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BTC Show #397 – 2/10/15

WCNR Brighten the Corners 2-10-15 (Show 397)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

Spotify playlists:

Brighten The Corners favorites 2015

Brighten The Corners favorites 2014

Wednesday New At Once! Segment
Zola Jesus – “Hunger”/Taiga
Michna w/ MNDR – “Solid Gold”/Thousand Thursday
Unwed Teenage Mothers – “Whose Girl Are You”/Goodnight Girls

Wednesday Two For The Road segment
Damien Jurado – “Ohio”/new Filous remix
Hundred Waters – “Show Me Love (acoustic version)”/new charity BitTorrent bundle

Thursday New At Once! Segment
Punch Brothers – “I Blew It Off”/The Phosphorescent Blues (came out last week)
San Fermin – “Jackrabbit”/title track (4/21)
Nettles – “Brando”/Locust Avenue (Cville band; cd release party tonight)

Thursday Two For The Road segment
Father John Misty – “True Affection”/I Love You, Honeybear (out 2/9)
Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders (w/ Sharon Van Etten) – “To Keep and To Be Kept”/Playmates (out 2/24)

Friday New At Once! segment
The Wombats – “Greek Tragedy”/Glitterbug (out 4/7)
Cathedrals – “Unbound”/s/t EP
Bjork – “Stonemilker”/Vulnicura

Friday Two For The Road segment
Chappo – “I’m Not Ready”/Celebrate EP (full out 4/21)
Geographer – “I’m Ready”/Ghost Modern (out 3/10)

Monday New At Once! Segment (only aired Tuesday 10pm since I was out Monday)
Hot Chip – “”Huarache Lights”/Why Make Sense? (out 5/18)
Daniel Johns – “Aerial Love”/EP title track (out 3/13)
Emile Haynie (feat. Andrew Wyatt & Brian Wilson) – “Falling Apart”/We Fall (out 2/24)

Monday Two For The Road segment (only aired Tuesday 10pm since I was out Monday)
Turbo Fruits – “The Way I Want You”/No Control (out 4/20)
Robert Earl Keen (w/ Natalie Maines) – “Wayfaring Stranger”/Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions (out 2/10)

Tuesday New At Once! segment
Alabama Shakes – “Don’t Wanna Fight”/Sound & Color (out 4/21)
Lord Huron – “Fool For Love”/Strange Trails (out 4/7)
Kate Pierson – “Bring Your Arms”/Guitars & Microphones (out 2/17)

Tuesday Two For The Road segment
Courtney Barnett – “Pedestrian At Best”/Sometimes I Sit & Think & Sometimes I Just Sit (out 3/24)
Ibeyi – “Ghosts”/s/t (out 2/17)

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