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BTC #355 – 4/15/14

WCNR Brighten the Corners 4-15-14 (Show 355)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

{just before 10pm}

Gillian Welch – “I Want To Sing That Rock and Roll”/2001 (in Cville 4/24!)

 

~10pm~

 

Bob Mould – “Hey Mr. Grey”/Beauty & Ruin (out 6/3)

Johnossi – “What’s The Point”/Transitions (U.S. release tba)

 

Strand of Oaks – “Goshen ‘97”/HEAL (out 6/24)

Liam Finn – “Burn Up The Road”/The Nihilist (out 5/6)

Spanish Gold – “Out On The Street”/South of Nowhere (out 5/27)

 

Oh Land – “Cherry On Top”/Wishbone

Lana Del Rey – “West Coast”/Ultraviolence (out any day now…)

 

PHOX – “Slow Motion”/s/t (out 6/24)

Sylvan Esso – “Coffee”/s/t (out 5/13)

Twin Shadow – “To The Top”/new album in Aug.

 

Bagheera – “Say Anything”/Record Store Day Red Bull Sound Select 7” prod. by Twin Shadow

Meshell Ndegeocello – “Conviction”/Comet, Come To Me (out 6/3)

 

~11pm~

 

Janelle Monae – “Heroes”/Bowie cover for Pepsi’s 2014 “Now Is What You Make It” campaign

Tune-Yards – “Water Fountain”/Nikki Nack (out 5/6)

Warpaint – “Keep It Healthy”/El-P remix

 

Arum Rae – “Warranted Queen”/EP title track (out 4/22)

Wye Oak – “Glory”/Shriek (out 4/29)

 

The Both – “Bedtime Stories”/The Both (out today)

The Last Internationale – “Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Indian Blood”/another RSD single

 

The Afghan Whigs – “The Lottery”/Do To The Beast (out today)

Pixies – “Greens and Blues”/Indie Cindy (out 4/29)

Natalie Merchant – “Ladybird”/s/t (out 5/6)

David Gray – “Back in the World”/Mutineers (out 6/17)

 

Ben & Ellen Harper – “Learn It All Again Tomorrow”/Childhood Home (out 5/6)

~12mid~

Ryley Walker – “The West Wind”/All Kinds of You (out today)

The Wild Feathers – “Marie”/RSD single b-side (in Cville 4/19)

 

Love Canon – “Touch of Grey”/local bluegrass all-stars 80s cover band (Greatest Hits Vol. 3 cd release show 4/18)

 

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