Robinson

Wilco – Summer Teeth
Stone Temple Pilots – And So I Know
Blur – Girls and Boys

R.E.M. – Summertime
Dave Matthews Band – Stay (Wasting Time)

Black Crowes – …read more

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I was trying real hard to avoid listening to any Pearl Jam before I see them this week, and next, but I just can’t help myself.
“All Night” has been getting a lot play recently, mainly because it’s a cool tune, and the fact that the band have been playing at some shows on their current tour. The song just received it’s live debut this past Saturday at Bonnaroo. Man, it would be awesome if they played when I see them.
Anyways, this gem of a song was an outtake from the band’s 1996 release No Code. “All Night” finally saw daylight …read more

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The Slip will become available in CD form on July 22, with a vinyl release on August 5.
Nine Inch Nails latest album was initially given away as a free download through the band’s website last month, which it will continue to do. In the U.S., Canada and parts of Japan, 200,000 individually numbered copies of the 2-disc set will be released. The same will occur in Europe and Australia, however, they won’t be numbered or limited. The album will also feature a bonus disc on Nine Inch Nails rehearsing tracks from The Slip, as well as, a 24 page …read more

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It’s another Tuesday, which means new music for us to buy and enjoy. Here’s some worth mentioning releases for this week, besides that new Coldplay album, ugh.
The Offspring deliver us their 8th studio album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace. The 12 track album is getting some decent reviews, even though it was produced by one Bob Rock. Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace is also available in vinyl form, which also comes with access for a free digital download. That is a great idea, wish more bands would do that. Based on their first single, “Hammerhead”, I would say …read more

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While not one of my favorite bands from the 90’s, it’s cool to see the Seattle natives return with a new album.
Candlebox will release their fourth studio album Into the Sun on July 22, which will be the band’s first album in 10 years. Into the Sun will also feature the original lineup, which hasn’t been together since 1996. The album will also feature some tracks with former Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen, who was also in Candlebox from 1997 to 1999.
Besides a new album, the band will also be on the road this summer. They’ll kick off their tour …read more

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This wonderful and summery weather makes me wanna listen to some Blind Melon. Besides, the band has reunited, released a new album earlier this year and are currently on tour. So, it’s a perfect scenario for and FYI on Blind Melon.

The band consisted of: childhood friends from Mississippi Rogers Stevens (guitar) and Brad Smith (bass) , vocalist Richard Shannon Hoon from Indiana, Pennsylvania native Christopher Thorn (guitar) and drummer Glen Graham, who was also from Mississippi.
The members met in Los Angeles and formed a band.
Before settling on Blind Melon, the band considered the names Brown Cow, Gristie, Frog, Mud Bird, …read more

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Yesterday, June 12, STP members Scott Weiland and Eric Kretz were sued by their label Atlantic Records for trying to prematurely end their contract.
The two members have been accused of no longer participating in the band’s current contract with Atlantic, unless some changes were made. The other two members of the band, Rob and Dean DeLeo, have already been released by Atlantic.
You can read the full article here.
This is another reason why labels are in trouble. But, before my tangent, I do realize that it’s a business and I also realize that STP has/had a contract to fulfill. However, …read more

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Beck has officially announced the release date for his tenth studio album Modern Guilt.
The Danger Mouse produced project will hit shelves on July 8 through DGC in North America and July 7 in Europe through XL Recordings. Besides announcing the release date, the track listing for Modern Guilt has also been released.
The track listing is:
“Orphans”
“Gamma Ray”
“Chemtrails”
“Modern Guilt”
“Youthless”
“Walls”
“Replica”
“Soul of a Man”
“Profanity Prayers”
“Volcano”
Folks have been on stand by for the release date of Modern Guilt since the end of May, when Beck informed the world that the album would drop in the coming weeks.
I can’t wait to pick this up. I …read more

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This is an amazingly obsessive, yet hypnotic track from Garbage. Which is pretty obvious, but here’s confirmation from front woman Shirley Manson when talking about the song:“All real love is a form of obsession, if you love someone more than anything else, that degree of exclusivity requires an abnormal amount of passion and care. And that can be positive. It’s just that keeping it short of unhealthy, short of violence, really requires a bit of moderation. You can’t let something like that take over all of your thought processes.”.
How true.
“#1 Crush” first appeared as a b-side on the band’s 1995 …read more

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Pearl Jam will once again offer fans bootlegs to all their shows for their upcoming tour. This year, however, the band will give fans three different options on how to snag a show.
The first option will be digital downloads from the band’s website immediately following a show. Fans can buy a MP3 version for $9.99 or a FLAC version for $14.99.
The second option will be made to order CD’s. Fans can buy a physical copy of a show for $16.99, which will be manufactured by demand and on recycled paper.
The final option is a corporate collaboration between Pearl Jam and …read more

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