WCNR Brighten the Corners 4-12-16 Two For The Road (Show 455)
{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}
Spotify playlists:
Brighten The Corners Jeff favorites 2016
Brighten The Corners favorites 2015
Wednesday 4/13 News At Noon
Enter Shikari–“Redshift”: The UK band just finished a European arena tour and are about to launch their first US tour in five years.
Little Barrie–“Why Don’t You Do It”: This track is from their 2006 record, Stand Your Ground and was recently featured on AMC’s Better Call Saul.
Tegan and Sara–“Boyfriend”: The first single from their forthcoming album, Love You To Death which drops on June 3rd.
Thursday 4/14 News At Noon
Basia Bulat–“Fool”: From her 4th album, Good Advice, which was produced by Jim James and recorded in Louisville Kentucky.
Last Shadow Puppets–“Miracle Aligner”: Last Shadow Puppets are the side project of Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys. “Miracle Aligner” is taken from their second album, Everything You’ve Come To Expect, which they recorded at Shangri-La Studios in Malibu.
Marian Hill–“I Want You”: The Philadelphia band known for the single “One Time” will finally release their debut full-length album, Act One, in June. They are also playing Lollapalooza and Outside Lands.
Friday 4/15 News At Noon
Banners–“Start A Riot”: Mike Nelson who gave us “Ghosts” under the name Raines and “Shine A Light” as Banners is back with a new single from his self-titled EP. He’ll be playing Osheaga and Lollapalooza in July and Reading and Leeds in August.
Oh Pep!–“Doctor Doctor”: The Australian band’s debut album Stadium Cake drops in June and they will be playing in Vienna, VA twice this summer.
The Temper Trap–“Fall Together”: Yet another Australian band known for their song “Sweet Disposition”. Their new record, Thick As Thieves, is their first in four years and will be released in June.
Monday 4/118 News At Noon
Kongos–“Take It From Me”: The South African brothers now residing in California have been playing this song on tour for a while. Egomaniac–the follow-up to their 2014 major label debut, Lunatic–is out in June.
The Posies–“Unlikely Places”: Solid States, the 8th album from The Posies, is their first release in five years. It represents the major changes in the band’s lives after the loss of their drummer, Darius Minwalla, who passed away last year. You can get the record for yourself on May 20th.
Strangers You Know–“Used”: The duo met sneaking into Coachella. They’ve come full circle as they played the festival last Saturday and will play it again this Saturday.
Tuesday 4/19 News At Noon
The Boxer Rebellion–“Big Ideas”: After a three-year hiatus The Boxer Rebellion are back with their new record, Ocean By Ocean, coming out on Friday. Fall tour dates TBA.
Banta–“Three Feet From Gold”: The Los Angeles five piece have been described as a combination of Fleetwood Mac and Rilo Kiley.
Tom Odell–“Magnetized”: From his new record, Wrong Crowd, which comes out in June.
Wednesday 4/13 Two For The Road
Kristen Kontrol – “Show Me”/X-Communicate (out 5/27)
PJ Harvey – “The Community of Hope”/The Hope Six Demolition Project (out 4/15)
Thursday 4/14 Two For The Road
Shearwater – “Pale Kings”/Jet Plane and Oxbow
Avett Brothers – “Ain’t No Man”/True Sadness (out 6/24)
Friday 4/15 Two For The Road
Weezer – “King of the World”/Weezer (The White Album)
Car Seat Headrest – “Fill in the Blank”/new single
Monday 4/18 Two For the Road
Broods – “Free”/new single
Beth Orton – “1973”/Kidsticks (out 5/27)
Tuesday 4/19 Two For The Road
Trashcan Sinatras – “Ain’t That Something”/Wild Pendulum (out 5/16)
Bun E. Carlos (w/ Robert Pollard) – “Do Something Real”/Greetings from Bunezuela (tba)
