Alternative Music Year-End Hot Picks | Top Alternative Albums Of 2022

- All Access
  
  Shawn Alexander
  
  Alternative Editor
  - - Wilco
    - Cruel Country (dBpm)
  - - Mondo Cozmo
    - This Is For The Barbarians (Last Gang)
  - - Caamp
    - Lavendar Days (Mom+Pop)
  - - Placebo
    - Never Let Go (Rise)
  - - Fontaines D.C.
    - Skinty Fia (Partisan)
- AESTHETYK
  
  Matt Ingle
  
  President
  - - Phoenix
    - Alpha Zulu (Glassnote)
  - - Rex Orange County
    - Who Cares? (Sony)
  - - Last Dinosaurs
    - From Mexico With Love (Nettwerk)
  - - Harry Styles
    - Harry's House (Columbia)
  - - Triathlon
    - Spin (Lex)
- AMPLIFY
  
  Drew Murray
  
  VP/Promotion
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Maggie Rogers
    - Surrender (Capitol)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
  - - Bob Moses
    - Love Brand New (Domino/Astralwerks/Capitol)
  - - Fantastic Cat
    - The Very Best Of Fantastic Cat (Fantastic Cat)
- Arista
  
  Nick Petropoulos
  
  SVP/Promotion
  - - Rosalía
    - Motomami (Columbia)
  - - Ty Segall
    - Hello, Hi (Drag City)
  - - Phoenix
    - Alpha Zulu (Glassnote)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Lou Reed
    - I'm So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos (RCA)
- Audacy
  
  Andy Hawk
  
  Alternative Regional Brand Manager
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Cannons
    - Fever Dream (Columbia)
  - - The Lumineers
    - BRIGHTSIDE (Dualtone)
  - - Matt Maeson
    - Never Had To Leave (Atlantic)
  - - Blue October
    - Spinning The Truth Around: Part I (Up/Down-Brando)
- Audacy
  
  Brad Steiner
  
  Alternative Regional Brand Manager
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    - Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
  - - Sault
    - 11 (Living Originals)
  - - Arcade Fire
    - WE (Columbia)
- Audacy
  
  Christine Malovetz
  
  RVP/Alternative Programming
  - - The 1975
    - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
  - - Florence + The Machine
    - Dance Fever (Republic)
  - - Harry Styles
    - Harry's House (Columbia)
  - - Jean Dawson
    - CHAOS NOW* (Handwritten/Varick St.)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
- Audacy
  
  Ross Mahoney
  
  RVP/Alternative Programming
  - - The 1975
    - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - White Lies
    - As I Try Not To Fall Apart ([PIAS] America)
  - - Highly Suspect
    - The Midnight Demon Club (Roadrunner/FRKST)
  - - AWOLNATION
    - My Echo, My Shadow, My Covers And Me (Better Noise)
- Beggars Group
  
  Brien Terranova
  
  Sr. Director/Promotion
  - - Father John Misty
    - Chloë And The Next 20th Century (Sub Pop)
  - - Julieta Venegas
    - Tu Historia (Lolein Music)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Koffee
    - Gifted (Promised Land)
- Brain Dead Dog Productions
  
  Alan Cross
  
  ooooMISSINGoooo
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Fontaines D.C.
    - Skinty Fia (Partisan)
  - - Alvvays
    - Blue Rev (Polyvinyl)
  - - beabadoobee
    - Beatopia (Dirty Hit)
  - - Metric
    - Formentera (Thirty Tigers)
- Break Silence/Regime Music Group
  
  Michael Parrish
  
  Label Manager
  - - 408
    - Out Of It (Break Silence/Regime)
  - - Envy of None
    - Envy of None (Kscope)
  - - Jeremiah Moon
    - Sputnik EP (ENCI)
  - - Foals
    - Life Is Yours (Q-Prime)
  - - The Blue Stones
    - Pretty Monster (MNRK)
- Bright Antenna
  
  Braden Merrick
  
  President
  - - Windser
    - Where The Redwoods Meet The Sea (EP) (Windser)
  - - The 1975
    - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
  - - Caamp
    - Lavender Days (Mom+Pop Music)
  - - Foals
    - Life Is Yours (Q Prime)
  - - Sports Team
    - Gulp! (Bright Antenna)
- C3
  
  Joe Greenwald
  
  Head Of Promotion
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
  - - Plains
    - I Walked With You A Ways (Anti-)
  - - Whitney
    - Spark (Secretly Canadian)
  - - Tropical Gothclub
    - Tropical Gothclub (Third Man)
- C3
  
  Dave Barbis
  
  VP/Promotion
  - - Lo Moon
    - A Modern Life (Thirty Tigers)
  - - Broken Bells
    - Into The Blue (30th Century/ Aural Apothecary /AWAL)
  - - Phoenix
    - Alpha Zulu (Glassnote)
  - - Whitney
    - Spark (Secretly Canadian)
  - - Placebo
    - Never Let Go (Rise)
- C3
  
  Mike Newman
  
  ooooMISSINGoooo
  - - Sofi Tukker
    - Wet Tennis (Ultra)
  - - Notelle
    - Nyctophiliac EP (self-released)
  - - Harry Styles
    - Harry's House (Columbia)
  - - Kulick
    - Everyone I Know Will Die (ENCI)
  - - Olive Vox
    - EP (self-released)
- CO5 Music
  
  Todd Sievers
  
  Managing Partner
  - - Starcrawler
    - She Said (Big Machine)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Talk
    - Talk To Me (EP) (Range Media/Capitol)
  - - Sports Team
    - Gulp! (Bright Antenna)
  - - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    - Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)
- Capitol Records
  
  Dan Connelly
  
  VP/Alternative & AAA Promotion
  - - The Backseat Lovers
    - Waiting To Spill (Capitol)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
  - - Big Thief
    - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (4AD/Beggars)
  - - Bob Moses
    - The Silence In Between (Domino/Astralwerks/Capitol)
  - - Elvis Costello & The Imposters
    - The Boy Named If (Capitol)
- Concord
  
  Angelo Scrobe
  
  SVP/Promotion
  - - Cannons
    - Fever Dream (Columbia)
  - - Fontaines D.C.
    - Skinty Fia (Partisan)
  - - Soccer Mommy
    - Sometimes, Forever (Loma Vista/Concord)
  - - Steve Lacy
    - Gemini Right (RCA)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
- Crush Music
  
  Garrett Capone
  
  VP & GM
  - - Giovannie And The Hired Guns
    - Tejano Punk Boyz (Warner/Crush)
  - - Gang Of Youths
    - angel in realtime. (Warner)
  - - Panic! At The Disco
    - Viva Las Vengeance (Fueled By Ramen/Elektra)
  - - Koe Wetzel
    - Hell Paso (YellaBush/Columbia)
  - - Papa Roach
    - Ego Trip (New Noize)
- Domino
  
  Peter Berard
  
  US Label Manager
  - - Enumclaw
    - Save The Baby (Luminelle)
  - - Nilufer Yanya
    - PAINLESS (ATO)
  - - Rachika Nayar
    - Heaven Come Crashing (NNA Tapes)
  - - Axel Boman
    - LUZ (Studio Barnhus)
  - - Pusha T
    - It's Almost Dry (Getting Out Of Our Dreams/Def Jam)
- Epic Records
  
  Christine Chiappetta
  
  VP/Promotion
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - London Suede
    - Autofiction (BMG)
  - - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    - Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)
  - - Jack White
    - Fear Of The Dawn (Third Man)
  - - The Lumineers
    - BRIGHTSIDE (Dualtone)
- Epitaph Records
  
  Edie Lundeen
  
  Head Of Promotion
  - - The Interrupters
    - In The Wild (Hellcat/Epitaph)
  - - The Linda Lindas
    - Growing Up (Epitaph)
  - - The 1975
    - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
  - - Harry Styles
    - Harry's House (Columbia)
  - - Magnolia Park
    - Baku's Revenge (Epitaph)
- FLOOD FM
  
  Aaron Axelseon
  
  Head Of Programming
  - - Beach House
    - Once Twice Melody (Sub Pop)
  - - Weyes Blood
    - And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sup Pop)
  - - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    - Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)
  - - Danger Mouse X Black Thought
    - Cheat Codes (BMG)
  - - Alvvays
    - Blue Rev (Polyvinyl)
- Glassnote Records
  
  Michael Starr
  
  Head Of Promotion
  - - Phoenix
    - Alpha Zulu (Glassnote)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
  - - Beach House
    - Once Twice Melody (Sub Pop)
  - - Pixies
    - Doggerel (Pixies/BMG)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
- Go Deep With Bruce Rave
  
  Bruce Rave
  
  Programmer/Host
  - - Belle & Sebastian
    - A Bit of Previous (Matador/Beggars)
  - - Kiwi Jr.
    - Chopper (Sub Pop)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Working Men's Club
    - Fear Fear (Heavenly)
  - - Yard Act
    - The Overload (Island)
- Goldstein United Management
  
  Jeremy P. Goldstein
  
  ooooMISSINGoooo
  - - Skylights
    - What You Are (42's Records)
  - - The Mysterines
    - Reeling (Harvest)
  - - Blushing
    - Possessions (Kanine)
  - - Sea Girls
    - Homesick (Island)
  - - Planet
    - Information Overload (Run On)
- HARD BOILED, INC
  
  Chris Stowers
  
  ooooMISSINGoooo
  - - Alvvays
    - Blue Rev (Polyvinyl)
  - - Beach House
    - Once Twice Melody (Sub Pop)
  - - Disq
    - Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet (Saddle Creek)
  - - Horsegirl
    - Versions Of Modern Performance (Matador)
  - - Sorry
    - Anywhere But Here (Domino)
- Hazel Street Records
  
  MJ Marty
  
  Director Of Radio And Licensing
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - The 1975
    - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
  - - Arctic Monkeys
    - The Car (Domino)
  - - Alex G
    - God Save The Animals (Domino)
  - - Bob Moses
    - Love Brand New Domino/Astralwerks/Capitol)
- In2une Music
  
  Dave Lombardi
  
  SVP/Promotion, Rock Formats
  - - Dayglow
    - People In Motion (AWAL)
  - - The Wombats
    - Fix Yourself, Not The World (AWAL)
  - - The Happy Fits
    - Under The Shade Of Green (AWAL)
  - - The 1975
    - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
  - - Foals
    - Life Is Yours (Q Prime)
- Interscope Records
  
  Robbie Lloyd
  
  VP/Alternative Promotion
  - - Big Thief
    - Dragon New Warm Moutain I Believe in You (4AD/Beggars)
  - - Bartees Strange
    - Fame To Table (4AD/Beggars)
  - - Cola
    - Deep In View (Five Talk)
  - - PLOSIVS
    - PLOSIVS (Swami)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
- In De Goot Entertainment
  
  Chris Frank
  
  Sr. Director/Promotion
  - - Highly Suspect
    - The Midnight Demon Club (Roadrunner/FRKST)
  - - Muse
    - Will Of The People (Warner)
  - - Shinedown
    - Planet Zero (Atlantic)
  - - Blue October
    - Spinning The Truth Around Part I (Up/Down-Brando)
  - - John Harvie
    - told ya (300)
- Jeff McClusky & Associates
  
  Jeff McClusky
  
  ooooMISSINGoooo
  - - The 1975
    - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
  - - Easy Life
    - MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE… (Island)
  - - Florence + The Machine
    - Dance Fever (Republic)
  - - Harry Styles
    - Harry's House (Columbia)
  - - The Lumineers
    - BRIGHTSIDE (Dualtone)
- Jeff McClusky & Associates
  
  Ryan McGee
  
  ooooMISSINGoooo
  - - Bakar
    - Nobody's Home (Epic)
  - - Beach House
    - Once Twice Melody (Sub Pop)
  - - EKKSTACY
    - Misery (UnitedMasters)
  - - Jean Dawson
    - CHAOS NOW* (Handwritten/Varick St.)
  - - WILLOW
    - (MSFTS/Roc Nation)
- Jeff McClusky & Associates
  
  Sammi St. Leger
  
  ooooMISSINGoooo
  - - The Driver Era
    - Summer Mixtape (TOO Records)
  - - Harry Styles
    - Harry's House (Columbia)
  - - Tai Verdes
    - HDTV (Arista)
  - - The 1975
    - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
  - - Machine Gun Kelly
    - mainstream sellout (Bad Boy/Interscope)
- Jeff McClusky & Associates
  
  Cate Bolton
  
  ooooMISSINGoooo
  - - Momma
    - Household Name (Polyvinyl)
  - - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    - Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)
  - - Alex G
    - God Save The Animals (Domino)
  - - Arcade Fire
    - WE (Columbia)
  - - Death Cab For Cutie
    - Asphalt Meadows (Atlantic)
- Jeff McClusky & Associates
  
  David Perl
  
  ooooMISSINGoooo
  - - The 1975
    - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
  - - Harry Styles
    - Harry's House (Columbia)
  - - Jack White
    - Entering Heaven Alive (Third Man)
  - - Matt Maeson
    - Never Had To Leave (Atlantic)
  - - Metric
    - Formentera (Thirty Tigers)
- Jerry Rubino Promotions
  
  Jerry Rubino
  
  ooooMISSINGoooo
  - - Bodega
    - Broken Equipment (What's Your Rupture?)
  - - Sports Team
    - Gulp! (Bright Antenna)
  - - The Happy Fits
    - Under The Shade Of Green (AWAL)
  - - Spacey Jane
    - Here Comes Everybody (AWAL)
  - - Band Of Horses
    - Things Are Great (BMG)
- KACV/Amarillo, TX
  
  Amy Presley
  
  PD
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Coin
    - Uncanny Valley (Capitol)
  - - Starcrawler
    - She Said (Big Machine)
  - - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    - Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)
  - - Jack White
    - Entering Heaven Alive (Third Man)
- KBZT/San Diego, CA
  
  Jeremy Pritchard
  
  Brand Manager
  - - Arctic Monkeys
    - The Car (Domino)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    - Cool it Down (Secretly Canadian)
  - - Vance Joy
    - In Our Own Sweet TIme (Atlantic)
  - - Cannons
    - Fever Dream (Columbia)
- KDKB/Phoenix, AZ
  
  Dustin Carlson
  
  APD/MD
  - - boywithuke
    - Serotonin Dreams (Mercury/Republic)
  - - Flume
    - Palaces (Future Classic)
  - - Odesza
    - The Last Goodbye (Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tunes)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Yungblud
    - Yungblud (Interscope)
- KFRR/Fresno, CA
  
  Jason Squires
  
  PD
  - - Jack White
    - Fear Of The Dawn (Third Man)
  - - Muse
    - Will Of The People (Warner)
  - - Kings X
    - Three Sides Of One (InsideOut Music)
  - - Foals
    - Life Is Yours (Q Prime)
  - - The Black Crowes
    - 1972 (Silver Arrow)
- KFRR/Fresno, CA
  
  Mike Oz
  
  Ozmosis Host
  - - Silversun Pickups
    - Physical Thrills (New Machine)
  - - Death Cab for Cutie
    - Asphalt Meadows (Atlantic)
  - - Broken Bells
    - Into the Blue (30th Century/ Aural Apothecary /AWAL)
  - - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    - Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)
  - - Joyce Manor
    - 40 Oz. To Fresno (Epitaph)
- KIWR/Omaha, NE
  
  Sophia John
  
  PD
  - - Imagine Dragons
    - Mercury Acts 1&2 (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope)
  - - Red Hot Chili Peppers
    - Unlimited Love (Warner)
  - - Jack White
    - Fear Of The Dawn (Third Man)
  - - Shinedown
    - Planet Zero (Atlantic)
  - - Yungblud
    - Yungblud (Interscope)
- KJEE/Santa Barbara, CA
  
  Eddie Gutierrez
  
  PD
  - - Jack Johnson
    - Meet The Moonlight (Brushfire/Republic)
  - - Stick Figure
    - Wisdom (Ruffwood)
  - - Weezer
    - SZNS: Summer (EP) (Crush Music)
  - - The Lumineers
    - BRIGHTSIDE (Dualtone)
  - - Red Hot Chili Peppers
    - Unlimited Love (Warner)
- KMYZ/Tulsa, OK & WZNE/Rochester, NY
  
  Josh Venable
  
  PD & Format Captain
  - - Beach Bunny
    - Emotional Creature (Mom+Pop)
  - - Suede
    - Autofiction (BMG)
  - - Florence + The Machine
    - Dance Fever (Republic)
  - - Jack White
    - Fear Of The Dawn (Third Man)
  - - The Mountain Goats
    - Bleed Out (Merge)
- KQCJ/Quad Cities, IA
  
  Dave Levora
  
  PD
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
  - - Red Hot Chili Peppers
    - Unlimited Love (Warner)
  - - The 1975
    - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
  - - Alex G
    - God Save The Animals (Domino)
- KROQ/Los Angeles, CA
  
  Miles Anzaldo
  
  Brand Manager
  - - Death Cab For Cutie
    - Asphalt Meadows (Atlantic)
  - - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    - Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Bakar
    - Nobody's Home (Epic)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
- KROX/Austin, TX
  
  Lynn Barstow
  
  PD
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Afghan Whigs
    - How Do You Burn? (BMG)
  - - Suede
    - Autofiction (BMG)
  - - The Mysterines
    - Reeling (Harvest/Virgin Music)
  - - The Big Moon
    - Here Is Everything (Fiction)
- KRXF/Bend, OR
  
  Kris Metzdorf
  
  PD/MD
  - - Bartees Strange
    - Farm To Table (4AD/Beggars)
  - - Horsegirl
    - Versions of Modern Performance
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Moon (Matador/Beggars)
  - - Momma
    - Household Name (Polyvinyl)
  - - Fontaines D.C.
    - Skinty Fia (Partisan)
- KRXP/Colorado Springs, CO
  
  Shawn Lucero
  
  PD
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Sudan Archives
    - Natural Brown Prom Queen (Stones Throw)
  - - Viagra Boys
    - Cave World (Year0001)
  - - Cuco
    - Fantasy Gateway (Interscope)
  - - Jean Dawson
    - CHAOS NOW* (Handwritten/Varick St.)
- KTCL/Denver, CO
  
  Nerf
  
  PD
  - - Black Midi
    - Hellfire (Rough Trade/Beggars)
  - - Joey Valence And Brae
    - The Underground Sound (Self Released)
  - - Durry
    - Durry (EP) (Self Released)
  - - Chat Pile
    - God's Country (The Flenser)
  - - The Bobby Lees
    - Bellevue (Ipecac)
- KTCL/Denver, CO
  
  Steve Burrell
  
  MD
  - - Bob Moses
    - Love Brand New (Domino/Astralwerks/Capitol)
  - - Death Cab For Cutie
    - Asphalt Meadows (Atlantic)
  - - Matt Maeson
    - Never Had To Leave (Atlantic)
  - - Muse
    - Will Of The People (Warner)
  - - Vance Joy
    - In Our Own Sweet Time (Atlantic)
- KXRK/Salt Lake City, UT
  
  Corey O'Brien
  
  APD/MD
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Oliver Tree
    - Cowboy Tears (Atlantic)
  - - Mallrat
    - Butterfly Blue (Nettwerk)
  - - The Interrupters
    - In the Wild (Hellcat/Epitaph)
  - - Metric
    - Formentera (Thirty Tigers)
- KZND/Anchorage, AK
  
  Chris Meadows
  
  OM
  - - Giovannie And The Hired Guns
    - Tejano Punk Boys (Warner/Crush Music)
  - - The 1975
    - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
  - - Maggie Rogers
    - Surrender (Capitol)
  - - Imagine Dragons
    - Mercury Acts 1 & 2 (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope)
  - - Panic! At The Disco
    - Viva Las Vengeance (Fueled By Ramen/Elektra)
- Land Shark Promotion Studio
  
  Gary Jay
  
  President
  - - Boston Manor
    - Datura (SharpTone)
  - - Silverstein
    - Misery Made Me (UNFD)
  - - Moon Tooth
    - Phototroph (Pure Noise)
  - - Stray From The Path
    - Euthanasia (UNFD)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
- Lopsided World Of L
  
  Jonathan L
  
  Programmer/Host
  - - Soft Cell
    - Happiness Not Included (BMG)
  - - ABBA
    - Voyage (Capitol)
  - - Hoodo Gurus
    - Chariots Of The Gods (Big Time/EMI)
  - - Pixies
    - Doggerel (Rough Trade)
  - - Iota Phi
    - Homo Pauperis (Desire Bay)
- Lucky Man Promotions, LLC
  
  Tommy Delaney
  
  El Jefe
  - - The Mars Volta
    - The Mars Volta (Clouds Hill)
  - - Mondo Cosmo
    - This Is For Barbarians (Last Gang)
  - - Our Lady Peace
    - Spiritual Machines II (Shelter Music Group/BMG)
  - - The Wombats
    - Fix Yourself, Not The World (AWAL)
  - - Sports Team
    - Gulp! (Bright Antenna)
- Mom + Pop Records
  
  David Jacobs
  
  VP/Radio Promotion
  - - Beach Bunny
    - Emotional Creature (Mom+Pop)
  - - Dirty Heads
    - Midnight Control (Better Noise)
  - - Machine Gun Kelly
    - mainstream sellout (Bad Boy/Interscope)
  - - Red Hot Chili Peppers
    - Unlimited Love (Warner)
  - - Tegan And Sara
    - Crybaby (Mom+Pop)
- MUSIC CHOICE Alternative
  
  Mike Pops
  
  PD
  - - The 1975
    - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
  - - Death Cab For Cutie
    - Asphalt Meadows (Atlantic)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
  - - Gang Of Youths
    - angel in realtime. (Warner)
  - - Foals
    - Life Is Yours (Q Prime)
- The Orchard
  
  Scott Burton
  
  SVP/Promotion
  - - Jack White
    - Fear Of The Dawn (Third Man)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
  - - The Backseat Lovers
    - Waiting To Spill (Capitol)
  - - Phoenix
    - Alpha Zulu (Glassnote)
  - - Band Of Horses
    - Things Are Great (BMG)
- Passport Approved
  
  Joe Arnold
  
  MD/Syndication Director
  - - The 1975
    - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
  - - Blossoms
    - Ribbon Around The Bomb (Black Box)
  - - Sea Girls
    - Homesick (Island)
  - - Pale Waves
    - Unwanted (Dirty Hit)
  - - Coyle Girelli
    - Funland (In2une Music)
- Polyvinyl
  
  Rob Wilcox
  
  Promotions Director
  - - Alvvays
    - Blue Rev (Polyvinyl)
  - - Momma
    - Household Name (Polyvinyl)
  - - Yumi Zouma
    - Present Tense (Polyvinyl)
  - - The Beths
    - Expert In A Dying Field (Carpark)
  - - Jason Anderson
    - First Light (Salinas)
- Q Prime
  
  Warren Christensen
  
  EVP/GM
  - - Foals
    - Life Is Yours (Q-Prime)
  - - Harry Styles
    - Harry's House (Columbia)
  - - Muse
    - Will Of The People (Warner)
  - - The Regrettes
    - Further Joy (Warner)
  - - Silversun Pickups
    - Physical Thrills (New Machine Recordings)
- Red Light Management/ATO
  
  Howard Petruziello
  
  National Director Promotion
  - - Fontaines D.C.
    - Skinty Fia (Partisan)
  - - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
    - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava (KGLW)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
  - - The Smile
    - A Light For Attracting Attention (XL)
  - - Beach House
    - Once Twice Melody (Sub Pop)
- Republic Records
  
  Drew Hauser
  
  VP/Promotion, Rock Formats
  - - Noah Kahan
    - Stick Season (Republic)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
  - - Mt. Joy
    - Orange Blood (Island)
  - - ODESZA
    - The Last Goodbye (Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune)
  - - Florence + The Machine
    - Dance Fever (Republic)
- Secretly Group
  
  Mark Czarra
  
  Managing Director Radio
  - - Beach House
    - Once Twice Melody (Sub Pop)
  - - SAULT
    - Air-Forever (Living Originals)
  - - Omar Apollo
    - Ivory (Warner)
  - - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    - Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)
  - - Pusha T
    - It's Almost Dry (Def Jam)
- Shelter Music Group
  
  Tyson Haller
  
  SVP/Promotion & Artist Strategy
  - - Ghost
    - IMPERA (Loma Vista/Concord)
  - - Royksopp
    - Profound Mysteries III (Dog Triumph)
  - - Bob Moses
    - Love Brand New (Domino/Astralwerks/Capitol)
  - - Junior Boys
    - Waiting Game (City Slang)
  - - Silversun Pickups
    - Physical Thrills (New Machine)
- Strange Loop/FrontSide
  
  Gary McDonald
  
  Managing Partner
  - - Metric
    - Formentera (Thirty Tigers)
  - - Arctic Monkeys
    - The Car (Domino)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Harry Styles
    - Harry's House (Columbia)
  - - Alice Merton
    - S.I.D.E.S. (Mom + Pop)
- Sub Pop
  
  Scott Perlewitz
  
  Minister Of Propaganda
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - The Smile
    - A Light For Attracting Attention (XL)
  - - Fontaines D.C.
    - Skinty Fia (Partisan)
  - - Unkle
    - Ronin II (SPINNUP)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Moon (Matador/Beggars)
- The Syndicate
  
  Bill Burrs
  
  SVP/Artist Development & Global Commerce
  - - Liam Gallagher
    - C'mon You Know (Warner)
  - - Harry Styles
    - Harry's House (Columbia)
  - - Dry Cleaning
    - Stump Work (4AD/Beggars Group)
  - - Yungblud
    - Yungblud (Interscope)
  - - Gang Of Youths
    - angel in realtime (Warner)
- Technicolour Marketing
  
  Jack Springer
  
  President & CMO
  - - Ghost
    - Impera (Concord)
  - - Muse
    - Will Of The People (Warner)
  - - Imagine Dragons
    - Mercury Acts 1 & 2 (Interscope)
  - - Machine Gun Kelly
    - Mainstream Sellout (Bad Boy/Interscope)
  - - Rise Against
    - Nowhere Generation (Loma Vista/Concord)
- U.N.C.L.E.
  
  Marc Kordelos
  
  Agent 001
  - - The Beths
    - Expert In A Dying Field (Car Park)
  - - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    - Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)
  - - Fontaines D.C.
    - Skinny Fia (Partisan)
  - - The Clockworks
    - EP 2022 (It's Creaton Baby)
  - - Blue October
    - Spinning The Truth Around Part 1 (Up/Down-Brando)
- Unleashed Music
  
  Geordie Gillespie
  
  President
  - - Ben Harper
    - Bloodline Maintenance (Chrysalis)
  - - Jack White
    - Entering Heaven Alive (Third Man)
  - - Brandi Carlile
    - In These Silent Days (A LOw Country Sound/Elektra)
  - - Imagine Dragons
    - Mercury Acts 1 & 2 (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope)
  - - Weezer
    - SZNS: Summer (EP) (Crush Music)
- Warner Records
  
  Rob Goldklang
  
  SVP/Alternative & Rock Promotion
  - - Placebo
    - Never Let Go (Rise)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
  - - Red Hot Chili Peppers
    - Unlimited Love (Warner)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Fontaines D.C.
    - Skinty Fia (Partisan)
- Warner Records
  
  David Ravikoff
  
  VP/Rock & AAA Formats
  - - King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
    - Omnium Gatherum (KGLW)
  - - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    - Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)
  - - Coheed & Cambria
    - Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind (Roadrunner/3EE)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Mitski
    - Laurel Hell (Dead Oceans/Secretly Group)
- WAQX/Syracuse, NY
  
  Joe D.
  
  PD
  - - Phoenix
    - Alpha Zulu (Glassnote)
  - - Silversun Pickups
    - Physical Thrills (New Machine Recordings)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
  - - The Wrecks
    - Sonder (Big Noise)
  - - Danger Mouse And Black Thought
    - Cheat Codes (BMG)
- WAQX/Syracuse, NY
  
  dXn
  
  APD/MD
  - - The 1975
    - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
  - - Metric
    - Formentera (Thirty Tigers)
  - - Oliver Tree
    - Cowboy Tears (Atlantic)
  - - The Wrecks
    - Sonder (Big Noise)
  - - Spirit Of The Bear
    - There's No Such Thing As Fire (BMG)
- WBTZ/Burlington, VT
  
  Kevin Mays
  
  PD
  - - Arctic Monkeys
    - The Car (Domino)
  - - Red Hot Chili Peppers
    - Unlimited Love (Warner)
  - - Giovannie And The Hired Guns
    - Tejano Punk Boys (Warner/Crush Music)
  - - Palaye Royale
    - Fever Dream (Sumerian)
  - - Highly Suspect
    - The Midnight Demon Club (Roadrunner/FRKST)
- WEDG/Buffalo, NY
  
  Joe Siragusa
  
  PD
  - - The Black Keys
    - Dropout Boogie (Warner)
  - - Arkells
    - Blink Twice (Universal Music Canada/Virgin)
  - - Bob Moses
    - Love Brand New (Domino/Astralwerks/Capitol)
  - - Del Amitri
    - Fatal Mistakes: Outtakes & B-Sides (Cooking Vinyl)
  - - Giovannie And The Hired Guns
    - Tejano Punk Boys (Warner/Crush Music)
- WGBJ/Fort Wayne, IN
  
  Zack Skyler
  
  Programming Asst.
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Momma
    - Household Name (Polyvinyl)
  - - Band Of Horses
    - Things Are Great (BMG)
  - - Jockstrap
    - I Love You Jennifer B (Rough Trade)
  - - Alvvays
    - Blue Rev (Polyvinyl)
- WGHL/Louisville, KY
  
  Phil Kukawinski
  
  PD
  - - I Prevail
    - True Power (Fearless)
  - - Jack White
    - Fear Of The Dawn (Third Man)
  - - Muse
    - Will Of The People (Warner)
  - - Shinedown
    - Planet Zero (Atlantic)
  - - Yungblud
    - Yungblud (Interscope)
- WKQX/Chicago, IL
  
  Troy Hanson
  
  PD
  - - The Backseat Lovers
    - Waiting To Spill (Capitol)
  - - Jack White
    - Fear Of The Dawn (Third Man)
  - - Missio
    - Villain (Willow Tree)
  - - Ftyles
    - Harry's House (Columbia)
  - - The Afghan Whigs
    - How Do You Burn? (BMG)
- WKZQ/Myrtle Beach, SC
  
  Ron "Crash" Kissell
  
  PD
  - - Highly Suspect
    - The Midnight Demon Club (Roadrunner Records/FRKST)
  - - Red Hot Chili Peppers
    - Return Of The Dream Canteen (Warner)
  - - Stick Figure
    - Wisdom (Ruffwood)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - The Blue Stones
    - Pretty Monster (MNRK)
- WLUM/Milwaukee, WI
  
  Ian McCain
  
  APD/Digital Director
  - - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    - Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
  - - The 1975
    - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Dirty Hit)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Dehd
    - Blue Skies (Fat Possom)
- WNWV/Cleveland, OH
  
  Alyssa Ursetti
  
  PD
  - - Beach House
    - Once Twice Melody (Sub Pop)
  - - Capital Theatre
    - A Hero's Journey (Reslau)
  - - Death Cab For Cutie
    - Asphalt Meadows (Atlantic)
  - - Rise Against
    - Nowhere Generation II (EP) (Loma Vista/Concord)
  - - The Black Keys
    - Dropout Boogie (Warner)
- WQYQ/Benton Harbor, MI
  
  Bill Gamble
  
  PD
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    - Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)
  - - Panic! At The Disco
    - Viva Las Vengeance (Fueled By Ramen/Elektra)
  - - Giovannie And The Hired Guns
    - Tejano Punk Boys (Crush Music/Warner)
  - - Beach House
    - Once Twice Melody (Sub Pop)
- WRFF/Philadelphia, PA
  
  Amber Miller
  
  PD
  - - Gang Of Youths
    - angel in realtime. (Warner)
  - - Foals
    - Life Is Yours (Q-Prime)
  - - Afghan Whigs
    - How Do You Burn? (BMG)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
- WRIS/Madison, WI
  
  Miranda Daniels
  
  APD/MD
  - - Yungblud
    - Yungblud (Interscope)
  - - Capital Theatre
    - A Hero's Journey (Reslau)
  - - Vance Joy
    - In Our Own Sweet Time (Atlantic)
  - - Starcrawler
    - She Said (Big Machine)
  - - Gang Of Youths
    - angel in realtime. (Warner)
- WWCD/Columbus, OH
  
  Laura Lee
  
  PD
  - - Yungblud
    - Yungblud (Interscope)
  - - Mobley
    - Cry Havoc! (Last Gang)
  - - Highly Suspect
    - The Midnight Demon Club (Roadrunner Records/FRKST)
  - - Jean Dawson
    - CHAOS NOW* (Handwritten/Varick St.)
  - - VHS Collection
    - Night Drive (Tiger Tone Records/ [PIAS])
- WWCD/Columbus, OH
  
  Tom Butler
  
  MD
  - - Momma
    - Household Name (Polyvinyl)
  - - Dry Cleaning
    - Stumpwork (4ad)
  - - Fontaines D.C.
    - Skinty Fia (Partisan)
  - - Spiritualized
    - Everything Was Beautiful (Fat Possum)
  - - Soul Glo
    - Diaspora Problems (Epitaph)
- WWDC/Washington, D.C.
  
  Mike Jones
  
  Midday Princess
  - - Joywave
    - Cleanse (Cultco/Hollywood)
  - - Weezer
    - SZNS Autumn (EP) (Crush Music)
  - - AWOLNATION
    - My Echo, My Shadow, My Covers & Me (Better Noise)
  - - Silversun Pickups
    - Physical Thrills (New Machine)
  - - Liam Gallagher
    - C'mon You Know (Warner)
- WWWX/Appleton-Oshkosh, WI
  
  Max
  
  PD
  - - Bob Moses
    - Love Brand New (Domino/Astralwerks/Capitol)
  - - Cannons
    - Fever Dream (Columbia)
  - - Jack White
    - Fear Of The Dawn (Third Man)
  - - Matt Maeson
    - Never Had To Leave (Atlantic)
  - - The Black Keys
    - Dropout Boogie (Warner)
- XTRA/San Diego, CA
  
  Garett Michaels
  
  PD
  - - The Backseat Lovers
    - Waiting To Spill (Capitol)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
  - - Alvvays
    - Blue Rev (Polyvinyl)
  - - Pinegrove
    - 11:11 (Rough Trade/Beggars)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
- XTRA/San Diego, CA
  
  Hilary Doneaux
  
  APD/MD
  - - High Vis
    - Blending (Dias)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Fontaines D.C.
    - Skinty Fia (Partisan)
  - - Gang of Youths
    - angel in realtime (Warner)
  - - Spoon
    - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador/Beggars)
- Y-Not Radio
  
  Josh T. Landow
  
  Owner / Operator / Host
  - - Metric
    - Formentera (Thirty Tigers)
  - - Wet Leg
    - Wet Leg (Domino)
  - - Silversun Pickups
    - Physical Thrills (New Machine)
  - - Alvvays
    - Blue Rev (Polyvinyl)
  - - Mondo Cozmo
    - This Is For The Barbarians (Last Gang)

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