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BTC Show #386 – 11/18/14

WCNR Brighten the Corners 11-18-14 (Show 386)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

Wednesday New At Once! Segment

John Butler Trio – “Spring To Come”/Flesh & Blood

The New Basement Tapes – “When I Get My Hands On You/Lost On The River (out this week)

Glen Hansard – “I Couldn’t Say It To Your Face”/Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell benefit

Wednesday Two For The Road segment

Natalie Prass – “Why Don’t You Believe in Me”/s/t (out 1/27) in Jenny Lewis’s band

Waxahatchee – “Peace & Quiet”/opening for Jenny Lewis in Richmond tonight (phone interview with JL to air right after!)

Thursday New At Once! segment

Wilco – “A Magazine Called Sunset”/Alpha Mike Foxtrot (4-cd rarities box set out 11/17)

Drgn King – “Undertow”/Baltimore Crush

Ty Segall – “The Faker”/Manipulator

Thursday Two For The Road segment

Blitzen Trapper – “To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)”/While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records (out 11/18)

Gruff Rhys – “100 Unread Messages”/American Interior

Friday New At Once! segment

DJ Shadow feat. Terry Reid – “Listen”/2012 (in Cville tmrw)

Cut Chemist feat. Chali 2na and Hymnal – “Work My Mind”/2013 (in Cville tmrw)

Erin & the Wildfire – “Here I Go”/new 3-song EP/single/tringle from Cville band (Cville show tonight)

Friday Two For The Road segment

Ting Tings – “Wrong Club”/Super Critical (came out 10/27)

Kendrick Lamar – “i”/new single (album tba, on SNL tmrw)

Monday New At Once! segment

Lorde – “Ladder Song”/Bright Eyes cover; Hunger Games Mockingjay Pt. 1 sndtrack (out today)

T. Hardy Morris – “Painted On Attitude”/new single out now, new album tba 2015

Jessica Lea Mayfield – “Do I Have The Time”/Make My Head Sing…(in Cville tonight w/ T. Hardy)

Monday Two For The Road segment

LOLAWOLF – “Jimmy Franco”/Calm Down

Band Aid 30 – “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”/Ebola benefit single

Tuesday New At Once! segment

Wet – “You’re The Best”/s/t EP

Flight Facilities feat. Emma Louise – “Two Bodies”/Down To Earth

Jose Gonzalez – “This Is How We Walk On The Moon”/Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell benefit

Tuesday Two For The Road segment

Born Cages – “Rolling Down The Hill”/new single

Teddy Thompson – “Family”/Thompson: Family (out today)

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