Happy Wednesday! Your Happens.vip Alternative New Artist Discovery Of The Week is SMITH.

Today you get VIP Access with the artist and producer, who has been mostly incognito until now.

Foster The People “Lost In Space” claims #1 Most Added this week. Congrats to 300 Elektra/Atlantic’s Greg Dorfman & the team! It’s Foster The People’s Atlantic debut from their long awaited fourth studio album, Paradise State of Mind, set to drop on August 16th. Mark Foster notes, “The record started as a case study of the late Seventies crossover between disco, funk, gospel, jazz, and all those sounds. It was such a beautiful moment in time, when these different styles of music were cross-referencing each other – artists like Nile Rogers and Chic, the Tom Tom Club and Giorgio Moroder.” 

New Music coming tomorrow from 311 and Friday from The Offspring.

Hozier and Paramore are playing iHeartRadio Music Festival 2024 set for September 20-21 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Tickets go on sale next Friday 6/14. Find the full lineup and more details HERE.

AWOLNATION announces new album is coming August 30th. I have the details posted on Alternative Music Info. 

KCBS (93.1 JACK FM)/Los Angeles will rename the station “93.1 Blade FM” all day tomorrow (6/6) to honor Richard Blade who is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Find out more in The Latest Alternative News.

Blame My Youth is keeping radio wide awake with visits so far this week to KNRK/Portland, KTCL/Denver, and KRXP/Colorado Springs. Check out the Big Loud Rock radio and records exposure posted on Alternative Photos.

almost monday “can’t slow down” and we queue up their new single on the ALT Video Spotlight Of The Week! 

Got news or photos for me to share? Drop me an email at shawn@happens.vip.