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Brighten The Corners News At Noon/Two For The Road 11/14-11/20/18

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 11/14 News At Noon

  • Are We Static–“Weight Of Water” Feat. Talitha Rise: This track is part of a 3-song EP that fills the gap between the English band’s debut album, Embers, and next year’s follow-up. 
  • Kate Bush–“How To Be Invisible”: This remastered version is part of Bush’s Remastered Catalog Part 1, out Friday. Her new book, How To be Invisible, comes out on December 6th. 
  • Methyl Ethel–“Real Tight”: The Perth outfit’s third and latest effort, Triage, drops on February 15th and the video for this song is out now. The song is performed, written, and produced by lead singer, Jake Webb. 

Wednesday 11/14 Two For The Road

White Lies – “Believe It”/FIVE (out 2/1)

Swervedriver – “Mary Winter”/Future Ruins (out 1/25)

Thursday 11/15 News At Noon

  • Jeremy Neale–“Dancin’ & Romancin'”: The frontman of Brisbane, Australia’s Velociraptor has released his debut solo album Gettin’ The Team Back Together. The song is about how difficult it is to maintain a relationship when you and your partner are on opposite work schedules. 
  • The Dandy Warhols–“Be Alright”: The band celebrates their 25th year in 2019 with their 10th album, Why You So Crazy, coming out on January 25th. The 25th anniversary tour includes Shaky Knees Festival and a stop in DC on May 6th. 
  • Greg Holden–“Something Beautiful”: The song comes from a time when he was “hellbent on writing the angriest songs he could”. Holden’s fourth album, World War Me, drops in early 2019. 

Thursday 11/15 Two For The Road

I’m With Her in-studio session at Virginia Arts Recording

  • “Ain’t That Fine”
  • “Crescent City”
  • “Carey” (Joni Mitchell cover)

Friday 11/16 News At Noon

  • Andrew McMahon in The Wilderness, Upside Down Flowers: On his third Wildnerness album McMahon says, “I refer to this album as my land of upside down flowers. In many ways it’s a mirror to my world, an uncanny reflection but not quite the real thing. The songs held within its borders are about friends and loved ones, both real and imagines. The edges are blurred now it seems, but the sentiment remains. I didn’t write these songs to change the world, but they helped me to understand mine a little better.
    • Goodnight, Rock And Roll
    • This Wild Ride
    • House In The Trees

Friday 11/16 Two For The Road

Avett Brothers – “Roses & Sacrifice”/new single released today

Foreign Air – “Used To You”/new single

Monday  11/19 News At Noon

  • The Grip Weeds–“After The Sunrise”: The rock band from Highland Park,  New Jersey was formed in 1988 by brothers Kurt and Rick Reil and named after John Lennon’s character in the 1967 movie, How I Won The War. Their new album is called Trip Around The Sun. 
  • The Mommyheads–“First Baby Born Of Cosmic Rage”: From the 11th and latest album, Soundtrack To The World’s End. The group formed in 1987, broke up in 1998, and got back together in 2008 and is the brainchild of Adam Elk, who was still in high school for the first two records. 
  • Kurt Deemer Band–“A Dream In the Dark”: All songs on the latest album, Antenna-Like Lightning Rod were produced and written by Deemer, himself. 

Monday 11/19 Two For The Road

Bad Religion – “My Sanity”/new single

Sam Fender – “That Sound”/Dead Boys EP (out this week)

Tuesday 11/20 News At Noon

  • Ryan Culwell–“Can You Hear Me”: From the new record The Last American, his third overall and first in 3 years. 
  • Julia Jacklin–“Head Alone”: The Sydney singer-songwriter’s sophomore album, Crushing, drops on February 22nd. 
  • Mandy Moore–“Invisible Ink”: This song was the demo of Moore’s character Rebecca on last week’s episode of This Is Us. 

Tuesday 11/20 Two For The Road

Lo Moon – “For Me, It’s You”/new single

Hozier – “Movement”/new album due early 2019

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