Hope you had an amazin’ Memorial Day weekend! As we kickoff a short week, here’s a quick rundown on what’s happening at Alternative after Memorial Day. 

Linkin Park “Up From The Bottom” is #1 on the Mediabase Alternative Chart this week. Congrats to Warner’s Rob Goldklang, David Ravikoff & the Linkin Park team on the band’s 14th #1 single.

There are 4 new songs on the Mediabase Alternative Chart this week: The Ramona Flowers “Human” lands the highest chart debut at 37*, Cameron Whitcomb “Bad Apple” debuts at 38*, Ax & The Hatchetmen “Blurry Eyes “ debuts at 39*, and Wolf Alice “Bloom Baby Bloom” debuts at 40*.

Last Friday (5/23), Sports Team released their new single “Moving Together” from their third album, Boys These Days. Impact is this week for Sports Team.

Sports Team “Moving Together” (Bright Antenna)

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Cambridge, UK 6-piece Sports Team released their new single “Moving Together” on May 23rd. The newest single is from the London-based Sports Team’s third album, Boys These Days, also now available. 

“Looking back at the finished record, if there is a thread to the album, it is that dissonance of modern life,” explains guitarist and lyricist Robert Knaggs. “You wake up in the morning, and by the time you have your breakfast, you’ve scrolled through 8000 different narratives that have no cohesive thread. As you go through Instagram Stories, Twitter, or whatever, you get an insane combination of things like porn, tragedy, war, violence, sex, money, inspirational quotes… there’s no narrative anymore, no unifying myth. You’re in the churn and there is no thread guiding you back through the labyrinth.”

The new single “Moving Together” explores obsessions of a different kind. Not only does it start by musically quoting the national fixation that is the Coronation Street theme, (“ITV have a percentage on the song now!”) the track raises that shared concern of whether it is true love or proximity that is keeping couples together – and whether one is truly better than the other.

Listen/Download & get song info on the latest new singles on Alternative Downloads page.

Ratings Love! Nielsen April ‘25 PPM Ratings were released last week. Here’s the latest Alternative stations to post up 6+ increases: KROQ/Los Angeles 2.0-2.3, KVIL (ALT 103.7)/Dallas 3.2-3.5, WNNX (99X)/Atlanta 2.2-3.1, WWDC (DC101)/Washington 5.3-5.5, WSFS (104.3 The Shark)/Miami 2.3-2.5, KTCL (Channel 93.3)/Denver 5.3-5.8, KBZT (ALT 94.9)/San Diego 3.3-3.7, KPNT (105.7 The Point)/St. Louis 5.0-5.1, WEND (106.5 The End)/Charlotte 2.8-3.0, KROX (101X)/Austin 3.0-3.2, and WNWV (107.3 ALT CLE)/Cleveland 2.9-3.1. 

KROQ’s Kevin Weatherly says, “It was a solid month for KROQ. The return of Kevin Ryder was a positive lift for the whole station. We saw significant increases across all key demos and dayparts. Most encouraging is the continued uptrend of the Klein.Ally Show with positive growth 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54.”

Jeff Ballard has exited Nettwerk. Tom Butler has debuted a new music show. WNNX (99X)/Atlanta announces the return of its 99X Freeloaders App. Geordie Gillespie has opened Nashville digs with Dog Brothers Records. Get caught up on The Latest Alternative News.

Jonah Kagen played a free session last Thursday for KNRK (94/7)/Portland, OR. Check out the smiles on Alternative Photos.