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News at Noon & Two for the Road 10/23-29/19

Hear the News at Noon weekdays at 12p & Two For the Road 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 10/23 News At Noon

  • Caribou – “Home”/new single
  • Soccer Mommy – “Lucy”/new single
  • Frances Quinlan – “Rare Thing”/Likewise (out 1/31)

Wednesday 10/23 Two For The Road

  • Sunship Balloon – “Upon The Moon”/Sunship Balloon EP
  • Mumford & Sons – “Blind Leading The Blind”/new single

Thursday 10/24 News At Noon

  • The Flaming Lips – “Waitin’ For A Superman”/The Soft Bulletin Live at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony (out 11/29)
  • David Byrne – “I Zimbra”/American Utopia on Broadway 
  • The Cure – “Jumping Someone Else’s Train/Grinding Halt”/Anniversary: Live in Hyde Park

Thursday 10/24 Two For The Road

  • Angel Olsen–“What It Is”/All Mirrors
  • Mondo Cozmo – “Come On”/new single

Friday 10/25 News At Noon

  • Coldplay – “Orphans”/Everyday Life (out 11/22)
  • Josh Homme’s The Desert Sessions – “Crucifire”/Vols. 11 & 12
  • Cursive – “Black Hole Town”/Get Fixed

Friday 10/25 Two For The Road

  • Destroyer–“Crimson Tide”/Have We Met (out 1/31/20)
  • Georgia–“Never Let You Go”/Seeking Thrills (out 1/10/20)

Monday 10/28 News At Noon

  • Rufus Wainwright – “Trouble in Paradise”/new single
  • The Wood Brothers – “Alabaster”/Kingdom In My Mind (out 1/24)
  • Bruce Cockburn – “Bardo Rush”/Crowing Ignites

Monday 10/28 Two For The Road

  • Little Dragon–“Tongue Kissing”/2019 Single
  • Bleached–“Kiss You Goodbye”/Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough

Tuesday 10/29 News At Noon

  • Rodrigo Y Gabriela – “Terracentric”/Mettavolution
  • Meg Myers – “Running Up That Hill”/Kate Bush cover
  • Longwave – “Stay With Me”/If We Ever Live Forever

Tuesday 10/29 Two For The Road

  • Weathers–“Lonely Vampire”/2019 Single
  • Shannon Lay–“November”/August

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