With Alt 103.7 up and going, it's nice to hear more currents/recurrents than what the Edge was doing. If only Alt would quit playing stuff from Eminem, Outkast, Ellie Goulding, or any other pop/rap singers, that would be great.
but 94-5 The Edge played the Fugees back in the day, as well as both Eminem and Outkast. As far as Ellie Goulding goes, some of her tracks fit under the EDM genre, just as Alex Clare and Bastille do. The alternative genre isn’t just rock, but consists of different genres. EDM is part of the new alternative just as synth pop was in the 80s.