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News at Noon/Two For the Road 4/24-30/19

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

https://open.spotify.com/user/1210973329/playlist/0fQx9zsRHOi3jYhgUf5UrH?si=tBEHMj5PTpKa09Wuh1BUtw

Wednesday 4/24 News At Noon

  • Mystery Lights–“Traces”: Luis Alfonso and Michael Brandon formed the band in Salinas California back in 2004. They are now based in NYC and their 2nd full-length record, Too Much Tension, is out next month. 
  • Dumb–“Club Nites”: The title track to the Vancouver post-punk quartet’s new album. 
  • Lucy Dacus–“My Mother & I”: Her latest tune from the holiday-themed singles series, 2019, is for Mother’s Day.

Wednesday 4/24 Two For The Road

Orla Gartland – “Flatline”/Why Am I Like This? EP (out 5/24)

Nick Lowe – “Love Starvation”/new EP w/ Los Straitjackets (out 5/17)

Thursday 4/25 News At Noon

  • Lovely The Band–“Maybe, I’m Afraid”/Finding It Hard To Smile
  • FKA Twigs–“Cellophane”
  • Echo In The Canyon–“Go Where You Wanna Go”/Echo In The Canyon OST

Thursday 4/25 Two For The Road

Kyle Craft – “2 Ugly 4 NY”/Showboat Honey (out 7/12)

Marika Hackman – “I’m Not Where You Are”

Friday 4/26 News At Noon

  • Charles Bradley–“Lonely As You Are”
  • Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever–“Read My Mind”
  • Hotel Garuda–“Head In The Trees”

Friday 4/26 Two For The Road

The Black Keys – “Eagle Birds”/Let’s Rock (out 6/28)

Bruce Springsteen – “Hello Sunshine”/Western Stars (out 6/14)

Monday 4/29 News At Noon

  • Gus Dapperton–“Fill Me Up Anthem”/Where Polly People Go To Read
  • Jordan Rakei–“Say Something”/Origin (out 6/14)
  • Yoke Lore–“Chin Up”/Meditations EP (out Spring 2019)

Monday 4/29 Two For The Road

Silversun Pickups – “It Doesn’t Matter Why”/Widow’s Weeds (out 6/7)

Fontaines D.C. – “Boys in the Better Land”/Dogrel (in Richmond next Monday)

Tuesday 4/30 News At Noon

  • Fruit Bats–“Gold Past Life”/Gold Past Life (out 6/21)
  • Night Moves–“Strands Align”/Can You Really Find Me (out 6/28)
  • Japanese Breakfast–“Essentially”

Tuesday 4/30 Two For The Road

Hatchie – “Stay With Me”/Keepsake (out 6/21)

Mirrorball – “This Time”/digital single out 5/3

 

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