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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.

Giovannie And The Hired Guns Announce New Album

The Texas band Giovannie And The Hired Guns will release their new album, Land of the Lost, via Tejano Punk Boyz/Crush South/Warner Music Nashville on September 13th. Produced by Johnny K (Megadeth, Disturbed, Sevendust, Plain White T’s), Land of the Lost is Giovannie And The Hired Guns’ fourth full-length and second LP since signing with Warner Music Nashville through a first-of-its-kind partnership with Warner Music Latina.  Land Of The Lost finds Giovannie And The Hired Guns doubling down on the freewheeling attitude they first embraced in their earliest days as a band. "From the beginning I told the guys not

April 23rd, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

Imagine Dragons To Release New Album June 28 And Tour Starting July 30

Imagine Dragons announce their sixth album, LOOM, will drop on June 28th. In addition, the band will embark on their biggest North American headline tour beginning July 30th in Camden, NJ at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion and ending October 22nd in Los Angeles at Hollywood Bowl.  LOOM, produced entirely by Imagine Dragons and their longtime collaborators Mattman and Robin, blends a balance between the band's classic sound and the fresh sounds that brought them joy in the studio featuring nine tracks including current boundary-breaking single "Eyes Closed." Lead singer Dan Reynolds shares: "Working on this record was a rollercoaster - just

April 22nd, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

Famous Firsts #Happens On Monday

Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! We kickoff the first day of the week with Dave Levora from KQCJ (Planet 93.9)/Quad Cities sharing Famous Firsts. Don’t miss the funny dead air ending. Alternative programmers are buzzing about the new Pearl Jam single “Wreckage.” It’s the #1 Most Picked Song on New Music Discovery Picks leading into impact this week. S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats has announced a new album. I have the details posted on Music Info.  Last Friday, Brigitte Calls Me Baby played a KNRK (94/7)/Portland “94/7 Session” and Ella Red was at KTCL (Channel

April 22nd, 2024|Alternative, Introduction|

Week of 4/22

ALT Happy Birthday wishes this week to WWDC (DC101)/Washington PD Dustin Matthews (4/22), KTBZ (94.5 The Buzz)/Houston PD Elliott Wood (4/23), Lil Miss Guided Music's Artie Gentile (4/23), and WKQX (Q101)/Chicago’s Kenzie K (4/24). 

April 22nd, 2024|Alternative, Birthdays|

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Announces Fourth Album

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats announces their fourth full-length studio album South Of Here, will drop on June 28th via Stax/Concord. Ahead of the album, the band has shared the first single "Heartless." Produced by Brad Cook (Waxahatchee, Bon Iver, Kevin Morby) and recorded at Sonic Ranch outside El Paso, TX, South of Here reckons with a lifetime of pain and trauma and transforms it into a stirring, soul-baring rumination on love, loss, hope and resolve. Rateliff said, "Brad was a great producer to write alongside. This album is a look into my own struggle with anxiety, insecurity and

April 19th, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Ella Red stopped by KRXP (X1039)/Colorado Springs on April 18th before her show in Denver at Globe Hall. Pictured are (l-r) Willy Will (X1039 Nights), Cliff Cage (X1039 Weekends), Ella Red, Carly Evans (X1039 PD/Afternoons), Summer Justice (X1039 News Director/Host of the 103 Free), Aubrey Bishop (X1039 Promo Director/Middays), Rianna Lundy (Account Executive/X1039 Weekends)

April 19th, 2024|Alternative, Radio and Records Exposure|

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