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Brighten The Corners News At Noon/Two For The Road 10/24-30/18

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 10/24 News At Noon

  • Soft Science–“Know”: From the Sacramento dream pop’s new album Maps.
  • Beirut–“Gallipoli”: The title track to Zach Candon’s upcoming 5th album, due out February 1, 2019. 
  • Holy Ghost!–“Anxious”: The latest single from the NYC-based duo of Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel. 

Wednesday 10/24 Two For The Road

Bob Mould – “Sunshine Rock”/title track (out 2/8)

Peter Bjorn & John – “Gut Feeling”/Darker Days

Thursday 10/25 News At Noon

Jungle – “Smile”/For Ever

Steve Gunn – “New Moon”/The Unseen In Between (out 1/18)

Powell Tillmans – “Feel The Night”/Spoken By The Other EP (out 11/16)

Thursday 10/25 Two For The Road

John Legend (w/ Esperanza Spalding) – “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”/A Legendary Christmas (out 10/26)

William Shatner (w/ Iggy Pop) – “Silent Night”/Shatner Claus (out 10/26)

Friday 10/26 News At Noon

Everlast – “It Ain’t Easy”/Whitey Ford’s House Of Pain

The Accidentals – “Heavy Flag”/new album in 2019

Haulm – “Loss”/Posture EP (out early 2019)

Friday 10/26 Two For the Road

Van Morrison – “Got To Go Where The Love Is”/The Prophet Speaks (out 12/7)

Deer Tick – “Hey! Yeah!”/Mayonnaise (out 2/1)

Monday 10/29 News At Noon

Charles Bradley – “Can’t Fight The Feeling”/Black Velvet (out 11/9)

Boygenius – “Me & My Dog”/s/t EP (out 11/9)

Alejandro Escovedo – “Outlaw For You”/The Crossing

Monday 10/29 Two For the Road

Ra Ra Riot – “This Time of Year”/new album in 2019

Moving Panoramas – “Baby Blues”/In Two (out 2/22)

Tuesday 10/30 News At Noon

SONTALK – “Baby, I’m Gone”/new single

The Deep Hollow – “Real Life”/Weary Traveler (out 11/9) – they’re from Jeff’s hometown (Springfield, IL!)

Dermot Kennedy – “Power Over Me”/new single

Tuesday 10/30 Two For the Road

Wallows – “Drunk on Halloween”/new single

Royal Trux – “Every Day Swan”/new single, 1st new music in 18 years

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