WCNR Brighten the Corners 5-24-16 Two For The Road (Show 461)
{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}
Spotify playlists:
Brighten The Corners Jeff favorites 2016
Brighten The Corners favorites 2015
Wednesday 5/18 News at Noon
Parquet Courts – “Berlin Got Blurry”/Human Performance (in town tonight)
Richard Ashcroft – “This Is How It Feels”/These People (out 5/20)
Minor Victories – “Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard)”/s/t (out 6/3)
Wednesday 5/18 Two For The Road
Blitzen Trapper – “Summer Rain”/Amazon Songs of Summer playlist (out 6/3)
Guy Clark – “To Live Is To Fly”/Old Friends (RIP)
Thursday 5/19 News at Noon
The Stone Roses – “All For One”/new single
The Wind & The Wave – “Grand Canyon”/Happiness Is Not A Place (out in Aug.)
Big Thief – “Masterpiece”/title track (out 5/27)
Thursday 5/19 Two For The Road
Local Natives – “Past Lives”/new single, 1st in 3 yrs
Sara Hartman – “Satellite”/4-song EP title track played DC last week w/ X Ambassadors
Friday 5/20 News At Noon
The War on Drugs – “Touch of Grey”/Day of the Dead (out today)
Father John Misty – “Real Love Baby”/new track he put on Soundcloud yesterday
Holly Miranda – “Hold On We’re Going Home”/Drake cover on Party Trick covers EP
Friday 5/20 Two For the Road
Car Seat Headrest – “Fill in the Blank”/Teens of Denial (out today)
Glass Animals – “Life Itself”/How To Be A HumanBeing (out 6/7)
Monday 5/23 News At Noon
Hamish Anderson–“Trouble”: Hamish calls himself a “student of the three kings” because he takes his main influences from Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Jeff Buckley. He is from Melbourne, Australia and was the last artist to open for B.B. King. His as-yet untitled debut album drops in the fall and was produced by Jim Scott who has worked with such artists as Grace Potter, Tom Petty, Ryan Bignham and Wilco.
Sleepwalkers–“Run Right Back”: They are currently on tour with The Lumineers, though not on the Charlottesville date. They are Richmond Natives, discovered by J. Roddy Walston. Walston brought them on tour with him and Ryan Adams became a fan tweeting, “This should be the biggest band right now”.
The Tragically Hip–“In A World Possessed By The Human Mind”: from their 14th record, Man Machine Poem, which comes out on June 17th.
Monday 5/23 Two For the Road
Oh Pep! – “Doctor, Doctor”/Stadium Cake (out 6/24, in Cville in Sept.)
Isaac Gracie – “Terrified”/Songs From My Bedroom EP
Tuesday 5/24 News At Noon
Lissie–“Daughters”: She just finished up her sold-out U.S. headlining tour and has sold 400,000 copies of her new album, My Wild West, from which this song it taken.
Luke Bell–“All Blue”: The “ranch hand turned troubadour” is a fifth generation Wyoming rancher. His self-titled album is out June 17th and he will be playing at Bonnaroo.
Sunflower Bean–“Come On”: The second single from Human Ceremony. They performed at WXPN’s 16th Annual Non-Commvention in Philadelphia last week. Read more about the conference here.
Tuesday 5/24 Two For The Road
Eli “Paperboy” Reed – “Cut Ya Down”/My Way Home (out 6/10)
Joseph – “White Flag”/I’m Alone, No You’re Not (out 8/26)
