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BTC Show #378 – 9/24/14

WCNR Brighten the Corners 9-23-14 (Show 378)
{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

Neil Young – “Who’s Gonna Stand Up” (solo acoustic version)/new song on Soundcloud for Climate Change rallies this past wknd
John Mellencamp – “Troubled Man”/Plain Spoken (out today, we’re giving away tix to his summer 2015 show in Richmond all week)
Damien Rice – “I Don’t Want To Change You”/My Favourite Faded Fantasy (out 11/11)

Gary Clark Jr. – “Travis County”/LIVE (out today)
Tweedy – “World Away”/Sukierae (out today)

Lenny Kravitz – “The Chamber”/Strut (out today)
Alt-J – “Every Other Freckle”/This Is All Yours (out today)

Mark Lanegan – “I Am The Wolf”/Phantom Radio (out 10/21)
All Them Witches – “Charles William”/Lightning At The Door (in Cville 9/24)

Sons of Bill – “Lost in the Cosmos (Song For Chris Bell)”/Love & Logic (out 9/30, hometown show 9/27) ~I actually played an early version of this song they did in our studios in 2012, back when the song was called “A Gentleman’s Rage!”

Israel Nash – “Through The Door”/Rain Plans (opening for Sons of Bill Saturday)

~11pm~

Bahamas – “Stronger Than That”/Corner Lounge version from 9/19
Ethan Johns – “The Roses & The Dead”/Corner Lounge version from today (in CVille tonight!)

Steve Earle & Shawn Colvin – “Wake Up Little Susie”/Corner Lounge version from 9/17!
Nada Surf – “I Wanna Take You Home”/B-Sides (out today digitally)

The Barr Brothers – “Half Crazy”/Sleeping Operator (out 10/7)
Leonard Cohen – “You Got Me Singing”/Popular Problems (out today)
Marketa Irglova – “This Right Here”/Muna (out today)

Perfume Genius – “Queen”/Too Bright (out today)
S – “Losers”/Cool Choices (out today)

Lights – “Up We Go”/Little Machines (out today)
SBTRKT – “New Dorp. New York”/Wonder Where We Land (out 10/7)

Laetitia Sadier – “Then I Will Love You Again”/Something Shines (out today)
Julian Casablancas + The Voidz – “Where No Eagles Fly”/Tyranny (out today, in Cville 10/18)

~12mid~

Sondre Lerche – “Bad Law”/Please (out today)
Imelda May – “Tribal”/title track (out today)
Dreamers – “Wolves”/2014 single

Chet Faker – “Gold”/Built on Glass
Prince Ea – “Why I Think This World Should End”/YouTube

Bonnie “Prince” Billy – “It’s Time To Be Clear”/Singer’s Grave A Sea of Tongues (out today)
Chuck Prophet – “Wish Me Luck”/Night Surfer (out today)

Smashing Pumpkins – “Ava Adore”/Adore deluxe 6 CD/1 DVD reissue (out today)

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