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BTC Show #400 – 3/3/15

WCNR Brighten the Corners 3-3-15 (Show 400)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

Spotify playlists:

Brighten The Corners favorites 2015

Brighten The Corners favorites 2014

 

Wednesday New At Once! Segment

Tuxedo – “Do It”/Tuxedo (out 3/3)

Leon Bridges – “Coming Home”/debut single

Bettye LaVette – “Wait”/Worthy

 

Wednesday Two For The Road segment

Nate Ruess (of fun.) – “Nothing Without Love”/new single, solo album out this summer

Scarlett Johansson (aka the Singles) – “Candy”/via soundcloud.com

Thursday New At Once! Segment
Humming House – “Great Divide”/Revelries (out 3/24)
The Bright Light Social Hour – “Infinite Cities”/Space Is Still The Place (out 3/10)
Twin Shadow – “I’m Ready’/Eclipse (out 3/17)

Thursday Two For The Road segment
purity ring – “bodyache”/another eternity (out 3/3)
Prinze George – “Upswing”/s/t EP (out 3/3)

Friday New At Once! segment
Seinabo Sey – “Hard Time”/For Madeleine EP
Delta Rae – “Scared”/After It All (out 4/7, Cville show 3/27)
Brandi Carlile – “The Eye”/The Firewatcher’s Daughter (out 3/3, in Cville 3/13)

Friday Two For The Road segment
They Might Be Giants – “Answer”/Glean (out 4/21)
Leonard Nimoy – “Spock Thoughts”/1968 (RIP)

Monday New At Once! Segment
My Morning Jacket – “Big Decisions”/The Waterfall (out 5/5)
A Silent Film – “Tomorrow”/New Year EP (out 4/21)
The Diamond Light – “Vicious Visions”/All The World’s Water EP (out 3/24)

Monday Two For The Road segment
BØRNS – “Electric Love”/Candy EP
Alex Winston – “Careless”/new single

Tuesday New At Once! segment
Built To Spill – “Living Zoo”/Untethered Moon (out 4/21)
Jeff The Brotherhood – “Black Cherry Pie”/Wasted on the Dream (out 3/24)
Murder By Death – “Strange Eyes”/Big Dark Love (in Cville 3/5)

Tuesday Two For The Road segment
Kopecky – “Quarterback”/Drug for the Modern Age (out 5/19)
The Soft Pack – “Answer To Yourself”/2010; an all-time BTC fave (400th episode sign-off)

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