Happy Friday! Alternative New Music Friday #Happens with new singles out today from Mumford & Sons “Rushmere” and little image “THE PRESSURE.” Earlier this week, there was new music from honestav “Hurts To Fall In Love” and Coheed And Cambria “Someone Who Can.” I have your music queued up for you to listen, download and get song info below on Happens.vip Alternative Downloads. 

Alternative Ratings: Nielsen December ‘24 12+ Ratings are being released. KMYZ (Z104.5 The Edge)/Tulsa 4.0-4.5 and WEXX (99.3 The X)/Johnson City, TN are two of the  latest Alternative stations with an increase 12+.

KFRR (New Rock 104.1)/Fresno debuts new on-air lineup. WGBJ/Ft. Wayne turns 10 this year. Get the 411 in Alternative News.

Green Day and Red Hot Chili Peppers are part of a growing lineup of performances for FireAid benefit concerts in Los Angeles on January 30th. Check it out on Alternative Music Info. I also have info for you on the new My Morning Jacket album. 

I’m still getting station holiday show photos. The latest one comes from Artie Gentile, who was with Culture Wars at KDKB/Phoenix’s “ALT AZ 93.3 Ugly Sweater Holiday Party” last month. 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  

Mumford & Sons “Rushmere” (Glassnote) 

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London trio Mumford & Sons released “Rushmere” today. “Rushmere” is the title track from their forthcoming Dave Cobb produced album set to drop on March 28th.  “i think this has been the most prolific two years we’ve ever had as a band.”

we have a lot of songs to share with you…and it all begins where we started, really, with “Rushmere”. 

we’re restless to get going, relieved and excited to share this first one with you.” 

-the lads

It’s the first new music from the band since their “Good People” collaboration with Pharrell last year. The last album for Mumford & Sons was Delta in 2018. Through four albums, the British band have accumulated two BRIT Awards, two Grammy Awards (including Album of the Year), multiple chart-topping, multi-platinum album successes right across the globe, a string of festival headlining performances, and selling out arenas with their biggest numbers to date in the U.S. in conclusion of the Delta tour in 2019. 

Since the band’s last album release, they’ve explored solo passions. During a particularly prolific run of recent songwriting inspiration, it’s led them back to the magic of where it all started for them in a leafy suburb of London. Rushmere is the spot where it all began for Mumford & Sons, located on Wimbledon Common in south-west London, is where Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane first hung out and imagined the initial idea of putting a band together. Rushmere is the beginning for Mumford & Sons’ next phase, and it follows an intense period of creativity following the departure from the band of Winston Marshall in 2021. 

little image “THE PRESSURE” (Hollywood/Crush)

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Dallas trio little image released “The Pressure” today. Building on the synth/dance sound, the upbeat new single “THE PRESSURE” lyrically touches on themes of mental and emotional struggle, capturing the weight of anxiety and isolation. 

“The song is about breaking at the seams,” says the band. “It’s a plea for help in the face of pressures too powerful to fight alone.” 

Accompanying the release is the Sawyer Skipper directed music video. Shot in stark surroundings with the band narrowly escaping actual walls closing in on them, the video brings the song’s emotional themes to life. “THE PRESSURE” is the first of new music coming from little image in 2025. 

Following an intense year personally and professionally, the band spent most of 2024 facing their demons through writing and recording the follow-up to their 2023 debut album, SELF TITLED, featuring their #1 Alternative single “OUT OF MY MIND.” In March, little image heads out on a 20-city European tour with labelmates almost monday.

honestav “Hurts To Fall In Love” (Rebel Music / gamma.) 

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Springfield, MO’s honestav released his new single “Hurts To Fall In Love” on January 13th. It’s from his debut EP, hara-kiri released in November 2024. 

The new single follows his breakthru single “I’d Rather Overdose” featuring MOD SUN, which reached #21 on Alternative Chart. “Hurts To Fall In Love” showcases honestav’s unique blend of alternative rock and emotive lyricism, navigating the complexities of love and vulnerability. 

honestav said, “I’m so fucking stoked to share this song with yall. I’m so happy to have yall on this journey with me. Let’s fucking gooooo.” honestav continues to captivate audiences with his authentic sound and compelling storytelling. He ended 2024 touring with MOD SUN and lovelytheband.

Coheed And Cambria “Someone Who Can” (Virgin)

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Nyack, NY 5-piece Coheed And Cambria return with their new single “Someone Who Can.” It’s from the band’s 11th album, The Father Of Make Believe, due out on March 14th. 

About the song, Claudio Sanchez remarked, “When you’re growing up, you’re perpetually trying to understand the world that’s changing around you. Over time, it’s comforting to reach the conclusion that you’ll never truly have things figured out.” 

Coheed And Cambria will be going out on a co-headline tour with Taking Back Sunday this summer beginning August 16th in St. Louis. Find the tour dates HERE. 

NEW ALBUMS OUT TODAY

The On & Ons – Come On In (JEM)

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ALTERNATIVE IMPACTING SONGS

January 21, 2025

Inhaler “Your House” (Interscope)

Mumford & Sons “Rushmere” (Glassnote)