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BTC show #361 – 5/27/14

WCNR Brighten the Corners 5-27-14 (Show 361)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

~10pm~

 

Robyn & Röyksopp – “Do It Again”/title track (out today)

Hercules & Love Affair (w/ John Grant) – “I Try To Talk To You”/The Feast of The Broken Heart (out today)

Cazzette – “Sleepless”/single out today

Echo & The Bunnymen – “Holy Moses”/Meteorites (out 6/3)

The Horrors – “So Now You Know”/Luminous

 

The Burning Of Rome – “Melina”/Year of the Ox

Led Zeppelin – “The Immigrant Song (Alternate Mix)”/III reissue (out 6/3)

Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – “The Company Man”/Dereconstructed (out today)

Samuel L Cool J – “Slip and Slide”/split 7” with Black Carl

 

No Sinner – “Love is a Madness”/Boo Hoo Hoo (out 6/24)

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – “We Get Along”/Give the People What They Want (sold-out show in Cville 5/29!)

 

~11pm~

 

Har Mar Superstar – “Restless Leg”/new single from 2013 album Bye Bye 17

 

Amy LaVere – “Last Rock’n’Roll Boy To Dance”/Runaway’s Diary (out today)

Lily Allen – “Life For Me”/Sheezus (came out 5/6, dedicated to Kimye)

R.E.M. – “The One I Love”/Unplugged 1991, 2001 The Complete Sessions (out this week)

 

Phish – “The Line”/Fuego (out 6/24)

Archie Bronson Outfit – “Two Doves on a Lake”/Wild Crush (came out last week)

 

OK GO – “The Writing’s On The Wall”/Upside Out EP (out 6/17)

The Apache Relay – “Don’t Leave Me Now”/s/t

Half Moon Run – “Full Circle”/Dark Eyes

John Fullbright – “Happy”/Songs (out today)

Neil Young – “My Hometown”/A Letter Home (cd version out today)

 

~12mid~

 

Joe Henry (w/ Lisa Hannigan) – “Lead Me On”/Invisible Hour (out 6/3)

Sharon Van Etten – “Our Love”/Are We There (out today)

 

Parquet Courts – “Sunbathing Animal”/title track (out 6/3)

Owen Pallett – “Infernal Fantasy”/In Conflict (out today)

 

They Might Be Giants – “Am I Awake?”/Idlewild: A Compilation (out today)

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