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Alternative
Apr 9, 2020 to Jul 2, 2020
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94/7fm Alternative Portland Happy Hour With Local Natives
KNRK (94/7fm)/Portland, OR nightimer Derric Tanner (top) with Local Natives' Taylor, Kelsey, and Ryan (bottom) during a 94/7fm Happy Hour chat/performance on Instagram June 17th, which was the first time the L.A. band had been together since the pandemic began. Taylor became a dad during the pandemic and the band has stayed busy writing and recording new music and hope to release an EP before the end of the year. Local Natives indicated their song "Dark Days" took on a life of its own, doing live collaborations at festivals with artists like Phantogram, Sofi Tukker, and Sylvan Esso. It led to the rewriting of the female vocals and the re-release of the current single by Local Natives "Dark Days" featuring Sylvan Esso.
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Death By Rock And Roll
Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless (l) talks "Death By Rock And Roll," Chris Cornell, Tom Morello & more with Spicoli (r) AM Show host at KIWR (89-7 The River)/Omaha on June 19th. Spicoli kicked off the conversation by asking Taylor which is most fun of her talents: modeling, acting, writing songs, or playing guitar? Taylor said, "Writing songs is the best thing ever!" Taylor also loved Spicoli's name and indicated that the 1982 movie, "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" was one of her favorite movies ever!
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Yellow Brick Road
Dylan Cartlidge (top) reconnects with KROX (101X)/Austin night guy/Xposure host Trevin Smith (bottom) after meeting at SXSW 2019. Trevin, who has family in the UK, chatted with Dylan during an Instragram LiveChat about where he lives in Redcar, UK. They also spoke about keeping busy during the Covid-19 crisis with Dylan spending lots of time cooking with his girlfriend and Trevin said he and his wife have been busy painting the exterior of their house.
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Mayday!!! Fiesta Fever
KROQ/Los Angeles middayer Nicole Alvarez (l) chatted with AWOLNATION's Aaron Bruno (r) before replaying a 2018 concert to celebrate 100 years of radio on Sound Space Sundays on May 31st. Growing up in L.A., Bruno said his brother introduced him to KROQ in the late-'80s and heard Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, and Radiohead on the radio for the first time and how much he loves these bands. Bruno revealed, "I have deep-rooted friendships and relationships that are based off radio festivals that we've played... Radio has been a big deal in my life."
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Get Back Up
WAQX (95X)/Syracuse PD/afternooner Joe D. (3rd row, 2nd from left) hosted a ZOOM Q&A with Blue October's Justin Furstenfeld (top row, left) and 95X contest winners, who all got to watch the new "Get Back Up" documentary on May 18th. Joe D. said, “We gave some lucky listeners the opportunity to watch the Blue October documentary Get Back Up before it was released and they loved it! So did I! Watch it if you get a chance!”
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Barns Courtney Joins brad!brad!brad! In New Orleans For ALT Home Happy Hour
WZRH (ALT 92.3)/New Orleans PD/afternooner Brad Steiner (l) hangs with Barns Courtney (r) during an ALT Home Happy Hour on May 20th. Brad learned that Barnes really wanted to do acting, his dad has a "gentleman's room," and that he is playing video games nonstop during quarantine.
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FM 101.9 Social Distancing With Tom DeLonge
WQMP (FM 101.9)/Orlando PM Driver James Steele (top) chats with Angels & Airwaves' Tom DeLonge (bottom) on May 15th. Steele said, "Getting to talk a guy who has been a star on alt radio for over 20 years is great, but on top of that getting to talk conspiracies and aliens is a major plus. The truth is out there, and Tom DeLonge seems to be talking to the real men in black to get it released."
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RXP Screen Time With AJR
KRXP (RXP @ 103.9)/Colorado Springs afternooner Cate (l) chats with AJR's Jack Met (r) during an RXP Screen Time Session on May 14th. Jack revealed, "There really wasn't a plan to be writing now. The plan was literally to be touring right now. So we were maybe when we got back in the fall going to start working on an album or possible singles, but we've actually moved it up to now, and we have a new song coming out. We haven't announced an official date, but definitely within the next month, maybe sooner."
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WEQX's Luke With Beabadoobee Instagram Live Session
WEQX/Manchester, VT-Albany, NY MD/nightimer Luke (top) talks with beabadoobee (bottom) during an EQX Instagram Live Session. Luke said, "Beabadoobee was very nice and easy to talk to. We talked mainly about her upcoming debut album this October, how prolific she is, her influences and getting to meet some of them, film, film soundtracks, and how she'd like to both score and direct a movie. It was a good time!"
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Live From Jeriney's Couch With The Airborne Toxic Event
KRBZ (96.5 The Buzz)/Kansas City MD/middayer Jeriney (top) chats with The Airborne Toxic Event's Mikel Jollett (bottom) during "Live From Jeriney's Couch." Jeriney said,"Mikel lost his favorite jacket at an event a few years ago. When he came back a couple of years after and mentioned it during an interview, we were hit up by a listener who had the jacket! She was able to return it to Mikel and he still has it to this day! I asked him to show it to us and he ran to his closet! I HIGHLY recommend the book, Hollywood Park: A Memoir. It's FANTASTIC!"
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95X/Syracuse's dXn Chats With AWOLNATION
WAQX (95X)/Syracuse APD/MD/afternooner dXn (top) chats with AWOLNATION's Aaron Bruno (bottom) on Instagram Live on May 8th about the new single "Mayday!!! Fiesta Fever" and his collaboration with Alex from Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros. Bruno kicked off the chat with a shout out to Syracuse vegan band Earth Crisis, who he saw in L.A. before the quarantine. He also told a story about meeting Ric Ocasek of the The Cars for the first time ever.
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DC101 At Home With Joywave
All the way from his mansion in Rochester, Joywave's Daniel Armbruster (l) talked with WWDC (DC101)/Washington middayer Mike Jones (r) in his "pillow fort studio" on May 7th about the new album "Possession," plans being derailed, Florida airbrushed t-shirts and the potential future for concerts.
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GO 96.3/Minneapolis Q&A Series With Chvrches
KQGO (GO 96.3)/Minneapolis MD/nighttimer Jordan Alamat (top) gets the thumbs up from Lauren Mayberry from Chvrches (bottom) during a Go 96.3’s Artist Q&A series on IG Live May 6th. Jordan said, "In addition to the prolonged discourse around living with Felines, It was lovely to chat with Lauren about the vibrant donut and amusement park scene in Minneapolis. Her words on how popular culture can influence the thoughts and values of society also struck a chord and I hope that we as an industry can follow her north star in that regard. Also Jon Manley if you’re reading this: miss you bro.”
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Radio 104.5/Philadelphia InstaJam with Chvrches
WRFF (Radio 104.5)/Philadelphia night jock Jammin Jessie (top) had a fun InstaJam interview with Lauren Mayberry (bottom) from Chvrches. They spoke about how the new single "Forever" got the Netflix bump and is becoming a huge song for them.
