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BTC News At Noon/Two For The Road 12/12-18/18

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 12/12 News At Noon

  • The Nude Party–“Feels Alright”/The Nude Party
  • Brian Fallon–“Etta James”/Sleepwalkers (Kendall’s 10th favorite album of the year!)
  • Amy Shark–“Psycho” Feat. Mark Hoppus/Love Monster (9th favorite album of the year!

Wednesday 12/12 Two For The Road

John Prine – “Summer’s End”/The Tree of Forgiveness (Jeff’s #1 album of the year)

Lera Lynn (feat. Shovels & Rope) – “Wolf Like Me”/Plays Well With Others (Jeff’s Top 5)

Thursday 12/13 News At Noon

  • Adrian Quesada & Aaron Frazor & David Hidalgo–“One Woman Man”/Look At My Soul: The Latin Shade of Texas Soul
  • Frank Turner–“Make America Great Again” (8th favorite album of the year!)
  • Fall Out Boy–“Last of The Real Ones”/MANIA (7th favorite album of the year!

Thursday 12/13 Two For The Road

Courtney Barnett – “Nameless, Faceless”/Tell Me How You Really Feel (Jeff’s Top 5)

Boygenius – “Bite The Hand”/s/t EP (Jeff’s Top 5)

Friday 12/14 News At Noon

  • Frances Cone–“Late Riser”/Late Riser (out 1/18/19)
  • Lovelytheband–“These Are My Friends”/Finding It Hard To Smile (6th favorite album of the year!)
  • Kodaline–“Follow Your Fire”/Politics of Living (5th favorite album of the year! 

Friday 12/14 Two For The Road

Sons of Bill – “Believer/Pretender”/Oh God Ma’am (Jeff’s Top 10)

Gold Connections – “Bad Intentions”/Popular Fiction (Jeff’s Top 5)

Monday 12/17 News At Noon

  • Holly Herndon–“Godmother”
  • Panic! At The Disco–“Hey Look, Ma I Made It”/Pray For The Wicked (4th favorite album of the year!)
  • Alkaline Trio–“Heart Attacks”/Is This Thing Cursed? (3rd favorite album of the year)

Monday 12/17 Two For The Road

Superchunk – “What A Time To Be Alive”/title track (Jeff’s Top 10)

Cat Power – “Woman”/Wanderer (Jeff’s Top 10)

Tuesday 12/18 News At Noon

  • Joseph St. John–“Shaky Ground”/No Second Chances EP
  • The 1975–“It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)”/A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2nd favorite album of the year!)
  • Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness–“House In The Trees”/Upside Down Flowers (1st favorite album of the year!!!!!!!!)

Tuesday 12/18 Two For The Road

Kacey Musgraves – “Slow Burn”/Golden Hour (Jeff’s Top 10)

The War and Treaty – “Healing Tide”/title track (Jeff’s Top 10)

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