In honor of the biggest night in music, this week’s playlist took us on a journey of jams by Grammy nominees and winners in the alternative sphere from the 80s to today. Catch Altapalooza with me, Pixie, every Sunday morning from 8 to 10 a.m. here on 91.1 KLSU!
1. Arcade Fire – Everything Now
2. LCD Soundsystem – call the police
3. Father John Misty – Total Entertainment Forever
4. The National – Guilty Party
5. U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name
6. B-52’s – Tell It Like It T-I-Is
7. The Cure – A Letter to Elise
8. Morrissey – The National Front Disco 
9. XTC – The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
10. Radiohead – Karma Police
11. No Doubt – Don’t Speak
12. Duncan Sheik – Barely Breathing
13. The Wallflowers – One Headlight
14. Beck – Paper Tiger
15. The White Stripes – You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)
16. The Shins – Australia
17. Arcade Fire – No Cars Go
18. Wilco – What Light
19. Gnarls Barkley – Gone Daddy Gone
20. Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
21. Death Cab for Cutie – Soul Meets Body
22. Phoenix – Rome
23. Depeche Mode – Wrong
24. David Byrne and Brian Eno – Strange Overtones
25. The National – I Should Live In Salt