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News at Noon/Two For the Road 3/13-19/19

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 3/13 News At Noon

Rhett Repko–“A Broken Song”/Songs Of The Night

A R I Z O N A–“Find Someone”

Bear’s Den–“Laurel Wreath”/So That You Might Hear Me (out 4/26)

Wednesday 3/13 Two For The Road

Karen O & Danger Mouse – “Turn the Light”/Lux Prima (out Friday)

Sam Fender – “Hypersonic Missiles”/debut album out later this year

Thursday 3/14 News At Noon

The Drums–“626 Bedford Avenue”/Brutalism (out 4/5)

Winnetka Bowling League–“Kombucha”/Cloudy With A Chance Of Sun (out 4/26)

The Head & The Heart–“Missed Connection”/Living Mirage (out 5/17)

Thursday 3/14 Two For The Road

Rolling Stones feat. Florence Welch – “Wild Horses”/Honk (Best Of out 4/19)

Townes Van Zandt – “Sky Blue”/title track (came out last week)

Friday 3/15 News At Noon

The Mystery Lights–“Someone Else In Control”/Too Much Tension! (out 5/10)

Ida Mae–“Reaching”/Chasing Lights (out 6/7)

Ona–“Summer Candy”/Full Moon, Heavy Light (out 5/10)

Friday 3/15 Two for the Road

Andy Frasco & The U.N. – “Find a Way”/Change of Pace (in Roanoke tmrw, at Lockn in Aug.)

Maverick Sabre feat. Jorja Smith – “Slow Down”/When I Wake Up (out 3/22)

Monday 3/18 News At Noon

Chai–“Choose Go!”/Punk

Nitro Zeus–“All Fail”/i. anomoly EP

James Blake–“Can’t Believe The Way We Flow”/Assume Form

Monday 3/18 Two For the Road

Wild Belle – “We Are The Future”/Everybody One of A Kind (out Friday)

Lucy Rose – “Conversation”/No Words Left (out Friday)

Tuesday 3/19 News At Noon

Wand–“Thin Air”/Laughing Matter (out 4/19)

JR JR–“Big Bear Mountain”/Invocations/Conversations (out 5/31)

Lowland Hum–“Equator Line”/Glyphonic (out 5/10)

Tuesday 3/19 Two For the Road

Ex Hex – “Rainbow Shiner”/It’s Real (out Friday)

Dylan LeBlanc – “Renegade”/title track (out 6/7)

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