{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}
Spotify playlists:
Brighten The Corners Jeff favorites 2016
Brighten The Corners favorites 2015
Wednesday 4/20 News At Noon
Eli Paperboy Reed–“Cut ya Down”: The first single from the Boston native’s fifth album, My Way Home, out in June.
Sawyer Fredericks–“Take It All”: Sawyer Fredericks was the season 8 winner of The Voice (on Pharrell’s team). “Take It All” is from his debut, self-titled EP.
The Wild Wild–“When We Were Young”: The Wild Wild is the stage name of Benjamin Dunn. His debut EP, Kids, came out last month.
Wednesday 4/20 Two For The Road
Garbage – “Empty”/Strange Little Birds (out 6/10)
The Claypool Lennon Delirium – “Cricket & The Genie”/Monolith of Phobos (out 6/3)
Thursday 4/21 News At Noon
Horse Thief–“Drowsy”: From their debut album Fear In Bliss. The band is currently based in Oklahoma City, though they formed in Denton Texas.
Oxford & Co–“Twenty Days”: from the Australian duo’s By Oxford & Co EP.
Violent Femmes–“Issues”: The second single from We Can Do Anything, their first album of new material in fifteen years. They will be in Richmond on June 15th.
Thursday 4/21 Two For The Road
Prince – Billboard Awards medley 2013
Friday 4/22 News At Noon
Brett Dennen–“Cassidy”: His new album, Por Favor, drops on May 20th and he’ll be at The nTelos Wireless Pavilion opening for Lake Street Dive on June 11th.
Mumford and Sons and Baaba Maal–“There Will Be Time”: From the upcoming album Johannesburg, out June 17th. It was recorded in Johannesburg, South Africa in two all-day all-night sessions in February.
No Sinner–“Tryin'”: From the Canadian band’s new record, Old Habits Die Hard, to be released on May 20th. They will be touring this summer but no dates have been announced yet.
Friday 4/22 Two For The Road
Bonnie Bishop – “Too Late”/Ain’t Who I Was (out 5/27)
Har Mar Superstar – “Youth Without Love”/Best Summer Ever (came out last week)
Monday 4/25 News At Noon
The Chordaes–“Get The Feeling”: from the New York band’s debut album, which focuses on the transition from youth to adulthood.
Mike Posner–“I Took A Pill In Ibiza”: The original version of the hit remix. His new record At Night, Alone is coming out on May 6th and he will be in DC on July 26th.
Spookyland–“Big Head”: The Australian band’s new album, Beauty, Already Beautiful is set for a May 6th release.
Monday 4/25 Two For The Road
Beyonce – “Hold Up”/Lemonade (co-write with Father John Misty & Ezra from V. Wknd & samples Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
Chris Cornell – “Nothing Compares 2 U”/newly recorded Prince cover
Tuesday 4/26 News At Noon
All three tracks are from Beyonce’s sixth album, .
-“Don’t Hurt Yourself” featuring Jack White and sampling Led Zeppelin’s “When The Levee Breaks”
-“Forward” featuring, co-written and co-produced by James Blake.
-“Freedom” sampling Kaleidoscope’s “Let Me Try” and Alan Lomax’s ’59 recordings of Reverend R.C Crenshaw’s “Collection Speech/Unidentified Lining Hymn”, and Prisoner 22 at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman “Stewball”.
Tuesday 4/26 Two For The Road
Joseph Arthur – “You Keep Hangin On”/The Family (out 6/3)
Ziggy Marley – “Weekend’s Long”/Ziggy Marley (out 5/20)
