Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! We kickoff the first day of the week with an early Sin City check in with Brian “Hammer” Panerali from KXTE (X107.5)/Las Vegas sharing his fun stories on #HAPPENS Famous Firsts.

Dexter And The Moonrocks “Ritalin” is the #1 Most Picked song on Alternative Picks this week. The band’s new single is buzzing at Alternative since officially shipping last Friday. It’s the follow up to the band’s lead single “Sad in Carolina,” which topped the Alternative chart for 7 weeks.   

There are 2 new songs on the Mediabase Alternative Chart this week: Bad Suns “Communicating” is the highest chart debut at 37* and Momma “I Want You (Fever)” debuts at 39*.

WQYQ/Benton Harbor, MI has flipped from Alternative to Sports, but Bill Gamble says the recently launched Live 99.9, now WYTZ has all the Alternative music covered in South Bend. Find more details on Alternative News.

Luke Spiller of The Struts announces his debut solo record. He dropped a second track from his forthcoming release. I have it for you on Alternative Music Info.

Jeremy Pritchard from KBZT (ALT 94.9)/San Diego shares a session photo with almost monday and Jonah Griss-Bush from WRRV/Hudson Valley, NY shares a session photo with Bad Suns from last week. Check out the smiles on Alternative Photos.

Nerf from KTCL (Channel 93.3)/Denver talks about #HAPPENS and his new music discoveries with Barrett Media’s Jeff Lynn. Check it out HERE.

#HAPPENS 2025 Las Vegas kicks off this Wednesday featuring 3 days of MUSIC.COMMUNITY.DISCOVERY on February 26-28. Look forward to see you and capturing more photos and memories. Find the full Schedule HERE.