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HERE COMES THE FLOOD: I just offered a roll of toilet paper to a PD
DO NOT SCALE BEYOND 95%!!!
for an add. On Amazon, most paper products, if you can find them, are
top 30 modern rock going for more than a Jeff Deane overnight five-spin special. I was jok-
ing (sorta), and yes, I’ll probably get the add, but it’s indicative of how
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much the world has changed in the past week. Just a week ago, we were
2 1 UNLIKELY CANDIDATES Novocaine celebrating Kevin Weatherly’s last days at KROQ, hiding our tears as air-
Another Cent./The Orchard talent extraordinaire Nicole Alvarez shared her gratitude for growing and
1 2 BILLIE EILISH everything i wanted thriving under Kevin’s tutelage. If there were ever a remake of To Sir With
Darkroom/Interscope Love, Nicole’s speech, followed by a performance of an original song from
3 3 SUB URBAN Cradles Chris Martin, would have to be included in this movie… Just a week ago,
Warner Mike Kaplan and Michael Martin began to reshape KROQ to be more
4 4 AWOLNATION The Best reflective of what WNYL and KITS have been doing for the past year:
Better Noise
5 5 LUMINEERS Life in the City Embracing songs that are streaming and are hitting the sweet spot of a
Dualtone/eOne certain truly “Alternative” sound: Powfu, Ashe (which was first heard on
7 6 GREEN DAY Oh Yeah! 98.7), AJR, Glass Animals, Tame Impala, MGK, Post Malone, 24KGoldn,
Warner and KennyHoopla are among the artists now being heard on 106.7. Lisa
6 7 NEON TREES Used to Like Worden has 98.7 sounding modern and buoyant—these two L.A. stations
Thrill Forever/ADA can revitalize what has been considered an increasingly irrelevant format.
8 8 TWENTY ONE PILOTS The Hype This is a huge shift, and you should absolutely pay attention to what these
Fueled By Ramen/EMG
10 9 CAGE THE ELEPHANT Black Madonna stations are doing... Now, more than ever, local radio has the power to
RCA inform, entertain and provide a sense of community for anxious listeners…
9 10 MEG MYERS Running Up That Hill Just a week ago, I’d never heard of “social distancing.” I practiced it, un-
Red Light Mgmt/300 Ent. knowingly, as part of my inherent dislike of people, but now, as it’s become
12 11 GROUPLOVE Deleter a mandate, radio can provide a connection by offering reliable information
Canvasback/Atlantic regarding this health crisis, as well as a soothing voice and the sense that
13 12 OF MONSTERS AND MEN Wars
Republic their audience is sharing this same scary experience. I would take on-air re-
14 13 LOVELYTHEBAND Loneliness for Love quests, offer listener-generated Top 10s every night and provide constant
Another Cent./The Orchard online updates. I’d have artists FaceTime online with DJs to mitigate some
18 14 TAME IMPALA Lost in Yesterday of the FOMO that the audience (especially in L.A.) is feeling about the
Modular/Interscope cancellation of Coachella. In two brief updates, Tom Hanks has connected
17 15 SAINT MOTEL Van Horn the coronavirus to his millions of fans. Seeing how he and Rita Wilson are
Elektra/EMG handling their illness is the, well, “kindest” reality check we could have.
16 16 BLACK KEYS Shine a Little Light
Nonesuch/Warner What is radio doing to quell the anxiety of their audience?... Just a week
15 17 MATT MAESON Go Easy ago, I was canceling my flight to SXSW. I blamed my edginess on Mercury
Neon Gold/Atlantic being in retrograde (adorable), and had no idea that the music business
19 18 FINNEAS Let’s Fall in Love for... would be working remotely for the foreseeable future. My son’s school
OYOY/AWAL will be shutting down on Monday for two weeks, and I’m grateful that he’ll
24 19 AJR Bang! be home. Unlike the days of Mike Jacobs putting his son David on the
S-Curve
22 20 HAYLEY WILLIAMS Simmer phone to programmers, Julian will not be calling you. Anyway, it worked
Atlantic/EMG out well for David, who has the most exciting record in the market right
23 21 THE 1975 Me & You Together Song now with Ashe. This song is a smash, and Mom+Pop earned its #1 Most
Dirty Hit/Interscope Added status this week… The incredibly reactive song by Powfu (featuring
26 22 STROKES Bad Decisions beabadoobee) will now be called “Cup of Coffee” (rather than “death
RCA bed”). Beabadoobee’s “Coffee” is the sample on the track, and you’ll be
30 23 GLASS ANIMALS Your Love (Deja Vu) hearing infinitely more about this beautiful artist in the months ahead. Her
Republic
25 24 DAN LUKE AND THE RAID Fool first radio single will be released in May, and I’m looking forward to her tour
New West as an opener for The 1975 (along with the spectacular Phoebe Bridgers)
20 25 PEARL JAM Dance of the Clairvoyants … Just a week ago, Patti Smith played at the Disney Concert Hall. See-
Monkeywrench/Republic ing Patti in concert helps me reconnect with my higher power (which
27 26 GOODY GRACE f/BLINK-182 Scumbag happens to be her), and I loved when she said, “I read that it’s the month
Atlantic of the woman. That’s really nice and all, but being a girl myself, I thought,
21 27 SILVERSUN PICKUPS Don’t Know Yet one fucking month?” Thank you, Patti… We need to talk about Jehnny
New Machine Recordings
29 28 POST MALONE Circles Beth, who, in my informed option, is the artist who will inspire the Mod-
Republic ern Rock generation, just as Patti was the artist who defined mine…. The
— 29 DECLAN MCKENNA Beautiful Faces new Killers’ single, presciently titled “Caution,” is their masterpiece. This
Tomplicated/Q Prime song deserves a swift ascendance to #1… ALBUM TO HEAR: KALEO’s
28 30 TWO FEET You? Surface Sounds (“I Want More” is my favorite song they’ve ever done).
Republic Be safe. Stay healthy. Take care of each other!

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