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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.

Gary Clark Jr. Returns With First New Music In Nearly Five Years

Grammy Award winning artist Gary Clark Jr. has released four new tracks -- “Maktub,” “JPEG RAW,” “This Is Who We Are,” “Hyperwave,” and “Habits” -- and nnounced his much-anticipated upcoming album, JPEG RAW, set for release on March 22 via Warner Records. This new body of work signals a brave new world for Clark’s ever-expanding creative palette. Clark’s lyrics are pointed, deeply personal, outspoken and socially conscious with occasional forays into rap and spoken word from Clark himself.  JPEG RAW is Clark's first album since 2019’s critically lauded This Land, which became his third consecutive top 10 on the Billboard

January 28th, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

Blu DeTiger Announces Debut Album And All I Ever Want Headline Tour

Blu DeTiger announces her debut album, All I Ever Want Is Everything, which will be released on March 29 via Capitol Records. The New York City born artist picked up the bass guitar at age seven, played her first gig at the legendary punk venue CBGB soon thereafter and was a fixture in the Lower Manhattan music scene by age 17. The energy of this nightlife world manifests through her expressive vocals on her new collection of eclectic songs, which meld art pop, electroclash, funk, disco and alt-rock.  On her playfully seductive new single “Dangerous Game,” Blu sings, “Call me

January 26th, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

Alternative New Music Friday

Happy Friday! Last night, Warner released a new Liam Gallagher x John Squire single. Also, while you were resting BMG sent out a Blast with the new SHAED single. This morning, Gold’n Retreiver introduce us to J Duran. Make sure to retrieve that Blast from your inbox. Earlier in the week, SMITH released her new single “Pathetic” and 300 Elektra gave us the title track from the Fall Out Boy album. I’ll give you a deeper dive on your new music downloads in a minute. This week’s New Music Friday spotlight is on L.A.’s Militarie Gun. The band just dropped

January 26th, 2024|Alternative, Introduction|

Militarie Gun Fires New EP On New Music Friday

L.A. 5-piece Militarie Gun has dropped a new EP Life Under The Sun, via Loma Vista/Concord. Life Under The Sun strips back a selection of songs from Militarie Gun’s debut album Life Under The Gun, which was released last summer, putting Ian Shelton’s intensely personal songwriting center stage.  The EP includes collaborations: "Never Fucked Up Twice (featuring Bully's Alicia Bognanno)," "Very High (Under The Sun)," "My Friends Are Having A Hard Time (featuring Manchester Orchestra), a new version of "Will Logic (featuring Mannequin Pussy),"and a cover of the NOFX track "Whoops I OD'd." The band's 2023 collection, Life Under The

January 26th, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

Bourbon & Beyond Festival Lineup Announced

The lineup has been announced for Bourbon & Beyond Festival for September 19-22 in Louisville. The 4-day festival at Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center includes Zach Bryan, Tyler Childers, Dave Matthews Band, Neil Young, Beck, My Morning Jacket, The National, The War On Drugs, Fleet Foxes, Black Pumas, X Ambassadors, Sunny Day Real Estate, Dinosaur Jr, The Head And the Heart, Young The Giant, Mt. Joy, Arlo Parks, Amigo The Devil, and The Record Company. Now in its 6th year, the 4-day destination festival is adding two music stages and 40 additional music artists for 2024, expanding

January 25th, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

WRFF/Philadelphia’s ALT 104.5 Winter Jawn Free Show Is February 10th

iHeartMedia Alternative WRFF/Philadelphia's ALT 104.5 Winter Jawn is back. The station's annual free outdoor show is on Saturday, February 10th at Xfinity Live! The lineup is: The Maine, SHAED, Barns Courtney, DJ Reed Streets and more TBA. Doors open at 11am and the show starts at noon with ALT 104.5 listeners needing a ticket to see Winter Jawn. ALT 104.5 is offering listeners various opportunities to win or download tickets.

January 25th, 2024|Alternative, News Updates|

Wednesday Alternative Add Board Recap

Happy Wednesday! Another superstar add week. Cage The Elephant is this week’s #1 Most Added on the Mediabase Alternative Add Board.  Big ratings news, KJEE/Santa Barbara soars 3.7-6.0 in the Nielsen December ‘23 PPM 12+ Ratings. Also, WGBJ (ALT 102.3)/Ft. Wayne is up 0.9-1.4 and KMAX (94.3 The X)/Ft. Collins, CO increases 0.7-1.0.  This week’s Happens.vip Alternative New Artist Discovery Of The Week is Tarric. His current single “I Had It Wrong” is now chart bound and Tarric says he is CEO of two multi-million dollar companies. The ALT Video Spotlight Of The Week is ALEXSUCKS “What’re We Doing Here.”

January 24th, 2024|Alternative, Introduction|

Orbital To Reissue ‘The Green Album’ From 1991

Ahead of their North American live dates this Spring in New York, Chicago, Miami and California, Orbital has announced the reissue of their seminal self-titled 1991 debut album, known as "The Green Album," on April 19 via London Records. All tracks have been fully remastered by Phil and Paul Hartnoll for the very first time. Originally released on September 30, 1991, "The Green Album" contains their breakthrough 1990 single "Chime."   33 years after its initial release, and over 10 years since last pressed on vinyl, the remastered Green Album arrives ahead of the recently updated The Green + Brown Album

January 24th, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

Lollapalooza Partners With Re:wild

Lollapalooza has elevated its commitment to the environment through a new partnership with global organization, Re:wild. Across the world, Lollapalooza festivals will support Re:wild and its local partners in a variety of ways, including sharing environmental education through festival messaging channels, providing space on festival grounds for Re:wild partners to speak directly with music fans, and through direct financial support of Re:wild projects.   Founded by a group of renowned conservation scientists together with Leonardo DiCaprio, Re:wild works in collaboration with governments, philanthropic organizations, Indigenous peoples and local communities, nongovernmental organizations, and companies worldwide.  Lollapalooza Founder Perry Farrell and Etty Lau

January 24th, 2024|Alternative, News Updates|

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