Happy Wednesday! This week’s #HAPPENS Alternative Artist Discovery is Sitting On Saturn. The Ventura, CA band just played BeachLife Festival last Saturday. Their new single is “Ticket To New York.” Lead singer Hoyt Yeatman says, ”I would describe our music as a mixture of alternative, indie, ska, punk, pop, and heavy rock…I love so many genres of music and depending on how I feel and the emotion I want to portray comes out in the music I write.” Big thanks to Billy Burrs over at The Syndicate for VIP Access. Get to know Sitting On Saturn on Artist Discovery Of The Week. They are heading out on tour with 311 and Badflower this summer. 

almost monday “jupiter (feat. Jordana”) and Dexter And The Moonrocks “Ritalin” tie for #1 Most Added this week on the Mediabase Alternative Add Board. Buddy Deal at Hollywood has almost monday heading Top 30 and Dave Barbis at Big Loud Rock has Dexter And The Moonrocks pushing Top 10 on the Alternative chart and their new EP arrives this Friday.

Winona Fighter “You Look Like A Drunk Phoebe Bridgers” is featured on this week’s #HAPPENS Alternative Video Spotlight. Winona Fighter just debuted on the Alternative chart this week.

Have you heard about Ava Maybee? She is the daughter of Chad Smith (The Red Hot Chili Peppers) and her self-released new single “Call It What You Want” was just serviced to Alternative Radio. She will be playing at BottleRock in a couple weeks before beginning a headline tour. Get the latest #HAPPENS Alternative Downloads HERE.

Robbie Lloyd from Interscope Capitol says a new single from Royel Otis “moody” is coming tomorrow (5/8) at 9pm (PT)/midnight (ET). You can find out more about the single in a social post HERE.

Morning Show news this week from KTBZ/Houston. WNWV/Cleveland has a new on-air lineup. KNDD/Seattle just announced the lineup for The End Of Summer. Get the 411 in Alternative News on #HAPPENS.

Austin City Music Festival revealed its October 2025 lineup yesterday. I have it posted on Alternative Music Info.

New Music Friday Albums out this week from Arcade Fire, Butthole Surfers, Dexter And The Moonrocks, The Head And The Heart, KALEO, The Kooks, Look At All The Love We Found: A Tribute to Sublime, Peter Murphy, Sleep Token, and Spacey Jane.

Congrats to KJEE/Santa Barbara’s Dave Hanacek on winning the Gold Medal this past weekend in “Pickleball In The Danger Zone With Kenny Loggins” in Montecito, CA.

ALTERNATIVE GOING FOR ADDS

Impacting May 13, 2025

Cameron Whitcomb “Bad Apple” (Atlantic)

yungblud “Lovesick Lullaby” (Interscope)