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News At Noon/Two For the Road 6/27-7/3/18

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News At Noon/Two For the Road 6/27-7/3/18

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 2018 favorites:

Kendall’s 2018 Favorites

https://open.spotify.com/user/1210973329/playlist/1bJzsBde7eLqMIvuqJcCVg?si=j6L4eL9WSV69DRd-OPAe5g

Wednesday 6/27 News At Noon

  • The Band of Heathens–“America The Beautiful”: The special 4th of July release comes from A Message From The People Revisited–A Tribute to Ray Charles, which comes out in the fall. The band recorded the record in their hometown studio in Austin, TX and will do a limited tour. Each show will feature 2 sets, one of Ray tunes and one of Heathens tunes.
  • Flora Cash–“You’re Somebody Else”: The husband and wife duo met on Soundcloud and Swedish artist Shpresa Lleshaj traveled from Stockholm to Minneapolis to meet Cole Randall in real life. They are now based in Stockholm and their debut full-length Nothing Lasts Forever (And It’s Fine) is out now.
  • Mitski–“Nobody”: Taken from her upcoming August 17th release, Be The Cowboy, has an accompanying video now and she will be in DC with Jessica Lea Mayfield on November 16th.

Wednesday 6/27 Two For The Road

St. Paul & The Broken Bones – “Apollo”/new single

Sheryl Crow (w/ Annie Clark) – “Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You”/new v/a duets album 2019

Thursday 6/28 News At Noon

  • Sweet Spirit–“Los Lonely Girls”: The Austin band have a new record due out in 2019 and another new single on September.
  • The Frights–“Me and We and I”: The San Diego quartet’s third and latest album, Hypochondriac is out on August 24th.
  • Alicia Witt–“Younger”: The first song from the actress and singer songwriter’s upcoming EP 15,000 Days which is how long she had lived when she began working on it.

 Thursday 6/28 Two For The Road

 

Wild Nothing- “Letting Go”/Indigo (out 8/31)

IDLES – “Danny Nedelko”/Joy as an Act of Resistance (out 8/31)

Friday 6/29 News At Noon

  • Amy Shark–“Psycho” Feat. Mark Hoppus
  • M. Ward–“Miracle Man”
  • Mondo Cozmo–“Hey Steven”

Friday 6/29 Two For The Road

The War & Treaty – “Healing Tide”/title track (out 8/10)

Petal – “Better Than You”/Magic Gone

Monday 7/2 News At Noon

  • Rubblebucket–“Lemonade”
  • Freya Ridings–“Ultraviolet”
  • Dan Mangan–“Troubled Mind”

Monday 7/2 Two For The Road

Snail Mail – “Heat Wave”/Lush

Soccer Mommy – “Cool”/Clean

Tuesday 7/3 News At Noon

  • Shakey Graves–“Mansion Door”
  • Villagers–“A Trick of The Light”
  • Flasher–“Pressure”

Tuesday 7/3 Two For The Road

Bob Moses – “Heaven Only Knows”/new single

Hatchie – “Sugar & Spice”/EP title track

 

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