WCNR Brighten the Corners 5-10-16 Two For The Road (Show 459)
{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}
Spotify playlists:
Brighten The Corners Jeff favorites 2016
Brighten The Corners favorites 2015
Wednesday 5/4 News At Noon
Bonnie Raitt–“Need You Tonight”: from her latest album, Dig In Deep. The song was featured on ABC’s Quantico on Sunday night. She will be in Vienna on August 27th.
Future Elevators–“Modern World”: The second single from the Alabama band’s self-titled debut. Front man Michael Shackelford takes inspiration from Carl Sagan’s documentary Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.
Through The Sparks–“The Driveway”: Yet another band out of Alabams. Lead singer Jody Nelson wanted this record, Transindifference, to be less dark than the previous efforts.
Wednesday 5/4 Two For The Road
The National – “Morning Dew”/Day of the Dead (out 5/20)
The War on Drugs – “Touch of Grey”/Day of the Dead (out 5/20)
Thursday 5/5 News At Noon
Beth Hart–“Mama, This One’s For You”: She released a video for this song in celebration of Mothers’ Day. It features footage of her and her own mother as well as fan-submitted clips of fans with their mothers.
Pure Bathing Culture–“She Shakes”: The Portland-based duo released a video for this song from their sophomore album, Pray For Rain. They will be in Richmond on June 10th.
Red Hot Chili Peppers–“Dark Necessities”: From their forthcoming album, The Getaway, dropping June 17th. It’s the first album of theirs non-produced by Rick Rubin since 1989. They will be doing a world tour!
Thursday 5/5 Two For The Road
Band of Horses – “Casual Party”/Why Are You Ok (out 6/10)
Walking On Cars – “Speeding Cars”/Everything This Way
Friday 5/6 News At Noon
Borns–“American Money”: The latest single from Borns, playing in Richmond on May 23rd and opening for The Lumineers on September 13th.
Young The Giant–“Something To Believe In”: From their third record, Home Of The Strange, which drops in August. Tour dates TBA.
James Blake–“I Need A Forest Fire (Feat. Bon Iver)”: His third album, The Colour In Anything, dropped today. He is also featured on Beyonce’s new record, Lemonade.
Friday 5/6 Two For The Road
Radiohead – “Daydreaming”/A Moon Shaped Pool (out Sunday!!)
Monday 5/9 News At Noon
Mavis Staples–“Actions”: From her fifteenth album, Livin’ On A High Note. All of the songs on the record were written for her by and featuring other artists. Merrill Garbus–aka tUneYards is the featured artist for “Actions”.
Gemma Ray–“There Must Be More Than This”: From her latest album, The Exodus Suite–out May 20th–recorded at Candy Bomber Studios in Berlin. The studio is in a former airport and 8,000 Syrian refugees were staying there during the recording of the record.
X Ambassadors featuring Jamie N Commons–“Low Life”: the latest single from their hit album, VHS. They are going to be in DC on May 12th.
Monday 5/9 Two For the Road
The Coathangers – “Make It Right”/Nosebleed Weekend
Weaves – “One More”/s/t (out 6/17)
Tuesday 5/10 News At Noon
Cobi–“Darker Than Dawn”: The Minnesota native is a former member of the Boston band, Gentlemen Hall. He is currently on tour with Above & Beyond.
Oscar–“Sometimes”: Londonite Socar Scheller’s debut LP, Cut And Paste, drops this Friday.
RJD2–“Peace Of What”: His sixth album, Dame Fortune, features Josh Krajcik, Son Little, Blue Print, Phonte Coleman and Jordan Brown, who can be heard on this track.
Tuesday 5/10 Two For The Road
A-Trak (feat. Phantogram) – “Parallel Lines”/new single
Chrvches – “Clearest Blue”/new Gryffin Remix
