WCNR Brighten the Corners 3-6-18 Two For The Road
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}
also see: Jeff’s 2018 favorites
Wednesday 2/28 News at Noon
- Jonathan Kawchuk–“Aware”: From his debut album, North, which was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and recorded in Norway, Israel, Canada, Portugal, The UK, and Iceland.
- Manchester Orchestra–“The Moth”: The next single off of A Black Mile To The Surface. The band will be in Vienna on June 22nd, and at Bottlerock, Bonnaroo, Boston CAlling, Governor’s Ball, Hangout, and Shaky Knees festivals with more to be announced.
- Death From Above–“Caught Up”: The Canadian rock duo of Jesse F. Keeler & Sebastien Grainger broke up from 2006-2011. This is from their first album in 3 years.
Wednesday 2/28 Two For The Road
Meshell Ndegeocello – “Tender Love”/Ventriloquism (out 3/16)
Adriel Denae – “Build A World”/new album later this year
Thursday 3/1 News at Noon
- Micky James–“Give It to Me Straight”: The debut single from the Bowie-inspire New York artist.
- Mary Gauthier–“The War After The War”: From her tenth and latest album Rifles & Rosary Beads.
- Blackberry Smoke–“Best Seat In The House”: The Atlanta band’s new record Find A Light is out April 6th.
Thursday 3/1 Two For The Road
Natalie Prass – “Short Court Style”/The Future and the Past (out 6/1)
Parquet Courts – “Almost Had To Start A Fight/In and Out of Patience”/Wide Awake! (out 5/18)
Friday 3/2 News at Noon
- Jack White–“Over And Over And Over”: Off of his third solo record Boarding House Reach, dropping the 23rd. An animated visualizer accompanies the song and a video is being shot in London this coming week. He’s headlining Boston Calling, Governor’s Ball, New Orleans Jazz Fest and more as well as playing at The Anthem in DC in May.
- MGMT–“Me and Michael”: This original song has from the new album Little Dark Age (out now) has a narrative music video in which the band discovers the song from a different band, covers it, passes it off as their own, gets super famous, and then crash and burn when the plagiarism is discovered.
- Cold War Kids–“Can We Hang On”: Catch them at Firefly, Innings, XFest, Hangout, Double Decker, and Love Street Live festivals and more.
Friday 3/2 Two For The Road
The Breeders – “Nervous Mary”/All Nerve (out today)
Twin Shadow (w/ Haim) – “Saturdays”/CAER (out 4/27)
Monday 3/5 News at Noon
- Laura Veirs Feat. Sufjan Stevens–“Watch Fire”: Laura’s new album The Lookout is out April 13th and she’ll be in DC on May 27th.
- Gracie & Rachel–“Tiptoe”: From the duo’s debut album. Catch her at The Jefferson with Ani DiFranco on May 12th.
- Horse Feathers–“Without Applause”: The Portland band’s sixth full-length effort drops on May 4th.
Monday 3/5 Two For The Road
John Prine – “Knockin’ On Your Screen Door”/The Tree of Forgiveness (out 4/13)
Anna Burch – “Tea-Soaked Letter”/Quit The Curse (Free Download this week)
Tuesday 3/6 News at Noon
- Dead Parties–“Now You’re A Star”: The project of Etienne Mamo, Australian singer songwriter for The New Black, who now lives in Barcelona.
- The Midnight Club–“Scream”: The Denver, Colorado high schoolers work with producer Mark Needham who has worked with Walk The Moon, The Killers, and Imagine Dragons.
- Camp Cope–“Animal & Real”: The Australian punk trio from Melbourne have been together for three years.
Tuesday 3/6 Two For The Road
Post Animal – “Ralphie”/When I Think Of You in A Castle (out 4/20)
Wallows – “Pictures of Girls”/new single
