Happy Friday! Alternative New Music Friday #Happens with 8 new albums out today to check out: Bishop Briggs, Bon Iver, Japandroids, Jean Dawson, LP Giobbi, Phantogram, Rubblebucket, and Shower Curtain.

The Struts released a new single this morning. I also have new songs queued up for you to listen & download this week from St. Vincent, Jonah Kagen, and Father John Misty on the Happens.vip Alternative Downloads page.

Lynn Barstow checks in from KROX (101)/Austin with news on the return of “Xposure” this Sunday, October 20th. Kevin Mays at WBTZ (99.9 The Buzz)/Burlington shares Buzz 99 Cent Low Dough Show with Dexter And The Moonrocks. More details in Alternative News.

Greg Glover from KNRK/Portland, OR caught up with Nada Surf a couple days ago. Check out the smiles on Alternative Photos.

Let’s dig in on the latest new music that needs to be on your radar.

ALTERNATIVE NEW MUSIC DISCOVERY  

The Struts “Can’t Stop Talking” (Big Machine Rock) 

Listen & Download HERE.

British 4-piece The Struts released Can’t Stop Talking” today. It’s the LA-based band’s first new music since their fourth album, Pretty Vicious in 2023. 

Lead singer Luke Spiller said, “I really wanted to try something that the band had never done before. It was very off the cuff, and everyone in the room was laughing a lot. Sometimes that’s a great sign. What’s the point in not enjoying the process? I think that’s why we can get away with a song that is beautifully bizarre. It’s because I actually mean the lyrics, even if they do come across light-hearted. Believe me. I lived through that character in the song many times.” 

The Struts first erupted onto the scene with their Top 5 Alternative single, “Could’ve Been Me” in 2013. Following the release of their debut, 2016’s Everybody Wants, The Struts immediately became a must-see live band.

St. Vincent “Flea” (Virgin) 

Listen & Download HERE.

Dallas’ St. Vincent released “Flea” on October 15th. It’s the follow up single to “Broken Man” from her seventh album, All Born Screaming, which was released on April 26, 2024. 

It’s St. Vincent’s first self-produced record. In 2021, St. Vincent’s Daddy’s Home album won a Grammy Award for “Best Alternative Album.” 

“Flea” features Dave Grohl on drums and Justin Meldal-Johnsen on bass. Watch her performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! HERE. St. Vincent will be playing iHeartRadio’s ALTer EGO on January 11, 2025.

Jonah Kagen “God Needs The Devil” (Arista) 

Listen & Download HERE.

Savannah, Georgia’s Jonah Kagen released “God Needs The Devil” on October 16th. The single has over 14M streams on Spotify since the song was originally released on May 3rd. Now based in Nashville, Jonah is crossing from Triple A to Alternative

Jonah says, “‘God Needs The Devil’ is a song about the human condition. It’s the persisting struggle to be good while having a dependence, or at least a false sense of dependence, on something evil. It means so much to me, and I hope you can find some piece of yourself in it.” 

Jonah first released “Save My Soul” from his self-written and produced 6-song EP, The Roads released in December 2023.. Jonah played at the Austin City Limits Music Festival 2024.

Father John Misty “She Cleans Up” (Sub Pop) 

Listen & Download HERE.

Rockville, Maryland’s Father John Misty released “She Cleans Up” on October 16th. It’s from his forthcoming sixth album, Mahashmashana, out on November 22nd. 

Father John Misty’s last album was Chloë And The Next 20th Century in (2022). The new single arrived with a headline tour announcement for 2025 beginning on February 12th in Chattanooga, TN at The Signal, and runs through Saturday, March 1st in Washington, D.C. at the Anthem.  Find the tour dates HERE.

NEW ALBUMS OUT TODAY

Bishop Briggs – Tell My Therapist I’m Fine (Terry Eighteen Inc./Virgin)

Bon Iver – Sable (EP) (Jagjaguwar)

Japandroids – Fate & Alcohol (Anti-)

Jean Dawson – Glimmer Of God (P+)

LP Giobbi – Dotr (Ninja Turtle)

Phantogram – Memory Of A Day (Neon Gold/Avenue A)

Rubblebucket – Year Of The Banana (Egghunt)

Shower Curtain – words from a wishing well (Angel Tapes/Fire Talk)

MORE ALT ALBUMS HERE

GOING FOR ADDS

Impacting Next Week (10/22):

The Cure “A Fragile Thing” (Capitol/ICLG)