Wednesday Alternative Artist Discovery #Happens
Happy Wednesday! This week’s #Happens Alternative Artist Discovery is Jesse James Pariah, who says a ukulele “saved my life.” The Hawaiian born L.A.-based artist has a new single called, “Horns Under Halo.” Jesse says, “Inspiration for Horns Under Halo basically came from my life story. Like many people, I was misunderstood most of my life, and people didn’t see my true, pure intentions. I guess I just came off as in skateboarding surfing drug addict punk, which I probably was most times, but I swear I wasn’t trying to be. Life is a trip, and if you’re lucky enough he’ll
Lollapalooza 2025 Lineup Announced For July 31-August 3
Lollapalooza has unveiled its 2025 lineup, led by Olivia Rodrigo, Tyler, The Creator, Sabrina Carpenter, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Luke Combs, TWICE, A$AP Rocky and Korn. The 4-day festival is July 31-August 3 at Grant Park in Chicago, with more than 170 artists on eight stages. The lineup includes Djo, The Marías, Cage The Elephant, Clairo, Dominic Fike, Bleachers, Wallows, Mk.gee, Foster The People, FINNEAS, Remy Wolf, Royel Otis, Flipturn, Magdalena Bay, Artemas, and Gigi Perez. 4-Day pre-sale Tickets will be available Thursday, March 20th at 10am (CT) for one hour only. Ticket prices will increase at 11am (CT) when the
Jesse James Pariah
Jesse James Pariah #HAPPENS VIP Access Let's meet Jesse James Pariah. ARTIST Jesse James Pariah SONG "Horns Under Halo" LABEL SVNBVRNT / Regime ORIGIN Hawaii / Los Angeles My name is Jesse James Pariah. It’s a long story, but basically I went through some heavy things in my life which puts me in a position for all the things that I loved and gave me joy, didn’t anymore. I moved from Hawaii to California and Tahiti. Everywhere I went I couldn’t find happiness. I finally returned home after about eight months
The Church Announces ‘The Singles’ Summer Tour
Few bands experience the career longevity of The Church. Following their 2023 album, The Hypnogogue and its companion piece, 2024’s Eros Zeta And The Perfumed Guitars, the psychedelic dream pop pioneers are returning to North America for "The Singles" Tour, celebrating their catalogue five decades later, including"Reptile" and "Under The Milky Way" (from their 1988 international breakthrough album, Starfish). Kicking off on July 15th in Phoenix, the four-week tour has The Church in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, New York, and more before ending in Denver on August 16th. Presales begin Wednesday, March 19th with tickets to the
Famous Firsts & New Music Discovery #Happens
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! We kickoff the first day of the week with Kenny Wall from KXNA (The X 104.9 The X)/Fayetteville, AR sharing his fun stories on #HAPPENS Famous Firsts. Fontaines D.C. “It’s Amazing To Be Young” is the #1 Most Picked song on Alternative Picks again this week. Fontaines D.C. continues buzzing at Alternative and is now Top 25 on the Alternative Chart. There are 2 new songs on the Mediabase Alternative Chart this week: The Cure “All I Ever Am” debuts at 39 and half alive “Automatic” debuts at 40*. Alternative
Week of 3/17
ALT Happy Birthday wishes this week to KROX (101X)/Austin afternooner CJ Morgan (3/17), Nettwerk VP/Promotion Nick Bedding (3/17), Goldstein United Management’s Jeremy Goldstein (3/18), The Orchard’s Scott Burton (3/19).
Deftones Add Summer Leg Of US Tour
Following two weeks of soldout arena shows, Deftones announce a second leg of 2025 North American Tour dates with Phantogram and IDLES as direct support on select dates and The Barbarians of California as the opener on all dates. The upcoming summer dates, produced by Live Nation, commences on August 22nd at Rogers Arena in Vancouver and continues in arenas across Canada and the US through September 17th at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. After various weekend pre-sales, the general on-sale will be live on Monday, March 17th at 10am local time on LiveNation.com. Find the tour dates HERE. The
