Editor’s note: Just Emma here again! There might be opinions below that are mine and are not necessarily the views of the station. I just want to acknowledge my biases.

We wanna keep you posted on what’s going on in music. There’s usually quite a lot. Welcome to What’s Up Wednesdays.

Album Releases: There are a ton of albums coming out on Friday

• D4VD is set to release his first EP, Petals to Thorns. He released a single from it last week, entitled “Don’t Forget About Me.”

• Arlo Parks will be releasing her anticipated second album, My Soft Machine. It has been described as “very personal.” Parks says: “This record is life through my lens, through my body – the mid-20s anxiety, the substance abuse of friends around me, the viscera of being in love for the first time, navigating PTSD and grief and self-sabotage and joy, moving through worlds with wonder and sensitivity – what it’s like to be trapped in this particular body.”
• Experimental act Wolf Eyes will be releasing Dreams in Splattered Lines.
• The Dirty Nil are providing us with a “nastier” sound on Free Reign to Passions. The band say they didn’t sweat the small stuff: “If it sounded cool, we went with it.”
• Matchbox 20 are back with Where the Light Goes, their first album since 2012. This one is their first album not produced by Matt Serletic, and the singles so far have displayed a very different, gentler sound. “Wild Dogs (Running in a Slow Dream)” borders on country while “Don’t Get Me Wrong” is a softer, updated version of the sound Matchbox 20 are known for.
• Everyone’s Crushed from Water From Your Eyes drops Friday.
• Sparks are releasing their 26th studio album, The Girl is Crying in Her Latte.

Upcoming Events:

In case you haven’t had a chance to check out our events calendar, here are the events coming up this week:

• The “Interwoven” event is taking place at Riffe Gallery all the way through July 7th. This event is a celebration of fiber and the many forms it takes. Artists included utilize fiber to “explore topics such as contemporary culture, personal narratives, influences, and emotions that lie just below the surface of our consciousnesses.”

5/24

• Radkey play at The A&R Music Bar tonight.

5/25

• Sonic Temple kicks off with headliners TOOL and runs through Sunday, May 28th.
• Pioneers of Queer Cinema wraps up with a series of shorts at The Wexner Center for the Arts.
• Every Thursday, you can still catch Flower Power over at Shadowbox Live! If you miss it Thursday, no worries! You can always catch the matinee on Sundays at 2 pm

5/26

• Night two of Sonic Temple features headliners Queens of the Stone Age and Avenged Sevenfold.
• CD 92.9 presents Dreamers with Robert DeLong and CARR at the A&R Music Bar.

5/27

• CD 92.9 welcomes Trash Panda and openers Nordista Freeze to The Basement.
• Sonic Temple’s Saturday lineup includes Giovannie and the Hired Guns, Rob Zombie, and Kiss.

5/28

• The final night of Sonic Temple sees Starcrawler, Bob Vylan, White Reaper, AWOLNATION, The Pretty Reckless, Deftones, and The Foo Fighters take the stage.
• As mentioned above, you can catch a daytime performance of Flower Power at Shadowbox Live.

5/30

• Hippo Campus and Gus Dapperton are playing KEMBA Live!

5/31

• Next Wednesday is the Modelo Gameday Crew Party! Join the CD 92.9 FM Scene Team for a Modelo Pre-Game Party 2 hours before starting kickoff at Whistle & Keg for games and prizes before cheering the Crew on to victory. Wear black and yellow, drink gold! Modelo: Official Import Beer of Columbus Crew SC.
• If soccer isn’t your thing, don’t forget you can head over to KEMBA Live! to see Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade. Neal Francis opens.

Here at the station:

You still have chances this week to win tickets with all of the weekday DJs:

• Brian Phillips will be presenting lucky listeners with Dinner and a Show: two tickets to Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats at KEMBA Live! on August 5th PLUS a $25 gift card to The Old Mohawk.
• Brian also has your chance to win tickets to see The Barenaked Ladies (with Semisonic and Del Amitri) and early admission tickets to Columbus Beerfest on June 3rd.
• Laura can get lucky listeners Out 4 Lunch with two tickets to see Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox on July 2nd PLUS a $25 gift card to any of the fabulous vendors at Bubbly Hall.
• Laura also has passes to see Alex from All-Time Low in our very own Big Room on June 9th!
• Grayson has tickets to the SOLD OUT Momma show on June 17th and Metric on June 30th!
• Grayson also has passes to the Homecoming Festival in Cincinnati!
• Tom Butler has tickets to Sumbuck on June 9th and Sparta on June 11th.

Plus:

• TONIGHT: Tom Butler presents Bloodthirsty Virgins on Frontstage at 9 pm!
• There’s plenty of merch over at our store so you can make sure everyone knows you’re listening to the Columbest radio station. Summer merch coming soon!
• You can still catch some of your fellow listeners as guest DJs through the end of the month (brought to you by The Diamond Cellar). It’s great to hear some of their takes on songs, and a few songs you may not have heard as well!
• Don’t forget to sign up for a lounge account so you can get started with those 929 lounge points. And, of course, keep tuned in for lounge tips because you never know what concerts you might be able to win tickets to or who will be in The Big Room next!

–Just Emma (JustEmma@CD929FM.com)