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News at Noon/Two For the Road 10/12-18/16

WCNR Brighten the Corners 10-18-16 Two For The Road (Show 482)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

Spotify playlists:

Brighten The Corners Jeff favorites 2016

Brighten The Corners favorites 2015

Wednesday 10/12 News At Noon

Moby & The Void Pacific Choir – “Hey Hey”/These Systems Are Failing (out 10/14)

Yael Naim – “Walk Walk”/Older

Hippo Campus – “Boyish”/new album tba

Wednesday 10/12 Two For The Road

She & Him – “All I Want For Christmas Is You”/Christmas Party (out 10/28)

My Jerusalem – “No One Gonna Give You Love”/A Little Death

Thursday 10/13 News At Noon

Cloud Nothings – “Modern Act”/Life Without Sound (out in Jan.)

The Lemon Twigs – “These Words”/Do Hollywood (out 10/14)

Walker Lukens – “Lifted”/Never Understood (out 10/14)

Thursday 10/13 Two For The Road

Alejandro Escovedo – “Heartbeat Smile”/Burn Something Beautiful (out 10/21)

JohnnySwim – “Let It Matter”/Georgica Pond (out 10/14, in Cville 3/23)

Friday 10/14 News At Noon

Big Head Blues Club – “Hidden Charms”/Way Down Inside: Songs of Willie Dixon

Conor Oberst – “A Little Uncanny”/Ruminations (out today)

Regina Spektor – “The Light”/Remember Us To Life

Friday 10/14 Two For The Road

Nick Waterhouse (w/ Leon Bridges) – “Katchi”/Never Twice

Bobby Rush – “Funk O’ De Funk”/Porcupine Meat

Monday 10/17 News At Noon

Toulouse – “I Will Follow You”/Little Peggy March cover in new iPhone 7 commercial

Gallant – “Weight In Gold”/Ology

Fil Bo Riva – “Like Eye Did”/If You’re Right, It’s Alright EP

Monday 10/17 Two For the Road

Jim James – “Here In Spirit”/Eternally Even (out 11/4)

Wyclef Jean – “If I Was President”/update of older song for new election (it’s his b’day today)

Tuesday 10/18 News At Noon

Sleaford Mods–“TCR”: The English duo is comprised of Andrew Robert Lindsay Fern and Jason Williamson. They are self-described as, “electronic munt minimalist punk-hop rants for the working class” and a documentary about them, Sleaford Mods–Invisible Britain, was released last year. Their TCR EP dropped on Friday.

Matt Simons–“Lose Control”: The next single from his When The Lights Go Down EP which is out now. Catch him in DC on November 15th.

Warpaint–“Whiteout”: The first track on their third and latest album, Heads Up, currently available. The band originally wanted to just release a series of singles rather than an entire album. They will be performing at Iceland Airwaves on November 4th.

Tuesday 10/18 Two For The Road

Dr. John & Bruce Springsteen – “Right Place, Wrong Time”/The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac & His Music (out 10/21)

Paul Janeway of St. Paul & The Broken Bones – “Healing”/Madden ‘17

 

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