Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ Mother’s Day weekend!  We kickoff the first day of the week with Michael Dukes from KWVV K-Wave 104.9 Alaska’s Alternative sharing his fun stories on #HAPPENS Famous Firsts. 

Lorde “What Was That” logs a repeat for #1 Most Picked song this week on Alternative Picks. Royel Otis is back with their new single “moody” and Cameron Whitcomb “Bad Apple” is buzzing at Alternative ahead of impact week. Find the rest of the Top 5 songs on Alternative Picks. 

Jonah Kagen “God Needs The Devil” lands the #1 song this week on the Mediabase Alternative Chart. Congrats to Arista’s Nick Petropoulos, Jonathan Jacobs & The Jonah Kagen team on the remarkable feat on the 28th week on the chart! Petropoulos said, “This is a very exciting accomplishment for Jonah Kagen and Arista. A new artist reaching #1 a year after release is a testament to his songwriting and the influence of Radio. As evidenced by the continued growth in consumption, Shazam discovery and growing ticket sales. We are very thankful to our partners at Alternative radio!”

Slow Joy “Gruesome” is the only chart debut at 40* this week on the Mediabase Alternative Chart. 

Your latest Alternative New Music Discovery #HAPPENS with new music from Ava Maybee “Call It What You Want”. She was Stryker’s Out Of Order bonus song this week. She is homies with Cameron Whitcomb from American Idol Season 20. Check out their performance together from a recent show HERE. Jeremy Pritchard at KBZT (ALT 94/9)/San Diego had the perfect segue playing Camerom Whitcomb “Bad Apple” into Ava Maybee “Call It What You Want” last night on his “Louder New Music Hour.” Listen, download, and get song info on the #HAPPENS Alternative Downloads page. 

Willobee at KVOQ (Indie 102.3)/Denver is excited to announce the inaugural “Indieverse” is happening September 13th. Get the 411 on Alternative News.

David Ravikoff and Rob Goldklang checked in last Friday (5/9) from the Non-COMMvention with The Black Keys. Check out the smiles on Alternative Photos.

ICYMI-Arcade Fire was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, following the release of their newest collection, Pink Elephant It marked the band’s sixth time as musical guest. Check out their performance of “Year Of The Snake” HERE and “Pink Elephant” HERE.

ALTERNATIVE NEW MUSIC DISCOVERY  

Ava Maybee “Call It What You Want” (self released)

Listen & Download HERE.

Los Angeles artist Ava Maybee released “Call It What You Want” on May 7th. It’s from her self-released debut EP, Orange Drive out May 16th. 

Ava is the daughter of Chad Smith (The Red Hot Chili Peppers). She says, “I wrote ‘Call It What You Want’ about a friendship breakup I went through a couple years back that I could never write about until now. The song is very straightforward and simply put but deeply emotional. I love it very much!!” 

You may seen Ava Maybee on American Idol. She will be playing BottleRock Festival on May 24th, Summerfest on June 19th, and Warped Tour Long Beach in July. She begins The Gold Star Sticker Tour on May 28th in Seattle. Find the tour dates HERE.