Alternative New Music Discovery Picks

Top 5 Most Picked Songs

Jeremy Pritchard
AUDACY-KBZT (ALT 94.9)/San Diego, CA
Brand Manager
1. Yellowcard "Better Days" (Big Noise Music)

2. Balu Brigada "Backseat" (Atlantic)

3. Wolf Alice "Bloom Baby Bloom" (RCA)
John Allers
AUDACY-KITS (LIVE 105)/San Francisco, CA, KVIL (ALT 103.7)/Dallas, TX, KNRK (94/7 FM)/Portland, OR, KKDO (ALT 94.7)/Sacramento, CA
RVP/Programming
1. Nation Of Language “Inept Apollo” (Sub Pop)

2. Yellowcard “Better Days” (Better Noise Music)

3. almost monday “jupiter f/Jordana” (Hollywood)
Andy Hawk
AUDACY-KKDO (ALT 94.7)/Sacramento, CA, KVIL (ALT 103.7)/Dallas, TX
Regional Brand Manager
1. Yellowcard “Better Days” (Better Noise Music)

2. Cameron Whitcomb “Bad Apple” (Atlantic)

3. flipturn “Rodeo Clown” (Dualtone)
Christy Taylor
AUDACY-KNDD (107.7 THE END)/Seattle, WA, KBZT (ALT 94.9)/San Diego, CA
Regional Brand Manager
1. Jonah Kagen “Burn Me” (Arista)

2. Balu Brigada “Backseat” (Atlantic)

3. Slow Joy “Gruesome” (Mick Music)
Brad Steiner
AUDACY-WINS-F2 (ALT 92.3)/New York, NY, WDZH (ALT 98.7)/Detroit, MI, WSFS (104.3 THE SHARK)/Miami, FL, WRXL (ALT 102.1)/Richmond, VA
Regional Brand Manager
1. Royel Otis “moody” (Ourness/Capitol/ICLG)

2. Wolf Alive “Bloom Baby Bloom” (RCA)

3. Mt. Joy “Coyote” (Bloom Field Records)
Bruce Rave
GO DEEP WITH BRUCE RAVE
Programmer/Host
1. Garbage "R U Happy Now" (Stunvolume/BMG)

2. Portugal. “The Man "Silver Spoons (f/Lucius)” (KNIK)

3. Sports Team "Boys These Days" (Bright Antenna)
Amy Presley
KACV (FM 90)/Amarillo, TX
PD
1. Middle Kids “Cause = Time” (Arts & Crafts)

2. Sports Team “Moving Together” (Bright Antenna)

3. Nation Of Language “Inept Apollo” (Sub Pop)
Dustin Carlson
KDKB (ALT AZ 93.3)/Phoenix, AZ
APD/MD
1. Yellowcard “Better Days” (Better Noise Music)

2. Rise Against “ I Want It All” (Loma Vista/Concord)

3. Balu Brigada “Backseat” (Atlantic)
Jason Squires
KFRR (NEW ROCK 104.1)/Fresno, CA
PD
1. Rise Against “I Want It All” (Loma Vista/Concord)

2. Three Days Grace “Apologies” (RCA)

3. Yellowcard “Better Days” (Better Noise Music)
Sophia John
KIWR (89.7 THE RIVER)/Omaha, NE
PD
1. Yellowcard “Better Days” (Better Noise Music) )

2. Yungblud “Zombie” (Capitol/ICLG)

3. King Falcon “Plastic Crown” (Mascot)
Eddie Gutierrez
KJEE/Santa Barbara, CA
PD
1. Sublime with Iration “D.J” (Sublime/SVNBVRNT)

2. Yellowcard “ Better Days” (Better Noise Music)

3. Papa Roach “Even If It Kills Me” (New Noize)
Brian Garris
KJJZ-HD2 (ALT 101.5)/Palm Springs, CA
MD
1. Yellowcard “Better Days” (Better Noise Music)

2. ROLE MODEL “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out” (Interscope)

3. Turnstile “Never Enough” (Atlantic)
Josh Venable
KMYZ (Z104.5 THE EDGE)/Tulsa, OK-WZNE (94.1 THE ZONE)/Rochester, NY
PD/Format Captain
1. Winona Fighter “You Look Like A Drunk Phoebe Bridgers” (Rise/BMG)

2. Pulp “Spike Island” (Rough Trade/Beggars)

3. Yellowcard “Better Days” (Better Noise Music)
Dave Levora
KQCJ (PLANET 93.9)/Quad Cities, IA
PD
1. Rise Against "I Want It All” (Loma Vista/Concord)

2. Arrows In Action “Cheekbones” (Nettwerk)

3. Pulp “Spike Island” (Rough Trade/Beggars)
Kris Metzdorf
KRXF (92/9 FM)/Bend, OR
PD
1. Nourished By Time “Max Potential” (XL Recordings/Beggars)

2. Balu Brigada “Backseat” (Atlantic)

3. DIIV “Return Of Youth” (Concord)
Kenny Wall
KXNA (THE X 104.9)/Fayetteville, AR
PD
1. The Ataris “Car Song” (Double Helix/Regime)

2. Yellowcard “Better Days” (Better Noise Music)

3. Robert DeLong "SWITCHBLADE (Feat. Luna Aura)" (Round Hill)
Chris Meadows
KZND (94/7 ALTERNATIVE)/Anchorage, AK
OM
1. Myles Smith “Gold” (RCA)

2. Falling In Reverse “God Is A Weapon f/Marilyn Manson” (Epitaph)

3. Rise Against “I Want It All” (Loma Vista/Concord)
Mike "Pops" Popadines
Music Choice/MCAL
PD
1. Deep Sea Diver “What Do I Know” (Sub Pop)

2. Dropkick Murphys “Who’ll Stand With Us?” (Dummy Luck/Play It Again Sam)

3. Balu Brigada “Backseat” (Atlantic)
Joe Arnold
PASSPORT APPROVED
MD/Syndication Director
1. Djo “Charlie’s Garden” (AWAL)

2. Mia Wray “Only Love” (Mushroom Music)

3. The Pale White “Nostradamus” (End Of The Wall)
Joe D
WAQX (95X)/Syracuse, NY, WEDG (103.3 THE EDGE)/Buffalo, NY
Regional PD
1. flipturn “Rodeo Clown” (Dualtone)

2. Balu Brigada “Backseat” (Atlantic)

3. Malcolm Todd “Bleed f/OMAR OPOLLO” (Columbia)
Harry Kozlowski
WBNH-LP (105-1)/Bedford-Manchester, NH
PD
1. Wolf Alice “Bloom Baby Bloom” (RCA)

2. yungblud “Lovesick Lullaby” (Interscope)

3. Nation Of Language "Inept Apollo" (Sub Pop)
Kevin Mays
WBTZ (99.9 THE BUZZ) /Burlington, VT
PD
1. Twenty One Pilots "The Contract" (Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic)

2. Yellowcard "Better Days" (Better Noise Music)

3. Wolf Alice "Bloom Baby Bloom" (RCA)
Eddie Ybarra
WFZZ (104.3 THE FUSE)/Green Bay, WI
MD
1. The All-American Rejects “Easy Come, Easy Go” (Slick Shoes)

2. Wolf Alice “Bloom Baby Bloom” (RCA)

3. Cameron Whitcomb “Bad Apple” (Atlantic)
Zack Skyler
WGBJ (ALT 102.3)/Ft. Wayne, IN
Programming Asst.
1. Nation Of Language “Inept Apollo” (Sub Pop)

2. Wolf Alice “Bloom Baby Bloom” (RCA)

3. Yellowcard “Better Days” (Better Noise Music)
Phil "PK" Kukawinski
WGHL (ALT 105.1)/Louisville, KY
PD
1. Rise Against “I Want It All” (Loma Vista/Concord)

2. Yellowcard “Better Noise” (Better Noise Music)

3. Avatar “Captain Goat” (Black Waltz AB/Thirty Tigers)
Steve Craig
WNNX (99X)/Atlanta, GA
PD
1. The Ataris "Car Song" (Double Helix/Regime)

2. Laura Jane Grace "Mine Me Mine" (Polyvinyl)

3. Pulp "Spike Island" (Rough Trade/Beggars)
Brady Marks
WNWV (107.3 ALTERNATIVE CLEVELAND)/Cleveland, OH
PD
1. Yellowcard “Better Days” (Better Noise Music)

2. Cameron Whitcomb “Bad Apple” (Atlantic)

3. Sleep Token “Emergence” (RCA)
Miranda Daniels
WRIS (THE RESISTANCE 106.7)/Madison, MI
APD
1. Rise Against “I Want It All” (Loma Vista/Concord)

2. Yellowcard “Better Days” (Better Noise Music)

3. Cameron Whitcomb “Bad Apple” (Atlantic)
Randy Slack
WRMR (MODERN ROCK 98.7)/Greenville, NC
PD
1. Yellowcard “Better Days” (Better Noise Music)

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

3. Sports Team “Moving Together” (Bright Antenna)
Jonah Griss-Bush
WRRV/Hudson Valley, NY
PD
1. Royel Otis “moody” (Capitol/ICLG)

2. Slow Joy “Gruesome” (Mick Music)

3. almost monday “Jupiter f/Jordana” (Hollywood)