Happy Wednesday! This week’s #HAPPENS Alternative Artist Discovery is Nation of Language. “One day sitting in the car the song ‘Electricity’ by OMD came on and rearranged my brain a bit,” says Ian Richard Devaney of Nation of Language. “I was struck by how a band could make synthesizer-based music in a way that felt just as raw and urgent and unpolished as the punk-leaning things I’d become so enamored with as a teenager. It bridged my music taste at the time with what I was hearing as a child and suddenly something clicked. That’s the spark from which NoL was then born.” “Inept Apollo” is the lead single from the band’s upcoming album, Dance Called Memory, which will be out on September 19th. Nation of Language will support Death Cab For Cutie on their 20th Anniversary Tour. Big thanks to Scott Perlewitz at Sub Pop for VIP Access. Get to know Nation of Language on Artist Discovery Of The Week.

Twenty One Pilots “The Contract” signs up for #1 Most Added this week on the Mediabase Alternative Add Board. Congrats to Atlantic’s Greg Dorfman & the Twenty One Pilots team! 

Yesterday, Jack White released a surprise video for “Archbishop Harold Holmes,” which is the #2 song on the Alternative Chart this week. John C. Reilly plays Archbishop Harold Holmes. Don’t miss the end of the video! It’s featured below on this week’s #HAPPENS Alternative Video Spotlight. 

Great News! Hilary Doneux is upped to Brand Manager at 91X/San Diego. Get the 411 on Alternative News.

Ratings Love! Nielsen May ‘25 PPM Ratings are being released this week. Here’s the latest Alternative stations to post 6+ increases: KYSR (ALT 98.7)/Los Angeles 2.8-3.0, KROQ/Los Angeles 2.3-2.6, KITS (Live 105)/San Francisco 3.1-3.5, KVIL (ALT 103.7)/Dallas 3.5-3.6, WRFF (ALT 104.5)/Philadelphia 2.6-2.7, WDZH (ALT 98.7)/Detroit 3.0-3.2, KNDD (107.7 The End)/Seattle 3.3-3.9, KTCL (channel 93.3)/Denver 5.8-5.9, and KPNT (105.7 The Point)/St. Louis 5.1-5.3.

Audacy VP/Alternative Programming & Operations Christine Malovetz shares, “107.7 The End has now ranked 1st P 18-49 and either 1st or 2nd P 25-54 for the 5th month in a row, as well as 1st in prime in both demos. I’m proud to see this consistency and grateful for the hard work and dedication from Christy Taylor and the entire End team!”

New Music Friday Albums out this week from Badflower, Benson Boone, HAIM, and Yungblud. 

Big week coming up for adds. Check out Alternative Impacting Songs HERE.

The B-52s and DEVO unveil 11-date “Cosmic De-Evolution” Tour beginning September 24th. Get more info on Alternative Music Info.

Jonah Griss-Bush shares a photo with Slow Joy from WRRV Session last Thursday (6/12). Check out the smiles on Alternative Photos.

All this week, Slow Joy is doing a takeover on FLOOD FM’s “Hacked.” Esteban Flores (aka Slow Joy) is spinning his own playlist for an hour at 10am, 1pm, 5pm, 10pm (PT). Tune in HERE.

Job Opening: Townsquare has a great opportunity for someone to be part of one of the biggest stations in New York’s Hudson Valley. WPDH has been the home of Rock n’ Roll for nearly 50 years, and there’s a rare opening for a co-host position on its long-running and highly successful morning show. The right candidate is highly engaging, creative, and motivated to create compelling content both on-air and on the station’s app and website. Find the job opening HERE. 

ALTERNATIVE ALBUMS

New Albums Out This Friday 6/20

Badflower – No Place Like Home (Big Machine Rock)

Bee Blackwell – Nine Lives (EP) (emobabyman records)

Benson Boone – American Heart (Night Street/Warner)

HAIM – I quit (Columbia)

Yungblud – Idols (Locomotion/Capitol)

ALTERNATIVE IMPACTING SONGS

Impacting June 24, 2025

Mumford & Sons “Caroline” (Glassnote)

MUSE “Unravelling” (Warner)

The Offspring “Looking Out For #1” (Concord)

Three Days Grace “Apologies” (RCA)