Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend!  MGMT “Mother Nature” lands the last Mediabase Alternative chart debut of the year. Congrats to Mom+Pop’s David Jacobs & team! We flip the switch this week on New Music Discovery Picks to Year End Picks – The Best Albums of 2023. KDKB/Phoenix hosts ALT AZ Ugly Sweater Holiday Alternative Party #1 on Wednesday, December 13th and ALT AZ Ugly Sweater Holiday Party #2 on Thursday, December 14th. WWCD (CD 92.9)/Columbus, OH has its 31st Annual Andyman-A-Thon beginning this coming Friday, December 15th thru Sunday, December 17th. Green Day will debut their new song “Dilemma” on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2024.” Thirty Seconds To Mars is also part of the lineup. 

Alternative Chart Moves This Week

Top 20

The Beaches “Blame Brett” (AWAL) moves 21-20* +68 spins.

Top 30

bby “hotline” leaps 31-28* + 70 spins.

Barns Courtney “Young In America” (Avenue A) jumps 32-30* +47 spins.

Chart Debuts

MGMT “Mother Nature” (Mom+Pop) debuts at 39*

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