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News At Noon/Two For The Road 10/18-24/17

WCNR Brighten the Corners 10-24-17 Two For The Road (Show 532)

(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}

Spotify playlists:

Brighten The Corners Jeff favorites 2017

Brighten The Corners Kendall faves 2017

Wednesday 10/18 News At Noon

  • Juke Ross–“Shadows In The Dark”: Juke Ross is the first artist from Guyana to sign to a major label. He learned guitar from Youtube and his debut EP is coming soon.
  • Greta Van Fleet–“Highway Tune”: The band’s debut single from their Black Smoke EP.
  • Max Gomez–“Senseless Love”:From the new EP Me & Joe which was produced by Jim Scott (Tom Petty, Sting, Wilco).

Wednesday 10/18 Two For The Road

Liza Anne – “Paranoia”/new single

The Shacks – “This Strange Effect”/s/t

 

Thursday 10/19 News At Noon

  • Bleachers–“I Miss Those Days”: The second single from the new record, Gone Now.
  • The Hip Abduction–“Before We Lose Our Mind”: The St. Petersburg band formed over their mutual appreciation of West African and early Jamaican reggae/dub music.
  • Betty Moon–“Natural Disaster”: Off of the Toronto-born LA-based artist’s new record, Chrome. 

Thursday 10/19 Two For The Road

Wilco – “Passenger Side” (Live at the Troubadour 1996)/Being There Deluxe (out 12/1)

Roy Orbison – “You Got It”/A Love So Beautiful: With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (out 11/3)

Friday 10/20 News At Noon

  • Humming House–“Companion”: They’ve toured with Eric Hutchinson, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Drew Holcomb, Kacey Musgraves and more. This is the title track from the East Nashville band’s new album and they’re in Vienna on Nov. 8.
  • Nicole Atkins–“Darkness Falls So Quiet”: Her new record, Goodnight Rhonda Lee is available now and she is touring with Low Cut Connie and JD McPherson. Catch her in DC with JD on November 11th.
  • The Weather Station–“Kept It All To Myself”: The Toronto artist’s real name is Tamara Lindeman and her self-titled 4th album is out now.

Friday 10/20 Two For The Road

John Fogerty – “I Won’t Back Down”/Tom Petty cover recorded recently in Vegas

The Rural Alberta Advantage – “Brother”/The Wild

Monday 10/23 News At Noon

  • Decent Criminal–“Deviant”: The Long Beach power pop/surf band draw inspiration from 90s alternative and their new album, Vacant, is out now.
  • The Midnight Club–“Close Your Eyes”: The Denver high schoolers’ debut single was mixed by Mark Needham (Walk The Moon, The Killers, Imagine Dragons).
  • Kodaline–“Blood and Bones”: From the Irish band’s surprise EP, I Wouldn’t Be. It’s their first release since 2015’s Coming Up For Air.

Monday 10/23 Two For The Road

 

The Waterboys – “If The Answer Is Yeah”/Out Of All This Blue

The New Respects – “Something To Believe In”/Here Comes Trouble EP

Tuesday 10/24 News At Noon

  • Weezer–“Happy Hour”: from new album Pacific Daydream out on Friday and produced by Butch Walker.
  • Larkin Poe–“Look Away”: The sisters, Megan and Rebecca Lovell’s new album Peach is out now.
  • Caitlyn Smith–“Starfire”: From Minnesota originally, the Nashville resident has written song for Meghan Trainor, James Bay, John Legend, Dolly Parton, and more!

Tuesday 10/24 Two For The Road

Ryan Adams – “Back In Your Head”/v/a The Con X: tribute to Tegan & Sara’s album

Pop Etc. – “Fingerprints”/Infinite Singles Collection (1 or 2 new songs every 4-6 weeks)

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