Week of 2/12
ALT Happy Birthday wishes this weekend to WWDC (DC101)/Washington DC's Elliot Segal (2/17).
Famous Firsts #Happens On Monday
Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! We kickoff the first day of the week with Dustin Carlson from KDKB (ALT AZ 93-3)/Phoenix sharing Famous Firsts. Fun stuff! Royel Otis “Murder On The Dancefloor” is this week’s #1 Most Picked Song on New Music Discovery Picks. Columbia's Lisa Sonkin says blink-182 "One More Time" heads into its 18th week at #1 Airplay and is now 20 weeks at #1 Audience. The Struts have released a new track for Valentine’s Day. Mike Jones shares a photo with SHAED at WRFF (ALT 104.5)/Philadelphia’s Winter Jawn from this past Saturday (2/10). Thanks for
The Struts Release New Track For Valentine’s Day
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, The Struts deliver a new track “How Can I Love You (Without Breaking Your Heart).” The crafting of the track was a labor of love for the quartet, with thoughtful lyrics that are highlighted by iconic instrumentation and lush BGVs. “’How Can I Love You (Without Breaking Your Heart)’ is a brutally honest song that takes me right back to that moment when the phrase came to me,” frontman Luke Spiller explains. “The lyric was labored over for a long time, which I hope people will appreciate.” Watch the lyric video for the tear-jerker
Alternative New Music Friday #Happens
Happy Friday! New singles on Happens.vip Alternative Downloads this week from Blame My Youth and Michael Marcagi. Declan McKenna has his long awaited new album out today. Yesterday, Vampire Weekend announced their highly anticipated new album, Only God Was Above Us will drop on April 5th. Mike Oz has his final ‘Ozmosis’ show on KFRR (New Rock 104.1)/Fresno on Sunday 2/11. Pat Gallagher shifts from mornings to middays at WRIS (The Resistance 106.7)/Madison with The Greg Beharrell Show debuting in mornings. Yea Networks has another new Alternative affiliate for The Greg Beharrell Show with KZIA-HD4 (X107.5)/Cedar Rapids running the show
New Music Friday With Declan McKenna
UK's Declan McKenna releases his new album, What Happened To The Beach?, on his own label Tomplicated Records via Q Prime. It's Declan's third album and first since his 2020 collection, Zeros. His new album was produced by Gianluca Buccellati (Lana Del Rey, Arlo Parks). The pop—and where it is headed—an experimental spark of inspiration is a new direction for Declan. He said, "The whole process has been less traditional. We tried to see what we could do by spending a bit more time on the recordings and getting perspective as we went along. The songs are more strange and
Vampire Weekend Announce Release Of 5th Album
Vampire Weekend announced their highly anticipated new album, Only God Was Above Us will drop on April 5th. It's the fifth album from the band and first in five years from Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio and Chris Tomson. Only God Was Above Us is the first full-length offering from Vampire Weekend since 2019’s Father of the Bride. Inspired and haunted by 20th Century New York City, the album was recorded all over the world, from Manhattan to Los Angeles to London and Tokyo. The album was produced by Koenig and longtime collaborator Ariel Rechtshaid, mixed by Dave Fridmann
KFRR/Fresno’s Mike Oz To Air Final ‘Ozmosis’ Show On Sunday, February 11
One Putt Broadcasting Alternative KFRR (NEW ROCK 104.1)/Fresno’s Mike Oz will air his last “Ozmosis” Sunday night new music show on February 11th at 7p. Oz first launched the one hour show on New Rock 104.1 in January 2012. KFRR PD Jason Squires said, “Mike brought the valley so much new music and more, and continues to thrive with Fresno Street Eats in the community. He will be extremely missed but we always consider him family here.” Oz added, “I'm sad to see the show go. It was a great experience and something I'm proud of have done for as
