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News at Noon/Two For the Road 5/29-6/4/19

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 5/29 News At Noon

  • Matt Costa–“Make That Change”
  • Trudy & The Romance–“Sandman”/Sandman
  • Ryan Bingham–“What Would I’ve Become”/American Love Song

Wednesday 5/29 Two For the Road

Sleater-Kinney – “Hurry On Home”/new single

Charles Bradley – “Lucifer”/new single

Thursday 5/30 News At Noon

  • Wilder Woods–“Supply & Demand”/Wylder Woods (out 8/9)
  • Gauche–“Pay Day”/People’s History Of Gauche (out 7/12)
  • Jesse Malin–“Room 13″/Sunset Kids (out 8/30)

Thursday 5/30 Two For the Road

Pete Yorn – “Calm Down”/new single

Bill Callahan – “Watch Me Get Married”/new single

Friday 5/31 News At Noon

  • King Princess–“Cheap Queen”
  • Black Pistol Fire–“Pick Your Poison”
  • Phantogram–“Into happiness”

Friday 5/31 Two For the Road

Illiterate Light – “Carolina Lorelei”/new single from Harrisonburg, VA duo playing Bonnaroo & Newport Folk this summer after signing to Atlantic!

Rhiannon Giddens – “I’m On My Way”/there is no Other

Monday 6/3 News At Noon

  • Live–“Hold Me Up”/Throwing Copper 25th Anniversary Delux Re-Issue (our 7/19)
  • Dave Hause–“The Ditch”/Kick
  • The Waterboys–“Where The Action Is”/Where The Action Is

Monday 6/3 Two For the Road

Bon Iver – “U (Man Like)” and “Hey, Ma”/2 new songs released today

Tuesday 6/4 News At Noon

  • Drivin’ n Cryin’–“What’s Wrong With Being Happy”/Live The Love Beautiful 
  • Wild Wing–“Momma’s Got A New Bag”/New Futures
  • Jay Som–“Superbike”/Anak Ko (out 8/23)

Tuesday 6/4 Two For the Road

Pixies – “On Graveyard Hill”/Beneath The Eyrie (out 9/13)

PJ Harvey – “The Crowded Cell”/music from The Virtues (UK Channel 4 show)

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