We just want to keep you posted on what’s coming up in music and what’s going on at the station. There’s usually quite a lot. Welcome to What’s Up Wednesdays.

 Friday Album Releases:

• PJ Harvey releases I Inside the Old Year Dying, her first album of new material since 2016.
• Grouplove I Want it all Right Now is out Friday.
• Dominic Fike is releasing his second album Sunburn, allegedly an album about “heartbreak and regret, addiction, sex, and jealousy.”
• Gus Dapperton brings us Henge.
• Time Will Wait for No One from Local Natives comes out on Friday.
• Taylor Swift is releasing her much-anticipated version of Speak Now.
• Yellowcard are releasing an EP, Childhood Eyes. In a statement on Twitter, the band said, “We feel like these 5 songs represent the Yellowcard sound that fans know and love in the best possible way. We are so honored to be partnering with Equal Vision for this new chapter of our career.”

Upcoming Events:

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

• Just a couple of days left to check out the “Interwoven” event 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.”

7/6

• Experience BAM Thursdays at the Columbus Museum of Art. Enjoy live music, great art, delicious bites, vendors and fresh libations in their garden space, as well as free general admission to the gallery from 5-9 pm.
• On Thursdays, you can catch Vinyl: A Very ’80s Musical over at Shadowbox Live! If you miss it Thursday, no worries! You can catch the matinee on Sunday at 2 pm.
• The Dario Argento Retrospective kicks off at the Wexner Center for the Arts and runs through August 17th. Thursday’s featured film is The Bird with the Crystal Plumage.

7/7

• Shadowbox Live! presents Body Language, a sketch comedy and musical experience.
• Melanie Martinez plays the Andrew J Brady Music Center.

7/8

• Join the CD 92.9 FM Scene Team as we cheer on the Crew to victory! Join us at Whistle & Keg 2 hours before kickoff for games and prizes at the Modelo Gameday Crew Party! Wear Black and Yellow, Drink Gold. Modelo. Official Import Beer of Columbus Crew SC.
• Summer Jam West will be taking place over at Westgate Park from 11 am-7 pm
• If you missed Shadowbox Live! presents Body Language, Saturday is your second chance to catch it.

7/9

• CD92.9 FM Welcomes Dirty Heads w/ Lupe Fiasco, G. Love & Special Sauce, & Tropidelic at KEMBA Live!
• As mentioned above, you can catch a matinee performance of Vinyl: A Very ’80s Musical over at Shadowbox Live! at 2 pm!

7/11

• The Struts will be joining us in The Big Room for a special performance ahead of their show at The Bluestone Tuesday night. Hear it on the air at 3 pm.

Here at the station:

Our DJ schedule is a little different this week and next.

• Grayson is filling in for Brian Phillips in the mornings this week and next week.
• Laura is here today but will be out the rest of the week and the early part of next week. Just Emma will be filling in.
• Tom Butler is filling in for Grayson for your drive home.
• The Mark Show will be filling in for Tom 7 pm- 12 am today and tomorrow. Nate, Bailey, and Adam will be covering Friday and next week.

But you still have just as many chances this week to win tickets:

• 6-10 am, Grayson has your tickets to see Styx and Foghat at The Ohio State Fair.
• Grayson also has a night out for you with Dinner and a Show. Tune in during the 8 o’clock hour for a chance to win tickets to see Warpaint at the A&R on September 15th PLUS a $25 gift card to Old Mohawk.
• Grayson, Tom, and Laura (and Just Emma) have tickets to see The Struts in the CD 92.9 FM Big Room on Tuesday.
• During your midday, Laura and Just Emma have tickets to see Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats on August 5th and Boywithuke on September 21st.
• During your evening drive, Tom has tickets to CD 92.9 Presents Manchester Orchestra & Jimmy Eat World on August 19th, Cannons at Newport Music Hall on September 5th, AND Bad Omens at KEMBA Live! Outdoor on September 24th.
• The Mark Show and DJ Nate have tickets to see Poppy & Pvris at KEMBA Live! on September 10th.

Plus:

• TONIGHT at 9 pm on Frontstage, The Mark Show plays two songs back-to-back from Easy Tiger!
• Summer merch is out in our store. Look cool in a shirt that shows a love of dogs and alternative rock inspired by Raymond Pettibon (creator of the Sonic Youth Goo album art).
  
• 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!
• FRIDAY: Tune in at 9:30 am to check out our weekly Pet Adoption feature brought to you by our friends at Columbus Humane and Hollywood Feed: a new breed of pet supply store. Our sweet and affectionate friend from last week, Tela Marie is still looking for a home!

–Just Emma (JustEmma@CD929FM.com)