The Monday Morning Alternative Music Meeting
Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! iHeartRadio ALTer EGO ‘24 is already sold out for January 13th. Tomorrow (10/31), WRIS (THE RESISTANCE 106.7)/Madison, WI celebrates its 6th birthday. It was a Halloween sign-on in 2017. Green Day makes history with their first song since 2010 to debut in the Top 5 on the Alternative chart. Congrats to Warner’s Rob Goldklang, David Ravikoff & Crush’s Garrett Capone. Green Day was an easy pick and is #1 on New Music Discovery Picks Of The Week. KITS (Live 105)/San Francisco becomes “Evil 105” on Halloween at 7p. You can find all
KITS (Live 105)/San Francisco’s Spooky Halloween Special
Audacy Alternative KITS (Live 105)/San Francisco has a Spooky Halloween Special planned for Tuesday, October 31st. The station will become Evil 105 from 7-10p with a Halloween-theme playlist for three hours.
Duran Duran Has Spooky Covers Of Billie Eilish, Talking Heads, Siouxsie And The Banshees & More On New Album
Duran Duran has released a real treat for Halloween. The UK new wave quartet dropped their 16th album, Danse Macabre, via Tape Modern/BMG last Friday (10/26). The 13 tracks include newly reimagined versions of their own spooky classics along with covers of Billie Eilish’s "Bury A Friend," Talking Heads "Psycho Killer," The Rolling Stones "Paint It Black," Rick James "Super Lonely Freak," Siouxsie And the Banshees "Spellbound," Cerrone "Supernature," and The Specials "Ghost Town." Victoria De Angelis of Maneskin appears on the album’s focus track, a cover of Talking Heads "Psycho Killer." Duran Duran bassist John Taylor said, "The first
Famous Firsts with Eddie Ybarra
1st Record Purchased: He's the DJ I'm The Rapper - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince on a white cassette. Bought it at a Kmart when I was 10. 1st Artist Interview: Bowling For Soup February of 2005 before their show at the Higher Ground in Burlington, Vermont 1st Dead On-Air Experience: It was brutal. It was 2001. WXXY just flipped to Spanish AC and I was doing a 6p-Midnight shift. We had Enco Automation for spots and I was told horror stories about the software locking up. Time came for my first stop set and
Week of 10/23/23
ALT Happy Birthday wishes to Def Jam EVP/Head Of Promotion Nicki Farag (10/27), Sumerian's Haleigh Dever (10/27), Audacy Alternative National Night On-Air Personality Kevan Kenney (10/28), The Artist Cooperative's Bob Divney (10/28), and Premiere Networks' Bill May (10/28).
Alternative New Music Friday
Happy Friday! It’s new music release day and Taking Back Sunday has the New Music Spotlight for their new album, 152 today. Check out the Albums page for a list of new albums out today. Did you hear Foo Fighters are on SNL tomorrow night? Beauty School Dropout are making sure everyone is READY TO EAT on their upcoming tour dates. Find the details below in Music Info. The Latest Alternative News includes KDKB (ALT AZ 93.3)/Phoenix announcing Ugly Sweater Holiday Party #2. The latest posts in Radio And Records Exposure page include iHeart/ALT 98.7’s Lisa Worden backstage at Tom
Beauty School Dropout Make Sure Everyone is READY TO EAT
In celebration of their new album READY TO EAT, L.A. trio Beauty School Dropout are giving back to the community on their current U.S. headline tour. For every radio, press, + DSP attendee, the band will donate a meal to local food banks in each tour market. If you’d like to attend the show and help a good cause, you can be added to the list by sending an email to music@goldnretrieverent.com. Once at the show, send a picture of the band on stage to the same email and a meal will be donated in your name. Fans will be
KDKB (ALT AZ 93.3)/Phoenix Announces Night 2 Of Ugly Sweater 2023
Hubbard Alternative KDKB (ALT AZ 93.3)/Phoenix announces “Ugly Sweater 2023” holiday concert #2 with Neon Trees and ALEXSUCKS on Thursday, December 14th at the Marquee Theatre. Tickets are on sale Friday, October 27th. The first 500 tickets sold are $9.33 plus service fees. Find details HERE.
The Smashing Pumpkins Guitarist Jeff Schroeder Leaving Band
After 16 years as guitarist for The Smashing Pumpkins, Jeff Schroeder has announced he is leaving the band to explore a different path. Schroeder issued the following statement on social media: "It’s easy to say now that when I joined The Smashing Pumpkins in 2007 I had no idea what I was getting into. The opportunity seemed to have come out of nowhere. I was at UCLA working on my doctorate in comparative literature when a close friend messaged me and said The Smashing Pumpkins were looking for a guitar player. Being a huge fan of the band, the audition
