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BTC Show #390 – 12/16/14

WCNR Brighten the Corners 12-16-14 (Show 390)
{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

Wednesday New At Once! Segment
Lauren Shera – “Hell’s Bells”/Gold and Rust
Linus Young – “Fun in the Sun”/Category 5
New Build – “Look In Vain”/Pour It On

Wednesday Two For The Road segment
Purity Ring – “Push Pull”/new single
J Mascis (w/ Cat Power) – “Wide Awake”/Tied To A Star (J’s 49th b’day today)

Thursday New At Once! Segment
Ex-Cops – “Black Soap”/Daggers
Bogan Via – “Madly”/Madly (2015?)
Benjamin Gibbard – “It’s Never Too Late”/Laggies Soundtrack (out 12/9)

Thursday Two For The Road segment
Coldplay – “Miracles”/Unbroken soundtrack (tba, movie’s out 12/25)
The Juliana Hatfield Three – “If I Could”/Whatever, My Love (out 2/17)

Friday New At Once! segment
Neutral Milk Hotel – “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea”/1998 (April Cville show sold out in minutes this morning!)
Aurora – “Under Stars”/full-length debut album out in 2015
Empires – “Please Don’t Tell My Lover”/Orphan

Friday Two For The Road segment
Until The Ribbon Breaks – “A Taste Of Silver”/A Lesson Unlearnt (out 1/20)
Spoon – “Waiting To Know You”/Fiery Furnaces cover/Merge: Or Thousands of Prizes boxset

Monday New At Once! segment
Brandi Carlile – “Wherever Is Your Heart”/The Firewatcher’s Daughter (out 3/3)
Bastille (vs. HAIM) – “Bite Down”/VS. (Other People’s Heartache Pt. 3) Mixtape (came out 12/8)

Modest Mouse – “Lampshades On Fire”/Strangers To Ourselves (out 3/3)

Monday Two For The Road segment
Ben Kweller – “Here Comes Santa Claus”/2014 Black Friday/Record Store Day single
Cold Fronts – “Hit Me”/Forever EP

Tuesday New At Once! segment
Punch Brothers – “I Blew It Off”/The Phosphorescent Blues (out 1/27)
Father John Misty – “Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for two virgins)”/I Love You, Honeybear (out 2/10)
Stars – “This Is The Last Time”/No One Is Lost

Tuesday Two For The Road segment
The Howling Tongues – “Gotta Be A Man”/s/t (Corner Lounge session airs Sunday)
Talk In Tongues – “Still Don’t Seem To Care”/single out now, full in 2015

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