2019 is winding down and, as cheesy as it sounds, some of the best new music of the year has been saved for last. British rocker/roller/rapper Bakar is a shot in the arm of an already excellent year of artists making their debut to XRT listeners. His song “Hell N Back” is, well...one hell of a ride! Black Pumas, Teskey Brothers, and Matt Maeson made a lasting mark on our music-loving hearts. Vote for your favorite Breakthrough Artist in the 2019 XRT Listener Poll. We’ve had new music from bands who have been around for a while, too. Coldplay, Beck, and Mumford & Sons did not fail to deliver great songs. We played a cross section of them all on this week’s show.
Support the artists you hear on the radio station AND small businesses - buy the artists’ music from a local, independent, or family-owned music store. Let me know what you find the next time you go crate diving! My handle on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter is RyanArnoldRocks.
Your pal,-Ryan A.
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Coldplay - “Champion Of The World”
Saint Motel - “Van Horn”
Alanis Morissette - “Reasons I Drink”
Michael Kiwanuka - “Hero”
Greg Dulli - “Pantomima”
Devon Gilfillian - “Unchained”
Lana Del Rey - “Mariners Apartment Complex”
Bakar - “Hell N Back”
Meg Myers - “Running Up That Hill”
Mondo Cozmo - “Come On” *A handful of tickets to tomorrow night’s 93XRT Holiday Jam show at the Vic Theatre featuring Mondo Cozmo and X Ambassadors are available.
Mumford & Sons - “Blind Leading The Blind”
Beck - “Dark Places”
Matt Maeson - “Go Easy”
Black Pumas - “Colors”