G. Love & Special Sauce Celebrate 30 Anniversary Tour And Self-Titled Debut Album
The trio G. Love & Special Sauce emerged out of Philadelphia in 1994 with their cultivation of "hip-hop blues." In 2024, they will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their self-titled album with an expansive national tour and re-release of the record. The album includes the singles "Baby's Got Sauce" and "Cold Beverage." Born Garrett Dutton, G. Love grew up equally enthralled with folk, blues, and rap, devouring everything from Lead Belly and Run D.M.C. to John Hammond and the Beastie Boys. After migrating to Boston, he and his band, Special Sauce, broke out in 1994 with their Gold-selling self-titled debut.
Something Corporate Announce 2 Hometown Reunion Shows
Hot off their reunion shows in Las Vegas last month, Orange County, CA's Something Corporate has announced two hometown headline New Year’s Eve shows for Saturday, December 30th and Sunday, December 31st at City National Grove of Anaheim. The year-end hometown shows as the five original members of Something Corporate – Andrew McMahon (vocals, piano), Josh Partington (guitar), Kevin “Clutch” Page (bass), Brian Ireland (drums), and William Tell (guitar) – recently performed their first headlining show together in 20 years at a sold-out House of Blues Las Vegas, which was also livestreamed via Veeps. They also played last month at
Week Of 11/6
Concord GM Jill Weindorf (11/10), WRIS (The Resistance 106.7)/Madison APD Miranda Daniels (11/10), ALT promo vet John Di Maio (11/10), WEND (106.5 The End)/Charlotte PD Chris Crowley (11/11), BMG’s Amit Kumar (11/11), and Sam Entertainment's Gaby Skolnek (11/12).
The Monday Alternative Music Meeting
Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! I’ll unpack this week’s Mediabase Alternative chart and get you the highlights you need to know, including 2 new chart debuts. lovelytheband “nice to know you” lands #1 this week on New Music Discovery Picks. Matisyahu announces new EP and shares a new single in Music Info. We kickoff the first day of the week with Audacy KKDO (ALT 94.7)/Sacramento & KVIL (ALT 103.7)/Dallas Regional Brand Manager Andy Hawk sharing his “Famous Firsts.” Alternative Chart Milestone Moves This Week Top 10 Portugal. The Man “Summer Of Luv” (Atlantic) moves 11-10 +73 spins.
Matisyahu Announces New EP And Shares New Single
Matisyahu announces his forthcoming Hold The Fire EP will drop on February 2nd via his own label Fallen Sparks Records. He also shared a new single “Fireproof." “This song is about a dream I had about holding the fire,” shares Matisyahu. “The burning bush in the Torah is how God speaks to Moshe at first. Through a bush on fire that doesn’t consume itself. It became a metaphor for me as an artist and as a Jew. Moshe, the leader of the Jewish Nation, comes from the aspect of water spiritually. Literally, he was drawn from the river by Pharoh’s
Alternative New Music Friday
Happy Friday! Are you ready for an extra hour of sleep this weekend? Don’t forget we turn our clocks back an hour on Saturday night for daylight savings time. It’s time to share more Alternative Ratings highlights from the just released Nielsen PPM October ‘23 6+ Ratings. Congrats to WEND (106.5 The End)/Charlotte 3.5-3.7, KKDO (ALT 94.7)/Sacramento 4.6-4.7 (Regional Brand Manager Andy Hawk checks in with some great demo highlights – #1 AM DRIVE W18-34, #1 PM DRIVE P18-34 & W18-34 #1, NIGHTS #1 P25-54 & M 25-54. Everybody likes to be #1, right!), WXDX/Pittsburgh 4.4-4.9, KXTE (X107.5)/Las Vegas 2.5-2.9,
The Struts Get Pretty Vicious On New Music Friday
The Struts have released their long-awaited Big Machine Label Group debut album today (11/3). Pretty Vicious is the fourth album for the Derby, England 4-piece. Lead singer Luke Spiller had this to say about the new 11 track album. “This record showcases each individual member's strengths. It’s some of my favorite music, hands down, we’ve ever conjured up. It’s the record everyone’s been waiting for.” After nearly a decade of releasing music and touring at a breakneck pace, The Struts were finally able to take their time and perfect their sound with Pretty Vicious, co-producing each track with Julian Raymond
