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Butch Walker, The Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA, 2009/Kendall Stewart

News At Noon/Two For The Road 6/29-7/5/16

WCNR Brighten the Corners 7-5-16 Two For The Road (Show 467)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

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Wednesday 6/29 News at Noon

Butch Walker–“Stay Gold”: The title track from his eighth solo record, dropping on August 26th.

Jake Bugg–“Bitter Salt”: His third album, On My One is out now and he will be in DC on September 29th.

Lori McKenna–“Wreck You”: Her tenth full-length album was produced by Dave Cobb and will be released on July 29th.

Wednesday 6/29 Two For The Road

Angel Olsen–“Shut Up Kiss Me”: Her new record, My Woman, comes out in September and she will be touring, though no date in this area has been announced yet.

Ray LaMontagne–“The Changing Man/While It Still Beats”: Ray LaMontagne will be at The Pavilion on July 20th.

Thursday 6/30 News at Noon

Boo Ray–“Sea of Lights”: The first single and title track to his album produced by Noah Shaine who has worked with such artists as Atreyu, Skrillex and Horse The Band.

Eric Krasno–“On The Rise”: From the Lettuce and Soulive co-founder’s debut solo album, Blood From A Stone which drops on July 8th.

Jarryd James Feat. Broods–“1000x”: From his album, High, coming out on July 29th. He will be in DC with Broods on August 1st.

Thursday 6/30 Two For The Road

Austin Plaine–“America”: His self-titled debut album is out now and the music video for this song hit the internet today.

Magic Music–“Gandy Dancer”: Their debut album is 40 years in the making and comes out in August.

Friday 7/1 News at Noon

BADBADNOTGOOD Feat. Samuel T. Herring–“Time Moves Slow”: From their fourth album, IV, dropping on July 8th.

Classixx Feat. How To Dress Well–“Just Let Go”: Their sophomore album is out now and also features Passion Pit, De Lux, Holy Ghost!, T-Pain and more.

DJ Shadow feat. Run The Jewels–“Nobody Speak”: His new album, The Mountain Will Fall, is out now.

Friday 7/1 Two For The Road

Lotus–“Eats The Light”: The title track from the latest album, set for a July 15th release and is the first Lotus record to feature vocals on every song.

Raging Fyah–“Ready For Love”: The Jamaican band calls themselves “a new generation of roots, rock and reggae”.

Monday 7/4 News at Noon

Bright Light Bright Light Feat. Elton John–“All In The Name”: The electro-pop altar ego of folk singer Rod Thomas.

Con Brio–“Free And Brave”: The septet from San Francisco were discovered at Austin City Limits last year.

Fidlar–“Sabotage”: This Beastie Boys cover was released on the fourth anniversary of MCA’s death.

Tuesday 7/5 News at Noon

Bat For Lashes–“Sunday Love”: From her (Natasha Khan) new record The Bride which came out on Friday.

Diarrhea Planet–“Life Pass”: The Nashville six-piece plays over two hundred shows a year and will be in Richmond on October 11th.

Blink-182–“Home Is Such A Lonely Place”: For their new album, California, which came out on Friday.

Tuesday 7/5 Two For The Road

Meiko–“We All Fall Down”: The first single from Moving Day, which is out now. Since her last album she has gotten married,recorded and independently released her Live Songs From The Hotel Cafe EP and moved from Los Angeles to Nashville.

Cindy Alexander–“Heaven’s Wall”: Her eighth and latest album, Deep Waters, is out July 15th.

 

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