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News at Noon/Two For the Road 3/15-21/17

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News at Noon/Two For the Road 3/15-21/17

WCNR Brighten the Corners 3-21-17 Two For The Road (Show 502)

(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}

Spotify playlists:

Brighten The Corners Playlist 2017

Brighten The Corners Jeff favorites 2017

Wednesday 3/15 News At Noon

The Record Company – “Baby, I’m Broken”/new single (therecordcompany.net)

High Waisted – “Trust”/On Ludlow (in Cville 3/29)

Benjamin Booker (w/ Mavis Staples) – “Witness”/new album out 6/2

Wednesday 3/15 Two For The Road

Sera Cahoone – “Better Woman”/From Where I Started (out 3/24)

The Staves – “Train Tracks”/new digital A/B side single

Thursday 3/16 News At Noon

Weezer–“Feels Like Summer”/Album out later this year

The Districts–“Ordinary Day”/Single only

Minus The Bear–“Last Kiss”/Voids

Thursday 3/16 Two For The Road

Jeb Loy Nichols – “That’s How We’re Living”/The Country Hustle

Generationals – “Turning The Screw”/new single

Friday 3/17 News At Noon

Burnt Out–“Joyride”/Single Only

Ed Sheeran–“Galway Girl”/Divide

Niall Horan–“This Town”/Single Only

Friday 3/17 Two For The Road

Chamomile & Whiskey – “Solomon’s Reel”/new single from local favorites with a St. Patty’s Day party tonight in Cville

timothy seth avett as darling – “disappointing you”/IV (out 3/31)

Monday 3/20 News At Noon

Ryan Montbleau–“Bright Side”/I Was Just Leaving

Current Swell–“It Ain’t Right”/When To Talk And When To Listen

Syml–“Where’s My Love”/Hurt For Me

Monday 3/20 Two For the Road

Craig Finn – “Tracking Shots”/We All Want The Same Things (out 3/24)

Coco Hames – “I Don’t Wanna Go”/s/t (out 3/31)

Surfer Blood – “I Melt With You”/Amazon Music Love Me/Love Me Not playlists

Tuesday 3/21 News At Noon

Leif Vollebekk–“Elegy”/Twin Solitude

Tuesday 3/21 Two For the Road

Cranberries – “Linger” (new orchestral version)/Something Else (out 4/28)

Holly Macve – “Heartbreak Blues”/Golden Eagle

Ladyhawke – “A Love Song”/Amazon Music Love Me/Love Me Not playlists

 

 

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