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Jeff & Jenny Lewis in the Corner Lounge circa 2010 Photo: 106.1 The Corner

News at Noon/Two For the Road 1/23-29/19

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 2019 favorites:

Kendall’s 2019 Favorites

Wednesday 1/23 News At noon

Squid–“The Dial”/2019 single

Claypool Lennon Delirium–“Blood and Rockets Movement 1 of The Saga Of Jack Parsons/South Of Reality (out 2/22)

Emily King–“Look At Me Now”/Scenery (out 1/28)

Wednesday 1/23 Two for the Road

Jenny Lewis – “Red Bull & Hennessy”/On The Line (out 3/22)

Ryan Adams (w/ John Mayer) – “F The Rain”/Big Colors (out 4/19)

Thursday 1/24 News At Noon

Simple Creatures–“Drug”/2019 EP (out 3/1)

Ten Fe–“Won’t Happen”/Future Perfect, Past Tense (out 3/8)

Luluc–“Sculptor”/Sculptor

Thursday 1/24 Two for the Road (+1)

Florence + The Machine – “Moderation”/1 of 2 new singles released today

Vampire Weekend – “Harmony Hall”/Father Of The Bride

Better Oblivion Community Center – “Dylan Thomas”/s/t (surprise full album out today!)

Friday 1/25 News At Noon

Swervedriver–“Spiked Flower”/Future Ruins

Metric–“Risk”/Art Of Doubt

Telekinesis–“Cut The Quick”/Effluxion (out 2/22)

Friday 1/25 Two for the Road

Santana – “In Search Of Mona Lisa”/EP title track (out today)

Hælos – “Kyoto”/Any Random Kindness (out 5/10)

Monday 1/28 News At Noon

Happy Nothing–“Your Fate”/Happy Nothing EP

The Lindas–“Dead Lovers”/8X9 EP

American Football–“Uncomfortably Numb” Feat. Hayley Williams/American Football (out 3/22)

Monday 1/28 Two for the Road

I’m With Her – “Call My Name”/new single released Friday

Joy Williams – “Front Porch”/title track (out 5/3, in Cville 4/28)

Tuesday 1/29 News At Noon

Morgxn--“Blue” Feat. Nicholas Petricca/Vital: Blue (s t r i p p e d)

Ry X–“Ya Ya Ya”/Unfurl (out 2/15)

The Wild Reeds–“Telepathic Mail”/Cheers (our 3/8)

Tuesday 1/29 Two for the Road

Parachute – “Young”/new single, in Cville 4/30

Counting Crows – “August & Everything After”/new single

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