Alternative To What?

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How many episodes does Alternative To What? have?

The podcast currently has 281 episodes available.

Alternative To What? episodes:

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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December 12, 2025Alternative To What? - Episode December 11, 2025
Playlist:
deltron 3030 - virus
Karneef - inside matches the outside
SANAM - harik
the neighorhood kids - kids in the cages
The Dwarfs of East Agouza - neptune anteater
elizabeth anka vajagic - why
Gruff Rhys - dos amandi
larval - thick atmosphere
Sharp Pins - crown of thorns
mssv - the mystery of
ezra furman - strange girl
Brother Dragon - T7
frazey ford - done
jeff parker - fusion swirl
field guide - make it right
Oranje - ceilings
makaya mccraven - black lion
Crasher - stories
beth gibbons - reaching out
Freak Slug - blue eyes
N NAO - echo
al-qasar - promises
Empanadas Ilegales - matador
dystoh - come and go
los chicos malos - si no la baila, paro la rumba
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December 05, 2025Alternative To What? - Episode December 4, 2025
Playlist:
Chico Buarque - Construçao
Alice Swoboda - Potters Field
North Americans - Rivers That You Cannot See
Panda Bear - Defense
Michael Nau - Hoops
Sharp Pins - You Have a Way
Melody's Echo Chamber - In The Stars
Ora Cogan - Feel Life
M(h)aol - Snare
cistern - Ephemeral
Good Sad Happy Bad - Shaded Tree
Ulrika Spacek - Square Root of None
Lifeguard - Ultra Violence
Teethe - Upside Down
trust blinks. - Burnout
Witches Exist - Drown
Darto - I Am
Flore Laurentienne - Navigation IV
N NAO - Bienvenue
Kaymo - Shimmer
Cate Le Bon - Heaven is No Feeling
Laetitia Sadier - Une Autre Attente
Elisa Randazzo - Colors
Chris Hauer - Holding
Sean Nicholas Savage - Darkness
Peel Dream Magazine - Four Leaf Clover
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November 28, 2025Alternative To What? - Episode November 27, 2025
Playlist:
combo daguerre - les assassins
a-wa - habib galbi
african head charge - in pursuit of shashamane land
alec k redfearn & the eyesores - smoking shoes
David Occhipinti - canticum abaci
Mary Ancheta - minokawa (feat. kimmortal)
alabaster deplume - what can it take
Julianna Riolino - it's a shakedown
Patrick Watson - silencio
Mac DeMarco - punishment
andrew bird - bloodless
The Dwarfs of East Agouza - swollen thankles
Ada Lea - just like in the museum
Gladhanding - sweat the divine
dj shadow and run the jewels - nobody speak
animal collective - walker
buzz' ayaz - efdji
c'mon tigre - the botanist
Guided By Voices - dance of the picnic ants
chica libre - sonida amazonico
emiliana torrini & the colorist orchestra - the illusion curse
Maraudeur - robot machine
bluffing - fragile ego
john kemeel farah & nick fraser - dirge
kameel - the floor eats first
Lucrecia Dalt - no death no danger
Jessica Moss - washing machine
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FAQs about Alternative To What?:

How many episodes does Alternative To What? have?

The podcast currently has 281 episodes available.