Alternative To What?

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Enticing, sometimes challenging, music from the vast underground for thirsty ears and enquiring minds: post-punk, instrumental, math rock, avant, jazz, electronic, indie, funk and global grooves. Kerr... more

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How many episodes does Alternative To What? have?

The podcast currently has 274 episodes available.

Alternative To What? episodes:

February 20, 2026Alternative To What? - Episode February 19, 2026
Playlist:
s.g. goodman - space and time
amythyst kiah - hangover blues
nihloxica - baganga
savk - the hangman
Lettuce - gold tooth
the torchettes - mean charlene
Odonis Odonis - we are gods
dj shadow feat. run the jewels - nobody speak
cymande - chasing an empty dream
sargeant x comrade - nosy neighbour
sonny sharrock - who does she hope to be?
The Mbira Renaissance Band - zvichapera
makaya mccraven - ox tales
keleketla!, Coldcut, the watts prophets - freedom groove
Sudan Archives - heaven knows
angine de poitrine - tohogd
hrsta - ...and we climb
jolie laide - old collapser
melvin gibbs - holy ground (feat. kokayi)
dj logic - hypnotic
Pulgas - following you
Martinez/Roach - i get along without you very well
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February 13, 2026Alternative To What? - Episode February 12, 2026
Playlist:
gang of four - damaged goods
african head charge - no don't follow fashion
animal collective - goalkeeper
arto lindsay - the prize
múm - the colorful stabwound
The Dwarfs of East Agouza - swollen thankles
beast - satan
Oranje - styrofoam
didon - a far away land
sons of kemet - my queen is harriet tubman
Bebel Gilberto - sem contenção
c'mon tigre - the botanist
starpainter - rattlesnake dream
y la bamba - rios sueltos
Bellbird - firefly pharology
Melody's Echo Chamber - eyes closed
Bennett Mitchell - who do i talk to?
Sabine McCalla - two of hearts
combo daguerre - les assassins
The Gus Moberg Travesty - that was our city
Dry Cleaning - evil evil idiot
D.F. - exhaust
Karneef - inside matches the outside
dirty projectors - up in hudson
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February 06, 2026Alternative To What? - Episode February 5, 2026
Guest-host this week: Andrew Waller from Breaking The Tethers!

Playlist:
Horacee Arnold - Orchards of Engedi
Krakhouse - We go blam blam
Jeff Tweedy - Western clear skies
Ligation - Reflection
Hoven Droven - Arepolska
Dave Stryker - Pretzel logic
Upsilon Acrux - When Satan ruled the earth, Jesus made my fish tank boil
Lee Mason - Hot pants
Miles Davis - The mask
Great Lake Swimmers - One more dance around the sun
Rick Parker and Li Daiguo - A steady heartbeat is the sound of death
Carolyn Trowbridge - Chopin's seance
Jon Anderson - Owner of a lonely heart
Radiohead - Go to sleep
Chris Cochrane, Collapsible Shoulder Big Band - Nterdependence
Gilles Laval - Unsaved
Richard Thompson - Long dead love
Daniela Casa - Prospettive avveniristiche
Bellbird - Eternity perspective
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January 30, 2026Alternative To What? - Episode January 29, 2026
Playlist:
african head charge - no, don't follow fashion
saul williams - list of reparations
black midi - welcome to hell
ceramic dog & marc ribot - the activist
weyes blood - seven words
Dan Rosenboom - oracles
sanam - harik
hrsta - folkways orange
jolie laide - murder ballad
wolf parade - as kind as you can
emily haines - doctor blind
shame - screwdriver
Patrick Watson - house on fire
rafiq bhatia - breaking englis
truck violence - he ended the bender hanging
Pulgas - following you
Various Artists - Nyles - i am the couch
gastr del sol - the seasons
knitting - sleeper
alvaro rojas - the enthusiast
field guide - leave you lonely
cindy lee - kingdom come
to a place you don't come back - to a place you don't come back
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January 23, 2026Alternative To What? - Episode January 22, 2026
Playlist:
animal collective - walker
carla bozulich - stained in grace
Hélène Barbier - lapin
Dry Cleaning - evil evil idiot
Patrick Smith - poseidon rising
big star - kangaroo
Maraudeur - scorpio
the bug - hammer (feat flowdan)
melvin gibbs - message from the streets
The Radiation Flowers - junkie for tragedy
Yuuf - orken bloom
mary ocher - i am the occupation
mary ancheta - the blessing
sunset rubdown - reappearing rat
Way Ahead Trio - six o'clock window wiper
sharon van etten - malibou
the shivas - gun in my pocket
Pranatricks - invisible man
Amir ElSaffar - 10:23 am
Heaven For Real - common breath
buzz ayaz - efdji
Karneef - insides match the outside
earth to eve - no kings
Guided By Voices - captain kangaroo won the war
colin stetson - lord i just can't keep from crying sometimes
circuit des yeux - ride blind
noga erez - bubbling
do make say think - frederica
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January 16, 2026Alternative To What? - Episode January 15, 2026
Playlist:
adrian younge - revolutionize
alabaster deplume - what can it take
ben shemie - a skeleton
dirty three - the restless waves
sea of lettuce - i gotta know
nina nastasia - this is what it is
the cape may - hunting grounds
Nation of Language - in your head
Sessa - nome de deus
Total Hip Replacement - lost in thought
aldous harding - the world is looking for you
sandro perri - god blessed the fool
SHY FRiEND - freaky nightmare
Patrick Smith - banff
carl hancock rux - i recall
glass beams - snake oil
emily wells - the dress rehearsal
Carl Schultz - ecumenopolis
amythyst kiah - hangover blues
hanged up - kinetic work
Iris Caltwait - honey, baby
Merv xx Gotti - born for battle
animal collective - walker
arto lindsay - unpair
esmerine - imaginary pasts
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January 09, 2026Alternative To What? - Episode January 8, 2026
Guest host this week, Andrew Waller, host of Breaking The Tethers

Playlist:
Etran De L'Aïr - Imouha
Howard Roberts - Unfolding in
Dory Hayley - Scenes from MacBeth, I. wyrd sisters
Black Sabbath - Wishing well
Cepheidae Variable - Overture
Jeff Tweedy - Amar Bharati
Passport - Get yourself a second passport
Christina Ruf - Joint written in the marginalia of time
Pot pourri - Beat rave
Teejay Riedl - Sombre reptiles
Krakhouse - We go blam blam
Amnesiac Quartet - Bodysnatchers
Richard Leo Johnson - Bob Peanut
Gladhanding - Slow cook cold shoulder
Phil Miller, In Cahoots - Big Dick
Blue Oyster Cult - Teen archer
Pentangle - The snows
Warren Zevon - Reconsider me
The Kasambwe Brothers - Langizani mwachikondi
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Lila's dance
kitschmonger - Regression toward the mean
Engrupid Pipol - Inspireichon burn
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January 02, 2026Alternative To What? - Episode January 1, 2026
Playlist:
three-layer cake - from couplets to corpuscles
Mary Halvorsen - absinthian
Hélène Barbier - kindness in a cup
exhaust - a history of guerrilla warfare
Raleigh - intergalactic spasms
Justin Karas - silver scales
SANAM - harik
dirty projectors - overlord
kassa overall - so happy
cousines like shit - transformation
jeff parker - fusion swirl
beth gibbons - reaching out
Oranje - ceiling
Jolie Laide - ranchlands hum
panda bear - ends meet
camarâo - camarao no oriente
adam lytle - black masses
glass beams - black sand
l'rain - heavy (but not in wait)
Holly Palmer - deconstructed aria
erika angell - never tried to run
al-qasar - kisisel isa (personal jesus)
alvaro rojas - the owl
sunset rubdown - reappearing rat
land of kush - trema
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December 26, 2025Alternative To What? - Episode December 25, 2025
Playlist:
animal collective - walker
carla bozulich - time of the preacher
erika angell - dress of stillness
captain beefheart & his magic band - there arin't no santa claus on the evening stage
andrew bird - bloodless
Geese - getting killed
julia jacklin - baby jesus is nobody's baby now
Hélène Barbier - lapin
robert glasper - let me in
Raleigh - end of days
Karneef - do you know a man
KMVP - guilt free sleep
jolie laide - old collapser
saccharine trust - a christmas cry
Neko Case - little gears
SANAM - sayl damei
mayaka mccraven - black rhythm happening
The Dwarfs of East Agouza - swollen thankles
half gringa - supervision
ben shemie - the river
manu dibango - waka juju part 3
kevin breit - yearning soul rebellion
kid koala - jump & shuffle (live at the hardware store)
Cass McCombs - priestess
Yuuf - mesa mesa
bedouine - solitary daughter
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December 19, 2025Alternative To What? - Episode December 18, 2025
Playlist:
maud - wilder
chad van gaalen - red blood
agnostic mountain gospel choir - rainstorms in my knees
ghostkeeper - finn
peter moller and peter hutton - trivia
jay crocker - falling out of windows
fake cops - MAXIMUM
copperhead - the fall
clinton st. john - noise on the pond
preoccupations - silhouettes
jung people - coloureaters
primrods - atom smacker
lab coast - bored again
samantha savage smith - in it to win
women - black rice
crystal eyes - don't turn around
günther - wrecking ball
color me psycho - black corvair
jed arbour - parasite
beija flor - him, himself, he
lt leif - gentle moon
astral swans - spiral
cindy lee - power & possession
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FAQs about Alternative To What?:

How many episodes does Alternative To What? have?

The podcast currently has 274 episodes available.