MOD SUN
MOD SUN VIP Access. Let's meet MOD SUN. ARTIST MOD SUN SONG "Hotel Lights" LABEL New Hippys/Foundation Media ORIGIN Bloomington, MN MOD SUN…it stands for Movement On Dreams Stand Under None. I started as a drummer in post hardcore bands Scary Kids Scaring Kids + Four Letter Lie. I always dreamed of holding the mic + in 2009 I started what I’m doing now. My music has grown just like a human in life…it changes + evolves over time. 10 years of rapping, 5 years of singing. The songs can
Nico Vega Is Back With New Single ‘Make It Out Alive’
Nico Vega has released a new single "Make It Out Alive" via the band's own label. It's the title track from their upcoming album due in 2025 with an EP set to drop on November 8th, which will be the band's first new release since 2018. The band is managed by C3. Watch "Make It Out Alive" music video HERE. Original band member Michael Peña returns to the fold alongside singer Aja Volkman, guitarist Rich Koehler, and drummer Dan Epand. Peña, whose mother the band is named after, was the original drummer, but left early in the band’s history due
Famous Firsts #Happens On Monday
Happy Monday! We kickoff the first day of the week with Marci Wiser, the new morning host at KITS (Live 105)/San Francisco sharing her Famous Firsts. Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell was the first record she ever purchased. More fun in this week’s feature. MOD SUN is buzzing at Alternative! “Hotel Light” is the #1 Most Picked song on New Music Discovery Picks this week. It’s impact week ON mod sun and Lil Miss Guided’s Artie Gentile is taking adds. Linkin Park “The Emptiness Machine” moves to #1 on the Mediabase Alternative Chart this week. That was quick! Congrats
Week of 9/23
ALT Happy Birthday wishes this week to WRIS (The Resistance 106.7)/Madison midday host Pat Gallagher (9/23), Musicrunch’s Anthony Acampora (9/24), WGMP/Montgomery, AL PD Rick Peters (9/26), Regional Media Rock Formats Director Dave Levora (9/27), The Syndicate SVP/Artist Development & Global Commerce Billy Burrs (9/28), AMPLIFY’s Patti Martin (9/28), Crush Music's Erik Olesen (9/28), AMPLIFY’s Tim Wallen (9/29), Blackheart Record Group’s Julie Rader (9/29).
Dashboard Confessional And Boys Like Girls Team On ‘Watch The Fire’
Tourmates Dashboard Confessional and BOYS LIKE GIRLS team up for a new single "Watch the Fire." Recorded in Nashville, the track is cinematic and sentimental in a way that perfectly blends the hallmark sound of each band. Watch the visualizer HERE. Speaking to the natural draw he felt with Martin Johnson of BOYS LIKE GIRLS, Chris Carrabba shared, "Martin and I had bonded over some horrific accidents we’d had and about the recoveries that we had both worked our way through. One of the things you carry heavily when your body is laid up and your spirit is heavy is,
Alternative New Music Friday #Happens
Happy Friday! Fall officially begins on Sunday. Your Alternative New Music Friday #Happens with new albums out today for you to check out from Wilderado, Hippo Campus, Bright Eyes, Neon Trees, Pale Waves, FIDLAR, The Rubens, Jamie xx, Smallpools, and the Silver Patron Saints tribute compilation with The Songs Of Jesse Malin. The Dare, Judah & The Lion, The All-American Rejects, Dropkick Murphys, and Gigi Perez have new singles now available for you to listen & download on the #HAPPENS Alternative Downloads page. Your Alternative New Music Discovery is queued up for you below. The Revivalists just released an edgy
The Revivalists Kick Off Spooky Season With ‘Zombie (Wild Coming Out)’
The Revivalists are celebrating the start of spooky season by releasing a brand new single, "Zombie (Wild Coming Out)" via Concord. The spine-tingling official music video premiered today. Watch it HERE. "It’s a fun song that’s mechanism for change is hidden in its chorus," says The Revivalists vocalist/guitarist David Shaw. "We’re all so attached to our phones, it’s becoming a massive issue. The only time we’re away from them is when we sleep. That’s when the wild comes out, in our dreams and imagination." "Zombie (Wild Coming Out)" heralds the upcoming arrival of an expanded Deluxe Edition of The Revivalists’
