WCNR Brighten the Corners 3-1-16 Two For The Road (Show 449)
{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}
Spotify playlists:
Brighten The Corners Jeff favorites 2016
Brighten The Corners favorites 2015
Wednesday News At Noon Segment
-Sean Watkins–“Keep Your Promises II”: Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek and Watkins Family hour’s new album What To Fear is out on March 18th. It is the follow-up to 2014’s All I do is Lie which was his first solo record in a decade. He will be in Vienna on April 2nd.
-The 1975–“A Change of Heart”: The fourth track released from I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It dropping Friday. It features three callbacks to the first album. George Daniel calls them “references” but Matt Healy refers to them as “Easter eggs”.
-The Wet Secrets–“I Can Swing A Hammer”: From the six piece band’s I Can Live Forever EP out now. Lead vocalist and writer Lyle Bell is formerly of the band Shout Out Out Out Out and describes their sound as “Frantic Pop”.
Wednesday 2/24 Two For The Road segment
Loretta Lynn – “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven”/Full Circle (out Mar. 4)
Lera Lynn – “Shape Shifter”/Resistor (out 4/29)
Thursday News At Noon Segment
-James–“Nothing But Love”: From the band who brought us “Laid”, their forthcoming album Girl At The End Of The World is out on March 18th. They just announced the album yesterday, and worked on it with Brian Eno who has been a mentor to them for years.
-Peter Wolf–“Wasting Time”: Boston musician Peter Wolf, formerly of The J. Geils Band and DJ on the legendary rock station WBCN’s new album A Cure For Loneliness is out in early April. It is his first in six years.
-You Won’t–“Ya Ya Ya”: Yet another band out of Massachusetts, “Ya Ya Ya” is the debut single from their second album, Revolutionaries which drops in late April. They will be in DC on May 21st.
Thursday 2/25 Two For The Road segment
Jake Bugg – “Gimme The Love”/new single
Caveman – “Never Going Back”/Otero War (June release)
Friday News At Noon Segment
All three tracks are taken from The 1975’s long-awaited sophomore effort, I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It which came out today.
-“Somebody Else”
-“The Sound”
-“Ugh!”
Friday 2/26 Two For The Road segment
Oscar – “Sometimes”/Cut and Paste (out 5/13)
Kaskade – “C-3PO’s Plight”/Star Wars Headspace (out 3/18)
Monday News At Noon Segment
-Alberta Cross–“Ghost of Santa Fe”: From the band’s self-titled album which is out now. The Music video was directed by Chris Rubino and stars Craig Stark of Django Unchained and Hateful Eight. Watch it here.
-City and Colour–“Wasted Love”: The follow-up to “Lover Come Back”. City and Colour will be playing at Boston Calling on May 18th and Red Rocks on June 28th. Even more tour dates are to be announced soon.
-Joe Bonamassa–“Drive”: From his new album Blues of Desperation which drops on March 25th. He is touring but no dates in the area have been released.
Monday 2/29 Two For The Road segment
The Jayhawks – “Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces”/Paging Mr. Proust (out 4/29)
Lucy Dacus – “I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore”/No Burden
Tuesday News At Noon Segment
-Hayes Carll–“Sake of The Song”: He’s been called the Daniel Day-Lewis of Alt-Country. His new record Lovers and Leavers drops on April 8th and was produced by Joe Henry. He will also be performing at South By Southwest in two weeks.
-The Jayhawks–“Quiet Corners and Empty Spaces”: From their new album Paging Mr. Proust coming out on April 29th. The record was produced by lead vocalist Gary Louris along with Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, The Decemberists) and Peter Buck of R.E.M. They will be playing in Rocky Mount on May 17th.
-Sam Outlaw–“Angeleno”: The title track from his latest album, which is out now. It was produced by Ry and Joachim Cooder who are both featured on the album along with members of The Punch Brothers, My Morning Jacket, and Dawes.
Tuesday 3/1 Two For The Road segment
Yuck – “Cannonball”/Stranger Things
Little Scream – “Love As A Weapon”/album tba
