WCNR Brighten the Corners 12-5-17 Two For The Road (Show 539)
(Hear the News at Noon weekdays at 12p with Kendall & Two For the Road with Jeff weeknights around 5:45pm – we recap the week’s worth of new tunes Tuesdays 10pm-midnight!)
{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}
Spotify playlists:
Brighten The Corners Jeff favorites 2017
Brighten The Corners Kendall faves 2017
Wednesday 11/29 News at Noon
- Cones–“Later”: The debut from the LA based brother duo.
- Dashboard Confessional–“We Fight”: The upcoming record Crooked Shadows, out February 19th, is the first new original music from the band in eight years.
- They Might Be Giants–“I Left My Body”: The first single from their album, I Like Fun, out Jan 19th. They’re at the Jefferson on January 17th.
Wednesday 11/29 Two For The Road
Dan Croll – “Tokyo”/new EP
Django Django – “In Your Beat”/Marble Skies (out 1/26)
Thursday 11/30 News at Noon
- Disparrows–“Believe In Me”
- Moaning–“Don’t Go”: The LA post-punk trio is Andrew MacKelvie, Sean Solomon, and Pascal Stevenson and their self-titled debut is out now.
- Loma–“Black Willow”: Loma is the new project from Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater and Dan Duszynski and Emily Cross of Cross record.
Thursday 11/30 Two For The Road
Ryan Shaw – “We Don’t Give Up Now”/new single
Ezra Furman – “Love You So Bad”/Transangelic Exodus (out 2/9)
Friday 12/1 News at Noon
- The Neighbourhood–“Scary Love”
- Sydney Worthley–“123”
- Shovels & Rope w/ Matthew Logan Vasquez–“Untitled”
Friday 12/1 Two For The Road
Lowland Hum – “Joy To The World”/Songs For Christmas Time
Charly Bliss – “All I Want For Christmas (Is You)”/Amazon Music
Monday 12/4 News at Noon
- Superchunk–“What A Time To Be Alive”: Title track to the new album out January 2nd, they’ll be in Richmond on February 17th.
- Pronoun–“Last Christimas”: Pronoun is the moniker of Boston native Alyse Vellturo.
- Bahamas–“Way With Words”: Canadian artist, Afie Jurvanen’s new album is entitled Earthtones.
Monday 12/4 Two For The Road
Mura Masa – “What If I Go” (feat. Bonzai)/s/t
Jacob Banks – “Chainsmoking”/The Boy Who Cried Freedom EP
Tuesday 12/5 News at Noon
- Cheap Trick–“Father Christmas”
- The Alternate Routes–“It’s That Time”
- Hanson–“finally It’s Christmas”
Tuesday 12/5 Two For The Road
Shovels & Rope w/ Nicole Atkins – “Joey”/Busted Jukebox Vol. 2 (out 12/8)
Lissie – “Blood & Muscle”/Castles (out 3/23)
