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News at Noon/Two For the Road 5/22-28/19

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 5/22 News At Noon

Gringo Star–“Get Closer”

Necking–“Still Exist”

Girl Friday–“Decoration\Currency”

Wednesday 5/22 Two For the Road

Johnathan Rice (w/ Courtney Marie Andrews) – “Millions of Miles”/The Long Game

Los Coast – “Monsters”/Samara (out 6/14)

Thursday 5/23 News At Noon

Jr Jr–“Low”

Citizen Kay–“Ego”

Chris Staples–“Holy Moly”

Thursday 5/23 Two For the Road

Samia – “Ode To Artifice”/new single

Clinic – “Laughing Cavalier”/Wheeltappers and Shunters

Friday 5/24 News At Noon

Seratones–“Gotta Get To Know Ya”

Another Sky–“Apple Tree”

Walk Off The Earth–“Mike’s Song”

Friday 5/24 Two For the Road

George Benson – “Nadine (Is It You)”/Walking To New Orleans: Remembering Chuck Berry & Fats Domino

Sheryl Crow feat. Bonnie Raitt & Mavis Staples – “Live Wire”/Threads (summer 2019)

Monday 5/27 News At Noon

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard–“This Thing”

Slingshot Dakota–“Casino Night”

Yuno–“Sunlight”

Monday 5/27 Two For the Road

Keb Mo – “Oklahoma”/title track (out 6/14)

The Prescriptions – “She Is Waiting”

Tuesday 5/28 News At Noon

Sloane–“Old Hands, New Faces”

Doomsquad–“General Hum”

Slothrust–“Peach”

Tuesday 5/28 Two For the Road

Justin Townes Earle – “Frightened By The Sound”/The Saint of Lost Causes (came out last Friday, in town 6/5 opening for Rodrigo Y Gabriela)

Meiko – “Gimme Gimme”/In Your Dreams

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