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BTC Show #403 – 3/24/15

WCNR Brighten the Corners 3-24-15 (Show 403)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

Spotify playlists:

Brighten The Corners favorites 2015

Brighten The Corners favorites 2014

Wednesday New At Once! Segment
Blues Traveler & 3OH!3 – “Hurricane”/Blow Up The Moon (out 4/7)
Leonard Cohen – “Never Gave Nobody Trouble”/Can’t Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour (out 5/12)
Charlotte OC – “On & On”/Burning EP (out this week)

Wednesday Two For The Road segment
Wolf Alice – “Moaning Lisa Smile”/Creature Songs EP
Violent Femmes – “Love Love Love Love Love”/Happy New Year EP (out 6/2)

Thursday New At Once! Segment
D’Angelo & The Vanguard – “The Charade”/Black Messiah
Run The Jewels – “Early”/Run The Jewels 2
Son Little – “O Mother”/full-length debut out TBA

Thursday Two For The Road segment
Jesse Malin – “Addicted”/New York Before The War (out 3/31)
Caroline Spence – “Whiskey Watered Down”/Somehow (in Cville 3/22)

Friday New At Once! Segment
Jose Gonzalez – “Leaf Off/The Cave”/Vestiges & Claws
Kristin Andreassen – “The Fish & The Sea”/Gondolier (in Cville 3/20)
Caroline Spence – “Trains Cry”/Somehow (in-studio later today, Cville show 3/22)

Friday Two For The Road segment
Tuxedo – “Do It”/Tuxedo (out 3/3)
Nellie McKay – “If I Fell”/My Weekly Reader (out 3/24)

Monday New At Once! Segment
BØRNS – “Electric Love”/Candy EP
The Weepies – “No Trouble”/Sirens (out 4/28)
Nora Jane Struthers – “The South”/Wake (in Cville 3/25)

Monday Two For The Road segment
Muse – “Dead Inside”/Drones (out 6/8)
Blur – “Lonesome Street”/The Magic Whip (out 4/27) Damon Albarn’s birthday today

Tuesday New At Once! segment
The Word – “Come By Here”/Soul Food (out 5/4)
Twin Shadow – “I’m Ready”/Eclipse
Jessie Baylin – “Do You Wanna Dance”/Dark Place (out 4/7)

Tuesday Two For The Road segment
Doldrums – “Loops”/The Air Conditioned Nightmare (out 4/7)
Sufjan Stevens – “Should Have Known Better”/Carrie & Lowell (out 3/31)

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