Alternative Classix
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Alternative Classix Returns To Late Bar's Planet Earth!
In Chicago this next weekend? Don't miss DJ Tarsis as he brings the sounds of Alternative Classix to Planet Earth at Chicago's Late Bar! Hope to see you there....
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March/April 2013 Podcast
So, yeah, we gave up trying to bring you a February show -- so a March/April 2013 edition it is with your retro favorites by Magazine (pictured), Poesie Noire, Toyah Wilcox, Celebrate the Nun and more! Plus -- a new...
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January 2013 Podcast
Happy New Year! We're kicking off 2013 with another round of your retro alternative favorites by Split Enz (pictured), Chapterhouse, The Smiths, Cranes and more. Plus, a new Classic/Current with Delerium, our new AC Reboot segment featuring M83, and we'll...
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December 2012 Holiday Podcast
Our annual holiday show, featuring Siouxsie and the Banshees, Erasure, XTC, Captain Sensible, Cocteau Twins, Sad Lovers and Giants and more. We'll crank up the Christmas wayback machine with Totally Tubular Flashback, plus, we'll play the entire 1982 Smash Hits...
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October/November 2012 Podcast
It's been a busy Fall at the AC, so we're making up for lost time with a combo show featuring your favorties by Siouxsie and the Banshees (pictured), Joe Jackson, The Darling Buds, The Ocean Blue and more. Plus, a...
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September 2012 Podcast
Cause Effect, Bettie Serveert (pictured), The Au Pairs and Howard Jones in this month's edition of the show. Plus, Classic/Current with a new track by Madness, our new AC Reboot segment featuring The Raveonettes, and we'll crank up the...
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August 2012 Podcast
Yet another early podcast this month with great stuff by The Sound, The Saints, Soft Cell, X-Ray Spex (pictured), Kitchens of Distinction and more! Classic/Current features a new track by The Fixx, we'll slip Under the Covers with reggae legend...
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May/June 2012 Podcast
It's summer in Chicago and we're back with a May/June edition of the show featuring Electronic (pictured), The The, Roxy Music, Magazine, The Popinjays and more! Classic/Current features a track from Ultravox's new album, we'll have a Remember When? request...
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February 2012 Podcast
A big welcome to our new listeners from Chicago's Late Bar! Lots of retro favorites queued up in this edition, including That Petrol Emotion, The Darkside, The Icicle Works (pictured), Duran Duran, China Crisis and more! Classic/Current features a track...
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August/September 2011 Podcast - An Interview with Record...
On this special edition of the AC, an interview with author and former MTV programmer Courtney E. Smith. Her debut book Record Collecting for Girls: Unleashing Your Inner Music Nerd, One Album At A Time (out today on Mariner Books)...
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February 2011 Podcast
It's a new month, and time for another round of your retro favorites by The Posies, The Stray Cats, Rose Chronicles, Inspiral Carpets and more! Classic/Current features a track from Duran Duran's (pictured) latest, Gina has the news and it's...
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December 14, 2009 Podcast: Holiday Edition
It's our annual holiday show featuring songs of the season from your favorite classic alternative artists, including Squeeze, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Erasure, Madness, REM, Captain Sensible and more! We'll also have a Totally Tubular Flashback recalling a 1988 Christmas...
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December 5, 2009 Podcast
Your sleep deprived, but very happy "new dad" DJ is back - 'cause he couldn't keep you waiting another week :) - with great retro tunage by Pato Banton (pictured), Information Society, Midnight Oil, Primal Scream and more! Classic/Current features...
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November 7, 2009 Podcast
With your DJ still on baby watch, it's a bonus podcast with great music by Blind Mr. Jones (pictured), Billy Bragg, The Pretenders, ABC and more! We're taking a break from Classic/Current and Remember When this week, but Totally Tubular...
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October 17, 2009 Podcast
A few months ago, we were thrilled to hear the Wild Swans were back in the studio recording new material for an upcoming album. This week, we feature their latest single on Classic/Current along with great tunage by World of...
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October 10, 2009 Podcast
The first full week of October in Chicago brought a real chill to the air, and that had us nostalgic for some of our favorite songs of the season by Polvo, Thomas Dolby, David Gray, Autour De Lucie (pictured), Roxy...
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October 3, 2009 Podcast
This week, we've got the brand new single from Liverpudlians Echo And The Bunnymen on Classic/Current, plus your favorites by Vicious Pink, Roman Holliday, X-mal Deutchland (pictured), The Other Two and more! And remember when video games had their own...
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September 19, 2009 Podcast
An indie '90s theme this week, with your favorites by Guided By Voices, Archers of Loaf, Naked Raygun (pictured), Single Gun Theory and more! Classic/Current features the new single by Marc Almond, and it's hair product heaven on Totally Tubular...
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September 12, 2009 Podcast
Prefab Sprout is back with a great new single on Classic/Current, plus your favorites by Tom Tom Club, The Cure, The Dead Milkmen (pictured), Laid Back and more! Gina has the news on your favorite artists and we'll do another...
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September 5, 2009 Podcast
We're providing the soundtrack to your long Labor Day weekend with the latest single by Pearl Jam on Classic/Current, plus your favorites by The Hoodoo Gurus, Divinyls (pictured), Men At Work, Elvis Costello and more! Finally, Totally Tubular Flashback asks...
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August 29, 2009 Podcast
It's another fun summer show this week with your favorites by The Jam, Bel Canto (pictured), Sad Lovers and Giants, Revolver and more! We'll also have the latest single by Bananarama on Classic/Current, spin your requests and bring you another...
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August 15, 2009 Podcast
It's back to our regular programming this week with the latest single by The Prodigy on Classic/Current, and your favorites by Massive Attack (pictured), Love Spit Love, It's Immaterial and more! We'll also spin your requests and crank out another...
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August 8, 2009 Podcast: John Hughes Special
This last week marked the passing of legendary director and writer, John Hughes. Through films like Sixteen Candles, Pretty In Pink and The Breakfast Club, Hughes captured the pulse of a generation in the 1980s. In this edition, we take...
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August 1, 2009 Podcast
This week, we're spinning the new single from Clan of Xymox on Classic/Current, plus your favorites by The Beautiful South, Killing Joke (pictured), Furniture and more! We'll also satisfy a Remember When? request to hear Beth Orton and Totally Tubular...
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July 25, 2009 Podcast
It's another round of your retro alt favorites this week with Jawbox, Belle and Sebastian (pictured), Duran Duran, Simple Minds and more! We'll also have a new single from producer (and former unofficial Talk Talk member) Tim Friese-Greene on Classic/Current...
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July 18, 2009 Podcast
This week it's the latest single by former Pulp vocalist Jarvis Cocker on Classic/Current, along with your favorites by Frente! (pictured), Blanket of Secrecy, Stereo MCs, Ultra Vivid Scene, Talk Talk and more! We'll also have the answer to last...
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July 11, 2009 Podcast
We're back with a brand new show - as first broadcast on Radio Nigel this past weekend - with your favorites by Husker Du, XTC, DeVision, Shonen Knife (pictured), Altered Images and more! Classic/Current features a new single from Cocteau...
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June 27, 2009 Podcast
It's the music of The Lemonheads this week on a new Classic/Current, plus your favorites by Soft Cell, Buffalo Tom (pictured), Public Enemy, Concrete Blonde and more! We'll have the answer to last week's AC Quiz and Totally Tubular Flashback...
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June 20, 2009 Podcast
A big hello to all the new people who recently joined our Facebook group - welcome aboard! We've got lots of great stuff to tickle your ears this week, including Dead Can Dance, Yaz (pictured), Suede, Lloyd Cole and the...
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June 13, 2009 Podcast
Fresh off our debut on Radio Nigel this past weekend, it's our latest show rockin' your summer with Midnight Oil, Guadacanal Diary (pictured), Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Verve and more! Classic/Current features a new single by Sonic Youth, we'll...
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June 6, 2009 Podcast
An exciting week in store at the AC with a huge Internet radio partnership announcement coming soon to the blog. But you'll be let in on part of the secret (and changes already taking place) on this week's podcast, which...
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Week of May 31, 2009 Podcast
We're back with a new Retro Countdown and the Top 10 Alternative Hits of 1982, plus your favorites by Tom Waits, Public Image Limited, Suzanne Vega (pictured), Japan, Romeo Void and more! We'll have the answer to last week's AC...
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Week of May 24, 2009 Podcast
It's a holiday weekend here in the US and we're kicking off the unofficial start of summer with great tunage by Depeche Mode, The Smashing Pumpkins (pictured), The B-52's, Xymox, Lords of The New Church and more! A listener on...
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Week of May 17, 2009 Podcast
We're back this week with a new single by the Lightning Seeds on Classic/Current, plus your favorites by Throwing Muses (pictured), Joe Jackson, Strawberry Switchblade, Propaganda, B-Movie and lots more! And did you hear that Hollywood is doing a remake...
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Week of May 3, 2009 Podcast
This week, we're doing a slightly different Classic/Current featuring a recent and brand new single by Norway's A-ha (pictured), plus your favorites by Pulp, Swervedriver, The Pogues, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Severed Heads, Heaven 17 and more! And remember Madballs? That's...
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