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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.

Week of 4/29

ALT Happy Birthday wishes this weekend to RCA Head Of Promotion Keith Rothschild (5/3), KMAX (94.3 The X)/Ft. Collins, CO Brand Manager Big Rob (5/4), WAQX (95X)/Syracuse PD Joe D (5/5), and WEDG (103.3 The Edge)/Buffalo OM/PD Joe Siragusa (5/5).

April 26th, 2024|Alternative, Birthdays|

Alternative New Music Friday #Happens

Happy Friday! Alternative New Music Friday #Happens with St. Vincent. Annie Clark’s seventh album, All Born Screaming, is out today featuring her lead single “Broken Man,” now Top 20 on the Alternative chart. The Greg Beharrell Show has added 13 new affiliates, including WQYQ. Read all the fun in The Latest Alternative News. Judah & The Lion began their tour last night in Charlotte and just revealed fall dates for The Process Tour on sale today. Everclear, Marcy Playground and Jimmie’s Chicken Shack begin over 30 dates on tour September 13th. The lineup has been announced for the Emo’s Not

April 26th, 2024|Alternative, Introduction|

Judah & The Lion Add Fall Dates To ‘The Process Tour’

Judah & The Lion announce fall tour dates for "The Process Tour"  Produced by Live Nation, the 17-city tour kicks off on October 4 in Tulsa making stops across the U.S. in Denver, Boston, Philadelphia and more before wrapping up in Nashville on October 26. The band began releasing multiple songs from The Process last year. The Process is the band's fifth album, set to drop on May 10th. The new material has racked up over 10 million combined global streams to date and earned spots on numerous DSP playlists, including Spotify’s New Music Friday, Apple Music’s New Music Daily

April 25th, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

Everclear Announces Fall Headline Tour With Marcy Playground And Jimmie’s Chicken Shack

Everclear has announced a fall headline tour featuring special guests Marcy Playground and Jimmie’s Chicken Shack. The 30+ date outing launches September 13th in San Francisco and will stop all over the U.S. including Portland, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Denver, Virginia Beach, Knoxville, Richmond, Long Island, Boston, Asbury Park, Baltimore, Cleveland, Green Bay, Minneapolis, Birmingham, and many more before wrapping November 2nd in Porterville, California. The public on sale starts Friday, April 26th at 10am local. Find more info and tour dates HERE, including additional upcoming Everclear tour dates leading into the Fall tour.  “We’re super excited to be hitting the

April 25th, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

Alternative WQYQ/St. Joseph-Benton Harbor Among 13 New Affiliates For The Greg Beharrell Show

Mid-West Family Broadcasting Alternative WQYQ/St. Joseph-Benton Harbor, MI adds The Greg Beharrell Show in mornings. PD Bill Gamble said, "It is really difficult to underestimate Greg Beharrell."  Beharrell added, "This is something I couldn't have imagined in my wildest dreams which is odd because one does have a subconscious semblance of control when in a dreamlike state, so you would think I’d choose to dream myself a better imagination within my dreams. QYQ is part of 13 new affiliates to add the Yea Networks syndicated show. Other new stations for The Greg Beharrell Show include Federated Media Active Rock WRBR/South

April 25th, 2024|Alternative, News Updates|

Sixthman Announces Lineup For Emo’s Not Dead Cruise 2025

Sixthman has announced the broken-hearted lineup for the upcoming sold-out third edition of Emo’s Not Dead Cruise, sailing February 4-8, 2025 from Miami, Florida to Nassau, Bahamas aboard the Norwegian Gem. The pop-punk lineup includes The Used, Boys Like Girls, Chiodos, Hawthorne Heights, Saosin, Hey Monday, Norma Jean, Emery, The Early November, Lydia, and Reclaim The Fallen, with more to be announced soon.  There will be an emo social and usual full itinerary of cruise activites and excursions. Find more details on Emo's Not Dead Cruise HERE. 

April 24th, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

Wednesday New Artist Discovery #Happens

Happy Wednesday! Your Happens.vip Alternative New Artist Discovery Of The Week is Love Fame Tragedy. It’s the solo project from Matthew “Murph” Murphy, the lead singer/guitarist of The Wombats. Today you get VIP Access to Murph to find out more about Love Fame Tragedy and the current single “Don’t You Want To Sleep With Someone Normal?”     KMYZ (Z104.5 The Edge)/Tulsa’s Josh Venable (left) says over 500 listeners started lining up at 5:15am for the station’s 4th Annual Free Vinyl Giveaway on Record Store Day. On Monday (4/22), KMYZ’s Josh & Slater went to lunch and a museum with Silversun Pickups.

April 24th, 2024|Alternative, Introduction|

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