WCNR Brighten the Corners Show 485
{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}
Spotify playlists:
Brighten The Corners Jeff favorites 2016
Brighten The Corners favorites 2015
Wednesday 11/2 News At Noon
Conor Oberst With Shawn Colvin & Patti Griffin–“The Pearl”: From The Life and Times of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star Concert Celebration, which comes out on the eleventh. The concert was recorded in DC at Dar Constitution Hall, January 10, 2015. The house band was led by Buddy Miller and Don Was.
Elise Davis–“Finally”: From her new album, Token, produced by Sam Kassirer (Lake Street Dive, Josh Ritter, Langhorne Slim).
Rachael Yamagata–“Let Me Be your Girl”: From her latest album, Tight Rope Walker. The video for this song features Allison Janney. Rachael was recently in the Corner Lounge. Check out her session here.
Wednesday 11/2 Two For The Road
The Shins – “Dead Alive”/new Halloween single
Slothrust – “Rotten Pumpkin”/Everyone Else
Thursday 11/3 News At Noon
Matt Pond Pa–“Woah”: From his eleventh album, Winter Lives, out on the 11th. He created it with his long-time collaborators; Leslie Sisson, Chris Hanson, Laura Burhen (Of The Mynabirds), and Shawn Alpay. Matt will be in DC on December 11th.
Middle Kids–“Your Love”: The debut self-titled EP from the Sydney trio drops on February 3rd.
Melodime: “Chance On Me”: The new single from the self-appointed country-rock who will be in Vienna on New Years Eve.
Thursday 11/3 Two For The Road
Hippo Campus – “Boyish”/debut full out in 2017
Bash & Pop – “On The Rocks”/Anything Could Happen (out 1/20)
Friday 11/4 News At Noon
Death Cab For Cutie–“Million Dollar Loan”: The first song released from the 30 Days 30 Songs: Written and Recorded by Artists For A Trump-Free America. The collection has now expanded to 40 songs. One song is released every day leading up to the election and it also features songs from Mission of Burma, Bob Mould, Aimee Mann and more.
Foxygen–“Follow The Leader”: The official video is out now for the first single from the band’s first album recorded in a proper studio, Hang Out–set for a January 20th release.
Japandroids–“Near To The Wild Heart Of Life”: The title track from the Canadian band’s new record which drops on January 27th.
Friday 11/4 Two For The Road
Lettuce – “The Love You Left Behind”/Mt. Crushmore EP (out 11/11)
Pink Martini – “Pata Pata”/Je Dis Oui! (out 11/18, in Cville 12/11)
Monday 11/7 News At Noon
Fantastic Negrito–“In The Pines”: The title track from the docu-narrative film about the impact of gun violence in America. He is currently on a sold-out tour with Temple of The Dog and his latest album, The Last Days of Oakland, is out now.
Vandaveer–“Love Is Melancholy”: The titular song from their just-released EP, a companion to their latest full album, The Wild Mercury, out now. The band was in the Corner Lounge in April, watch the session here.
Wilco–“Someone To Lose”: The second single from their new record, Schmilco, which is currently available. They have recently announced that their Solid Sound Festival is returning to Massachusetts June 23rd-25th.
Monday 11/7 Two For the Road
Yael Naim – “Walk Walk”/Older
Jain – “Come”/Zanaka
Tuesday 11/8 News At Noon
The Japanese House–“Swim Against the Tide”: The title track to the English band’s new EP which drops on Friday. They will be in DC on the 25th.
Neil Young–“Peace Trail”: The title track from his forthcoming album. Last year Neil Young removed his entire discography from Spotify and Apple Music, but it recently has been put back up.
Stone Senate–“Martha”: The five-piece Nashville band formed in 2010. This is the first single from their upcoming record, Star City.
Tuesday 11/8 Two For the Road
David Bowie – “Life on Mars?”/2016 mix from Bowie Legacy Best Of (out 11/11)
Ted Leo – “Heroes”/Let All The Children Boogie (charity Bowie tribute out 11/18)
