New Order To Headline Cruel World 2025
Cruel World has revealed the music festival lineup for May 17, 2025 at Brookside at The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. The one day festIval features New Order, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Go-Go's, Devo, OMD, Death Cult, Garbage, Madness, 'Til Tuesday, She Wants Revenge, Alison Moyet, and more. Tickets to Cruel World 2025 will go on sale beginning Friday, October 25th at 11am (PT) and you can find the full lineup HERE.
Famous Firsts #Happens On Monday
Happy Monday! We kickoff the first day of the week with Alan Cross from Corus sharing his history of Famous Firsts. Fun stuff! Gigi Perez “Sailor Song” is buzzing at Alternative! It’s this week’s #1 Most Picked song on Alternative Picks and debuts this week on the Mediabase Alternative chart. Listen & Download to “Sailor Song” Listen & Download HERE. Malcolm Ryker checks in with a special Skratch N Sniff 311 Halloween All Mixed Up show available for this coming weekend. Get the scoop on the Halloween treat for your station in Alternative News. Nik Rivers from WZNE (94.1 The
Week of 10/21
ALT Happy Birthday wishes this week to Dave & Mahoney Producer Chris Jackson (10/21), former longtime record exec Mike Jacobs (10/23), KDKB (ALT AZ 93.3)/Phoenix OM/PD David Moore (10/25), In De Goot Entertainment's Chris Frank (10/25).
Skratch N Sniff Announces 311 Halloween Special For October 25-26
Skratch N Sniff will have a "311 Halloween All Mixed Up" special airing October 25-26 with re-runs available through Halloween night. Nick Hexum from 311 will join host Malcolm Ryker and hostess Allison Hagendorf to get things all mixed up for two hours featuring new 311 music from the band's new album, Full Bloom out on October 25th. The 311 Halloween Special will include classic 311 songs, remixes, and other Halloween tracks. The weekend Skratch N Sniff radio show airs on over 55 Alternative and Rock stations. For more info on Skratch N Sniff’s "311 Halloween All Mixed Up" for
Alternative New Music Friday #Happens
Happy Friday! Alternative New Music Friday #Happens with 8 new albums out today to check out: Bishop Briggs, Bon Iver, Japandroids, Jean Dawson, LP Giobbi, Phantogram, Rubblebucket, and Shower Curtain. The Struts released a new single this morning. I also have new songs queued up for you to listen & download this week from St. Vincent, Jonah Kagen, and Father John Misty on the Happens.vip Alternative Downloads page. Lynn Barstow checks in from KROX (101)/Austin with news on the return of “Xposure” this Sunday, October 20th. Kevin Mays at WBTZ (99.9 The Buzz)/Burlington shares Buzz 99 Cent Low Dough Show
KROX (101X)/Austin Announces Return Of Xposure Beginning October 20
Waterloo Media Alternative KROX (101X)/Austin’s new music specialty show “Xposure” is set to return on Sunday, October 20th. The program had been on a summer-long hiatus. Former ACL Radio and WOXY jock Forrest Griffen will host the one hour show at 10pm. Reach him at fgriffen@waterloomedia.com.
