ALTERNATIVE YEAR END PICKS – THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2023

TOP 5 MOST PICKED

boygenius

The Record

(Interscope)

Foo Fighters

But Here We Are

(RCA)

blink-182

One More Time…

(Columbia)

Noah Kahan

Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever)

(Republic)

Gorillaz

Cracker Island

(Warner)

  • Shawn Alexander

    Shawn Alexander

    #HAPPENS

    1. Foo Fighters – But Here We Are (RCA)

    2. Blondshell – Blondshell (Partisan)

    3. The Hives - The Death Of Andy Fitzsimmons (Fuga)

    4. HotWax - A Thousand Times (EP) (Marathon Artists)

    5. Wilco - Cousin (dBpm)

  • Jeremy Pritchard

    Jeremy Pritchard

    AUDACY-KBZT (ALT 94.9)/San Diego, CA

    Brand Manager

    1. Queens Of The Stone Age – In Times New Roman… (Matador/Beggars)

    2. Cannons - Heartbeat Highway (Columbia)

    3. boygenius – the record (Interscope)

    4. blink-182 – ONE MORE TIME... (Columbia)

    5. The Beaches - Blame My Ex (AWAL)

  • Andy Hawk

    Andy Hawk

    AUDACY-KKDO (ALT 94.7)/Sacramento, CA, KVIL (ALT 103.7)/Dallas, TX

    Regional Brand Manager

    1. blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME… (Columbia)

    2. AJR - The Maybe Man (Mercury/Republic)

    3. Cannons - Heartbeat Highway (Columbia)

    4. Milky Chance - Living In The Haze (Muggelig)

    5. Fall Out Boy - So MucFallh (For) Stardust (Fueled By Ramen)

  • Christy Taylor

    Christy Taylor

    AUDACY-KNDD (107.7 THE END)/Seattle, WA

    Regional Brand Manager

    1. Yves Tumor - Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume... (Warp)

    2. SZA - SOS (RCA)

    3. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are (RCA)

    4. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever) (Republic)

    5. Jungle - Volcano (AWAL)

  • Brad Steiner

    Brad Steiner

    AUDACY-WINS-F2 (ALT 92.3)/New York, NY, WDZH (ALT 98.7)/Detroit, MI, WSFS (104.3 THE SHARK)/Miami, FL, WRXL (ALT 102.1)/Richmond, VA

    Regional Brand Manager

    1. boygenius - The Record (Interscope)

    2. Royel Otis - Sofa Kings (EP) (Ourness/In2une)

    3. The National - First 2 Pages Of Frankenstein (4AD/Beggars)

    4. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever) (Republic)

    5. Jungle - Volcano (AWAL)

  • Brien Terranova

    Brien Terranova

    Beggars Group

    Sr. Director/Promotion

    1. Fences - Bright Soul (ENCI)

    2. Romy - Mid Air (young)

    3. Dinner Party - Enigmatic Society (Sounds Of Crenshaw)

    4. KAYTRAMINE - KAYTRAMINE (Venice Music)

    5. Chris Stapleton - Higher (Mercury Nashville)

  • Braden Merrick

    Braden Merrick

    BRIGHT ANTENNA RECORDS

    President

    1. Gorillaz - Cracker Island (Parlophone/Warner)

    2. The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds (Polydor/Geffen)

    3. Post Malone - Austin (Mercury/Republic)

    4. Blur - The Ballad Of Darren (Parlophone/Warner)

    5. boygenius - The Record (Interscope)

  • Dave Barbis

    Dave Barbis

    C3 MANAGEMENT

    1. Local Natives - Time Will Wait For No One (Concord)

    2. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride (Elektra) 

    3. The Revivalists - Pour It Out Into The Night (Concord)

    4. Roosevelt - Embrace (Ninja Tune)

    5. Paul Rodgers - Midnight Rose (Sun)

  • Jeff Gillis

    Jeff Gillis

    DIRTY RICE MUSIC

    1. Margo Price - Strays (Loma Vista/Concord)

    2. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard? (Interscope)

    3. boygenius - The Record (Interscope)

    4. The National - First Two Pages Of Frankenstein (4AD/Beggars)

    5. Lovejoy - Wake Up & It’s Over (AWAL)

  • Aaron Axelsen

    Aaron Axelsen

    FLOOD FM

    Head Of Programming

    1. Slowdive - Everything Is Alive (Dead Oceans)

    2. Sigur Ros - Átta (BMG)

    3. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Interscope)

    4. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice/The Orchard)

    5. Wednesday - Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans)

  • Alex Whiley

    Alex Whiley

    Glassnote Records

    Head Of West Coast Promotion

    1. Grouplove - I Want It All Right Now (Glassnote)

    2. RIPE - Bright Blues (Glassnote)

    3. Daughter - Stereo Mind Game (Glassnote)

    4. Taylor Janzen - I Live In Patterns (Glassnote)

    5. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs (Atlantic)

  • Michael Starr

    Michael Starr

    Glassnote Records

    Head Of Promotion

    1. Grouplove - I Want It All Right Now (Glassnote)

    2. The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds (Polydor/Geffen)

    3. RIPE - Bright Blues (Glassnote)

    4. Metallica - 72 Seasons (Blackened/Q Prime)

    5. Billie Marten - Drop Cherries (A Fiction)

  • Bruce Rave

    Bruce Rave

    GO DEEP WITH BRUCE RAVE

    Programmer/Host

    1. The Hives - The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons (Fuga)

    2. Beirut - Hadsel (Pompeii)

    3. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin (Asthmatic Kitty)

    4. Roosevelt - Embrace (Counter)

    5. The Record Company - The 4th Album (Round Hill)

  • Jeremy P. Goldstein

    Jeremy P. Goldstein

    GOLDSTEIN UNITED MANAGEMENT

    1. DMA’s - How Many Dreams? (I Oh You)

    2. Black Honey - Fistful Of Peaches (Foxfive)

    3. The Utopiates - The Sun Also Rises (V2)

    4. The Slow Readers Club - Knowledge Freedom Power (Velveteen)

    5. Soft Science - Lines (Shelflife)

  • Chris Stowers

    Chris Stowers

    HARD BOILED, INC

    1. Kevin Abstract - Blanket (RCA)

    2. Bully - Lucky For You (Sub Pop)

    3. Geese - 3D Country (Partisan)

    4. Royel Otis - Sofa Kings (EP) (Ourness/In2une)

    5. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)

  • Adam "Adrock" Lebensfeld

    Adam "Adrock" Lebensfeld

    IN DE GOOT ENTERTAINMENT

    President Of Promotion

    1. Killer Mike - Michael (LVNS/Loma Vista)

    2. Blue October - Spinning The Truth Around: Part II (Up/Down-Brando)

    3. Sleep Token - Take Me Back to Eden (Spinefarm/Silent Room)

    4. Beach Fossils - Bunny (Bayonet)

    5. WhokilledXIX - In Chains (Masked/Warner)

  • Jeff McClusky

    Jeff McClusky

    JEFF MCCLUSKY & ASSOCIATES

    1. boygenius - The Record (Interscope)

    2. Lily & Madeleine - Nite Swim (Lily & Madeleine)

    3. Inhaler - Cuts & Bruises (Interscope)

    4. Depeche Mode - Memento Mori (Columbia)

    5. Slow Pulp - Yard (Anti-)

  • Noah Treimer

    Noah Treimer

    JEFF MCCLUSKY & ASSOCIATES

    1. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever) (Republic)

    2. Royel Otis - Sofa Kings (EP) (Ourness/In2une)

    3. Cannons - Heartbeat Highway (Columbia)

    4. Post Malone - Austin (Mercury/Republic)

    5. Portugal. The Man - Chris Black Changed My Life (Atlantic)

  • Sammi St. Leger

    Sammi St. Leger

    JEFF MCCLUSKY & ASSOCIATES

    1. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever) (Republic)

    2. Post Malone - Austin (Mercury/Republic)

    3. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Interscope)

    4. Inhaler - Cuts & Bruises (Interscope)

    5. Black Pumas - Chronicles Of A Diamond (ATO)

  • Joe Koehneke

    Joe Koehneke

    JEFF MCCLUSKY & ASSOCIATES

    1. Thirty Seconds To Mars - It's The End Of The World But It's A Beautiful Day (Concord)

    2. Black Pumas - Chronicles Of A Diamond (ATO)

    3. Dave Matthews Band - Walk Around The Moon (RCA)

    4. Post Malone - Austin (Mercury/Republic)

    5. Paramore – This Is Why (Atlantic)

  • Madeline Byrnside

    Madeline Byrnside

    JEFF MCCLUSKY & ASSOCIATES

    1. Grian Chatten - Chaos For The Fly (Partisan)

    2. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Interscope)

    3. Shame - Food for Worms (Dead Oceans)

    4. Blur - The Ballad Of Darren (Parlophone/Warner)

    5. Frontega - Frontega (Standard Press)

  • Jerry Rubino

    Jerry Rubino

    JERRY RUBINO PROMOTIONS

    1. Somebody's Child - Somebody's Child (Frenchkiss)

    2. Graham Day And The Gaolers - Reflections In The Glass (Damaged Goods)

    3. The Academic - Sitting Pretty (Capitol)

    4. Madness - Theatre Of The Absurd Presents C’Est La Vie (BMG)

    5. Shonen Knife - Our Best Place (Good Charamel)

  • Amy Presley

    Amy Presley

    KACV (FM 90)/Amarillo, TX

    PD

    1. boygenius – The Record (Interscope)

    2. Various Artists – Barbie: The Album (Atlantic)

    3. Briston Maroney - Ultrapure (Atlantic)

    4. Slow Pulp - Yard (Anti-)

    5. Queens Of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman… (Matador/Beggars)

  • Dustin Carlson

    Dustin Carlson

    KDKB (ALT AZ 93.3)/Phoenix, AZ

    APD/MD

    1. Pierce The Veil - The Jaws Of Life (Fearless/Concord)

    2. Weathers - Are We Having Fun? (Sumerian)

    3. little image - Self Titled (Hollywood)

    4. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs (Atlantic)

    5. Grouplove - I Want It All Right Now (Glassnote)

  • Jason Squires

    Jason Squires

    KFRR (NEW ROCK 104.1)/Fresno, CA

    PD

    1. Gorillaz – Cracker Island (Parlophone/Warner)

    2. Queens Of The Stone Age – In Times New Roman... (Matador/Beggars)

    3. Foo Fighters – But Here We Are (RCA)

    4. Royal Blood – Back to the Water Below (Warner)

    5. Belinda Carlisle – Kismet (BMG)

  • Jayn

    Jayn

    KITS (LIVE 105)/San Francisco, CA

    MD

    1. The 1975 - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)

    2. Holly Humberstone - Paint My Bedroom Black (Interscope)

    3. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are (RCA)

    4. The Japanese House - In the End it Always Does (Dirty Hit)

    5. The Replacements – Tim (Let It Bleed Edition) (Rhino)

  • Sophia John

    Sophia John

    KIWR (89.7 THE RIVER)/Omaha, NE

    PD

    1. Foo Fighters – But Here We Are (RCA)

    2. Jelly Roll - Whitsitt Chapel (BMG)

    3. Paramore - This is Why (Atlantic)

    4. Blue October - Spinning The Truth Around Part II (Up/Down-Brando)

    5. The Plot In You - DISPOSE (Fearless)

  • Dave Hanacek

    Dave Hanacek

    KJEE/Santa Barbara, CA

    MD

    1. Manchester Orchestra - The Valley Of Vision (Loma Vista/Concord)

    2. Foo Fighters – But Here We Are (RCA)

    3. Queens Of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman… (Matador/Beggars)

    4. +++ (Crosses) - Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete (Warner)

    5. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Interscope)

  • Eddie Gutierrez

    Eddie Gutierrez

    KJEE/Santa Barbara, CA

    PD

    1. blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME… (Columbia)

    2. Foo Fighters – But Here We Are (RCA)

    3. Hozier - Unreal Unearth (Columbia)

    4. Pierce The Veil - The Jaws Of Life (Fearless/Concord)

    5. Maneskin - Rush! (Arista)

  • Dan Balla

    Dan Balla

    KNTU (88.1 indie)/Dallas, TX

    GM

    1. Beach Weather – Pineapple Surprise (Arista)

    2. Foo Fighters – But Here We Are (RCA)

    3. boygenius – The Record (Interscope)

    4. Linkin Park – Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition (Warner)

    5. Fall Out Boy – So Much (For) Stardust (Fueled By Ramen)

  • Dave Levora

    Dave Levora

    KQCJ (PLANET 93.9)/Quad Cities, IA

    PD

    1. boygenius - The Record (Interscope)

    2. Bully - Lucky For You (Sub Pop)

    3. Queens Of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman...(Matador/Beggars)

    4. Blur - The Ballad of Darren (Parlophone/Warner)

    5. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are (RCA)

  • Miles Anzaldo

    Miles Anzaldo

    KROQ/Los Angeles, CA

    Brand Manager

    1. The Beaches - Blame My Ex (AWAL)

    2. boygenius - The Record (Interscope)

    3. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Interscope)

    4. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You (Perpetual Noise/The Orchard)

    5. Blondshell – Blondshell (Partisan)

  • Kris Metzdorf

    Kris Metzdorf

    KRXF (92/9 FM)/Bend, OR

    PD

    1. Paramore - This Is Why (Atlantic)

    2. Truth Club - Running From The Chase (Double Double Whammy)

    3. chinos - TRY ON (Hi Doggy!)

    4. Royel Otis - Sofa Kings (EP) (Ourness/In2une)

    5. Black Pumas - Chronicles Of A Diamond (ATO)

  • Nerf

    Nerf

    KTCL (CHANNEL 93.3)/Denver, CO

    PD

    1. The Armed - Perfect Saviors (Sargent House)

    2. Clowns - Endless (Fat Wreck Chords)

    3. The Frickashinas - Thanks For The Invite (Unsigned)

    4. Sincere Engineer - Cheap Grills (Hopeless)

    5. Fall Out Boy - So Much (For) Stardust (Fueled By Ramen)

  • Steve Burrell

    Steve Burrell

    KTCL (CHANNEL 93.3)/Denver, CO

    MD

    1. Paramore - This is Why (Atlantic)

    2. Gorillaz - Cracker Island (Parlophone/Warner)

    3. Weathers – Are We Having Fun? (Sumerian)

    4. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever) (Republic)

    5. blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME... (Columbia)

  • Willobee

    Willobee

    KVOQ (INDIE 102.3)/Denver, CO

    PD

    1. Peter Gabriel - i/o (Peter Gabriel Ltd.)

    2. Genesis Owusu - Struggler (AWAL)

    3. +++ (Crosses) - Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete (Warner)

    4. Depeche Mode - Momento Mori (Columbia)

    5. Metric - Formentera II (Thirty Tigers)

  • Todd Nuke'Em

    Todd Nuke'Em

    KXRK (X96)/Salt Lake City, UT

    PD

    1. Depeche Mode - Momento Mori (Columbia)

    2. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are (RCA)

    3. Fall Out Boy - So Much For Stardust (Fueled By Ramen)

    4. blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME... (Columbia)

    5. Gorillaz - Cracker Island (Warner)

  • Tim Pyles

    Tim Pyles

    KXRN-LP (KX FM)/Laguna Beach, CA

    The FTP New Music Show

    1. The Hives - The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons (Fuga)

    2. Lol Tolhurst X Budgie X Jacknife Lee - Los Angeles ([PIAS])

    3. Queens Of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman... (Matador/Beggars)

    4. The Streets - The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light (Warner Music UK)

    5. DJ Shadow - Action Adventure (Mass Appeal)

  • Chris Meadows

    Chris Meadows

    KZND (94/7 ALTERNATIVE)/Anchorage, AK

    OM

    1. Portugal. The Man - Chris Black Changed My Life (Atlantic)

    2. Milky Chance - Living In The Haze (Muggelig)

    3. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever) (Republic)

    4. Maneskin - Rush (Arista)

    5. Plain White T’s - Plain White T’s (Fearless)

  • Gary Jay

    Gary Jay

    LAND SHARK PROMOTION STUDIO

    1. Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden (Spinfarm)

    2. Hot Milk - A Call To The Void (Music For Nations)

    3. Saint Agnes - BLOODSUCKERS (Spinefarm)

    4. Holding Absence - The Noble Art Of Self Destruction (Sharptone)

    5. Drop Nineteens - Hard Light (Wharf Cat)

  • Mike "Pops" Popadines

    Mike "Pops" Popadines

    Music Choice/MCAL

    PD

    1. boygenius – The Record (Interscope)

    2. Petey – USA (Capitol)

    3. Bombay Bicycle Club – My Big Day (AWAL)

    4. Gorillaz – Cracker Island (Parlophone/Warner)

    5. Bully – Lucky For You (Sub Pop)

  • Nick Bedding

    Nick Bedding

    Nettwerk Music Group

    VP/Promotion

    1. Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine (Transgressive/[PIAS])

    2. Leisure – Leisurevision (Nettwerk)

    3. Blur – The Ballad of Darren (Parlophone/Warner)

    4. Meltt – Eternal Embers (Nettwerk)

    5. Yeek – Future Reference (Valencia House)

  • Joe Arnold

    Joe Arnold

    PASSPORT APPROVED

    MD/Syndication Director

    1. LANY - a beautiful blur (Sunset Garden)

    2. Nothing But Thieves - Dead Club City (AWAL)

    3. The Sherlocks - People Like Me & You (Teddy Boy)

    4. Teleman - Good Time / Hard Time (Moshi Moshi)

    5. Royal Blood - Back To The Water Below (Warner)

  • Warren Christensen

    Warren Christensen

    Q PRIME

    EVP & GM West Coast

    1. Metallica – 72 Seasons (Blackened/Q Prime)

    2. Gorillaz – Cracker Island (Parlophone/Warner)

    3. Manchester Orchestra - The Valley Of Vision (Loma Vista/Concord)

    4. boygenius – The Record (Interscope)

    5. Cannons - Heartbeat Highway (Columbia)

  • Gary Gorman

    Gary Gorman

    RCA RECORDS

    SVP/Promotion, Rock Formats

    1. Foo Fighters – But Here We Are (RCA)

    2. Blondshell – Blondshell (Partisan)

    3. boygenius - The Record (Interscope)

    4. The Beaches - Blame My Ex (AWAL)

    5. Bully – Lucky For You (Sub Pop)

  • Howard Petruziello

    Howard Petruziello

    REDLIGHT MANAGEMENT/ATO RECORDS

    VP/Promotion

    1. Shame - Food For Worms (Dean Oceans)

    2. Andre 3000 - New Blue Sun (Epic)

    3. Wilco - Cousin (dBpm)

    4. Altin Gün - Ask (ATO)

    5. Big Thief “Vampire Empire” (single) (4AD/Beggars)

  • Mark Czarra

    Mark Czarra

    SECRETLY GROUP

    Managing Director Radio

    1. Yves Tumor - Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume... (Warp)

    2. Jungle - Volcano (AWAL)

    3. Arlo Parks - My Soft Machine (Transgressive/PIAS)

    4. Everything But The Girl - Fuse (Buzzin’ Fly)

    5. Slowdive - Everything Is Alive (Dead Oceans)

  • Jack Springer

    Jack Springer

    TEKNICOLOUR MARKETING

    President & CMO

    1. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are (RCA)

    2. Maneskin - Rush! (Arista)

    3. Pierce The Veil - Jaws Of Life (Fearless/Concord)

    4. Weathers - Are We Having Fun? (Sumarian)

    5. little image - Self Titled (Hollywood)

  • Pablo Mathiason

    Pablo Mathiason

    THE NOISE COMPANY

    GM

    1. Fishbone - Fishbone (EP) (Bottles To the Ground)

    2. Little Brother - Wish Me Well/ Glory Glory (Imagine Nation Music/For Members Only)

    3. Joe Strummer And the Mescaleros - Live at Action Town Hall, London (Dark Horse)

    4. The Sameolds - Knockout Style (Flow Coast)

    5. Mickey Dolenz - Dolenz Songs REM (7A Records)

  • Scott Burton

    Scott Burton

    The Orchard

    SVP/Promotion

    1. Nation Of Language - Strange Disciple ([PIAS])

    2. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You (Perpetual Noise/The Orchard)

    3. boygenius - The Record (Interscope)

    4. Frankie And The Witch Fingers - Data Doom (RAS/Greenway)

    5. Samia - Honey (Grand Jury Music)

  • Billy Burrs

    Billy Burrs

    The Syndicate

    SVP/Artist Development & Global Commerce

    1. Red Clay Strays - Moment Of Truth (Western AF)

    2. Manchester Orchestra - The Valley Of Vision (Loma Vista/Concord)

    3. Lovejoy - Wake Up & It's Over" (AWAL)

    4. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride (Elektra)

    5. boygenius - The Record (Interscope)

  • Joe D

    Joe D

    WAQX (95X)/Syracuse, NY

    PD

    1. Talk - Lord of The Flies, Birds & Bees (Capitol/Range Music)

    2. The Beaches - Blame My Ex (AWAL)

    3. Cannons - Heartbeat Highway (Columbia)

    4. Arlo Parks - My Soft Machine (Transgressive/PIAS)

    5. Portugal The Man - Chris Black Changed My Life (Atlantic)

  • Scott “dXn” Dixon

    Scott “dXn” Dixon

    WAQX (95X)/Syracuse, NY

    APD/MD

    1. The Beaches - Blame My Ex (Island)

    2. Talk - Lord Of The Flies & Birds & Bees (Capitol)

    3. King Falcon - King Falcon (Mascot)

    4. Princess Goes - Come Of Age (SO Indegoot)

    5. Teddy Swims - I've Tried Everything But Therapy Pt 1 (Warner)

  • David Ravikoff

    David Ravikoff

    WARNER RECORDS

    VP/Rock Formats

    1. Kim Dracula - A Gradual Decline In Morale (Order Of The Snake)

    2. Blondshell - Blondshell (Partisan)

    3. Lil Yachty - Let’s Start Here (Quality Control Music)

    4. Gorillaz - Cracker Island (Parlophone/Warner)

    5. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs (Atlantic)

  • Harry Kozlowski

    Harry Kozlowski

    WBNH-LP (105-1)/Bedford-Manchester, NH

    PD

    1. Paramore - This Is Why (Atlantic)

    2. The National - First Two Pages Of Frankenstein (4AD/Beggars)

    3. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are (RCA)

    4. Queens Of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman... (Matador/Beggars)

    5. Blur - The Ballad Of Darren (Parlophone/Warner)

  • Kevin Mays

    Kevin Mays

    WBTZ (99.9 THE BUZZ) /Burlington, VT

    PD

    1. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are (RCA)

    2. Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden (Spinefarm)

    3. blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME... (Columbia)

    4. Blue October - Spinning The Truth Around Pt II (Up/Down-Brando)

    5. Royal Blood - Back To The Water Below (Warner)

  • Joe Siragusa

    Joe Siragusa

    WEDG (103.3 THE EDGE)/Buffalo, NY

    OM/PD

    1. White Reaper – Asking For A Ride (Elektra)

    2. The Struts - Pretty Vicious (Big Machine)

    3. The Smashing Pumpkins - ATUM: A Rock Opera In Three Acts (Martha's Music/Thirty Tigers)

    4. Foo Fighters – But Here We Are (RCA)

    5. The Revivalists - Pour It Out Into The Night (Concord)

  • Chris Crowley

    Chris Crowley

    WEND (106.5 THE END)/Charlotte, NC

    PD

    1. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are (RCA)

    2. blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME... (Columbia)

    3. Fall Out Boy - So Much (For) Stardust (Fearless/Concord)

    4. Lovejoy - Wake Up & It's Over (AWAL)

    5. Pierce The Veil - The Jaws Of Life (Fearless/Concord)

  • Jeff Morad

    Jeff Morad

    WEQX/Albany, NY

    PD

    1. Deer Tick - Emotional Contracts (ATO)

    2. Say She She – Silver (Karma Chief)

    3. boygenius – The Record (Interscope)

    4. Black Pumas - Chronicles Of A Diamond (ATO)

    5. Geese – 3D Country (Partisan)

  • Eddie Ybarra

    Eddie Ybarra

    WFZZ (104.3 THE FUSE)/Green Bay, WI

    MD

    1. Paramore – This Is Why (Atlantic)

    2. The Struts - Pretty Vicious (Big Machine)

    3. blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME... (Columbia)

    4. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever) (Republic)

    5. Foo Fighters – But Here We Are (RCA)

  • Zack Skyler

    Zack Skyler

    WGBJ (ALT 102.3)/Ft. Wayne, IN

    Programming Asst.

    1. Lovejoy - Wake Up & It’s Over (AWAL)

    2. boygenius - The Record (Interscope)

    3. Gorillaz - Cracker Island (Warner)

    4. Black Pumas - Chronicles Of A Diamond (ATO)

    5. The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony (Captured Tracks)

  • Phil "PK" Kukawinski

    Phil "PK" Kukawinski

    WGHL (ALT 105.1)/Louisville, KY

    PD

    1. White Reaper – Asking For A Ride (Elektra)

    2. Paramore – This Is Why (Atlantic)

    3. Linkin Park - Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition (Warner)

    4. blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME… (Columbia)

    5. Royal Blood - Back To The Water Below (Warner)

  • Phil "PK" Kukawinski

    Phil "PK" Kukawinski

    WGHL (ALT 105.1)/Louisville, KY

    PD

    1. White Reaper – Asking For A Ride (Elektra)

    2. Paramore – This Is Why (Atlantic)

    3. Linkin Park - Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition (Warner)

    4. blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME… (Columbia)

    5. Royal Blood - Back To The Water Below (Warner)

  • Ron “Crash” Kissell

    Ron “Crash” Kissell

    WKZQ/Myrtle Beach, SC

    PD

    1. blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME… (Columbia)

    2. Foo Fighters – But Here We Are (RCA)

    3. Iration - Daytrippin (Three Prong)

    4. Pierce The Veil - The Jaws Of Life (Fearless/Concord)

    5. Linkin Park - Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition (Warner)

  • Ian McCain

    Ian McCain

    WLUM (FM 102/1)/Milwaukee, WI

    APD

    1. boygenius - The Record (Interscope)

    2. The Reytons - What's Rock And Roll? (The Reytons)

    3. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride (Elektra)

    4. CMAT - Crazymad, For Me (CMAT Baby/AWAL)

    5. Nothing But Thieves - Dead Club City (AWAL)

  • Amy Grey

    Amy Grey

    WMRQ (RADIO 104.1)/Hartford, CT

    APD

    1. blink-182 – ONE MORE TIME... (Columbia)

    2. Pierce The Veil - The Jaws Of Life (Fearless/Concord)

    3. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever) (Republic)

    4. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are (RCA)

    5. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard? (Interscope)

  • Will Pendarvis

    Will Pendarvis

    WNNX (99X)/Atlanta, GA

    APD/MD

    1. Depeche Mode - Memento Mori (Columbia)

    2. The Smashing Pumpkins – ATUM (Martha's Music/Thirty Tigers)

    3. Anti-Flag - Lies They Tell Our Children (Spinfarm)

    4. The Church - The Hypnogogue (Communicating Vessels)

    5. M83 – Fantasy (Mute)

  • Alyssa Ray

    Alyssa Ray

    WNWV (107.3 ALTERNATIVE CLEVELAND)/Cleveland, OH

    PD

    1. The Front Bottoms - You Are Who You Hang Out With (Fueled By Ramen)

    2. blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME… (Columbia)

    3. Taking Back Sunday - 152 (Fantasy/Concord)

    4. boygenius – The Record (Interscope)

    5. Manchester Orchestra - The Valley Of Vision (Loma Vista/Concord)

  • Amber Miller

    Amber Miller

    WRFF (ALT 104.5)/Philadelphia, PA

    APD

    1. The Murder Capital - Gigi's Recovery (Human Season)

    2. The National - First Two Pages Of Frankenstein (4AD/Beggars Group)

    3. The National – Laugh Track (4AD/Beggars Group)

    4. Hozier - Unreal Unearth (Columbia)

    5. Manchester Orchestra - The Valley Of Vision (Loma Vista/Concord)

  • Miranda Daniels

    Miranda Daniels

    WRIS (THE RESISTANCE 106.7)/Madison, MI

    APD

    1. The Struts - Pretty Vicious (Big Machine)

    2. Fall Out Boy - So Much (For) Stardust (Fueled By Ramen)

    3. Durry - SUBURBAN LEGEND (Big Pip Records/Thirty Tigers)

    4. senses - take me out of here (ep) (Lakeside/senses)

    5. blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME… (Columbia)

  • Nick Chappell

    Nick Chappell

    WROX (96X)/Norfolk, VA

    PD

    1. Hozier - Unreal Unearth (Columbia)

    2. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are (RCA)

    3. blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME.. (Columbia)

    4. The National - The First Two Pages Of Frankenstein (4AD/Beggars)

    5. boygenius - The Record (Interscope)

  • Tom Butler

    Tom Butler

    WWCD (CD 92.9)/Columbus, OH

    MD

    1. Slowdive - Everything Is Alive (Dead Oceans)

    2. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun (Loma Vista/Concord)

    3. The Serfs - Half Eaten By Dogs (Trouble In Mind Records)

    4. Genesis Owusu - Struggler (Ourness/AWAL)

    5. Shame - Food For Worms (Dead Oceans)

  • Laura Lee

    Laura Lee

    WWCD (CD 92.9)/Columbus, OH

    PD

    1. +++ (Crosses) - Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete (Warner)

    2. White Reaper – Asking For A Ride (Elektra)

    3. Gorillaz – Cracker Island (Parlophone/Warner)

    4. Des Rocs – Dream Machine (Sumerian)

    5. Foo Fighters – But Here We Are (RCA)

  • Nik Rivers

    Nik Rivers

    WZNE (94.1 THE ZONE)/ROCHESTER, NY

    OM

    1. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever) (Republic)

    2. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are (RCA)

    3. boygenius - The Record (Interscope)

    4. blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME... (Columbia)

    5. Grouplove - I Want It All Right Now (Glassnote)

  • Garett Michaels

    Garett Michaels

    XTRA (91X)/San Diego, CA

    PD

    1. boygenius – The Record (Interscope)

    2. Guided By Voices – Nowhere to Go but Up (Guided by Voices, Inc.)

    3. Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)

    4. Everything But The Girl – Fuse (Buzzin’ Fly)

    5. The Replacements – Tim (Let It Bleed Edition) (Rhino)

  • Hilary Doneux

    Hilary Doneux

    XTRA (91X)/San Diego, CA

    APD/MD

    1. boygenius – The Record (Interscope)

    2. Depeche Mode – Memento Mori (Columbia)

    3. Be Your Own Pet – MOMMY (Concord)

    4. Pierce The Veil – Jaws Of Love (Fearless/Concord)

    5. The National – First Two Pages Of Frankenstein (4AD/Beggars)