Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ Father’s Day Weekend! We kickoff the first day of the week with Tom Butler from WCRS-LP/Columbus, OH sharing his fun stories on #HAPPENS Famous Firsts. Butler recently launched “Recess Radio” on Sunday afternoons. 

Twenty One Pilots is buzzing at Alternative. “The Contract” is the #1 Most Picked song this week on Alternative Picks. Tomorrow (6/17) the Twenty One Pilots pre-sale begins for The Clancy Tour: Breach 2025 with the general on-sale this Friday 6/20. Find the rest of the Top 5 Most Picked Songs on Alternative Picks.

There are 2 new songs on the Mediabase Alternative Chart this week: Twenty One Pilots “The Contract” is the highest chart debut at 28* and Julia Wolf “In My Room” debuts at 38*.

Your Alternative New Music Discovery #HAPPENS with new music from Twenty One Pilots, The Lumineers, and Sleep Theory now available for you to listen, download, and get song info on the #HAPPENS Alternative Downloads page. 

MUSE has a new single “Unravelling” coming out this Friday, June 20th. 

Garett Michaels has exited 91X/San Diego for a GM opportunity at Non-Comm KSER/Everett, WA. Marty Whitney returned to 91X mornings today. Get the scoop on Alternative News.

Did you hear David Byrne’s new album has St. Vincent and Hayley Williams on it? The album is out the beginning of September and the tour begins two weeks later. Get the 411 on Alternative Music Info. 

almost monday “jupiter” is now top 20 on the Alternative Chart. The band was in Los Angeles a week ago and chatted with Megan Holiday at KROQ. Mike Jones from WWDC (DC101)/Washington checks in with a photo with The Kooks when they played in the iHeartRadio Soundbank. Mumford & Sons had an early birthday surprise for Lisa Worden at KYSR (ALT 98.7)/Los Angeles. Check out the smiles on Alternative Photos.

ALTERNATIVE NEW MUSIC DISCOVERY  

Twenty One Pilots “The Contract” (Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic) 

Listen & Download HERE.

Columbus, OH duo Twenty One Pilots released “The Contract” on June 12th. It’s the first single from their seventh full-length album, Breach, set to arrive in September. 

The new single arrives with The Clancy Tour: Breach tour announcement with fall stadium and amphitheater dates beginning September 18th at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati through October 25th at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Find the tour dates HERE. The band’s last album Clancy was released in 2024 and the band wrapped up The Clancy World Tour in May 2025. During the tour, Twenty One Pilots released a demo of “Doubt” from their 2015 album, Blurryface.

Twenty One Pilots celebrate the 10th anniversary of their chart-topping and record-breaking album, Blurryface that included their hit singles “Stressed Out” and “Ride.” The band has logged 13 #1 singles at Alternative.

The Lumineers “A**hole (First We Ever Me)” (Dualtone)

Listen & Download HERE.

Denver’s The Lumineers released “A**hole (First We Ever Me)” on June 10th. It’s the follow up to the band’s #1 lead single “Same Old Song” from Automatic, their acclaimed fifth studio album that brims with “racing anthems” (Billboard) and “captures a sense of innocence that would make their younger selves proud” (People). 

The Lumineers head out on their massive Automatic World Tour July 3-October 15, which includes stadium dates at Citi Field in New York (7/11), two nights at Fenway Park in Boston (7/17 & 7/18), Empower Field At Mile High in Denver (8/2), T-Mobile Park in Seattle (8/16), Soldier Field in Chicago (8/30), Comerica Park in Detroit (9/13), and Citizens Band Park in Philadelphia (9/17). Find the tour dates HERE.

Sleep Theory “Gravity” (Epitaph) 

Listen & Download HERE.

Memphis 4-piece Sleep Theory released “Gravity” on June 9th. It’s the follow up single to “Stuck In My Head” from the band’s debut album, Afterglow, released on May 16th. 

“‘Gravity’ is really just a classic R&B story— it’s about that real chemistry you sometimes feel with someone, even when the timing’s not perfect,” says lead singer Cullen Moore. “I wanted it to feel confident, a little flirty, and very 2000s — something that could’ve played in the background of a scene in a throwback movie.” 

Sleep Theory started on their first-ever headline tour following their album release. They will be on tour into the fall with festival appearances at Louder Than Life on September 18th and Aftershock on October 2nd. Find the tour dates HERE.

ALTERNATIVE IMPACTING SONGS

Impacting June 17, 2025

The All-American Rejects “Easy Come, Easy Go” (Slick Shoes)

The Black Keys “No Rain, No Flowers” (Warner)

Lola Young “One Thing” (Republic)

Twenty One Pilots “The Contract” (Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic)