Wednesday Alternative Add Board Recap
Happy Wednesday! The American Dream Is Killing Me. Green Day crushed it yesterday! The band’s highly-anticipated new single “The American Dream Is Killing Me” is from the group's 14th studio album, Saviors, set to drop on January 19th via Warner. The new album was recorded in London and Los Angeles and co-produced by Rob Cavallo, who produced the band's Dookie and American Idiot collections. We have VIP Access today with ALEX SUCKS for our New Artist Discovery Of The Week. Lovejoy “Normal People Things” is this week’s Video Spotlight. The Latest Alternative News includes Mid-West Family/Madison’s Radiothon and WLUM (FM
ALEXSUCKS
ALEXSUCKS VIP Access with ALEXSUCKS. Let's meet the band. ARTIST ALEXSUCKS SONG "6 Pack and Cigarettes" LABEL Hallwood Media ORIGIN Denver/Los Angeles Hi my name is Alex started doing this about two years ago just messing around having fun never thought much of it. I would describe our music as indie, alternative. LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, and Beck. Inspiration came from our day to day lives. Surprise is that we actually all hate each other.
Mid-West Family/Madison’s Radiothon Benefits American Family Children’s Hospital
Mid-West Family Alternative WRIS (The Resistance 106.7)/Madison APD Miranda Daniels checks in to report that the Mid-West Family/Madison cluster raised $468,578 for American Family Children's Hospital during last week’s 3-day 18th Annual Radiothon on October 18-20. That’s Miranda on the second from top step with the Mid-West Family team. .
WLUM (FM 102/1)/Milwaukee Sets Big Snow Show 17
Milwaukee Radio Alliance Alternative WLUM (FM 102.1)/Milwaukee has announced multiple “Big Snow Show 17” holiday shows at The Rave with The Black Keys and Colony House on December 6th and Lovejoy, The Beaches, and little image on December 7th. Find all the FM 102/1 Big Snow 17 details HERE.
TALK Announces 2024 Headlining Tour To Support New Album Lord Of The Flies & Birds & Bees
Canadian artist TALK announces a North American headlining tour in 2024 to support his debut album, Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees, which released last Friday (10/20) via Capitol Records. TALK performed his first of three shows opening for country queen Shania Twain earlier this week in Toronto. “The concept for ‘Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees’ was dreamed up by my executive producer Justin Tranter and I,” TALK explains. “I think what we created was almost exactly what was originally envisioned—an album that was made with love and heart, that I hope will put a
Beabadoobee Teams With Jazz Singer Laufey
beabadoobee has collaborated with jazz singer Laufey to release a new single "A Night To Remember." “I’ve been writing with a lot of different rhythms recently, also with strings and nods to more classical sounds,” shares beabadoobee on the song. “Laufey is a great fit for this sound and we had started hanging out in London, so we got in the studio together to work on music and try ideas with my producer Jacob. We also hung in NY on my tour and started becoming closer friends. We wrote ‘A Night To Remember’ and decided we wanted to write something
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 4 new chart debuts. The Beaches “Blame Brett” is really buzzing and leads the pack on the Top 5 New Music Discovery Picks Of The Week and is now pushing Top 30 on the chart. KROQ/Los Angeles just announced the lineup for “Almost Acoustic Christmas.” Speaking of KROQ, so sad to hear that former longtime air personality Dusty Street passed away over the weekend. More holiday concert news with KMYZ/Tulsa announcing “The Edge Christmas Concert.”
