Alternative Milestones Episode 77 – So Many RIPs This Week

Thu, Jul 17, 2025

Lots of tributes to artists lost this week – 3 in Memoriam tracks for milestone anniversaries of passing (Matthew Good Band, The Ruts, Silkworm) and 2 birthdays in heaven (Thomas Dolby, Deftones) on top of all the other birthdays (Weezer, Ash, Gin Blossoms, The Japanese House, No Devotion) and music release anniversaries including Ultravox, Buffalo Tom, Snake River Conspiracy, The Chemical Brothers and more.

Lots to tell you about, can’t wait to get to it. Today from 1-3 PM – You know just what to do!

Show archive

Playlist

Weezer, “Cold Dark World”

from Weezer (Red Album)

Geffen - 2008

Ultravox, “Sleepwalk”

from Vienna [Deluxe Edition: 40th Anniversary

Chrysalis Records - 1980

Dexys Midnight Runners, “Geno (2000 Remaster)”

from Searching For the Young Soul Rebels

Parlophone UK - 1980

Ash, “Goldfinger”

from 1977

Echo - 1996

311, “Don't Stay Home”

from 311

Volcano - 1995

Buffalo Tom, “Summer”

from Sleepy Eyed

Beggars Banquet - 1995

Matthew Good Band, “Hello Time Bomb”

from Beautiful Midnight

Atlantic Records - 1998

Ani DiFranco, “Swing (Radio Edit)”

from Swing Set

Righteous Babe Records - 2000

Snake River Conspiracy, “How Soon Is Now?”

from Sonic Jihad

Rhino/Warner Records - 2000

Gin Blossoms, “Hold Me Down”

from New Miserable Experience

A&M - 1992

Karnivool, “Themata”

from Themata

Bieler Bros. Records, Inc. - 2005

The White Stripes, “My Doorbell”

from My Doorbell - Single

Third Man Records/Legacy - 2005

The Japanese House, “Maybe You're the Reason”

from Good at Falling

Dirty Hit/The Japanese House PS - 2019

INXS, “What You Need (Live at Oz for Africa, Sydney Sports and Entertainment Centre, 13th July 1985)”

from Live Aid (Live, 13th July 1985)

The Band Aid Trust - 1984