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BTC show #399 – 2/24/15

WCNR Brighten the Corners 2-24-15 (Show 399)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

Spotify playlists:

Brighten The Corners favorites 2015

Brighten The Corners favorites 2014

 

Wednesday New At Once! Segment

Villagers – “Courage”/Darling Arithmetic (out 4/13)

Houndmouth – “Sedona”/Little Neon Limelight (out 3/17, in Cville 4/29)

Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors – “Shine Like Lightning”/Medicine (in Cville tmrw)

 

Wednesday Two For The Road segment

Stars – “Trap Door”/No One Is Lost

Will Butler – “Anna”/Policy (out 3/10)

Thursday New At Once! Segment
The Juliana Hatfield Three – “Now That I Have Found You”/Whatever, My Love (out this week)
Waxahatchee – “Under A Rock”/Ivy Tripp (out 4/7)
Van Morrison w/ Bobby Womack – “Some Peace Of Mind”/Duets: Re-working The Catalogue (out 3/24)

Thursday Two For The Road segment
Summer Cannibals – “Show Us Your Mind”/title track (out 3/3)
Menace Beach – “Blue Eye”/Ratworld

Friday New At Once! segment
Blur – “Go Out”/The Magic Whip (out 4/28)
Django Django – “First Light”/Jan. 2015 single
Father John Misty – “Heart-Shaped Box”/Nirvana cover via YouTube (Cobain’s b’date)

Friday Two For The Road segment
Seinabo Sey – “Hard Time”/For Madeleine EP
Dreaming Bull – “Bull Rida (Low Rider)”/DB EP (unique cover of the classic War song)

Monday New At Once! Segment
Screaming Females – “Ripe”/Rose Mountain (out tmrw)
Hippo Campus – “Suicide Saturday”/Bashful Creatures
Gang of Four (w/ Alison Mosshart)– “Broken Talk”/What Happens Next (out tmrw)

Monday Two For The Road segment
Leon Bridges – “Coming Home”/debut single
Shelby Lynne – “I Can’t Imagine”/title track (out 5/5)

Tuesday New At Once! segment
Monogem – “Wait and See”/s/t EP
Big Data (w/ Rivers Cuomo) – “Snowed In”/2.0 (out 3/24)
Best Coast – “California Nights”/title track (out 5/5)

Tuesday Two For The Road segment
Lord Huron – “Fool For Love”/Strange Trails (out 4/7)
Iron & Wine – “Everyone’s Summer of ‘95”/Archive Series Volume No. 1 (out today)
Led Zeppelin – “Bron-Yr-Aur”/Physical Graffiti (deluxe edition out today on anniversary of 1975 release)

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