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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.

bby Release New Version Of ‘Voices In My Head’ And Announce Tour With Royel Otis

The London-based 5-piece bby has unveiled a  new version of their single "Voices In My Head," featuring Betty. The track, which delves into the haunting allure of inner dialogue and self-reflection, now takes on a fresh, evocative dimension with Betty’s haunting delivery, creating a powerful new rendition. Listen to the new version of "Voices In My Head" HERE. bby says, "This song is about voices in your head, the dark ones that ya wish ya could shhh. The ones that get loud on rooftops. They never go away and there’s a kind of peace in that acceptance. They wont leave

May 16th, 2025|Alternative, Music Info|

Queens Of The Stone Age Alive In The Catacombs Recording Comes Alive On June 5

Queens Of The Stone Age will unveil the cinematic realization of a dream on June 5 when they premiere Alive In The Catacombs, an audiovisual of the band’s long-rumored performance in the tunnels of the famed Catacombs Of Paris. Filmed and recorded in July 2024, Queens Of The Stone Age: Alive In The Catacombs features a setlist spanning the band's catalog with each song chosen and epically reimagined for the Catacombs.  Homme had dreamt of staging a QOTSA performance in the Catacombs since his first visit nearly 20 years ago. The city of Paris, however, had never granted permission to

May 14th, 2025|Alternative, Music Info|

Wednesday Alternative Artist Discovery #Happens

Happy Wednesday! This week’s #HAPPENS Alternative Artist Discovery is Ava Maybee. She says, “I had been trying to write Call It What You Want for a really long time about a friendship breakup I went through a couple years back but nothing ever clicked and it wasn’t right. I just had to wait for the song to come to me and that’s how Call It What You Want came to be.” Maybe you saw her on American Idol. She is homies with Cameron Whitcomb from American Idol from season 20. Her father is Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

May 14th, 2025|Alternative, Introduction|

Mumford & Sons And Friends Return To The Railways For 2025 Railroad Revival Tour

Mumford & Sons will return to the railways this summer for their 2025 Railroad Revival tour. The four-date run spanning from New Orleans to Vermont will feature Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane alongside an all-star traveling "house band" including Celisse, Chris Thile, Ketch Secor, Leif Vollebekk, Lucius, Madison Cunningham, Nathaniel Rateliff, Trombone Shorty, and more to be announced. Originally conceived as a way to reimagine the way musicians experience the country while touring and therefore change the way music is made and performed, each stop will feature a unique, once-in-a-lifetime concert featuring new music, collaborations, shared musicianship and

May 14th, 2025|Alternative, Music Info|

Ava Maybee

AVA MAYBEE #HAPPENS VIP Access Let's meet Ava Maybee. ARTIST Ava Maybee  SONG "Call It What You Want" LABEL self released ORIGIN Los Angeles   I’m Ava Maybee and I’ve been singing for the majority of my life but I got started writing songs and putting them out in 2020. I was in my first year at NYU at their Clive Davis program and I immediately became a VERY little fish in a big pond so when we were sent home due to COVID, I started writing songs everyday and put

May 14th, 2025|Alternative, New Artist Discovery of the Week|

Famous Firsts & New Music Discovery #Happens

Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ Mother’s Day weekend!  We kickoff the first day of the week with Michael Dukes from KWVV K-Wave 104.9 Alaska's Alternative sharing his fun stories on #HAPPENS Famous Firsts.  Lorde “What Was That” logs a repeat for #1 Most Picked song this week on Alternative Picks. Royel Otis is back with their new single “moody” and Cameron Whitcomb “Bad Apple” is buzzing at Alternative ahead of impact week. Find the rest of the Top 5 songs on Alternative Picks.  Jonah Kagen “God Needs The Devil” lands the #1 song this week on the Mediabase

May 12th, 2025|Alternative, Introduction|

Week of 5/12

ALT Happy Birthday wishes this week to tbd Records/Red Light Management's Phil Costello (5/12), Custom Channels-96X/Memphis Of Music John Michael (5/12), Jake Kaplan VO & Sound Design’s Jake Kaplan (5/12), Ex-The Orchard SVP/Promotion Danny Buch (5/15), Break Records' Chris Brown (5/16), NPM PR & Marketing’s Ed Bunker (5/17).

May 12th, 2025|Alternative, Birthdays|

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