WCNR Brighten the Corners 3-20-18 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 3/14 News at Noon
- Danielle Nicole–“Cry No More”: The title track to the Kansas City artist’s new album.
- Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats–“A Little Honey”: Catch Rateliff in Richmond on May 14th or DC May 16th.
- Bleachers–“Alfie’s Song (Not So Typical Love Song)”: From the Jack Antonoff-curated soundtrack to the film Love, Simon which comes out Friday.
Wednesday 3/14 Two For The Road
Freya Ridings – “Lost Without You’/late 2017 single
Stoll Vaughan – “Forgiveness”/The Conversation, Pt. 1 (EP, videos debuting tmrw)
Thursday 3/15 News at Noon
- Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders–“White Flag”: The Australian artist’s upcoming album, Blue Poles, drops May 14th. He’s toured with Florence + The Machine, Angel Olsen, Father John Misty, Sharon Van Etten, Weyes Blood, and most recently Alex Cameron.
- Fantastic Negrito–“Plastic Hamburgers”: His new record comes out soon and he’s in DC on May 15th.
- Amber Mark–“Love Me Right”: Her Conexao EP is out later this year. The New York City musician, songwriter, and producer was raised across Asia and Europe and kicks off her tour in DC on May 6th.
Thursday 3/15 Two For The Road
Birds of Chicago – “Roll Away”/Love In Wartime (out 5/4)
Stella Donnelly – “Mechanical Bull”/new single, multiple shows at SXSW this week
Friday 3/16 News at Noon
- Erin Costelo–“Fighter”: From the Canadian artist’s latest self-produced album Down Below, The Status Quo. She’s opened for Bettye Lavette, Mavis Staples, and Dr. John and will be in DC on the 27th and Roanoke on the 28th.
- Fanny Walked The Earth–“Lured Away”: The legendary band, Fanny, were the first all-woman ensemble to release albums on a major label. The new record includes guest appearances from members of The Bangles, Cherie Currie of The Runaways, and Kathy Valentine of The Go Go’s.
- Frank Turner–“Blackout”: Frank’s forthcoming 7th album Be More Kind drops on May 4th and he’s at the Jefferson October 1st.
Friday 3/16 Two For The Road
Lord Nelson – “Tail Lights”/Through the Night (out 5/18)
Shame – “One Rizla”/songs of praise
Monday 3/19 News at Noon
- Swimming With Bears–“French Girls”: Taken from the debut full-length, the band will be at The Southern on May 8th!
- Ladytron–“The Animals”: The British band that takes their name from a Roxy Music song are back with their first album in 7 years, set to drop in the fall.
- SILVERPLANES–“Comeback”: Aaron Smart aka SILVERPLANES is back with a new EP called Bombadier.
Monday 3/19 Two For The Road
Fruition – “I’ll Never Sing Your Name”/Watching It All Fall
Naked Giants – “Everybody Thinks They Know (But No One Really Knows)”/SLUFF (out 3/30)
Tuesday 3/20 News at Noon
- Yoke Lore–“Fake You”: The stage name of former Walk The Moon band member Adrian Galvin. The New York indie pop act’s forthcoming EP is called Absolutes and he will be in DC on April 12th.
- Dessa–“5 Out of 6”: Taken from the writer, singer, and rapper’s third album, Chime. She is currently on tour without dates in this area but more dates will be announced soon.
- Naked Giants–“Everybody Thinks They Know (But No One Really Knows)”: The Seattle trio’s debut album SLUFF was produced by Steve Fisk (Soundgarden, Nirvana), and drops on the 30th.
Tuesday 3/20 Two For The Road
Kitten – “I did it!”/new single
The Aces – “Volcanic Love”/When My Heart Felt Volcanic (out 4/6)
