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News at Noon/Two For the Road 5/15-21/19

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 5/15 News At Noon

  • Jackie Venson–“Next Life”: She is an Austin, Texas artist and her latest album entitled Joy is out now. The video features Venson and her longtime drummer, Rodney Hyder, performing as a duo. 
  • Tijuana Panthers–“Path Of Totality”: The first new song 3 years, taken from the record Carpet Denim out July 12th. The band will be touring with Together Pangea this summer including a stop in Richmond on July 20th.
  • Tycho–“Pink & Blue”: From the record coming out July 12th, Weather. The Grammy-nominated San Francisco group 5th record overall and the song features vocals from Saint Sinner. 

Wednesday 5/15 Two For the Road

Madison Cunningham – “Pin It Down”/Who Are You Now (out 8/16)

Hailey Knox – “Hardwired”/Hardwired Mixtape

Thursday 5/16 News At Noon

  • Middle Kids – “Real Thing”/New Songs for Old Problems EP (out 5/24) Australian trio has a new six-song EP out next week; 2 shows 6/3 & 6/4 in DC w/ Local Natives; they won Album of the Year from triple j radio in Australia for their debut last year
  • Generationals – “I Turned My Back on the Written Word”/last week the New Orleans indie pop duo announced the new album Reader As Detective. The band most recently released their 2017-2018 State Dogs singles collection, but it’s been several years since their last proper full length.
  • Stef Chura – “They’ll Never”/Midnight (our 6/7) a recent signing to Saddle Creek Records, her album was produced by Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest & she plays Comet Ping Pong in DC 7/15.  The video for the track was shot in her hometown of Detroit

Thursday 5/16 Two For the Road

Shannon Lay – “Something On Your Mind”/new Karen Dalton cover

Alex Lahey – “Unspoken History”/The Best of Luck Club (out tomorrow)

Friday 5/17 News At Noon

Lana Del Rey – “Doin’ Time”/upcoming Sublime documentary soundtrack

Sublime With Rome – “Light On”/2 July shows coming up in VA

Morgxn – “A New Way”/new single; Kendall will be interviewing him at Hangout this weekend

Friday 5/17 Two For the Road

The Raconteurs – “Help Me Stranger”/Help Us Stranger (out 6/21)

Black Mountain – “Licensed To Drive”/Destroyer (out 5/24)

Monday 5/20 News At Noon

Cari Cari – “Summer Sun”/Anaana

Them Vibes with Maggie Rose – “Right On”/new single

Leela James & the Truth – “Get Down”/Are You Ready EP (release tba)

Monday 5/20 Two For the Road

Seratones – “Gotta Get To Know Ya”/Power (out 8/23)

The Jacks – “Walk Away”/s/t EP (out 6/28)

Tuesday 5/21 News At Noon

Metz–“Pure Auto”

Josh Ritter–“Losing Battles”/Fever Breaks

Chris Robinson Brotherhood–“The Chauffeur’s Daughter”/Servants Of The Sun (out 6/14)

Tuesday 5/21 Two For the Road

The Stray Cats – “Cat Fight”/40 (out 5/24)

Ride – “Future Love”/This Is Not A Safe Place (out 8/16)

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