Famous Firsts & New Music Discovery #Happens
Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! We kickoff the first day of the week with Clifford from WRXL (ALT 102.1)/Richmond, VA sharing his fun stories on #HAPPENS Famous Firsts. Wet Leg “catch these fists” is the #1 Most Picked song again this week on Alternative Picks. Lots of new picks on Turnstile, which just arrived last Tuesday. Find the rest of the Top 5 songs buzzing right now on Alternative Picks. Cage The Elephant “Metaverse” remains the #1 song this week for the second-consecutive week on the Mediabase Alternative Chart. "Metaverse" marks the 13th #1 single for Cage The
Week of 4/14
ALT Happy Birthday wishes this week to SiriusXM's Kat Corbett (4/16), KRXF (92/9)/Bend, OR PD/MD Kris Metzdorf (4/17), Compass Media's Doug Ingold (4/17), KTCL/Denver PD Nerf (4/18), Unleashed Music's Geordie Gillespie (4/19).
Cumulus Media Picks Linkin Park ‘Up From The Bottom’ For Latest Your Music Plus Exclusive Audio Feature
Cumulus Media announces the launch today of a new installment of its original multi-part audio series, Your Music Plus, featuring Linkin Park’s newest single, "Up From the Bottom," which is already moving up inside the Top 10 on Mediabase Alternative chart. Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda will take listeners behind the new single that will be included on the upcoming Deluxe Edition of From Zero. The exclusive audio series will air for the next eight weeks on Cumulus Media’s Alternative and Rock stations. Greg Frey, VP of Music Partnerships, Cumulus Media, said, "Linkin Park returns with a high-energy anthem that captures
Danny Wimmer Presents Finalizes 10-Year Deal For Bourbon & Beyond And Louder Than Life Music Festivals
Danny Wimmer Presents (DWP) has announced a long-term agreement with Kentucky Venues to host Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life music festivals at the Highland Festival Grounds. The new 10-year commitment runs through 2035. The new deal follows Kentucky General Assembly passing legislation for tax rebates for music festivals in Louisville and Lexington that run for at least two straight days and bring in 60,000 people. These larger attractions along with the host venue are eligible to receive half of the Kentucky sales taxes generated from the sale of festival tickets and concessions. Danny Wimmer, Founder of DWP, says,
Wednesday Alternative Artist Discovery #Happens#
Happy Wednesday! This week’s #Happens Alternative Artist Discovery is The Kooks. Luke Pritchard says, “I never expected to be the frontman of a band but when I was a teenager at music college I was playing a song I wrote “sofa song” on the street and was approached by Mr Hugh Harris who asked if I had more songs - that was the birth of the band!” The Kooks latest single “Sunny Baby” is from the band’s new album, Never/Know, out May 9th. The Kooks have US tour dates in June with lovelytheband. Big thanks to Terry Anzaldo with TA
The Kooks
The Kooks #HAPPENS VIP Access Let's meet The Kooks. Band Members: Luke Pritchard, Hugh Harris, Alexis Nuñez, Jonathan Harvey ARTIST The Kooks SONG "Sunny Baby" LABEL Virgin Music Group UK ORIGIN Brighton, England Hi, I’m Luke Pritchard and I never expected to be the frontman of a band but when I was a teenager at music college I was playing a song I wrote “sofa song” on the street and was approached by Mr Hugh Harris who asked if I had more songs - that was the birth of the band!
Arcade Fire To Release New Album, Pink Elephant, On May 9
Arcade Fire announces their seventh album Pink Elephant will be released on May 9th. The 10 track collection was produced by Win Butler, Régine Chassagne and Daniel Lanois. The term “pink elephant” refers to that paradoxical effect where the effort to suppress a thought leads to it being impossible to avoid. The album announcement arrives with a new single "Year Of The Snake" lassic buoyed by the enveloping warmth of Régine’s vocals and features her Arcade Fire debut on bass, and Win’s debut on drums. The song’s title refers to 2025 being the Lunar Year of the Snake, which represents
