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Brighten The Corners – News At Noon/Two For The Road 7/11-17/18

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 7/11 News At Noon

  • Glorietta–“Heatstroke”: The band is Matthew Logan Vasquez, Noah Gundersen, Kelsey Wilson (Wild Child), David Ramirez, Adrian Quesada (Black Pumas, Brown Out), and Jason Robert Blum. MLV had the idea to start this band simply because he wanted to make music with his friends. Their self-titled debut was recorded in a rented house in Glorieta, NM over the course of 9 days and is out on August 24th. MLV wrote this track with Kelsey Wilson. The band will be at Newport Folk at the end of the month and will be doing a headlining tour in the fall. 
  • Hop Along–“Somewhere A Judge”: The second single from the Philly band’s third album, Bark Your Head Off Dog. Catch them at the Southern on the 28th. 
  • DeVotchKa–“Straight Shot”: The band ends their 7 year hiatus with the new album This Night Falls Forever which drops on August 24th and they will be announcing a Fall headlining tour soon. 

Wednesday 7/11 Two For The Road

Tom Petty – “Keep A Little Soul”/An American Treasure (60-song boxset out 9/28)

Blues Traveler – “Accelerated Nation”/Hurry Up & Hang Around (out 10/12)

Thursday 7/12 News At Noon

  • Changelings–“Moondance Venus”
  • The Artisanals–“Angel 42
  • Emma Louise–“Wish You Well”

Thursday 7/12 Two For The Road

John Grant – “Love Is Magic”/title track (out 10/12)

 

Elise Davis – “Don’t Bring Me Flowers”/new single

 

Friday 7/13 News at Noon

Allen Stone – “Warriors”/new single

Twenty One Pilots – “Jumpsuit”/Trench (out 10/5)

Phoebe Bridgers – “The Gold”/new Manchester Orchestra cover

 

Friday 7/13 Two For The Road

Mondo Cozmo – “Tonight Tonight”/new Your Mofo EP

 

The Devil Makes Three – “Bad Idea”/Chains Are Broken (out 8/24)

Monday 7/16 News At Noon

  • Josh Ramsay–“We Should Be Friends”
  • Donovan Woods–“Another Way”
  • Hamish Anderson–“No Good”

Monday 7/16 Two For The Road

  • Jayhawks–“Everybody Knows”
  • Dirty Projectors–“That’s A Lifestyle”

Tuesday 7/17 News At Noon

  • Imagine Dragons–“Natural”
  • The Love Language–“New Amsterdam”
  • The Essex Green–“Don’t Leave It In Our Hands”

Monday 7/17 Two For The Road

  • Saint Seneca–“Ladder To The Sun”
  • The Lemon Twigs–“Small Victories”

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