This Just In

BTC #353 – 3/18/14

WCNR Brighten the Corners 3-18-14 (Show 353)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

~10pm~

 

Janelle Monae – “What Is Love”/Rio 2 soundtrack (out 3/25)

Prince feat. Zooey Deschanel – “FALLINLOVE2NITE”/new digital single (out as of 3/17)

 

Daft Punk w/ Jay-Z – “Computerized”/prev. unreleased collab unveiled last week (YouTube)

Chromeo – “Jealous (I Ain’t With It)”/White Women (out 5/12)

Tycho – “Spectre”/Awake (out this week, in Cville 4/22)

 

Chris Malinchak – “So Good To Me”/single out now

Joywave – “Tongues (feat. Kopps)”/How Do You Feel? EP

Public Service Broadcasting – “Everest”/Inform-Educate-Entertain

 

Lyla Foy – “Feather Tongue”/Mirrors The Sky (out today)

Nine Inch Nails – “The Perfect Drug”/1997 (NIN/S’garden tour just announced 8/4, 8/5 in VA)

 

~11pm~

 

Gary Numan – “I Am Dust”/Splinter (Song From A Broken Mind)

 

Old 97’s – “Let’s Get Drunk & Get It On”/Most Messed Up (out 4/29, Rhett Miller in Cville 4/4)

Hank Williams III w/ The Melvins – “Okie From Muskogee”/Ramblin’ Man (out 4/1)

 

Lindi Ortega – “Tin Star”/title track (in Cville 3/27)

Amy Ray (w/ Susan Tedeschi) – “Duane Allman”/Goodnight Tender

Galactic feat. JJ Grey – “Higher & Higher”/new single

Johnny Cash – “She Used To Love Me A Lot”/Elvis Costello remix from Out Among The Stars (7” single out now, album out 3/25)

 

Black Pistol Fire – “Dimestore Heartthrob”/Hush or Howl (out 4/1)

The Whigs – “Hit Me”/Modern Creation (out 4/22)

 

Drowners – “Luv, Hold Me Down”/s/t

Husker Du – “Never Talking To You Again”/1984 (Grant Hart’s b’day today)

Emeli Sande – “All the Girls Love Alice”/Goodbye Yellow Brick Road deluxe reissue (out 3/25)

 

~12mid~

 

Rodrigo Y Gabriela – “The Soundmaker”/9 Dead Alive (out 4/29)

 

Elbow – “New York Morning”/The Take Off & Landing of Everything (came out last week)

Evan Dando – “Lovely New York”/Tarka & Friends: Life benefit album

 

Half Moon Run – “Full Circle”/Dark Eyes

Blitzen Trapper – “Unbelievable”/Bob Dylan in the 80s: Vol. 1 (out 3/25)

Scars on 45 – “Golden”/The Sun, The Moon & The Truth EP (Scarson45.com)

 

Wye Oak – “Glory”/Shriek (out 4/29)

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – “Don’t Tell Me”/2013 (in Cville 3/23)

 

Soundgarden – “Jesus Christ Pose”/1991 (NIN/S’garden tour just announced 8/4, 8/5 in VA)

Latest News

7 hours ago in Charlottesville City, Local

Charlottesville Pride set to return to Ting Pavilion for 2026 festival

The festival, which started in 2012, will return for its third year at the pavilion on Sept. 26.

8 hours ago in Albemarle County, Charlottesville City, Local, Surrounding Counties

VDOT brings awareness to work zone safety with 2026 Work Zone Awareness Week

VDOT has run the weeklong awareness campaign annually since 1997 to bring important safety tips to drivers navigating work zones.

24 hours ago in Charlottesville City, Local

$3 million mistake on agenda prompts City Council to add special meeting

Bond authorization for $7 million listed only for $4.3 million

1 day ago in Entertainment

Book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs, with ‘Sold’ topping the list

Book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs, according to the American Library Association. And efforts to have titles removed have never been more coordinated or politicized.

1 day ago in Entertainment

South Korean police seek to arrest K-pop mogul behind BTS

South Korean police said Tuesday they are seeking to arrest music mogul Bang Si-Hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, as they expand an investigation into allegations that he illegally gained more than $100 million in an investor fraud scheme.