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BTC show #373 – 8/19/14

WCNR Brighten the Corners 8-19-14 (Show 373)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

~10pm~

 

Leonard Cohen – “Almost Like The Blues”/Popular Problems (out 9/23)

John Mellencamp – “Troubled Man”/Plain Spoken (out 9/23)

Jackson Browne – “The Birds of St. Marks”/Standing in the Breach (out 10/7)

Charlie Mars – “The Money”/title track (out 10/14)

Johnny Marr – “Easy Money”/Playland (out 10/7)

 

The Last Internationale – “Wanted Man”/We Will Reign (out today)

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

 

Celebration – “Tomorrow’s Here Today”/Albumin (out 8/26)

The New Pornographers – “Fantasy Fools”/Brill Bruisers (out 8/26)

The Raveonettes – “Killer in the Streets”/Pe’Ahi

Ty Segall – “Susie Thumb”/Manipulator (out 8/26)

Benjamin Booker – “Always Waiting”/s/t (out today)

 

~11pm~

 

New Boss – “Do I Have To”/new Cville band, show in town 8/21

The New Basement Tapes – “Nothing To It”/Lost On The River (out 11/11)

Lucinda Williams – “Burning Bridges”/Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (out 9/30)

Justin Townes Earle – “Time Shows Fools”/Single Mothers (out 9/9)

 

Smokey Robinson & Cee Lo Green – “The Way You Do (The Things You Do)”/Smokey & Friends (out today)

Jessie Ware – “Say You Love Me”/Tough Love (out 10/7)

 

Ryn Weaver – “OctaHate”/Promises EP (out now via iTunes)

Kimbra – “Carolina”/The Golden Echo (out today)

Sinead O’Connor – “James Brown”/I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss

My Brightest Diamond – “Lover Killer”/This Is My Hand (out 9/16)

Bishop Allen – “Start Again”/Lights Out (out today)

 

~12mid~

 

Orenda Fink – “All Hearts Will Beat Again”/Blue Dream (out today)

J Mascis w/ Cat Power – “Wide Awake”/Tied To A Star (out 8/26)

Julia Holter – “Don’t Make Me Over”/1 of 2 new covers out today

 

Stars – “From The Night”/No One Is Lost (out 10/14)

The Young – “Metal Flake”/Chrome Cactus (out 8/26)

 

Blonde Redhead – “No More Honey”/Barragán (out 9/2)

Ex-Hex – “Beast”/Rips (out 10/7)

 

The Vaselines – “One Lost Year”/V For Vaselines (out 9/30)

Michael Cera – “Those Days”/true that (Aug. release thru bandcamp.com)

 

Literature – “New Jacket”/Chorus (out today)

JJ – “Dynasti”/V (out today)

 

Electric Würms – “Heart of the Sunrise”/Musik, Die Shwer Zu Twerk (out today)

Bahamas – “Stronger Than That”/Bahamas Is Afie (out today)

The Young Presidents (for Ivan Neville’s birthday) – “Time”/Coalition (out 9/9)

 

Bumblefoot – “Don Pardo Pimpwagon”/2001 (RIP Don!)

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