WCNR Brighten the Corners 11-25-14 (Show 387)
{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}
Wednesday New At Once! Segment
Phox – “The Christmas Song”/All Is Bright: Amazon exclusive holiday V/A collection
Straight No Chaser w/ Kristen Bell – “Text Me Merry Christmas”/new single, viral video
Kate Miller-Heidke & Amanda Palmer – “Fairytale of New York”/new version of holiday classic
Wednesday Two For The Road segment
TV on the Radio – “Quartz”/seeds (out this week)
Dead Professional – “Bad Memory”/Hard Hard Hard (out this week)
Thursday New At Once! segment
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – “Kelly”/Days of Abandon Deluxe (new video on BTC page)
Guster – “Simple Machine”/Evermotion (out 1/13)
Bleachers – “Rollercoaster”/Strange Desire
Thursday Two For The Road segment
Buzzcocks – “It’s Not You”/The Way (out this week)
Angel Olsen – “May As Well”/Burn Your Fire For No Witness Deluxe Edition (out this week)
Friday New At Once! segment
The Cure w/ James McCartney – “Hello Goodbye”/The Art of McCartney tribute album (out this week)
Ivan & Alyosha – “My Winding Wheel”/Ryan Adams cover from While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records (out this week)
Stars – “What Difference Does It Make?”/Smiths cover from recent XPN session (via Soundcloud)
Friday Two For The Road segment
Screaming Females – “Ripe”/Rose Mountain (out 2/24)
The Barr Brothers – “Even The Darkness Has Arms”/Corner Lounge version from 111714
Monday New At Once! segment
Eric Clapton & Friends (incl. John Mayer) – “Don’t Wait”/The Breeze, An Appreciation of JJ Cale
JD McPherson – “Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights)”/2012 Xmas track in new Starbucks campaign
Mark Ronson w/ Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”/Uptown Special (out 1/27)
Monday Two For The Road segment
Wilco – “Thirteen”/Alpha Mike Foxtrot (4-cd rarities box set came out last week)
Will Butler – “Take My Side”/Policy (out 3/10)
Tuesday New At Once! segment
Wax Tailor – “Que Sera”/Phonovisions Symphonic Orchestra
Little Boots – “Heroine”/Business Pleasure EP (out 12/1)
Oh Land – “Head Up High”/Earth Sick
Tuesday Two For The Road segment
Carl Barat & the Jackals – “Glory Days”/single out, new album tba 2015
Bruce Springsteen – “State Trooper”/The Album Collection Vol. 1, 1973-1984 (boxset remasters)
2 bonus cuts for the late Tuesday night version – Mark Lanegan – “Sad Lover” (Josh Homme remix)/No Bells on Sunday EP (Mark’s 50 today!)
Rancid – “Collision Course”/Honor Is All We Know (Tim Armstrong is 49 today!)
