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Shawn Alexander

Shawn Alexander has been connecting the Alternative Community from Radio & Records (1989-1995) to All Access (1996-2023) to #Happens.

Wednesday New Artist Discovery #Happens

Happy Wednesday! Your Happens.vip Alternative New Artist Discovery Of The Week is Culture Wars. The band’s new single “Heaven” is at Alternative Radio now. Today you get VIP Access with lead singer Alex Dugan. The Offspring “Make It All Right” made it to #1 Most Added this week. Congrats to Angelo Scrobe, Elias Chios & the Concord team. It's the lead single from their 11th album, SUPERCHARGED, which will drop on October 11th. The Offspring’s Dexter Holland said: "We wanted this record to have pure energy - from the start to the finish! That’s why we called it SUPERCHARGED. From

June 12th, 2024|Alternative, Introduction|

CULTURE WARS

Culture Wars VIP Access. Let's meet the band. Band Members: Alex Dugan (singer), David Grayson (drums), Dillon Randolph (bass), Caleb Contreras (guitar), Josh Stirm (guitar) ARTIST Culture Wars SONG "Heaven" LABEL Pool Toys Worldwide LLC ORIGIN Austin, TX ️Band from Austin, TX. Formed in 2017. Matured in 2024. A real tuchus shaker.  Right now - Oasis, INXS, The Police, Third Eye Blind, Prince, Kings, Killers, Strokes. Country music.  I was living in Sydney by myself for about a year, chasing a girl that I was in love with

June 12th, 2024|Alternative, New Artist Discovery of the Week|

Famous Firsts #Happens On Monday

Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! We kickoff the first day of the week with Jordin Silver from KRBZ (ALT 96.5)/Kansas City sharing Famous Firsts. Alternative programmers are buzzing about The Offspring “Make It All Right.” It’s the #1 Most Picked Song this week on New Music Discovery Picks. Toronto’s Valley announces new album and MisterWives announce Fall U.S. Tour. Find the details in Alternative Music Info. Speaking of Canada, CKPK/Vancouver has flipped back to Alternative. In Columbus, former WWCD AM Drive Host Brian Phillips has a new job. Get the 411 in The Latest Alternative News. Looking

June 10th, 2024|Alternative, Introduction|

CKPK/Vancouver Returns To Alternative

Pattison Media's CKPK/Vancouver has flipped from Hot AC "102.7 Now Radio" back to Alternative as "102.7 The Peak" under PD Russell James. The station was previously 102.7 The Peak from 2015 until 2022, beginning as Triple A and later evolving to Alternative.Two years after making a detour exclusively to streaming and on HD2 in July of 2022, The Peak is back! CKPK PD Russell James said, “The Peak’s audience, even though they could only hear us on our stream and HD2 signal, has been impressively dedicated. So many people discovered their new favorite song playing for the first time on

June 10th, 2024|Alternative, News Updates|

MisterWives Announce Fall Tour

New York City/Los Angeles-based MisterWives announce a fall tour, MisterWives: Just For One Night! with support from Joan, Juliana Madrid, Moody Joody and Meg Smith. MisterWives also share a fiery new track "Other Side (featuring Charlotte Sands)” Check it out HERE. This marks the first collaboration of many more to come later this summer from the group as they gear up to share Nosebleeds: Encore which promises reworked music with a host of exciting features on each track.  MisterWives will kick off their upcoming tour with an appearance at Austin City Limits stage on October 6th and October 13th. Tickets

June 10th, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

Valley Announce Third Album

Canada 3-piece Valley announce their third full-length album Water the Flowers, Pray For A Garden, will arrive August 30 via Capitol Records/Universal Music Canada. The band also dropped the title track “Water the Flowers, Pray For A Garden.” Valley’s lead single “When You Know Someone” was released May 10th. For the first time, Valley welcomed in an executive producer, COIN’s Chase Lawrence, who helped them to navigate their collective grief after the exit of their fourth band member.  Valley is comprised of Rob Laska (Lead Vocals, Guitar), Alex Dimauro (Bass) and Karah James (Vocals, Drums). Laska said, “We wanted to

June 10th, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

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