Roots of Alternative Podcast

Jack + dXn are back with a full review of their top ten favorite new songs from 2023! Go back and relive some of the best from the year and discover some new songs you may not have heard from artists like bby, The Moss, Vacations, 100 Gecs, Knox, Del Water Gap, Talk, The Paper Kites, King Falcon, Go-Jo, and more.

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*Season Finale* We're taking a break for the summer. Get updates at 95X.com/rootsofalternative. Thank you for listening!

This week, Jack & dXn are breaking down the soundtracks from some of John Hughes' most influential films in the 1980's. Learn about Hughes' life and career, plus his love for alternative music and how he integrated them into his films.

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This week, Jack & dXn go back to revisit two ALT 101 segments from thier countdown, including 1992's self titled album from Blind Melon, and Y2K's Modest Mouse album, The Moon and Antarctica.

Next week, they're back with a new episode as they break down the soundtracks from some of John Hughes' most influential films in the 1980's.

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This week Jack + dXn talk about The Cars and their greatest hits.

We'll learn a few things about the band you might not know with Jack's Five Facts, and talk about how they tie in to some newer bands you may know like Fountains of Wayne and Weezer.

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It's time to go back and spend some time on the things we missed...

This week Jack + dXn talk about Jane's Addiction and two of their essential albums; Nothing Shocking, and Ritual Day Low Habitual.

We'll learn a few things about the band you might not know with Jack's Five Facts, and talk about how they helped to organize the very first Lollapalooza which led to so many other music festivals each year.

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It's time to go back and spend some time on the things we missed...

We made it to the end of our countdown and we want to thank you for following along to this point! We wanted to take some time in this new season to talk about some of the artists we we felt we didn't get to spend enough time talking about. So with that, we present to you in season five, the things we missed.

This week Jack + dXn talk about Lenny Kravitz, his storied career, how be brought soul and R&B elements to modern rock music, and (briefly) touch on that one thing that happened that one time at that one concert.... if you catch our drift.

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It's 2021 and the season 4 finale of the Roots of Alternative podcast!

The last year and a half have come down to this moment as Jack & dXn finish their countdown with the year 2021.

Since 2021 was so recent, they do a run down of their top ten song picks from that year, plus tease what's to come next as the podcast evolves into a new phase.

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It’s 2020!

A new decade brings a different creative energy in the midst of a global pandemic. Twenty one pilots produced a song from their bedrooms while other artists like Dayglow, Clario, and Glass Animals came on to the scene.

Plus, Jack gets schooled in Alternative 101 with the album RAZZMATAZZ by I Don't Know How But They Found Me.

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It’s 2019!

The final year of the 2010s brought us Billie Eilish. Enough Said. Well lets also mention some other big hits from AJR, Vampire Weekend, Cage the Elephant, and White Reaper.

Plus, Jack gets schooled in Alternative 101 with the album 1000 gecs by 100 gecs.

Check out this year’s featured playlist and bonus material.

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It’s 2018!

Jack & dXn share their memories from our 95X BigXCuse concert with performances from 2018 breakout artists lovelytheband and AJR. They'll also dive in to songs from Panic! at the Disco, Weezer, Mumford and Sons, The 1975 and many more.

Plus, Jack gets schooled in Alternative 101 with the album Love Is Dead by CHVRCHES.

Check out our show page for this year's playlist and bonus material.

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