Twenty One Pilots Announce New Album, Lead Single ‘The Contract’ Arrives June 12
Twenty One Pilots has announced their seventh full-length album, Breach, will arrive in September 2025 via Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic. The first single "The Contract" will be released to radio on June 12th. In typical Twenty One Pilots fashion, the band teased the announcement through a series of cryptic clues on tour and across social media for fans to piece together, which ended up being revealed as the album and single titles. The announcement was accompanied by the launch of an early pre-order of the Breach Vinyl and CD [First Pressing Edition] available HERE through June 12. Earlier this month, the
Nettwerk SVP/Promotion & Streaming Strategy Jeff Ballard Exits
Longtime Nettwerk Music Group SVP/Promotion & Streaming Strategy Jeff Ballard has exited after almost 20 years with the label. Ballard started at Nettwerk in 2005 and was upped from VP/National Radio Promotion to SVP/Promotion & Streaming Strategy in 2017. Ballard says, "I’m deeply grateful for the journey — from leading global streaming strategy to shaping artist campaigns across radio, digital platforms, and international markets. But more than anything, I’m thankful for the people: colleagues who became lifelong friends, artists who inspired me daily, and partners who made the work both impactful and fun. Nettwerk has been home for most of
Tom Butler Launches ‘Recess Radio’ Sunday Afternoons On WCRS-LP (FM 92.7/98.3)/Columbus, OH
Former longtime Alternative WWCD/Columbus, OH "Independent Playground" host Tom Butler has launched a new music show, "Recess Radio" on Pacifica Radio Network Community WCRS-LP (FM 92.7/98.3)/Columbus, OH. The one hour show airs Sunday afternoons from 3-4pm. Butler says, "I'm continuing in the tradition of the Independent Playground and trying to find the best and most vital music coming from the underground. It's an hour of new music from Alternative, indie, punk, garage, hip hop, shoegaze, and more with a healthy dose of local stuff as well." Butler began hosting "Independent Playground" on WWCD in 1998. In addition to his MD
WNNX/Atlanta’s 99X Freeloader App Set To Return
Cumulus Alternative WNNX (99X)/Atlanta is relaunching 99X Freeloader program. 99X PD Steve Craig says, "So many of our returning listeners are showing up with their 30-year-old Freeloader Cards like a badge of honor. Our New Freeloader App (with an option to have an actual card) with free stuff, first dibs on concert tickets, exclusive free shows, Live-X acoustic performances, backstage access, merch… if you can name it, you can Freeload it!"
Skratch N Sniff Has Memorial Day Weekend Special Featuring Guest Host Hardy
Skratch N Sniff is offering a Memorial Day Weekend Special with guest host Hardy that is available for broadcast on Friday, May 23rd through Monday, May 26th. The "Big Ol' Jim Bob Mix" special 2-hour Skratch N Sniff offering is available via Compass Media to all stations outside of market exclusive areas. Check out the promo HERE. Contact Doug Ingold at dingold@compassmedianetworks.com to get the show.
Jakobs Castle Headline Tour With Jesse James Pariah, Strange Case, And Spray Allen Begins May 28
Jakobs Castle, the solo project from Jakob Nowell and new lead singer of the newly reunited Sublime, has announced a summer headline tour. Joining Jakobs Castle will be Jesse James Pariah, Strange Case, and Spray Allen (of Sublime) who are all part of the new independent label, SVN/BVRNT Records. Nowell and his Jakobs Castle guitarist Zane Vandevort co-founded SVN/BVRNT, a label inspired by their Southern California roots, to bring together a group of artists with a love of music, art, and fashion with distribution via Regime Music Group/Symphonic. The Jakobs Castle Headline Tour runs May 29th through June 10th followed
Dog Brothers Records Opens Nashville Office, Announces New Signing
Dog Brothers Records, the independent label arm of Unleashed Music, has opened a new Nashville office and inked its first signing from the region: 21-year-old singer-songwriter-producer Ana Grosh, whose debut single with the label, "Freedom," will be released on June 13th. "Opening a Nashville hub felt inevitable,” says Geordie Gillespie, founder of Unleashed Music and Dog Brothers Records. “For us it was a question of timing and having the right people on the ground. Emily Bruzzo will run our office and seek new artists for the label, as well as lead our marketing efforts." Bruzzo is a singer-songwriter, producer, composer,
Famous Firsts & New Music Discovery #Happens
Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! We kickoff the first day of the week with Brady Marks from WNWV 107.3 Alternative Cleveland sharing her fun stories on #HAPPENS Famous Firsts. Royel Otis “moody” is the #1 Most Picked song this week on Alternative Picks. Find the rest of the Top 5 songs on Alternative Picks. The Head And The Heart “Arrows” shoots up to the #1 song this week on the Mediabase Alternative Chart. Congrats to Interscope’s Robbie Lloyd and The Head And The Heart team! Lloyd says, "The Head And The Heart is the #3 Most Played
