by Shawn Alexander
shawn@happens.vip
Wednesday Alternative Artist Discovery #Happens
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)
| ARTIST | Winona Fighter |
|---|---|
| SONG | “You Look Like A Drunk Phoebe Bridgers” |
| LABEL | Rise/BMG |
“You Look Like A Drunk Phoebe Bridgers” is the lead single from Nashville-based band Winona Fighter. Lead Singer Coco Kinnon says, “We love being able to give fans a behind the scenes look at a Winona Fighter show day with the new ‘You Look Like A Drunk Phoebe Bridgers’ music video. I think it really shows listeners what we are all about on and off the stage. Lots of laughs pre + post show, but during the shows it’s a ball of energy and fun. Maybe it will even inspire a few skeptics to come out and experience.”
Winona Fighter begins the second leg of the Yes, Chef Tour on May 31st in Cleveland. Find the tour dates HERE.
ALTERNATIVE BIRTHDAYS
ALT Happy Birthday wishes this week to WAQX (95X)/Syracuse & WEDG (103.3 The Edge)/Buffalo Regional PD Joe D (5/5), WEDG (103.3 The Edge)/Buffalo OM Joe Siragusa (5/5), Hollywood VP/Promotion Buddy Deal (5/8).
