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BTC Show #394 – 1/20/15

WCNR Brighten the Corners 1-20-15 (Show 394)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

 

Wednesday New At Once! Segment

Lillie Mae Rische – “Nobody’s”/new Third Man Records single

Rhiannon Giddens – “Black Is The Color”/Tomorrow Is My Turn (out 2/10)

Bettye LaVette – “Unbelievable”/Worthy (out 1/27)

 

Wednesday Two For The Road segment

Catfish & The Bottlemen – “Kathleen”/The Balcony

Twin Shadow – “Turn Me Up”/Eclipse (out 3/17)

Thursday New At Once! Segment
Public Service Broadcasting – “Gagarin”/The Race For Space (out 2/23)
boots – “I Run Roulette”/new EP out 2/24
Brooke Fraser – “Kings + Queens”/Brutal Romantic

Thursday Two For The Road segment
Viet Cong – “Silhouettes”/s/t (out 1/20)
Weezer – “Back To The Shack”/BTC Favorite Songs of 2014 Honorable Mention

Friday New At Once! segment
Madi Diaz – “Stay Together”/Phantom
Sharon Van Etten – “I Don’t Want To Let You Down”/new single debuted on Ellen
Houndmouth – “Sedona”/new album in March

Friday Two For The Road segment
Steve Earle – “You’re The Best Lover That I Ever Had”/Corner Lounge version from Sept. (his b’day is tmrw & new album Terraplane is out 2/17)
Waxahatchee – “Air”/Ivy Tripp (out 4/7)

Monday New At Once! segment
Sleater-Kinney – “A New Wave”/No Cities To Love (out 1/20)
Belle & Sebastian – “The Party Line”/Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance (out 1/20)
The Decemberists – “Better Not Wake The Baby”/What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (out 1/20)

Monday Two For The Road segment
SPEAK – “Gates”/Pedals
POP ETC – “Running In Circles”/single out now, new album tba

Tuesday New At Once! segment
The Districts – “4th & Roebling”/A Flourish & A Spoil (out 2/10)
The Vaccines – “Handsome”/new album tba
Twerps – “Back To You”/Range Anxiety (out 1/27)
Purity Ring – “Begin Again”/Another Eternity (out 3/3)

Tuesday Two For The Road segment
The Oh Hellos – “Hello My Old Heart”/2011 single reissued recently
Saint Saviour – “Devotion”/In The Seams

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