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BTC Show #370 – 7/29/14

WCNR Brighten the Corners 7-29-14 (Show 370)
{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

Jane’s Addiction – “Ripple”/Jerry Garcia birthdate 8/1, W. Haynes & JG Symphonic Celebration in Cville 8/6

Mark Lanegan Band – “Sad Lover”/No Bells on Sunday EP (out today)
Sarah Jaffe – “Lover Girl”/Don’t Disconnect (out 8/19)

Got a Girl – “There’s A Revolution”/I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now
Diplo (feat. Faustix & Imanos and Kai) – “Revolution”/Random White Dudes Be Everywhere (out today)
SBTRKT (w/ Ezra Koenig) – “New Dorp New York”/Wonder Where We Land (out 9/23)
Slaptop – “Sunrise”/single out now

Zola Jesus – “Dangerous Days”/Taiga (out 10/7)
Alvvays – “Adult Diversion”/s/t

Tweedy – “The Wolf Is On The Hill”/Beck’s Song Reader (out today)
Spoon – “Inside Out”/They Want My Soul (out 8/5)

Owen Pallett – “The Riverbed”/In Conflict

~11pm~

Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens – “It’s A Cold, Cold World”/Cold World (out today)

Jenny Lewis – “Head Underwater”/The Voyager (out today)
The Muffs – “Paint By Numbers”/Whoop Dee Doo (out today)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – “Sins of My Youth”/Hypnotic Eye (out today)

Delta Spirit – “From Now On”/Into the Wide (out 9/9)
Team Spirit – “Teenage Heart”/Killing Time (out 9/30)

Death From Above 1979 – “Trainwreck 1979”/The Physical World (out 9/9)
Twin Peaks – “I Found A New Way”/Wild Onion (out 8/5)

Karen O – “Rapt”/Crush Songs (out 9/9)
Sharon Van Etten – “Every Time The Sun Comes Up”/Are We There (in Cville 10/24)

Dry The River – “Everlasting Love”/Alarms in the Heart (out 8/26)
Roddy Frame – “On the Waves”/Seven Dials

Christopher Denny – “Watch Me Shine”/If The Roses Don’t Kill Us (out 8/5)

~12mid~

The Levon Helm Band – “Drivin’ Wheel”/The Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol. 3
Israel Nash – “Rain Plans”/title track (out 8/19)

Caribou – “Can’t Do Without You”/Our Love (out 10/7)
Shabazz Palaces – “Forerunner Foray”/Lese Majesty (out today)

The Rural Alberta Advantage – “Terrified”/Mended With Gold (out 9/30)
Bob Log III – “Ooo Ah Ooo Uh!”/2012 (in Cville 8/1)

Suzy Quatro – “Roxy Roller”/1977 (Ex Hex did an great cover of this in Cville 7/27!)

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