Wednesday Alternative Artist Discovery #Happens
Happy Wednesday! This week’s #HAPPENS Alternative Artist Discovery is Ax And The Hatchetmen. The Chicago sextet has been buzzing at Alternative with their single “Blurry Lights,” which just debuted on the Alternative Chart. Lead singer/guitarist Axel Ellis says, “Blurry Lights” was about a strange experience at the Van Gogh exhibit in Chicago a few years ago, it’s about not exactly having the fun time you thought you might be in for.” Big thanks to Jonathan Jacobs at Arista for VIP Access. Get to know Ax And The Hatchetmen on Artist Discovery Of The Week. Yellowcard “Better Days” is #1 Most
Ax And The Hatchetmen
AX AND THE HATCHETMEN #HAPPENS VIP Access Let's meet Ax And The Hatchetmen. Band Members: Axel Ellis (guitarist/singer), Sal Defilippis (guitar), Hunter Olshefke (bass), Nick Deputy (drums), Phil Pistone (trumpet), Quinn Dolan (saxophone). ARTIST Ax And The Hatchetmen SONG "Blurry Lights" LABEL Arista ORIGIN Chicago My name is Axel Ellis, I play guitar and sing for Ax and the Hatchetmen. The band started in 2018 after reaching out to our now guitarist Sal on social media, who luckily happened to be friends with Hunter (bass), Nick (drums), and Quinn (sax).
Famous Firsts & New Music Discovery #Happens
Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! We kickoff the first day of the week with Forrest Griffen from KROX (101X)/Austin sharing his fun stories on #HAPPENS Famous Firsts. Yellowcard made a big return last Wednesday with their new single “Better Days” and it’s the #1 Most Picked song this week on Alternative Picks. Find the rest of the Top 5 Most Picked Songs on Alternative Picks. Shinedown “Three Six Five” is the #1 song this week on the Mediabase Alternative Chart. Congrats to Atlantic’s Greg Dorfman & the Shinedown team! The Hives “Enough Is Enough” is the only
Young The Giant Announces The In The Open 2025 Acoustic Tour
Young The Giant announces "In The Open 2025 Acoustic Tour," an intimate concert experience performed in beautiful spaces and venues around the country beginning at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu on August 15th, featuring support from Cold War Kids, with a grand finale at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on October 7th where Young The Giant will be joined by Saint Motel. Cassandra Coleman will support throughout the tour. Young The Giant shared, "'In The Open' has been our superpower as a band since we started playing music together. There’s something so thrilling about reimagining our music in a way that’s more
Week of 6/2
ALT Happy Birthday wishes this week to Music Choice PD Mike Popadines (6/2), former Republic VP/Promotion, Rock Formats Drew Hauser (6/3), KYSR (ALT 98.7)/Los Angeles Afternoon Co-Host Stryker (6/4), KPNT (105.7 The Point)/St. Louis PD Tommy Mattern (6/6), New West VP/Promotion Joel Habbeshaw (6/6), WMRQ (Radio 104.1)/Hartford APD/Morning Host Amy Grey (6/6), WEQX/Albany PD Jeff Morad (6/7).
