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BTC Show #369 – 7/22/14

WCNR Brighten the Corners 7-22-14 (Show 369)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

~10pm~

 

Weezer – “Back to the Shack”/Everything Will Be Alright in the End (out 9/30)

The Rentals – “1000 Seasons”/Lost In Alphaville (out 8/25)

The Muffs – “Weird Boy Next Door”/Whoop Dee Doo (out 7/29)

 

Team Spirit – “Teenage Heart”/Killing Time (out 9/30)

Cheerleader – “Perfect Vision”/single out now

 

Twin Peaks – “Flavor”/Wild Onion (out 8/5)

Death From Above 1979 – “Trainwreck 1979”/The Physical World (out 9/9)

The Rural Alberta Advantage – “Terrified”/Mended With Gold (out 9/30)

 

Alt-J – “Left Hand Free”/This Is All Yours (out 9/22)

Grimes – “Go”/new single

Caribou – “Can’t Do Without You”/Our Love (out 10/7)

 

Jungle – “Time”/s/t

Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens – “Sinner”/Cold World (out 7/29)

 

~11pm~

 

Ex Hex – “Don’t Wanna Lose”/Rips (out 10/7, in Cville 7/27)

Against Me! – “FMyLife666”/Transgender Dysphoria Blues (in Cville 7/25)

 

Justin Townes Earle – “Glory Days”/Dead Man’s Town (Born in the USA tribute out 9/16, JTE in Cville 9/14)

The Clientele – “(I Want You) More Than Ever”/Suburban Light reissue (in Cville 7/23)

 

Beck – “Heaven’s Ladder”/Song Reader (out 7/29)

Bahamas – “Stronger Than That”/Bahamas is Afie (out 8/19)

Bob Moses – “I Ain’t Gonna Be The First To Cry”/First To Cry

 

J Mascis – “Every Morning”/Tied To A Star (out 8/25)

Tweedy – “Summer Noon”/Boyhood soundtrack (out now) & Tweedy album Sukierae (out 9/16)

Spider Bags – “Back With You Again in the World”/Frozen Letter (out 8/5)

Colony House – “Silhouettes”/When I Was Younger (out today)

 

Alvvays – “Archie, Marry Me”/s/t (out today)

 

~12mid~

 

Jenny Lewis – “Love U Forever”/The Voyager (out 7/29)

 

Got a Girl – “There’s A Revolution”/I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now (out today)

Little Daylight – “Overdose”/Hello Memory (at JMU 9/17)

LaRoux – “Uptight Downtown”/Trouble in Paradise (out today)

Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas – “Tired Oak”/Secret Evil (out 8/19, in Cville 10/23)

 

Weird Al Yankovic – “First World Problems”/Mandatory Fun (#1 in the land!?)

 

 

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