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BTC Show #383 – 10/28/14

WCNR Brighten the Corners 10-28-14 (Show 383)
{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

~10pm~

Wednesday New At Once! segment
Laura Welsh – “Break The Fall”/s/t EP
Mikhael Paskalev – “I Spy”/Sayonara Saigon EP (out 10/27)
Jarekus Singleton – “Purposely”/Refuse To Lose
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – “Half the City”/gave away tix to their sold-out show tmrw in Cville!

Wednesday Two For The Road segment
Shelby Lynne – “Should Have Been Better”/I Am Shelby Lynne re-issue (her b’day today)
Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas – “Sorry I Stole Your Man”/Secret Evil (in Cville tmrw w/ St. Paul & The Broken Bones)

Thursday New At Once! segment
Winterpills – “One Day”/Sharon Van Etten song from covers LP Echolalia (came out last week)
Tiny Ruins – “Me at the Museum, You In The Wintergardens”/Brightly Painted One
Sharon Van Etten – “Every Time The Sun Comes Up”/Are We There (in Cville tmrw w/ Tiny Ruins)

Thursday Two For The Road segment
Jessie Ware – “Tough Love”/title track (just out this week)
Francisco The Man – “Big Ideas”/Loose Ends (out Monday)

Friday New At Once! segment
She & Him – “Stay Awhile”/Classics (out 12/2)
Panda Bear – “Mr Noah”/EP title track (came out yesterday, full in Jan.)
The Last Bison – “Every Time”/VA (in Cville 11/7)
Gave away tix to a new local act named Man On A Horse…had to save Bear’s Den for Tuesday!

Friday Two For The Road segment
Diarrhea Planet – “Spooners”/Adult Swim Singles series (in Cville tonight)
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – “The Company Man”/Dereconstructed (in Cville tonight)

Monday New At Once! segment
Ages and Ages – “Divisionary (Do The Right Thing)”/Divisionary (in Cville tonight)
Scott Bradlee & The Postmodern Jukebox – “Thrift Shop”/Twist is the New Twerk (in Cville tonight)
Imagine Dragons – “I Bet My Life”/new album tba 2015

Monday Two For The Road segment
David Rees – “Why You Gotta Be So Flim”/Aphex Swift mashup on Soundcloud now!
Yusuf (Cat Stevens) – “You Are My Sunshine”/Tell ‘Em I’m Gone (out today)

Tuesday New At Once! segment
Neil Young – “Who’s Gonna Stand Up?”/solo acoustic version from Storytone Deluxe (out 11/4)
My Morning Jacket – “This Land is Your Land”/The North Face ad campaign
Bear’s Den – “Above The Clouds of Pompeii”/Islands (came out last week)
Ben Howard – “In Dreams”/I Forget Where We Were (came out last week)

Tuesday Two For The Road segment
Haerts – “Giving Up”/s/t (out today)
Soundgarden – “Storm”/Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path (3-cd rarities set out 11/24)
Ben Harper – “The Drugs Don’t Work”/live cover of The Verve (Ben’s 45th b’day today)

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