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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.

Twenty One Pilots Announce The Clancy World Tour

Twenty One Pilots have announced details of their massive global headline The Clancy World Tour and shared “Next Semester,” a new song from their highly anticipated forthcoming album, Clancy, which will be released May 24th via Fueled By Ramen/3EE. Watch the Andrew Donoho directed music video for "Next Semester" HERE. Last month, Twenty One Pilots returned with news of Clancy and released the album’s lead single “Overcompensate,” which has rocketed up the Alternative chart. The Clancy World Tour, produced by LIve Nation, will get underway August 15th at Denver. The tour will traverse North America through the fall followed by

March 27th, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

Wednesday New Artist Discovery #Happens

Happy Wednesday! Your Happens.vip Alternative New Artist Discovery Of The Week is Amigo The Devil. Today you get VIP Access to Austin-based Danny (a.k.a. Amigo The Devil), who started writing songs as a hobby when he was in the brewing industry. Amigo The Devil’s newest single “Stray Dog” is from his third album, Yours Until The Wars Is Over, released last month via Liars Club/Regime.  Great to see ratings up at WZRH (ALT 92.3)/New Orleans for the fourth straight month. The station is up a full share since November ‘23 and jumps 1.8-2.0 12+ in the Nielsen February ‘24 12+

March 27th, 2024|Alternative, Introduction|

Amigo The Devil

Amigo The Devil VIP Access with Amigo The Devil ARTIST Amigo The Devil SONG "Stray Dog" LABEL Liars Club/Regime Music Group ORIGIN Miami/Austin My name is Danny. I started writing songs as a hobby during my final years in the brewing industry. When I left that career, I decided to pursue touring full time in whatever capacity I could, and for the next 10 years played solo shows anywhere that would have me – from sneaking into festivals and playing bathrooms to selling out smoke filled taverns in the middle of

March 27th, 2024|Alternative, New Artist Discovery of the Week|

SHAED Will Be Spinning Out June 14th

SHAED announces their new album Spinning Out will drop on June 14 via BMG. It features the band’s lead single "Everybody Knows I'm High" released on January 26th and currently building on the Alternative chart (Listen/Download HERE). The band has also released another new track "Rocket In The Sky" with the album announce. Watch the visualizer HERE. The album comprises 11 songs exploring themes of family, love, and growth. Over years of writing, recording, and producing, Spinning Out cohered as a collection of snapshots and vignettes, reflecting on love and belonging from all different angles. SHAED weren’t immune to spinning

March 26th, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

Jakobs Castle To Play Free KJJZ-HD2 (ALT 101.5)/Palm Springs Coachella Pre-Party 

Marker Broadcasting Alternative KJJZ-HD2 (ALT 101.5)/Palm Springs, CA announces the "ALT 101.5 Coachella Pre-Party With Jakobs Castle" performing a free show on Thursday, April 11th at The Palm Springs Surf Club from 5-7pm. Jakobs Castle (a.k.a. Jakob Nowell of Sublime) will be playing songs off his debut album and some classic Sublime songs too.

March 26th, 2024|Alternative, News Updates|

Famous Firsts #Happens On Monday

Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! We kickoff the first day of the week with Klein from KROQ/Los Angeles sharing Famous Firsts.  More ratings love from last week’s batch of Nielsen February ‘24 PPMs. KNDD (107.7 The End)/Seattle Regional Brand Mgr. Christy Taylor shares: "The End is tied for number 1 persons 18-34 with a 7.8 share." Alternative programmers continue to buzz about The Marias “Run Your Mouth.” For the second-straight week, it’s the #1 Most Picked Song on New Music Discovery Picks.  For the third consecutive week, there’s a new #1 song on the Alternative Chart as

March 25th, 2024|Alternative, Introduction|

Week of 3/25

ALT Happy Birthday wishes this week to Cumulus VP/Modern/Classic Rock & WKQX (Q101)/Chicago PD James Kurdziel (3/25), KROQ/Los Angeles SVP/Programming Kevin Weatherly (3/26), GotGame’s Steve Masters (3/26), Shelter Music Group SVP/Promotion & Artist Strategy Tyson Haller (3/27), Infirst Promotion's Jordan Zucker (3/30), KMYZ/Tulsa & WZNE/Rochester Alternative Format Captain Josh Venable (3/31).  

March 25th, 2024|Birthdays|

The Gaslight Anthem Release New EP And Announce Summer Tour

The Gaslight Anthem released a new EP, History Books – Short Stories, March 22nd on their own Rich Mahogany Recordings label via Thirty Tigers. The four track EP features a cover of "Ocean Eyes," a heavier version of Billie Eilish's song, a brand new rendition of the longtime fan favorite, “Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts,” and stripped-down acoustic performances of “Positive Charge” and “History Books. About the new single, “Ocean Eyes,” The Gaslight Anthem lead singer Brian Fallon said, “I was driving my daughter to school and she played it for me on the way and I really took to

March 24th, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

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