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BTC Show #377 – 9/16/14

WCNR Brighten the Corners 9-16-14 (Show 377)
{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

Walk The Moon – ‘Shut Up & Dance”/Talking Is Hard (out in December)
Meiko – “Be Mine”/Dear You (out 10/14, in Cville 10/6 – free show w/ Charlie Mars for Corner’s 8th b’day!)
Charlie Mars – “The Money”/Corner Lounge version from 9/15 (album out 10/14, in Cville 10/6)
Mike Doughty – “Better Days Come Around”/Stellar Motel (out today, in CVille for Corner b’day show 10/4)

John Fullbright – “Happy”/Songs (opening sold-out Cville show with Shovels & Rope 9/20)
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires – “Born in the USA”/Dead Man’s Town: A Tribute To Born in the USA (out today, just-announced Isbell show in Cville Feb. 2)
Lucinda Williams – “Compassion”/Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (out 9/30, in Cville 11/11)

Kat Edmonson – “Rainy Day Woman”/The Big Picture (out 9/30)
Monica Heldal – “Boy From The North”/title track (out today)

TV on the Radio – “Happy Idiot”/Seeds (out 11/18)
My Brightest Diamond – “Pressure”/This Is My Hand (out today)

The Barr Brothers – “Half Crazy”/Sleeping Operator (out 10/7)
B.B. King – “How Blue Can You Get”/Happy 89th birthday!

~11pm~

Rubblebucket – “Sound of Erasing”/Survival Sounds (in Cville 9/21)

Shovels & Rope – “Coping Mechanism”/Swimmin’ Time (sold-out Cville show 9/20)
Sons of Bill – “Arms of the Landslide”/Love & Logic (out 9/30, hometown show 9/27)
Ethan Johns – “Dry Morning”/The Reckoning (in CVille 9/23)

All Them Witches – “Charles William”/Lightning At The Door (out today, in Cville 9/24)
The Last Internationale – “Wanted Man”/We Will Reign
The Rural Alberta Advantage – “On The Rocks”/Mended With Gold (out 9/30)

The Features – “Good Ole Days”/new single (out 10/6)
Sallie Ford – “Coulda Been”/Slap Back (out 10/14)
Sleater-Kinney – “You’re No Rock’n’Roll Fun”/2000 (Remasters-Reissues out digitally now, LP/CDs out 10/21)

Electric Youth – “Runaway”/Innerworld (out 9/30)
Kasabian – “Eez-Eh”/48:13 (out 10/7)

~12mid~

Flying Lotus (feat. Kendrick Lamar) – “Never Catch Me”/You’re Dead! (out 10/7)

The Call (feat. Robert of BRMC) – “I Still Believe”/A Tribute To Michael Been
Yusuf/Cat Stevens – “Dying To Live”/Tell ‘Em I’m Gone (out 10/27)
Leonard Cohen – “Almost Like The Blues”/Popular Problems (out 9/23)

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