Alternative Milestones Episode 101 – Happy New Year!

Thu, Jan 1, 2026

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Welcome to 2026! I’ve got another pre-recorded episode of the Alternative Milestones program ready for you as we continue to get everything ready to start broadcasting from our new studio in the near future.

Show archive

Playlist

Beach House, “New Year”

from Bloom

Sub Pop Records - 2012

Camera Obscura, “Happy New Year”

from Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi

Merge Records - 2001

Sneaker Pimps, “Spin Spin Sugar”

from Becoming X

One Little Independent Records - 1996

drummer Dave Westlake 55th bday

Death Cab for Cutie, “The New Year”

from Transatlanticism

Barsuk Records - 2003

The Shins, “Caring Is Creepy (2021 Remaster)”

from Oh, Inverted World (20th Anniversary Remaster)

Sub Pop Records - 2001

frontman James Mercer 55th bday

Tori Amos, “Pretty Good Year (2015 Remastered)”

from Under the Pink (Remastered)

Rhino Atlantic - 1994

Missing Persons, “Mental Hopscotch”

from The Best of Missing Persons

Capitol Records - 1986

drummer Terry Bozzio 75th bday

Jeff Buckley, “New Year's Prayer”

from Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk

Columbia - 1998

Big Star, “Back of a Car (Alternate Mix)”

from Keep an Eye On the Sky

Rhino - 2009

Singer/Songwriter Alex Chilton 75th bday (RIP)

Motion City Soundtrack, “Together We'll Ring in the New Year”

from Commit This to Memory (Deluxe Edition)

Epitaph - 2005

JB's Allstars, “The Alphabet Army (Radio Version)”

from The Alphabet Army

Two-Tone Records - 1986

RIP drummer John Bradbury 10th anniv

The Go Find, “New Year”

from Stars On the Wall

Morr Music - 2007

The Offspring, “The Kids Aren't Alright”

from Americana

Concord Records - 1998

frontman Dexter Holland 60th bday

The Mountain Goats, “This Year”

from The Sunset Tree

4AD - 2005

Toad the Wet Sprocket, “Come Back Down”

from Pale

Toad the Wet Sprocket - 1990

singer/Songwriter Glen Phillips 55th bday

Devo, “Freedom of Choice”

from Freedom of Choice

Warner Records - 1980

single (4th) 45th rel anniv

Faithless, “We Come 1 (Radio Edit)”

from Forever Faithless - The Greatest Hits

Cheeky Records - 2005

Keyboardist/producer/DJ Sister Bliss 55th bday

The Strokes, “You Only Live Once”

from First Impressions of Earth

RCA Records Label - 2006

3rd album 20th rel anniv

Embrace, “Come Back To What You Know”

from The Good Will Out

Hut - 1998

vocalist Danny McNamara 55th bday

Magazine, “A Song From Under the Floorboards (Live From Melbourne Festival Hall, Australia / 1980)”

from Play+ (Deluxe Edition / Remastered 2009 / Live)

Virgin Catalogue - 2009

live album 45th rel anniv

Gang of Four, “What We All Want (Live)”

from A Brief History of the Twentieth Century

Warner Bros. Records - 1990

founding frontman Andy Gill 70th bday (RIP)