Wednesday Alternative Artist Discovery #Happens
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
The B-52s And DEVO Announce ‘Cosmic De-Evolution’ Tour
New Wave icons The B-52s and Devo will unite for the 2025 "Cosmic De-Evolution Tour." The Live Nation co-headlining 11-date run will be concert farewells for both bands.. Lene Lovich will open the celebratory trek, which begins September 24th in Toronto and ends November 2nd in Houston. "In 2022, I swore I’d never get on a tour bus again," said The B-52s Fred Schneider. "But we were careful to say to our fans that we would still perform in special situations that don’t require all of the awful tour travel. Our Vegas residency is going great, and when we were
Nation of Language
NATION OF LANGUAGE #HAPPENS VIP Access Let's meet Nation of Language Band Members: Ian Richard Devaney (lead vocals, guitar), Aidan Noell (synthesizer), and Alex MacKay (bass guitar) ARTIST Nation of Language SONG "Inept Apollo" LABEL Sub Pop ORIGIN Brooklyn, NY Ian here. I originally started the project in the wake of another band I was in imploding. I personally had been raised with a lot of post-punk and new wave music being played in the house, but in my teens and early 20s I got really into purely guitar-based indie
91X/San Diego Names Hilary Doneux Brand Manager
Local Media San Diego XTRA-FM (91X)/San Diego ups APD/MD/aftenooner Hilary Doneux to Brand Manager replacing Garett Michaels, who announced last week he was moving back to the Pacific Northwest to take on a new role as General Manager of Non-Comm KSER/Everett, WA. 91X has also officially announced the return of Marty Whitney to host mornings, as first reported on #HAPPENS 6/11/25. Hilary said, "For a Southern California kid who started on 91X back in 1997, I am humbled, honored, and SO stoked to get the opportunity to steer this legendary ship! Joining the list of incredible programmers who’ve helped shape
Jack White Unveils Surprise Video Of ‘Archbishop Harold Holmes’ Starring John C. Reilly
Jack White shared a music video for "Archbishop Harold Holmes" starring legendary renaissance man John C. Reilly in a ferocious, electric take on the song’s titular impassioned, self-aggrandizing religious figure. White handed Reilly and director Gilbert Trejo complete creative freedom to make the vision their own — and to surprise him with the result. The video was filmed at a church in Los Angeles and features a who's-who ensemble cast including Sami Perez of Cherry Glazer, model/face of YSL Beauty and frontwoman of the Paranoyds Staz Lindes, Misha Lindes of Sadgirl, Starcrawler’s Arrow de Wilde and more. Watch it HERE.
