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Alternative
Jul 30, 2020 to Oct 22, 2020
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In A Good Mood
WZRH (ALT 92.3)/New Orleans middayer Daniel Merry (l) interviewed 24KGoldn (r) on October 19th when he found out that his song “Mood” hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Daniel said he learned the groundwork of “Mood” was made while he was playing Call Of Duty and just randomly started singing along to the guitar parts his producer was playing in the background.
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My Ex's Best Friend
WZRH (ALT 92.3)/New Orleans PD/afternooner Brad Steiner (top) chatted with MGK (bottom) on the day he released his new album, Tickets To My Downfall. They talked about hair care products and his favorite New Orleans bar (The Saint in uptown). It was a bad hair day for Machine Gun Kelly.
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Fitz And The Tantrums Socially Distance At CD102.5
Fitz And The Tantrums stopped by WWCD (CD102.5)/Columbus, OH for a socially distance visit before their live show at Westland Mall Drive-In on October 16th. Pictured all masked up are (l-r) CD102.5'S Tom Butler, Grayson Kelly, Laura Lee, Fitz from Fitz And The Tantrums, and CD102.5's Randy Malloy.
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Overwhelmed
WAQX (95X)/Syracuse MD/afternooner dXn did an IG live interview on October 15th with Royal & The Serpent, which included a performance of "Overwhelmed." They had fun discussing Royal & The Sepent's version of "The ABC Song" where Royal talked about forgetting the letter "S." Royal & The Serpent played at the "95X Binge This Fest" last month, which replayed on October 17th and 18th.
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Beabadoobee X-Session
Beabadoobee (top) checks in online from London with KROX (101X)/Austin for an X-Session interview with 101X PM Driver CJ Morgan (bottom) on October 8th. The X-Session included ab acoustic performance "Care" and CJ asking how she came up with the silly band name, which admitted was taken from a side Instagram account of her friends only.
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Dirty
WRIS (106.7 The Resistance)/Madison PM Driver Ebo (top) chatted with grandson (bottom) on IG Live on October 1st, one week after he released his new single "Dirty." grandson talked about 2020 being a focal point in his new music and that the themes of the resistance resonate now.
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Post Humorous
WRIS (106.7 The Resistance)/Madison PM Driver Ebo (top) sits down with Gus Dapperton (bottom) for an Instagram Live chat on September 16th to talk about his new album, Orca. Gus talked about the difference of writing a song as an artist versus as a producer and forcing himself to finish all parts of a song before he started producing it. He also discussed what Zerospace is and how he was able to add his own aesthetic to the place for his first show in 9 months. It will be streaming worldwide on September 25th from Zerospace.
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WHAT YOU GONNA DO???
KQGO (GO 96.3/Minneapolis MD Jordan Alamat (l) chatted with Bastille's Dan Smith (r) on September 3rd on Instagram Live about writing songs on Zoom during the pandemic. Dan said, "We're huge fans of Blur and Graham Coxon's guitar playing and sound. He was really open to do the collaboration and a super nice dude." Dan mentioned that he loved Christine & The Queens new EP, The Strokes, and Phoebe Bridgers new album.
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What You Gonna Do???
WSFS (104.3 The Shark)/Miami morning host Ashley O. interviews Bastille's Dan Smith from her makeshift Verizon Artist Lounge Home Studio August 20th on Instagram Live. Dan mentioned the that he wanted to surprise people with the band's new single, What You Gonnna Do???" and pretend like he is in a rock band for 2:04. Dan said, "I wanted everything about it to be loud and abrasive." The fun chat also included roller coasters and Bastille's new film club, called Distraction Tatics, where they pick a different film each week from a different country.
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Where To Start
KQGO (GO 96.3)/Minneapolis MD Jordan Alamat (top) and Bully's Alicia Bognanno (below) on Instagram Live August 19th. After a fun rapid fire Q&A, Alica performed her energetic new single "Where To Start" and chatted with Jordan about going solo on the new Bully album, Sugaregg, and how a Radiolab podcast story inspired the title of the album, out Friday (8/21).
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Leave Me Alone
KXRK (X96)/Salt Lake City PD/afternooner Todd Nuke'Em (top) chatted with I DONT KNOW HOW BUT YOU FOUND ME lead singer Dallon Weekes (bottom) on August 5th when iDKHOW's new single "Leave Me Alone" arrived at radio. Dallon went a bit 80's with a dial-up connection and his WiFi kept giving out. We can tell you the new album, "Razzmatazz" comes out on October 16th and the new single was #1 Most Added before the official 8/18 impact.
