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BTC show #340 – 11/26/13

WCNR Brighten the Corners 11-26-13 (Show 340)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

~10pm~

 

Bruce Springsteen – “High Hopes”/title track (out 1/14/14)

Arcade Fire – “Afterlife”/Reflektor

Glen Hansard w/ Eddie Vedder – “Drive All Night”/EP title track & Springsteen cover (out this week, digital out next week w/ proceeds to Little Kids Rock)

Bad Religion – “White Christmas”/Christmas Songs

Nick Lowe – “Silent Night”/Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family

Erasure – “The Christmas Song”/Snow Globe

 

Shearwater – “Natural One”/Fellow Travelers (out today)

The Lumineers – “This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)”/s/t deluxe reissue

 

Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones – “Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine”/Foreverly (out this week)

Jose Gonzalez – “Stay Alive”/The Secret Life of Walter Mitty soundtrack (out 12/17)

Against Me! – “FML-666”/Transgender Dysphoria Blues (out 1/21/14)

 

Blood Orange – “Chamakay”/Cupid Deluxe

Neil Finn – “Flying in the Face of Love”/DizzyHeights (out Feb. 2014)

 

~11pm~

 

Shy Kidx – “Orion”/EP title track

Grizzly Bear – “Will Calls (Diplo Remix)”/Shields B-sides

 

Bear Hands – “Giants”/Distraction (out 1/21/14)

Skaters – “Deadbolt”/single out now, Manhattan out 2/25/14

 

Bear’s Den – “A Year Ago Today”/Agape EP

Damien Jurado – “Silver Timothy”/Brothers & Sisters of the Eternal (out 1/21/14)

 

Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – “Sitting Still”/Under the Covers Vol. 3

The Verbs – “Glad All Over”/Cover Story (out in Jan.)

 

Drivin N Cryin – “Turn”/Songs For The Turntable EP (in Cville 12/27)

Duane Allman – “Gift Of Love”/Skydog Retrospective boxset

Shelby Lynne – “Call Me Up”/Thanks EP (out 12/10)

 

Hardworking Americans – “Down To The Well”/s/t (out 1/21/14)

LP.ORG (aka The Jayhawks) – “The Ballad Of The Opening Band”/Rockin Here Tonight 2-CD benefit comp for Slim Dunlap

London Grammar – “Strong”/If You Wait

Darkside – “Paper Trails”/Psychic

San Fermin – “Sonsick”/s/t (in Cville 12/3)

 

Soundgarden – “Swallow My Pride”/Screaming Life/Fopp EPs reissue (out today)

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