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BTC show #355 – 4/22/14

WCNR Brighten the Corners 4-22-14 (Show 356)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

~10pm~

 

William Fitzsimmons – “From You”/Lions (in Cville tonight)

Nickel Creek – “Rest Of My Life”/A Dotted Line (in Cville 4/26)

The Secret Sisters – “Dirty Lie”/Put Your Needle Down (came out 4/15, opening for Nickel Creek)

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

 

The Verbs – “Black Is Black”/Los Bravos cover from Cover Story (summer 2014)

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

Local H – “Team”/Lorde cover via YouTube

 

Courtney Barnett – “History Eraser”/The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (came out 4/15, on Tonight Show 4/24)

Jessica Lea Mayfield – “Anything You Want”/Make My Head Sing… (came out last week too)

 

Death – “North Street”/III (compilation out today)

Cloud Nothings – “I’m Not Part of Me”/Here & Nowhere Else

 

Roman Remains – “This Stone Is Starting To Bleed”/Zeal (The Duke Spirit side project)

Brody Dalle – “Don’t Mess With Me”/Diploid Love (out 5/19)

 

~11pm~

 

Jack White – “Lazaretto”/title track (out 6/10)

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

Gord Downie, The Sadies & The Conquering Sun – “Crater”/s/t (came out 4/15)

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

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

Eels – “Parallels”/The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett (out today)

 

Dan Croll – “Thinkin Aboutchu”/Sweet Disarray (in Cville 4/23)

The Wind & The Wave – “With Your Two Hands”/From The Wreckage (summer 2014)

Johnnyswim – “Home”/Diamonds (out today, in Cville 5/13)

Ben Watt – “Nathaniel”/Hendra (came out 4/15)

Nathaniel Rateliff – “Nothing To Show For”/Falling Faster Than You Can Run (came out 4/1)

 

Brian Eno & Karl Hyde – “Daddy’s Car”/Someday World (out 5/6)

Damon Albarn – “Mr. Tembo”/Everyday Robots (out 4/29)

 

Galactic w/ JJ Grey – “Higher & Higher”/2014 single

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