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Eric Alper

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Freelance Music Publicist, SiriusXM Host, Shameless Idealist, I talk about music in the media. Eric@ThatEricAlper.com

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 6m
ADÉLA’s “Ain’t in LA” holds at No. 5 on the Billboard Global 200 and rises 6-4 on Global Excl. U.S. The ‘PRIMA’ track pulled 30 million worldwide streams, up 14%, helping ADÉLA land two songs in the Top 5 of both charts.
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CORTIS hit Grant Park for Lollapalooza Chicago 2026 with a 12-song set packed with choreography and live energy, for an enthusiastic crowd, including "GO!," "ACAI," "JoyRide," "YOUNGCREATORCREW," "TNT" and "FaSHioN." zurl.co/ESVH2
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Video: CORTIS Bring 12-Song Set To Lollapalooza Chicago 2026 - That Eric Alper
CORTIS hit Grant Park with a 12-song performance at Lollapalooza Chicago 2026, bringing their mix of K-pop and hip-hop to the festival on August 1. The group, featuring Martin, James, Juhoon, Seonghyeon and Keonho, packed their set with synchronized choreography, live vocals and plenty of movement across the stage as they played for the Chicago […]
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 16m
Dualtone Records celebrates 25 years with 'Keep Pressing On,' a 17-song collection featuring Langhorne Slim, The Lumineers, Shakey Graves, Mt. Joy, Kathleen Edwards, flipturn and more, arriving December 4. zurl.co/5eKep
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Langhorne Slim Reimagines "What A Wonderful World" For Dualtone's 25th Anniversary - That Eric Alper
Langhorne Slim has taken one of popular music’s most enduring songs and made it part of Dualtone Records’ 25th birthday celebration. His new version of “What A Wonderful World,” the Bob Thiele and George David Weiss composition made famous by Louis Armstrong, appears on ‘Keep Pressing On: 25 Years Of Dualtone,’ a 17-song collection of […]
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 21m
ADÉLA’s “Nicole Kidman” jumps 11-3 on the Billboard Global 200 and 26-5 on Global Excl. U.S., powered by 32.5 million worldwide streams, up 41%. It gives ADÉLA two songs simultaneously in the Top 5 of both global charts.
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 26m
Horse Jumper of Love revisit their self-titled debut with a 10th anniversary deluxe edition featuring 13 bonus tracks, demos and alternate versions, while taking the album on tour across the US, UK and Europe. zurl.co/Ve9am
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Horse Jumper Of Love Celebrate 10 Years With Deluxe Debut And "Orange Peeler" Video - That Eric Alper
Horse Jumper of Love are looking back at the basement-made album that unexpectedly became a slowcore touchstone with a remastered and expanded 10th anniversary edition of their self-titled debut. The deluxe edition is out now via Run For Cover Records, pairing the original nine-song album with 13 bonus tracks of unreleased songs, demos and alternate […]
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 36m
Karol G, Judeline and rusowsky’s “BbY WOW” spends a fourth week at No. 1 on both Billboard global charts, with 51.5 million streams worldwide. It’s Karol G’s first multi-week No. 1, and a first for Judeline and rusowsky.
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 41m
Danish artist AiramFM gives "The Impostor" a cinematic transformation with a new orchestral version, pairing layered vocals and strings with a song about growing up feeling out of place and learning to build your own world. zurl.co/8egIv
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AiramFM Goes Cinematic On New Single "The Impostor (Orchestral Version)" - That Eric Alper
AiramFM turns feelings of isolation into something sweeping and cinematic on her 25th single, “The Impostor (Orchestral Version).” Released September 28, the new version was written, recorded and produced entirely by the Danish dark and alternative pop artist from her DIY home studio. “The Impostor” explores the feeling of growing up different, carrying the sense […]
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 46m
Miranda Lambert celebrates new album 'Crisco' with special shows at The Truth and Billy Bob’s Texas, plus an Amazon Music Songline Live broadcast featuring new songs, fan favourites and a 12-piece string section. zurl.co/6aQUS
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Miranda Lambert Brings Sold-Out 'Crisco' Release Show To Amazon Music Songline Live - That Eric Alper
Miranda Lambert is bringing her sold-out Nashville album-release show to fans everywhere, with Amazon Music set to stream the performance as a special Songline Live broadcast on October 7. The concert will be recorded October 1 as Lambert opens Nashville’s newest venue, The Truth, with a one-night-only performance celebrating her new album, ‘Crisco,’ which arrives […]
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Kashus Culpepper brings a warm, jazzier sound to Apple Music Sessions, reworking "Jenni" and "Out Of My Mind" while joining Charles Wesley Godwin and Wyatt Flores for a horn-filled new cover of "Shout." zurl.co/LCvSq
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Kashus Culpepper Goes Jazzy For Apple Music Sessions With "Shout" Cover - That Eric Alper
Kashus Culpepper is bringing horns, a prominent rhythm section and a jazzier feel to three of his songs for a new Apple Music Sessions release. Watch it here. The Alabama singer-songwriter’s three-song session includes fresh versions of early fan favourites “Jenni” and “Out Of My Mind,” along with a cover of the Isley Brothers’ 1959 […]
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Jacob Collier brings his idea of the musical "wiggle" to TED, breaking down melody, rhythm and harmony through "What a Wonderful World" and showing why music, like life, was never meant to move in straight lines. zurl.co/HYrSo
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Video: Jacob Collier Explains The 'Wiggly Wonder Of Music' In His TED Talk - That Eric Alper
Jacob Collier can make music theory feel less like a lesson and more like discovering a secret that’s been hiding inside your favourite songs all along. In his TED talk ‘The Wiggly Wonder of Music,’ the Grammy-winning musician introduces what he calls the “wiggle,” the feeling that gives music its movement, personality and humanity. Armed […]
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Dirty Honey hit Europe and the UK in 2027 for 30 headline shows behind third album 'Catch My Butterfly,' bringing "Lights Out" and "Butterfly" to venues across 16 countries from January through March. zurl.co/tVno8
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Dirty Honey Announce 30-Date Europe And UK Headline Tour For 2027 - That Eric Alper
Dirty Honey are taking their biggest European headline tour yet across 16 countries in early 2027, with 30 shows supporting the band’s third studio album, ‘Catch My Butterfly.’ The Lights Out EU/UK Tour ’27 begins January 31 at Kavka Oudaan in Antwerp and runs through March 15 at La Maroquinerie in Paris, with stops throughout […]
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Erasure mark 40 years of music with 'Radio!! Radio!!,' a 10-song album arriving March 12, 2027, followed by a UK and European arena tour as Vince Clarke takes on the role of Musical Director from California. zurl.co/DXfOu
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Erasure Announce 20th Album 'Radio!! Radio!!' And 2027 Arena Tour - That Eric Alper
Erasure are heading into their fifth decade with a new album, a new single and a major arena tour across the UK and Europe. Andy Bell and Vince Clarke will release their 20th studio album, ‘Radio!! Radio!!,’ on March 12, 2027 through Mute, marking their first new studio record in six years. The announcement arrives […]
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Joshua Redman honors his greatest musical influence, Sonny Rollins, with 'If Ever You Would Leave Us (We Play for Rollins),' a deeply personal 11-song tribute arriving November 20 via Blue Note Records. zurl.co/pDrFe
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Joshua Redman Pays Tribute To Sonny Rollins On 'If Ever You Would Leave Us' - That Eric Alper
Joshua Redman is paying tribute to the musician he considers his greatest influence with ‘If Ever You Would Leave Us (We Play for Rollins),’ an album created in the weeks immediately following the death of Sonny Rollins. Arriving November 20 through Blue Note Records, Redman’s third album for the label features 11 selections from Rollins’ […]
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Jack Grisham turns grief into "Angel Funeral," the fifth preview of Jack Grisham and the Life Undone’s debut album, a new 13-track set spanning alt-rock, hard pop, acoustic songs and low-cal SoCal balladry. zurl.co/lUFft
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Jack Grisham And The Life Undone Share Deeply Personal New Single "Angel Funeral" - That Eric Alper
Jack Grisham is confronting grief head-on with “Angel Funeral,” the fifth single from the upcoming self-titled debut album by Jack Grisham and the Life Undone. The song arrives exclusively through Coda Music and YouTube ahead of its wider digital release on October 27. The full ‘Jack Grisham and the Life Undone’ album will debut exclusively […]
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Jazz returns to The Hare Wine Co. for three Monday nights this fall as the Twilight Jazz & Blues Series welcomes Tom Szczesniak, Anthony D’Alessandro and Heather Bambrick for its 14th edition in Niagara-on-the-Lake. zurl.co/2ljtx
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How did Erasure make electronic pop feel so warm, human and joyful? Here's how Andy Bell, Vince Clarke, “A Little Respect” and so many other classics turned heartbreak, theatricality and synthesizers into pop euphoria. zurl.co/hA4Rb
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How Erasure Made Synth-Pop Feel Genuinely Joyful - That Eric Alper
Synth-pop has always had a complicated relationship with emotion. The synthesizer could sound futuristic, icy, mechanical, melancholy or deliberately detached. Plenty of the genre’s greatest records found their power in exactly those qualities. Then Erasure came along sounding like they were having the time of their lives. When Vince Clarke and Andy Bell formed Erasure […]
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Turn up the speakers, try on one more outfit and accept that nobody is leaving on time. Here are 40 songs to hype up your night, from Donna Summer and Missy Elliott to Bad Bunny, Rihanna and Charli xcx. zurl.co/dwLTL
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40 Getting Ready to Go Out Songs That Hype You Up - That Eric Alper
Going out starts long before you actually leave the house. It starts when the music goes on. You’re picking an outfit, changing it, changing it back, doing your hair, texting the group chat, checking the mirror and suddenly performing an entire chorus to yourself because the right song has convinced you that tonight is going […]
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Before Metallica became one of the biggest bands in the world, fans were copying tapes, sharing their music and bringing friends to shows. Here's how that grassroots following became a monster. zurl.co/hzvwc
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What Metallica Can Teach You About Building a Following Without Radio or MTV - That Eric Alper
Imagine trying to build one of the biggest bands in the world while largely ignoring the two machines that were supposed to make bands enormous. No hit radio single. No glossy MTV video. No carefully engineered attempt to squeeze your music into whatever format programmers wanted. Metallica’s early rise is one of the great examples […]
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Great indie music can come from anywhere and sound like anything. I’m always searching for songs that deserve another listen and artists worth discovering. Send yours: Eric@ThatEricAlper.com zurl.co/lj1XR
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TikTok changes. Instagram changes. Algorithms definitely change. Your website just sits there doing its job.Here's why that wonderfully boring piece of the internet still matters for musicians in 2026. zurl.co/BVLI2
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The Case for the Boring Platform: Why Your Website Still Matters in 2026 - That Eric Alper
Your website is probably the least exciting thing in your digital strategy. Good. Social media gets the attention. TikTok can introduce a song to millions of people overnight. Instagram keeps fans connected to what you’re doing. YouTube gives your music, interviews and performances somewhere to live. Streaming platforms are where most listeners actually press play. […]
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Ry Cooder, Mark O'Connor, and a Phil Spector song from 1958 all show up on one of country music's most celebrated collaborations. The story behind 'Trio' and how it swept three major award shows is here: zurl.co/cudXi
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5 Surprising Facts About Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris' 'Trio' - That Eric Alper
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris released ‘Trio’ on 2 March 1987, closing out a collaboration these three friends and admirers had been trying to make happen since the mid-1970s. Producer George Massenburg brought the project together across sessions at The Complex, Woodland, and Ocean Way studios throughout 1986, more than a decade after […]
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A great sample can give an old song an entirely new life. I wrote about how artists from Eminem to Jack Harlow have introduced new generations to the records that helped build their biggest hits. zurl.co/XRfI8
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How Sampling Keeps Old Songs Alive for New Generations - That Eric Alper
: A song can have more than one lifetime. It can be a hit when it first comes out, slowly settle into the catalogue, and then, years or even decades later, suddenly turn up inside another artist’s record. A bassline gets chopped up. A chorus is rebuilt. A vocal gets pulled out of an old […]
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My 360° playlist is all about glorious, evocative, life-affirming indie music of every genre. Making something you’re proud of? I’d genuinely love to hear it. Eric@ThatEricAlper.com zurl.co/rir45
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How did a foster kid from Stratford earn a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and change Canadian radio forever? These 20 facts trace David Marsden's remarkable journey, from Marshall McLuhan to Live Aid. zurl.co/n3kxO
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20 Things You Need to Know About David Marsden, the Radio Pioneer Behind CFNY's "The Spirit of Radio" - That Eric Alper
Every Canadian music fan who first heard a favourite band on the radio owes something to David Marsden. The broadcaster who transformed a tiny Brampton station into CFNY, “The Spirit of Radio,” died on Friday, September 25, at 85, leaving behind a career that reshaped how this country discovers music. Here are 20 things you […]
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A Perfect Circle is back with "To Whom It May Concern," its second new single of 2026, and a 32-date North American tour launching April 13 in Vancouver with Puscifer and The Cult joining select dates. zurl.co/a8oiV
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A Perfect Circle Announces Extensive 2027 Tour And New Single 'To Whom It May Concern' - That Eric Alper
A Perfect Circle is heading into 2027 with new music and an extensive North American tour that will put Maynard James Keenan on double duty for part of the run. The band has released “To Whom It May Concern,” its second new single of the year and the follow-up to “Starless,” which recently reached No. […]
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Dolly Parton's Cup of Ambition coffee is now available nationwide, fulfilling a dream she worked toward for more than 40 years. The line includes Light, Medium and Dark Roast varieties and supports her Imagination Library. zurl.co/rKg3p
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Dolly Parton's 'Cup Of Ambition' Coffee Launches Nationwide After 40-Year Dream - That Eric Alper
Dolly Parton’s coffee dream was more than 40 years in the making, and now fans across the country can finally pour themselves a Cup of Ambition. Dolly’s Cup of Ambition, the late country icon’s coffee line developed with family-owned Community Coffee, officially launched nationwide on National Coffee Day following its earlier debut at Dolly’s Tennessean […]
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Lisa has added two more dates to her sold-out 'Viva La Lisa' residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, expanding the November run to six shows as she becomes the first K-pop artist with a Vegas residency. zurl.co/OrCLh
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Lisa Adds Two Shows To Sold-Out 'Viva La Lisa' Las Vegas Residency - That Eric Alper
Lisa is adding two more nights to her first Las Vegas residency after the original four shows sold out in less than 10 minutes. The Blackpink star will bring ‘Viva La Lisa’ to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace for newly announced performances on November 12 and 29, expanding the residency to six shows in total. […]
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 6h
Billy Joel's 'Turnstiles' turns 50 with a massive four-CD/Blu-ray edition featuring 67 audio tracks, 54 previously unreleased recordings, 32 video performances and a restored 1976 concert film. zurl.co/MfTwI
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Billy Joel's 'Turnstiles' Gets Massive 50th Anniversary Box Set With 54 Unreleased Recordings - That Eric Alper
Billy Joel’s ‘Turnstiles’ is turning 50 with 67 audio tracks, 32 video performances and enough unreleased material to retrace one of the most important transitional periods of his career. Columbia Records and Sony’s Legacy Recordings will release ‘Turnstiles – 50th Anniversary Edition’ on December 11 as a four-CD/Blu-ray box set. Of its 67 audio tracks, […]
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