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Brighten The Corners News At Noon/Two For The Road 10/10-16/18

Hear the News at Noon weekdays at 12p with Kendall & Two For the Road with Jeff weeknights around 5:45pm – we recap the week’s worth of new tunes Tuesdays 10pm-midnight!

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

Jeff’s 2018 favorites:

Kendall’s 2018 Favorites

https://open.spotify.com/user/1210973329/playlist/1bJzsBde7eLqMIvuqJcCVg?si=j6L4eL9WSV69DRd-OPAe5g

Wednesday 10/10 News At Noon

  • Ryan Culwell–“Can You Hear Me”: From his new record, The Last American, which is his third full-length over all and first in more than 3 years. Catch him in DC on the 16th. 
  • Kodaline–“Head Held High”: Their new album, Politics of Living, just went to number 1 in Ireland and they are in DC on December 5th (my birthday). 
  • CastleComer–“Fire Alarm”: The Sydney 5-piece’s self-titled album dropped on Friday and they’re playing DC on the 25th. 

Wednesday 10/10 Two For The Road

Maggie Rogers – “Light On”/Heard It In A Past Life (out 1/18)

John Prine – “I Just Called To Say I Love You”/new Stevie Wonder cover (it’s John’s birthday today)

Thursday 10/11 News At Noon

  • Tough On Fridays–“Let Down”: The Georgetown, Texas based duo of Katie Cummins and Caleigh Oceguera have been friends since elementary school. 
  • Weezer–“Can’t Knock The Hustle”: The first single from the self-titled Black album out in early 2019. 
  • Echo & The Bunnymen–“The Somnambulist”: One of the two new songs on the latest release, The Stars, The Ocean, and The Moon which is out now.

Thursday 10/11 Two For The Road

Jeff Tweedy – “Some Birds”/WARM (out 11/30)

Tom Morello ft. Portugal. The Man & Whethan – “Every Step That I Take”/The Atlas Underground (out tmrw)

Friday 10/12 News At Noon

  • The Teskey Brothers–“I Get Up”/Harvest Delux Edition (out 10/26)
  • Tall Heights–“House On Fire”/Pretty Colors For Your Actions
  • Bernhoft–“Lookalike”/Humanoid

Friday 10/12 Two For The Road

Michael Franti & Spearhead – “Just To Say I Love You”/Stay Human Vol. 2 (out 1/25)

Just Loud ft. Debbie Harry – “Soul Train”/new single, opening for Dirty Heads in Cville Sunday + it’s the anniv. of Blondie playing their 1st CBGB’s gig in 1974

Monday 10/15 News At Noon

  • Dylan Cartlidge–“Wishing Well”
  • Amy Helm–“The Stones I Throw”/This Too Shall Light
  • The Verbs–“Pleaser”/Garage Sale (out in 2019)

Monday 10/15 Two For The Road

Wesley Bright & The Honeytones – “You Don’t Want Me”/new song from Akron, OH beekeeper!

The Helio Sequence – “Keep Your Eyes Ahead”/title track (10th anniv deluxe reissue came out Friday)

Tuesday 10/16 News At Noon

  • Broncho–“Keep It In Line”/Bad Behavior (out 10/19)
  • Danni Bell & The Tarantist–“Mystery”/Wide Eyed (out 1/18/19)
  • Little Dragon–“Lover Chanting”/Lover Chanting EP (out 11/16)

Tuesday 10/16 Two For The Road

  • Willie Nelson–“Vote ‘Em Out”/new single
  • Lynzy Lab Stewart–“Scary Time (For Boys)”/viral song she performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live 5 days after posting to her Facebook page

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